I'M in a lot of other projects and transparency is

always key.

Hbar Whales shows the size of some of the holdings. The same can be said for XRP and others that have comparable large holdings, just different mcaps.

But the behaviour of foundations and large bag holders can be different depending on the project.

With another one I'm in, it turned out the team were making huge sales before any real successes. Someone tracked the wallets and challenged the team. They were told the sales were to pay tax bills.

Do the foundation/team sell here? Nobody knows.

We are ahead of the competition on adoption and fundamentals, and that's why I'm long term bullish but who in their right mind (other than a few traders) would sell tokens in a project as bullish as this? If you've got a day job, you don't sit in front of a screen all day checking when to enter and exit to make a few quid. You buy and generally hold.

And please fix the token release schedule or give that Token Unlock website correct numbers, as the number of muppets selling based on 1.2bn being released in one go, also impacts price.

You've even got that Mason influencer talking about shorting hbar because of the token releases, and he's one of the biggest proponents of the project!

Another issue is the challenge the retail community faces when trying to contact members of the Hedera team. It would be beneficial if they could improve their communication efforts, or at least show a greater level of concern.

That's what I was going to say. Who does the General think is reading this. Not Leemon et al. that's for sure

I wholeheartedly agree with his statement. Unfortunately, the likelihood is that our voices will go unheard.

Nope but it's worthy of a discussion.

Our guess is that Hedera will not give you any information about a release date. The team will not provide updates on developments or provide you with them. The simple reason is that they do NOT want retailers in their portfolio.

Great news. All the more reason to hold some hbar. If they don't want retail holding, what does that tell you? If that is true, and I'm not sure it is, then it is genuinely the most bullish thing I have heard 👍

Agreed. Puts any concerns in perspective.

I think this is a reasonable safety measure

There’s a lot of hbar in the open market so there are normal market forces, but also supply coming from entities like The HBAR Foundation, Hashgraph Association, DLT Science Foundation and Swirlds who are doing exactly what they are supposed to with HBAR, building the ecosystem and network with impressive visible success. But I think what we don’t see is even more so. Honestly there are so many in the crypto space that are not very sophisticated. They see things like the nonsense that came out of the Token Unlock site and make trading decisions, or see the HBAR under pressure from ecosystem development supply and move on. This should be fine for anyone with a longer term time horizon and appreciated if you are accumulating. I know the opportunity is the difference between the price and potential value of the Network. The crypto space following the ignorant will be blindsided when Hedera becomes self sustainable, the ecosystem and infrastructure is built and supply eases since much of that job will be done. The FedNow Dropp news should not be considered an outlier but indication (or warning) of what’s to come. It seems obvious to some, but again most will be blindsided and wondering why the “crypto experts” on youtube didn’t see the writing on the wall.

Completely agree. Very easy to become 'short termist' investing in this space with all the stories of multiples being done here, there and everywhere. I always advise others to ignore the noise from influencers, many of whom don't know the projects they promote. I will continue accumulating, as I cannot see any other chain expanding at the same rate Hedera is. I'm sure it will all come good in the end and we can look back at this period and wonder why we ever worried about buying at 3, 4, 5 or 6 cents. Will probably attend the London meet. I'm sure the likes of Abrdn and DLA Piper will reassure everyone of the potential.

I have said many times that HBAR makes up a small percentage of my overall portfolio (only crypto I own) and I met my goal a while ago. But, I’ve been buying a set dollar amount weekly again since the Hyundai news. All that work that has been going on in the background seems to be bubbling up to the surface. I’ve told the wife - I don’t know if we’ll make tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or more and I don’t know how long it’s going to take…but we’re going to be making money off HBAR. I have no doubt.

If everything goes good. U can buy your wife a wife.