Steemit: DASH Decentralized Governance or Centralized Tyranny?

My gut instinct tells me that Evan's pledge to fund new dash projects is genuine. I'm also encouraged that 49 forum members have so far chosen to identify themselves as MNOs. We do, however, need more forum members to carry the masternode badge
 
GrandMasterDash said:
My gut instinct tells me that Evan's pledge to fund new dash projects is genuine. I'm also encouraged that 49 forum members have so far chosen to identify themselves as MNOs. We do, however, need more forum members to carry the masternode badge
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The masternode badge is not enough. You need a ranked masternodes badge.

The community not only needs for the masternodes operators to be accountable and known, but also to know how many masternodes each operator holds. By the way, @Otoh seems to have only 75 masternodes now. The dash community must find a way to make the masternodes operators accountable, especially the way they vote, yet keep their privacy as persons.

And remember this, money object was initially a badge. They initially started trading the badges, and then money evolved as a concept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin#History
According to Aristotle (fr. 611,37,ed. V. Rose) and Pollux (Onamastikon IX.83), the first issuer of coins was Hermodike of Kyme[8]
The earliest coins are mostly associated with Iron Age Anatolia, especially with the kingdom of Lydia.[9] Early electrum coins were not standardized in weight, and in their earliest stage may have been ritual objects, such as badges or medals, issued by priests.[10] Many early Lydian and Greek coins were minted under the authority of private individuals and are thus more akin to tokens or badges than to modern coins,[11] though due to their numbers it is evident that some were official state issues, with King Alyattes of Lydia being a frequently mentioned originator of coinage.[12]
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The first Lydian coins were made of electrum, a naturally occurring alloy of silver and gold that was further alloyed with added silver and copper.[13] Most of the early Lydian coins include no writing ("legend" or "inscription"), only an image of a symbolic animal. Therefore, the dating of these coins relies primarily on archaeological evidence, with the most commonly cited evidence coming from excavations at the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, also called the Ephesian Artemision (which would later evolve into one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World). Because the oldest lion head "coins" were discovered in that temple, and they do not appear to have been used in commerce, these objects may not have been coins but badges or medals issued by the priests of that temple. Anatolian Artemis was the Πὀτνια Θηρῶν (Potnia Thêrôn, "Mistress of Animals"), whose symbol was the stag.
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A small percentage of early Lydian/Greek coins have a legend.[14] A famous early electrum coin, the most ancient inscribed coin at present known, is from nearby Caria. This coin has a Greek legend reading phaenos emi sema[15] interpreted variously as "I am the badge of Phanes", or "I am the sign of light",[16] or "I am the tomb of light", or "I am the tomb of Phanes". The coins of Phanes are known to be amongst the earliest of Greek coins, a hemihekte of the issue was found in the foundation deposit of the temple of Artemis at Ephesos (the oldest deposit of electrum coins discovered). One assumption is that Phanes was a wealthy merchant, another that this coin is associated with Apollo-Phanes and, due to the Deer, with Artemis (twin sister of the god of light Apollo-Phaneos). Although only seven Phanes type coins were discovered, it is also notable that 20% of all early electrum coins also have the lion of Artemis and the sun burst of Apollo-Phaneos.
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After seeing Mr. Duffield at the open house event, I think he is genuine and trustworthy. There are always FUD type people and I say let them crack on.
 
Acedian said:
After seeing Mr. Duffield at the open house event, I think he is genuine and trustworthy. There are always FUD type people and I say let them crack on.
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Yet another case of stupidity. The above guy uses his feelings, instead of this brain. @Acedian is not trustworthy as long as he judges using his feelings. And people like him, judging the way they do ("after seeing ...."), unfortunately have the masternode badge, and have voting rights!!! No doubt why the stupidity rules over this place.

My comment has nothing to do on whether Mr. Duffield is trustworthy or not. But of course Mr. Duffield is smart, as long as he knows the stupidity of the people, he knows the emotional way they judge, and he uses it. He is hiring amandas and the rest advertisers, and he is targeting directly into to the feelings of the stupid, in order for his coin to grow.
 
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demo said:
Yet another case of stupidity. The above guy uses his feelings, instead of this brain. @Acedian is not trustworthy as long as he judges using his feelings. And people like him, judging the way they do ("after seeing ...."), unfortunately have the masternode badge, and have voting rights!!! No doubt why the stupidity rules over this place.

My comment has nothing to do on whether Mr. Duffield is trustworthy or not. But of course Mr. Duffield is smart, as long as he knows the stupidity of the people, he knows the emotional way they judge, and he uses it. He is hiring amandas and the rest advertisers, and he is targeting directly into to the feelings of the stupid, in order for his coin to grow.
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My opinion on this is not only forms on my "feeling" I have looked at historical information.
As for your type of post. Generally, offence is not taken from what is said but how it is said. You don't have to be a dick to present a counter argument.
 
Acedian said:
My opinion on this is not only forms on my "feeling" I have looked at historical information.
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I am glad that you use part of your brain and you search for historical information.
But most of the people dont do that, they just watch amandas face in youtube videos, they dont even listen to what she says, and they believe.

demo said:
Everyone who proposes to the budget system should look the same. Everyone should have an identical avatar, and videos or sweet girlish talks should be prohibited. No santa-clauss or amandas should be allowed. Let us ban the advertisers, for the reason and the logic to prevail against feelings.
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GrandMasterDash said:
I'm also encouraged that 49 forum members have so far chosen to identify themselves as MNOs. We do, however, need more forum members to carry the masternode badge
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I'm still deciding if showing the MN badge on the forum is worth giving up plausible deniability. Maybe I'll do it when we have MN polls.
 
lynx said:
I'm still deciding if showing the MN badge on the forum is worth giving up plausible deniability. Maybe I'll do it when we have MN polls.
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Well that's true, but you only need to sign using one masternode key, not all of them.
 
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