[2] It will be a stand alone high performance blockchain with HoneyBadgerBFT consensus, delegated POS and MN (Validators).
 
The number of coins and coin rollout issuance model will stay the same - it's the coin's engine that's changing.

Dear Diamond community,

as you might be aware Bittrex exchange has decided to delist DMD Diamond (https://bittrex.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029727892). The reasons for delisting were very generally excplained in a policy here (https://bittrex.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000474232-Bittrex-Market-Token-Removal-Policy). However, one can only speculate as it's impossible to pin point the exact causes.

It is disappointing to see the exchange with which Diamond has been since 2014 closing its doors to one of the oldest community run cryptocurrencies. Even though it's clear Bittrex wouldn't change its decision we will keep discussing with them how to get relisted in the future.

When such upsets happened in the past i.e. Cryptsy, Cryptopia  the community dealt with it by moving their coins and business to the other platforms. No exchange owns DMD Diamond, because we all are our own bank. For DMD Diamond as a project nothing changes, the funding and development are secured and Diamond Foundation team follow what DMD community decided early on - codebase change proposal (https://dmd4.bit.diamonds/) and voted favourably to implement it (http://voting.blockteks.io/).

DMD Diamond foundation cooperates with fabulous teams of lab10 (https://lab10.coop/) and PoA (https://poa.network/) to deliver blockchain innovation that will make DMD rise like a Phoenix again. It's good to reiterate changes to come, among others:

- taking blockchain technology to another level Honey Badger consensus an eco friendly scaling solution for Etherum with cheap and fast transaction speed (in seconds) and immediate block finality,
- Web Wallet for greatly simplifying access to DMD blockchian thus boosting its adoption,
- Smart Contracts for decentralised apps of blockchain economy,
- Interoperability Bridge for inter blockchain value transfer,
- Offline Staking for maintenance free experience,
- New on chain Governance and Budgeting System to sow seeds of protocol's growth.

Thanks to DMD 4.0's compatibility with Ethereum based services and a wealth of infrastructure that's already present or being currently built, DMD Diamond will have a great opportunity to derive its value by means other than coin mechanics and trading alone.
Nonetheless, a healthy and robust market with high liquidity is what a coin needs too. Everyone from the community recognises that DMD's place is among large popular crypto exchanges and we believe with the new value proposition for DMD Diamond it will create a great deal of opportunity to open doors and make a difference. Also with positive community engagement there will be  plenty more to be a part of in this growing smart economy.

Up until DMD gets back to some more liquid markets please check out the other long standing exchanges and establish market there:

- Livecoin.net (https://www.livecoin.net/) - with DMD-BTC/ETH/USD pairs
- Crex24.com (https://crex24.com/exchange/DMD-BTC) - with DMD-BTC pair
- Crypto Bridge (https://wallet.crypto-bridge.org/market/BRIDGE.DMD_BRIDGE.BTC)

Diamond is the Phoenix of Crypto, there is much more to come.
DMD team will inform you of the next steps in due course. Stay tuned!

Remember (ending 13 Jul 2019):
Birthday Cake Competition (bonus 1st prize):  https://bit.diamonds/community/index.php/topic,167.0.html

Connect with us:
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Today, I am proud to announce the launch of https://gostake.com. Gostake is being launched by a project I am deeply, and passionately, involved with, and is the culmination of the vision of three long-term crypto enthusiasts (myself included).

The vision was to create a tool that could address the gap many crypto investors and enthusiast alike face when trying to analyse profitability, income and general coin earning mechanics for coins that generate rewards (Masternodes, Supernodes, POS, etc).

Gostake uses historic data to analyse and create projections (based on parameters) to predict future performance. It delivers this information in a summarised, advanced customisable view that incorporates a “What IF” calculator to create projections based on the pertinent variables. These projections can then be shared via a link (retaining the base parameters so they can continuously be tweaked).

Gostake is not only a great data analytics tool but also a platform that will give a greater exposure to DMD Diamond through preferential advertising slots.

I would welcome any feedback to improve our product, and/or to incorporate more functionality that you would find useful! Please use the “Contact Us” webform on the website.

https://www.gostake.com/

Please take a look at the introductory newsletter for some tips on how to use this tool:
https://blog.gostake.com/index.php/2019/01/21/3-2-1-gostake-launches-today/

As a conclusion of a month long voting campaign of code base transition from DMD 3.0 to DMD 4.0; here are the results:



Thank you for a resounding YES to keep DMD Diamond a cutting edge technology with multitude of benefits for both ordinary users and developers.

As we transition to a more decentralised organisation strong community support is a win win to all of us who support and work hard on delivering this unique crypto gem.

The work on a new codebase is already in full steam ...

Thank you community!

Dear Diamond Community!

DMD Diamond Foundation has come up with a proposal of upgrading DMD in a substantial way.

