Chookstar

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'm sure it will happen in due time. I can wait. As it's been said before, I'd rather have a completely working system rather than announcements that are premature.

Hi everyone Just a query whether or not Brad Garlinghouse is still to announce a major partnership with a bank that will use xRapid by the end of this year? I know PNC Bank joined RippleNet sometime in September - was this perhaps the bank Brad was referring to or do you think a major announcement is still to come? Thanks for your input...

This made me laugh out loud. Love it.

This is an excellent read and I'm surprised there have not been more comments about it. Good find @Plikk, thank you!

Here. Hodling. Happy.

@Hodor I sincerely hope you realize just how much you do for our community. Every blog so well researched, so well put together, so well written. You really do make it so much easier for us to understand this space and have faith in our investment. Thank you as always.

Totally agree.

With regards to Bill Clinton speaking at Swell, my perspective is that he is a very well known and well connected individual. While his personal past is tainted, I hardly know anyone whose isn't. I also think that people should be allowed to grow and evolve as human beings and we need to try not judge them. @RegalChicken, some of your suggestions as to who may have been a better speaker to have on board may be really good ones, but I have no idea who they are. I'm in Australia, and not very politically minded but I do at least know who Bill Clinton is and I'm sure he is not all bad. People all over the world know him, he was the president of the USA! That is incredible. I think what I am trying to say is don't throw the baby out with the bath water. I think it would be crazy for any of us to think that the journey for Ripple and XRP will always be of the highest kind. They will undoubtedly slip up along the way but as long as they are generally headed in the right direction then that is enough for me. Surely Ripple have some of the best marketing savvy people working for them. I'm sure they know what they are doing. I really hope Regal Chicken that you will see it in a different light. You have been wonderfully positive overall and such an asset to this chat site.

Hi @ripplewaytogo! Ive been quiet about my gender because I found it interesting that I was often interpreted as being a male (at least I think it was like that)! But actually I’m female. I am the big picture financial person in my marriage, while my husband is the more risk adverse. I am the investor while he provides the weekly cash flow. Never judge a book by its cover! ?

Thanks @Spekul8 for the time you have put into this for helping us all. I am always playing around with a solid exit strategy. I have not yet settled on my best approach. I really understand that greed could get in the way of making smart decisions. For me I need to keep coming back to the financial goals I am trying to obtain to get to my next level. I think if I try and move beyond those too quickly, then that is where I will come unstuck. Thanks again for your help.

Hello hello! I was wondering where everyone had disappeared to! Can I get an invite please? Thanks, Chookstar.

It would be interesting to find out what hurdles Amazon, Apple, Google etc had to jump before their prices really accelerated. What held them back initially? Did they have SEC problems or other issues. Were people saying they could never get to 'x' price? There seems to be a common theme with disruptive technology - a long base before higher in space (that's been said somewhere before on this chat site).

I regularly listen to Susie, DM Logic and The Digital Asset Investor. I also like Alex Cobb and lately I've tuned in to Kung Fu Nerd and Jungle Inc. I think they all offer something positive and their own unique input into this crypto, specifically XRP space. Each and everyone of them has lifted my spirits at one time or another. I am grateful to the research they do that makes my job as investor and hodler of XRP easier. I feel so lucky to be part of this whole community. I truly hope that dreams are realized for all of us, and if not, at least we don't go down alone!

They are most certainly able to trade. I know of two who actively do so, one of them being my dad. 70 is the new 50.

Thank you @Prometheus_Rising I think you have hit the nail on the head with assessing what one’s primary then secondary financial goals are. It reminds me to not get greedy by trying to jump too far ahead financially too quickly. I really like your strategy, I’ll give it some serious thought.