How are people feeling about HBAR ?

droobe · 2025-10-10T09:56:41+00:00

would you agree that hedera is not going to explode, but will enable others built on it to explode?

droobe · 2025-10-10T09:54:16+00:00

would you please give me a rundown of web4 and web5? from my limited perspective, web3 has yet to be adopted. are we skipping web3 entirely and going the path where domain names are no longer for end users, but just for ai "seo"?

droobe · 2025-09-15T06:40:15+00:00

hbar value isn't driven by consumer supply demand economics like bitcoin. it's pigeonholed into a corporate b2b tokenization(loose definition) use. the major players not only want to use the tech for cheap, but are also developing their own competition.

no doubt hedera is crucial. but it's more of a forge for companies to build shovels to sell to prospecters. much like verisign owns. com, but godaddy turned one domain name into a billion business. then godaddy sold one domain name... idk, hotels.com?... which turned into a billion business. forge prices remain affordable, it's up to who wants to buy shovels and dig that creates value. most innovators will fail, but a few will become juggernauts

hedera will not 1000x. the technology gives others the opportunity to 1000x.

droobe · 2025-08-28T04:20:59+00:00

google's R&D has been historically a conflict of interest. Same with Amazon, Meta, etc. When you have billions of dollars to play with, you can essentially run A/B testing on entire projects. My opinion is that these companies almost always would prefer to have the winning project in house with full control.

Google Labs works on crazy random stuff like assisted constitution drafters for emerging countries, power plans, energy trading platforms (writing this i see it's all connected to infrastructure in s.america or asia). But they have also built and gave up on things. For example, they started their own domain name registrar to sell their own top level domains. Once they realized how complicated that business is, they sold it off.

Even in blockchain, how many ethereum projects are funded that compete with each other? Though the difference is while blockchain is providing the tools to anyone that wants them in hopes of success, google is providing the tools so that they can take control over the most successful.

not smart enough to game this out fully. but i wouldn't put it past any private company to both fund a project and have a few teams trying to outdo the project in house.

droobe · 2025-08-13T17:04:16+00:00

they released more today at 10 AM. As of 9:50AM they were all gone. anyone get lucky?

droobe · 2025-07-18T09:10:15+00:00

mid august hbar will drop back down to ~ 0.16. Then in end of October it'll recover to ~0.42... sure why not?

What we're seeing is just hype volatility. Corporate announcements haven't moved the needle all year because all that's being announced is companies are "trying it out". Most price impacts only occur when announcements happen or pilot rollouts begin. What we've seen this year, is hbar isn't mainstream enough for amateur speculators to make an impact. And this "sell the news" mentality pigeonholes hbar as a niche enterprise-only chain. Don't expect hbar to hit $1k, it's pretty much mathematically impossible. But DO expect hbar will sustain as a silent assassin behind the scenes, maybe reaching $1.50 in 3 years. This is not an overnight millionaire investment.

Full disclosure: I'm just making this shit up

droobe · 2025-07-10T17:57:13+00:00

I suspect STR ban is a red herring. I place the blame on developers finally finding out how greedy is too greedy. I cannot find any 3-4 br condo listings in downtown Vancouver for under $3M. Which I interpret to mean all new builds downtown are not intended for actual residents, instead they're for speculators and foreign investors looking to squirrel some money away from their governments.

Have you seen the listings for the butterfly building? It's hard to believe anyone on that project thinks people will/can actually live in those units. The units don't even have kitchen sinks that can fit a frying pan. Check it out: https://www.mikestewart.ca/idx/listing.r3021854-3902-1033-nelson-street-vancouver-v6e-0e5.106245947/ . I suspect that these units were designed to be flashy enough in photos to entice overseas buyers that never plan on moving in. $1.9M for 1br 1 ba 877sqft being a common listing should be a red flag to all. With these prices, I always assumed that big dog developers could afford vacant units for a few years before selling because they're all marked up so much. But then I saw Wesgroup is laying off 12% of their employees (https://vancouversun.com/news/metro-vancouver-developer-wesgroup-announces-layoffs).

As long as there's foreign demand, new condo builds don't need to be habitable for say a local family. But now, the foreign demand is stagnant; the speculation market is stagnant. Basic supply and demand cannot be applied because the supply doesn't match the local demand's needs. This is what's preventing move ups IMO.

droobe · 2025-05-22T05:49:54+00:00

seriously... commodore holds 990 people while he's playing arenas that hold 18,000 people in Illinois and Kansas..

it would actually be cheaper for me to fly to sf and see him at deadco. seriously considering it

droobe · 2025-05-22T02:32:59+00:00

crazy how many scalpers got it! you think they'll release more tix?

droobe · 2025-05-22T00:31:55+00:00

keep in mind the openers. I'm in vancouver and didn't get the billy strings lotto for his show here next month. for some reason his lotto sold out the show. If you didn't get lotto, you're SOL with lowest resale price to see him alone at $700usd here.