The upgrade would bring smart contract functionality, offline staking and new decentralized governance and budgeting system among others. 

However, before we can proceed with any development we need the community to give us the green light.

Please visit: https://dmd4.bit.diamonds to see details of the proposal.

Every DMD holder has a voice in shaping the future of DMD. You can cast your vote 'Yes' or 'No' at the bottom of the page.

Voting will last for a period of one month starting December 1st and ending December 31 2018.

We are excited for the future of DMD and hope you will see the benefits of going 4.0!

Yours,

DMD Diamond Foundation Team

The App (Android) is to be released today 7PM New York time.

Excellent effort and prospects for Financecolud !  Can't wait for the final product to arrive

Maybe I wasn't clear enough but I was speaking more broadly about possibilities of exchanging value, bitshares/openledger is not the only one that will provide such function, namely Lightning, Internet of Coins, atomic swaps, etc .. there are many approaches to this .. they need time to mature. I wouldn't say that all we have right now is the end product (and the only way of achieving this) that is easy and ready to use by any project.

I would give it about a year before we see multiple ways of exchanging coins that is end user ready (more than alpha versions).

Dear DMD Diamond Community,

DMD Diamond Foundation’s second bi-annual meeting took place in March in Austria. Over the course of 4 days the core team has had several very productive sessions where it analyzed what had been achieved since the last meeting, discussed questions submitted by the community and explored new pathways for DMD in areas such as marketing, software development and additional services.

In the 6 months’ period DMD Diamond Foundation has achieved 95% of set targets so this can be regarded as a success. Encouraged by that result we have set new aims and goals that we plan to accomplish within the next period. Some technical development however will become our long term goal, nonetheless, we expect to see meaningful progress each time we evaluate the situation.

Using this opportunity we would like to announce that DMD Diamond has completed a design and brand guideline book which outlines general rules of usage of the logo together with its logotype, color scheme, display typeface and others that in tandem build the visual identity of DMD Diamond. This is an important step in the development as it allows us to harmonize the messaging and sets the tone that is consistent with our core values. The guide can be viewed and downloaded from: https://bit.diamonds/DMD_branding_guide.pdf

All communication channels that use visuals will be successively updated to incorporate these changes. As a result the main website https://bit.diamonds will undergo a major upgrade both in terms of content and its design. We will also improve on technical support section and accessibility to reach the community and developers. The transition is planned to be completed within the next 90 days.

Based on the available data and first hand experience DMD team recognizes that the Asian markets are going to play a crucial role in the future success of cryptocurrencies, not only because of favorable legislation in certain jurisdictions that encourage participation and development but also tech-savviness and forward thinking of that region’s population which can see the benefits of blockchain technology.

In the coming months, DMD Diamond will focus on gaining a foothold in the growing Asian market. Within a few months we will see new region specific languages being introduced to the website to make information regarding Diamond more accessible. What’s more, new social channels directed at these markets will be established to directly communicate and educate people about DMD. We will also seek to extend the support team to specifically address these areas of development. We will continue to work on being added to a prominent Korean exchange Upbit which would have a major positive impact on the trading volume of DMD. Exchange listings are not always in our hands as they happen at sole discretion of the operators but we feel that eventually we will find our way to the markets from that region.

Nowadays, centralised exchanges are a norm, they are fast and some of them attract significant number of traders, however, there are many disadvantages to this model. They are not permissionless, they are prone to failure i.e. hacking and ever tighter legislation can in some cases create unnecessary barriers. Centralised exchanges are going to play an important role for foreseeable future and be main on and off ramps to FIAT. However, blockchain community as a whole is eventually going to move to a decentralised model of exchanging value. DMD Diamond will continue to develop technology, promote and work with projects that can offer such possibilities. Even though, this type of technology has still some way to go before it is ready for prime time, when it arrives it will change the crypto landscape in a significant way. DMD is currently working on integration with https://crypto-bridge.org/ and we hope to be featured there in the near future.

Another positive development is that DMD Diamond can now be purchased directly with both Debit and Credit Cards via Indacoin. Even though customers would have to pay a premium in the range of 15-35% for the service, due to operating costs caused by things like credit card chargebacks, it eliminates an entrance barrier to DMD. We will work with Indacoin on implementing a direct purchase option to our website and if the system proves to be popular and effective in the long run we would consider even tighter integration. You can explore the option of buying DMD by following this link: https://indacoin.com/en_GB/change/buy-diamond-with-cardusd

In terms of core software development DMD Diamond team has analysed in detail several different options, their negative and positive aspects as well as long term viability and impact on the value of DMD. The clear winner is SegWit technology that will allow for seamless integration with the Lightning network. Following this path will ensure DMD Diamond is a part of interconnected heterogeneous blockchain future and benefits from services that will be developed on top of it.

