Not against bitcoin, but bitcoin against the dollar, not zero, but maybe even as low as $1000 or even $800. This will directly impact steem if its exchange rate does not accelerate against BTC, it will mean we fall as BTC falls. But that doesn't matter.
Even if I finish my task of assembling a giant collection of blockchain analysis, and clearly name and quantify the amount of intentional manipulation going on, look at how long it has taken for the air to fall out of the ICO racket-markets, of which barely 2, maybe, will ever amount to anything.
2-3 months is about typical for the latency of financial systems adjusting to the facts of the marketplace, mainly because the central banks put on such a spectacle, and use the government guns to suppress the information.
People will run to steem if btc plummets, giving you the acceleration upwards I mentioned, and then once the dust settles on segwit, we ride its recovery upwards as well. I may even be underestimating how high it will go before the market figures out, in a part thanks to my investigation and deduction work, that the company behind this, and the mechanisms they baked in, are designed to milk the very investors who will push the price up so high.
Hopefully I am correct in my estimation of the timeline on this, because it will be very convenient for me, in my future plans. I need at least $50k worth of industrial grade inorganic chemistry equipment to manufacture diamagnetic materials, robust resonator chambers, and hundreds of miles of high quality electromagnet windings, rare earth magnets, and probably I will also need something to build quite high strength, non-ferrous frameworks (possibly titanium).
My estimate is not based on what I want, however, but simply, the typical peak to trough ratios well known as fibonacci retracements. The next, and maybe last, peak, of the Steem price has to be at least double the previous at $4.31. Thus $8 is my guess. But it can hit other ratios above this level, thtat are progressively smaller by a fibonacci reverse sequence (the next two price levels above it would be 5 more, and then 3 more, and then 2 and then 1. Thus, all else being equal, the maximum potential for spiking is about 19.
This number 19 is coming up way too often. Did you know that in the Qur'an the number of angels who preside over hell is 19?
Thanks for the info, and good luck with your general plans. Although I rather hope you're mistaken regarding the intentions behind, and the fate of Steem and other cryptocurrencies.
I've considered this kind of thing myself, but in nothing like such depth. It does seem unlikely that open blockchains would have been allowed to flourish unless they were 'under control'. I'd be interested in any links you have to help confirm or refute your hypothesis, and if you write a book/paper at some stage, I'd like to read it.
Are you anonymous, or do you have a public web presence?
You really post some dark shit.. xD
Where can I read more about Dawn?
This is very interesting. My father who passed away talked about this and I always thought he was the only one who thought this way and was possibly losing his mind. Always keep a little gold on hand.