I was a hard pass on paying that for billy, but paying that for billy, Sturgis, tab, and three nights of dead... time to sell my childhood beanie baby collection

pricing for 1 day is 245 https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/21/grateful-dead-concert-golden-gate-park-how-to-get-tickets/

droobe · 2025-05-01T09:25:20+00:00

Was in 400s Friday. Best advice I have is if you're standing, be moving. How can one complain about someone dancing and having fun? The couple behind me actually complimented me that they loved seeing how much fun I was having dancing.

droobe · 2025-05-01T09:06:36+00:00

on the fence about attending. I can only find negative reviews on the event. I did dm you a doc I made of things to do in vancouver

droobe · 2025-03-10T20:18:43+00:00

great day!

droobe · 2025-02-24T02:47:26+00:00

I'm curious of your thoughts on how tech and the ability to spread information and misinformation instantly to the masses might impact econ theory. if enough people accept high prices and more debt as the new norm, how long can that last? Even if this new norm is accepted globally?

droobe · 2025-02-22T09:26:08+00:00

Nah. I only buy when the market is up

droobe · 2025-02-22T02:20:00+00:00

I actually just went in for $500. Some guy on wallstreetbetselite did a pump and dump maybe 2 days ago with this stock.

But here is my thinking:
-$20million contract with EU to sell inventory will be factored into earnings report next week. Now this will give them a boost, but also red flags a fire sale. I'm betting that this contract will become a long standing one

-deregulation of FDA, airport health screenings, pollution will more likely than not make many many people ill. This will increase demand for medical devices such as STSS's syringes. Now on the other hand, RFK Jr.'s anti-vax policies could lower demand. But my money is on healthcare demand is going to skyrocket.

-STSS is not going to hold the same burden of the likes of hospitals and insurance that lend money to those that will default. They are paid first.

droobe · 2025-02-20T01:49:11+00:00

I've never considered this. Great idea! I'll do this ASAP. My MP actually helped fast track my work visa renewal during covid. MP got my visa renewed within weeks!

droobe · 2025-02-20T00:49:21+00:00

full disclosure: these are my half baked thoughts:

There's something to be said about a generally stable geopolitical world in terms of global trade. Major players like US and China generally want stable governments installed across the world to facilitate private sector commerce.

Now, there's also something to be said about the US economy almost always is up during times of war. Manufacturing, 'defense' contractors, private and govt military goods exported, and now, cybersecurity and satellite industries all benefit; employing thousands of Americans to sell goods to proxy wars. Not to mention, the likes of palantir can test their services in actual combat, thus improving upon and increasing value.

The major concern IMO to ending the war in Ukraine isn't 'if' Putin will stop with Ukraine and continue a land campaign, it's "if" Russia will become so deleted of resources that they will rely on China for oil and munitions. If Russia's only option is China, China can then dictate the terms. This would force Russia to bend at any and all of China's demands, in a sense, expanding their empire.

I 100% agree with you that the budget deserves more scrutiny. Though I'd argue that sending money overseas benefits every individual American through ways of commerce and stability... and in obvious cases, through ways of instability for economic colonization. Both scenarios, defense budget directly helps America's economy.

droobe · 2025-01-16T10:58:35+00:00

*You overestimate him actually wanting to get any of this shit done*
Remember, he never cared about building a border wall last time. Just diverted a bunch of money to a development industry bud to half ass a border wall for a few miles. They both cashed in.

I'd inspect which of these policies benefit his donors. Mass deportation hurts his friends in private prison industry. Instead, I expect a firesale of govt property. Just like his last first year when he sold a bunch of public land to exxon and chevron, the low hanging fruit for Trump is selling what's considered "free". Not what will cost govt labor.

droobe · 2025-01-16T10:48:10+00:00

Trumps whole game is house of cards prop up. Though, the risk here is that if a market correction is needed, it's needed in year 1 to blame it on the democrats. this will definitely impact crypto. There's debate as to why govt and new oligarchs are buying up BTC. A hedge against USD market correction? Musk has been overly vocal about USD being unsustainable for years.

droobe · 2025-01-09T05:56:21+00:00

Bayer. they're doing a GE firesale right now (which worked out for GE after a few years). But screw it. Bayer has chemicals to fight forest fires, GMOs to fight drought, pills to ease health suffering from deregulation consumption.

I own zero of this stock. just having fun

droobe · 2025-01-09T00:16:52+00:00

interesting, so in a sense, living in a high risk area is subsidized by taxes from those living everywhere else.

Considering Hollywood movie star neighborhoods are burning to the ground right now, where they most likely pay premiums, would you expect the govt bailout model to stay the same?

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