I think they will wait till full release then have a look and invite someone to explain the benefits to them.
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noticing more bot activity on the market. Thatās cool with me. Lets see who wins, the people with predefined rules or actual people that can figure out what the bots rules are and manipulate them.
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Freed another couple of minds.
Remember guys, hold their hands and make sure if they want to go further than free participation on the network you show people the correct token name.
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Iām more interested why my output with the same parameters is so different. I mean, the upswing is there, China is on top for me as well, but the curve doesnāt look too similar. Iāve been using GTrends for a while now, but began experiencing fishy stuff lately.
EDIT: On second glance, the chart is almost if not entirely identical, but with different amplitudes?
EDIT: I encourage more people to look up MaidSafe on Google Trends and post their results for comparison.
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I checked the new forum registrations and there are no Chinese people, but there are an unusually large number of US (compared to ordinary, in fact, I check the newly registered people every day to greet those from Bulgaria with welcome 
and I have not noticed an increased interest from Chinaā¦)
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Very interestingly, I have not noticed that Bulgaria is in 4th place in interest for MaidSafe for the last 12 monthsā¦ 
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Once the Chinese start buyingā¦ thatās alot of competition for cheap coins. 
I was hoping to buy a bit more before release.
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Because of you, Dimitar. Naturally
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there is no reason for a increase in google searches for maidsafe yet, after the release you can check as there should be articles about the release in all major crypto news (maybe in november?)ā¦
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Fellow Saferās,
I need your help.
Iām currently making a business decision to move ahead with an unrelated project.
I have roughly the right amount of capital I need to get this personal/business project off the ground in MAID.
My dilemma; do I sell my MAID for BTC and cash out now (or anywhere around this 20c price mark we always seem to sit around) or do I wait it out? If the answer is to wait, how long do I wait for? A month, six, twelve?
I need to make a decision pretty quickly for two reasons. Primarily because I have a short month-long window of time I can devote to this project solely to get it off the ground coming up very soon. And secondly because this is one of those situations where the thing I plan on building doesnāt currently exist, and every day I wait is a day where a competitor could come along and beat me to it. This market is big but still small enough to be dominated by someone else and not really big enough for two or more of the services I plan to offer.
I may have another option which is to borrow the capital needed off my old man who I know would oblige, needless to say that complicates things for your obvious run of the mill reasons for why someone would not want to deal in money or business with family.
I could probably find a way to make a situation like that work where Iād ask purely for capital. Tell him Iāll pay him his money back in 1-2 years or if he waits o could double it for him.
What do I do guys, what would you do?
Really appreciate any feedback, comments or input.
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itās good to get rich the easy way (MAID), but itās better to make the world a better place ā¦ If you think your idea will help the world, itās a good to try it
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Get it off the old man. His loan is covered by the MAID so you can have the best of both worlds
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Probably unpopular opinion among the fan boys here but I say sell out and follow your vision if you truly believe in it. You can always buy back into MAID if they are successful on delivering the full network. I generally avoid borrowing from family at all cost, not a good habit to form. If your gonna code something up why do you need the capital though? Isnāt it just your time investment?
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Follow your heart champ, thereās a reason our heart develops before our brain
Just out of interest @goindeep if you do go down the route of family providing the capital why not make them an equal partner?
No promises to anyone, everyone walks into the relationship as an equal and with their eyes open to the potential failure/success.
No one gets hurt if all goes South and you and your old man get to take the journey together as equals sharing both the risk and reward.
Youāll find as a parent your old man would be chuffed you acknowledge him stepping forward and giving up some eventual success for him.
As for MAID itself, the risk reward profile you arenāt likely to see again more than a handful of times during the remainder of your life.
As @Antifragile is getting at your business proposal is a risk, now does that risk/reward profile outweigh the one you see when you look at this project 
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Some good advice on different sides here. Another thought is to ask your dad for this same advice. Explain your dilemma, your reservations about taking a loan and any other options youāve been thinking about etc. If you havenāt yet, speak to your wife and listen to her. She knows you best and you are most likely to be honest with yourself in that conversation. Youāre with her for a reason and youāll be going through the consequences of the decision together. Iād also recommend talking to a good male friend and/or in a trusted menās group.
Personally I would find this a very difficult decision. Youāre faced with something you clearly want to do - perhaps because it is your idea, dream, and you want it to succeed. That would be very tempting for me, but Iām also risk averse! So Iād look for ways do it without the risk if at all possible - investing time rather than anything I donāt have or donāt want to lose. But then the risk is that you never get to try, and even trying and failing is valuable. But make sure that you and those who rely on you can bear any consequences.
What I or any of us would do should not influence you, except in helping you think the thing through. Only you can know whatās right here, you must feel it is your decision because itās you who will have to see it through and live with the outcome. Whatever you choose, good luck!
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My 2 cents. Telling people that you will dbl their money for them is never a good idea.
I would sell half the MAID and ask my dad to go in as a partner with the option of buying him out going forward.
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I donāt like the idea of selling MAID this cheap. How about selling a bit of MAID and borrowing some from your pop?
That way, you can pay back your dad even if your project does not take off ā through selling the rest of MAID. And your shoe remains in, so you wonāt pull your hair out if, somehow, MAID takes off in the meantime.
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Savage beat me to it. Savage.
Plus: If your project skyrockets, you may use the other half of MAID to buy your dad out, have all the profit to yourself and parlay more into MAID before it takes off. Middle of the road seems ideal if one is really keen on doing it.
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