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@GrandMasterDash perhaps you don't understand the above this is why you can't understand why Dash would see bullish price action? I urge you to not sell out of pride, emotions, or dogmatic reasons, but instead think it over logically without all the feelings and take your profits at a much higher price.
Yes, this is what Sam referred to as the equilibrium, it is the same concept applied at Horizen / Zencash. After Zencash pivoted away from payments it went down massively in rank, despite solving real world problems and having massive speed and scaling capabilities. A loosely similar outcome when Zcoin was rebranded to Firo (imo both of them had stupid rebrands).
Whether it's MNs or HPMNs, they both have upper limits to the number of nodes receiving rewards, And while in theory there is an equilibrium, these upper limits can not be brute forced making an imbalance possible, which is one reason this is not the "free market".
But also, as I said earlier, it is entirely possible to find equilibrium where both node types have lower node counts e.g. just doesn't gain enough traction, regardless of speed, scaling or fees. Just like when Taylor suggested the stealing from miners to incentivize more MNs, just didn't work and you already know the current price of dash. This is the risk DCG is forcing on MNs when they rob Peter to pay Paul. The claim, of course, is that Peter was never robbed if Paul is paying him back. I suppose we can say people are never abducted if they are fed Champaign and dressed in designer clothes. I say this is not the free market.
At this point I am not offloading en masse, but it's safe to say, I am not accumulating to reach another MN / HPMN. I am working on the assumption that dash may well do a massive pump and then deflate all the way back. Plus, there is too much risk for new attack vectors and chain halts, something I will surely resent while pointing my finger at Sam.
A lack of faith in Sam with his double-speak and a complete lack of will to listen to others. Sam never speaks of dash the payment network. He is so down the rabbit hole with Platform that you can tell he has no interest in getting back on track. Many people here seem to think DCG will do some fine tuning, make some money and then go back to payments. No, I entirely disagree, all evidence is pointing to the opposite, just like Zencash / Horizen. Oh sure, do some Dashpay and usernames.. fix some long standing governance issues.. and that's it really, constant tweaking and not much else. Sam said sharding would be taking a year or two, that alone will consume a lot of time and resources.
Dash needs new leadership and a refreshing approach before I can get some hope back.