The latest buzz word in crypto is the 0 proof protocol that completely anonymises transactions. In theory this sounds like a very attractive ability to have, however, we don’t live in the digital world only and such technology is incompatible with the real world where it’s the legislators who dictate whether a cryptocurrency will be able to access the real economy and financial markets. There is a serious case for concern for coins that adapt such deep anonymity feature and we can expect a crackdown on coins that go this route. DMD Diamond Foundation would not risk compromising DMD’s long term viability for the sake of short term gains. Infact, once Diamond gets access to the Lightning network similar anonymity will be achieved thanks to the way such network operates, as a giant coin mixer, without above mentioned legal implications and with a bonus of being able to be used wherever bitcoin is used.

Be no mistaken, 0 proof protocol has its use case such as hiding sensitive information in smart contracts and it will be very useful to lots of companies, but deep anonymity of coin transactions is a completely different matter that could render coins useless as a viable form of payment. Be weary of claims to the contrary as even at the next G20 summit countries will discuss how to prevent money laundering in crypto that such technology easily permits. This anti anonymity sentiment has already started to affect crypto, for instance coins such as Monero, Zcash and Dash that use anonymity features are being removed from the infamous Japanese Coincheck exchange as a precondition to obtain the licence to operate legally; this might well become a worldwide trend.

Decision to go with SegWit technology is a general direction of future core development. It’s an extremely complex task and there are no off the shelf solutions; it will have to be developed as industry first. There is no Proof of Stake-Masternode-SegWit enabled coin but we are determined to deliver just that within the next 12 months.

Current DMD wallet is a very advanced software with ability to implement most of the latest technologies such as smart contracts. However, any implementation of such features must be backed by a real demand for it. Introducing new technologies for the sake of adding them to create hype is counterproductive and not in line with Diamond’s values. Eventually, smart contracts will appear in DMD Diamond but this will be in response to the need that we are going to create.

Another aspect we will focus on is an access to iOS devices. There is a huge potential for growth once the coin can be used in Apple products. We will try to achieve this via Coinomi mobile wallet which we are part of. We cannot put a definite time frame for this but we believe it's a very realistic prospect.

As we take on this ambitious development DMD Diamond Foundation is seeking to expand its core and support teams and we would like to officially announce that a new core member Steve Müller (metamorphin) who has been a long term friend and supporter of DMD Diamond project is joining our team. He has an extensive knowledge and experience in marketing with plenty of new practical ideas and solutions of how to make DMD a stronger and more prosperous coin. He has been the decisive force in delivering success to many other crypto projects and we are excited to work together and learn from him the best strategies and practices. Due to the challenges facing crypto and evolving complexity of the blockchain technology we see it critical to engage with talented people (developers, researchers, professionals) who can deliver value to the project.

On the marketing side we have been in contact with a few different professional PR companies that we think would deliver a recognition in and out of cryptocurrency sphere. However, our community is full of wonderful people who promote DMD in a really professional way. Please take a look at the promo video created by a community member @drdmd. The love for Diamond shines through the quality of this work. Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXk_8lLFInc&feature=youtu.be (male voice)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAU9iCN8jtQ&feature=youtu.be (female voice)

Please let us know on Slack which version you like the most so we make it an official promo video of DMD Diamond.

DMD Diamond Foundation will also start a lottery for Tweeter where it will be possible to win 100 USD worth of DMD for retweeting official DMD tweets. With each round three people will be selected for awards. Out of these, one person will be randomly picked and rewarded while the other two individuals whose retweets had the best outreach would be guaranteed prizes. If people enjoy it and we see some good results this could become periodical.

As most of the community is aware Diamond Cloudmining is being slowly phased out and during the meeting the team had discussed an alternative that could replace constant buy pressure that service generated. It is still largely in a research stage, as all aspects from technical to legal need to be evaluated. However, we are positive we are on the right path to create a passive income service related to DMD that at the end could be open to investors. At that stage a Smart Contract solution will have full legitimacy to be implemented.

The team has also discussed implications of DMD’s coin roll-out plan that entered a new phase. After many years DMD rewards which were extremely generous and worked wonders at the early stages in order to stimulate network effect are finally going to be decreasing. As DMD’s coin roll-out follows a gradual decay we won’t see any abrupt halvings and for the next 3 years DMD will stay still a very attractive with healthy big yearly returns. In the meantime we are planning to introduce multiple economically linked project that are going to generate demand and affect DMD positively in a big way. The passive income project we mentioned above will be the first one that we have planned.

DMD Diamond team has set realistic and achievable goals that we will be able to evaluate at the next meeting in September. The Foundation meeting was a great experience that helped to build team spirit, it infused everyone with enthusiasm and gave us a real boost to keep going and improving our work. Growing a cryptocurrency project is a marathon and not a sprint competition and as the saying goes constant dropping wears away a stone. With our long term vision and devotion there is nothing that can shake our resolve to deliver the best for DMD Diamond investors.

