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I am monitoring the ongoing Ngogo Chimp Civil War in Kibale National Park. Chimp Group Center appears to be on the verge of routing. They've retreated from the Primate Lodge and their Alpha Male, Morton, appears to be heavily wounded or perhaps KIA.
The UK government are looking to BAN Kanye West from entering the UK because of his opinions…
They’ve just allowed an ex ISIS fighter to visit Number 10 and Buckingham Palace…
@historicalive@metalsofficial Agree but different point. People speculate on many commodities without ever touching them. https://t.co/d4X04b4fc0 is the same concept as traditional commodity markets offer just more accessible.
It is the gas token it is always needed. Why should they talk about it. There is only one reason to talk about a layer 1 token (or most other tokens) and it is to pump the price.
Build a great blockchain and get great apps on it and the demand for the currency of the ecosystem (gas token) will increase.
No you don't. I know where you're thinking is but I believe you're wrong.
If you make metals trade against XTZ you create too many hurdles and problems, therefore you will have zero demand and no benefits to XTZ.
If you don't care about XTZ in terms of using it for the projects, then you have less hurdles and a more familiar experience for users. Which (in theory) leads to higher demand, which increases activity on the blockchain, which indirectly leads to increased demand for XTZ.
I agree you need really high activity for that to have an impact but the other option (in my opinion) leads long term to zero demand.
@kaereste This is exactly the point (same problem with Solana). Most people don‘t care how permissionless or decentralized a blockchain (at least until they actually need it) but always claiming otherwise just destroys trust and gains nothing in the long run.