Yours truly,

DMD Diamond team


Original release: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/summary-second-dmd-diamond-foundations-meeting-aleksander-mesor/?published=t

Dear Diamond Community,

This has been a spectacular year for DMD Diamond and cryptocurrencies in general. The level of world wide adoption and acceptance of this new type of asset class has driven market caps to all time highs. So far this positive trend is likely to continue in 2018  which creates a tremendous opportunities and new possibilities. As crypto industry matures, we will see a greater market focus on established coins and long term quality projects. DMD Diamond with its 4.5 years history and experience is greatly poised for seizing this unique opportunity.
DMD Diamond has yet again proved to be an excellent hedge against crypto market volatility. In 2017 DMD was much better storage of wealth than BTC. Last year, BTC rose from  $963 to $14581$ which was a x15 increase while DMD increased from $0.20 to just over $20 making it an astronomical x91 increase in value. Such gains are unheard of in any investment product in classical nowadays economy that is open to ordinary unsolicited investors.

Nothing happens without a reason though. In 2017 DMD Diamond has significantly improved its fundamentals by releasing a Layer 2 network (Masternodes) on top of DMD Diamond blockchain and improved Proof of Stake mechanics to make the Diamond Network more useful, robust and safe. This development proved DMD Diamond team is constantly striving for making DMD a better storage of wealth and profit generating product for investment, hedging and trading.

The level of success of employing state of the art Masternode technology can be measured by the number of participants in the program. More than 50% of all issued DMD coins are locked in Masternodes making it over 130 nodes in total. Masternode owners get daily payouts with current investment return of 25% per year.
Even though 65% of each block reward is allocated to Masternodes and 35% to Proof of Stake, the former one is a very good earner too. The design of Layer 1 and Layer 2 reward scheme ensures that Proof of Stake stays rewarding with returns comparable to having a Masternode.

However, the development of Masternode technology will be a centre piece of creating an extended DMD ecosystem. Diamond Masternodes will be turned into utility nodes that facilitate additional services for DMD Diamond and others. This coming year will be one of the most exciting chapters of DMD Diamond development!

2017 was also a year when DMD Diamond became a fully self sufficient project. DMD team has launched a program of co-financing community based initiatives that add value to DMD Diamond. We've seen projects such as Shared Diamond Masternodes, Masternode hosting or a chronicle about DMD Diamond among the others to be supported by DMD Diamond Foundation.

What's more DMD was also much better represented in media this year with coordinated and sustained advertising campaign across multiple platforms and channels. This has brought awareness to this mature crypto gem which resulted in Diamond Community organically growing this year from 2000 followers on Twitter in January to over 11000 by the end of December; while Slack chat is now followed by over 600 people. It is the community that has formed around the idea of DMD we're the most proud of because DMD Diamond is not only the technology, the code, the mechanics, but also the people who support it, contribute to it and participate in it. 

DMD Diamond team would like to wholeheartedly wish you all a very Happy New Year with great profits and fulfilled dreams! Thanks for all the support and let's  keep making DMD the best blockchain based wealth storage and profit generation solution!

I can only be glad the price hasn't skyrocketed like Ripple's .. the news hit at the wrong time, it seems there are still people keeping their BTC hoping to get 'free lunch' at the fork. The information avaliable paints a very positive outlook short-mid term; and it doesn't matter if anyone FOMO because the coins will be used anyway presumably in high amounts, so the price is bound to go up.

I deleted some troll posts and one by mistake (fat finger), sorry temp89

Price of DMD follows general trend we see in crypto in recent weeks. There are 120 MN which means almost half of current coin supply is locked away .. if you can't see this as a strong point and great indicator of how it will affect the price once it turns bullish than you're doing yourself a disfavour.

First register:
1) Slack Invitation: https://dmdcoin.signup.team/

and then join:
2) Slack: https://dmdcoin.slack.com/

You will get help with whatever problem you have (DMD related ).

I'm not affiliated, just an ordinary investor but ..

What a strange thing to say. Where was the information you were guaranteed any profits from investing in the ICO?
The roadmap was clear and generally investors were well informed about what this project was about and that it would take a long time before we could see real benefits of the system being implemented.
Anyone investing had to agree to terms and conditions .. asking for changes after the event is like me saying I traded BTC when it was at 1USD but sold most when it hit 3USD (true and sad story) ... should I contact the exchange and ask it to reimburse me because it's much more expensive now? It's a different scenario but the logic is the same.


Beside,


to me it seems there is consideration for investors and long term HYBRID holders.

There is no time frame for update even though it's a hardfork, thanks to a very elegant solution used to implement it. However, the more people update fast the earlier Bittrex will resume trading. Please update at the earliest possible occasion to help everyone to move on and for your own safety.