This is NOT a post about debating prices. This is a post about innovation and leveraging Blockchain technology to help us move the human race forward, because the ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. #BUIDL

I've been talking with #Bitcoin maximalists since 2010; many envision a world where price goes only one direction, & can never envision a scenario where #BTC goes below $8,000. We barely had any trading activity between $3,000 and $19,000. In markets it is common to build a volume profile. It doesn't matter how you explain it, or how many decades of experience you may have in markets, if you ask 1,000 people for their interpretation of a chart, you'll get hundreds of different interpretations. Some will agree with you, some will vilify you; really it does not matter. Spend your time and energy on things that will last the test of time. Everything else is ephemeral.

I fully envision a back and fill, bearish market all the way sub $5K. Many people say that is impossible and will never happen because of the massive new demand from millions of people. I say, "on the contrary"; the influx of latecomers is actually going to exacerbate the problem. Once again, this will be ultimately good for the bitcoin market - to wash out the weak hands who spent more than they could afford to lose near the top.

It may take years to build a balance and a new technological breakthrough to make the Utility of #btc to regain upward momentum. Slow and steady wins the race. You don't need to be involved in the market fluctuations every single day in order to participate in the long term gains. Even some of the simplest ideas will do. Watch for the trending of 50, 100, 200 day moving averages.

If your perspective is beyond that time frame, why are you exposing yourself to the market more than you can afford to be emotionally detached from? You must assume that every dollar in crypto is a highly speculative investment into a future value, which could go to zero.

I would even go further and state that it is not really an investment at all. #bitcoin is a technology. It is only useful to you if you find it useful. I do, and thus I buy it. I also find #ethereum useful so I buy it. It would not have any use if other people don't agree.

For me, #bitcoin is a UtilityToken. so is #ether. So are other ERC20 tokens. #Bitcoin is a technological platform that allows me to use my utility #bitcoin and #Ethereum is a technological platform that allows me to build really cool decentralized apps that nobody can stop.

I can enjoy immediate utility by owning #bitcoin and #ether because I have immediate needs for them. I live in the present, and build software for the future growing CryptoEconomy; I am close to the metal on this and thus see the potential blooming before my eyes.

I wish I could express this even more clearly, but I'm doing everything I can so far with free #ByteSizeBlockchain youtube channel, iTunes podcast, sharing free slide deck intros to #Ethereum and #Bitcoin. Participating in all the gitter.im/ethereum/ open source communities and helping out.





I'm also working on real projects that are used and paid for by customers with real dollars and ERC20 tokens in the community. The ICO / LOCIcoin Sale code that I wrote, tested and deployed to the #Ethereum main net last month raked in netted the the company $7,673,960. That's just a fraction of the DIRECT, MEASURABLE IMPACT a person can have in this industry. This image of PT Barnum from The Greatest Showman is exactly how I felt after helping make this happen. That's empowering. It was one of the greatest challenges of my life, and I rose to the occasion. Sometimes there were moments where I doubted my own abilities, but I would do it ALL. OVER. AGAIN with that Executive team at the helm.

Loci's InnVenn platform is a simple, yet powerful tool for searching and discovering patents. is a uniquely powerful and collaborative tool. It uses a patented system of link analysis, machine learning, and crowdsourcing to show comprehensive data and the whole ‘forest’ of ideas to individuals conducting searches. InnVenn also provides the opportunity for inventors, investors, and like-minded individuals to come together, share ideas, and bring those ideas to fruition. LOCI coin is a UtilityToken, that is ERC20 compliant, for integration with the Loci platform. It has clear utility in the platform, for InnVenn subscriptions, used to Stake ownership of an invention on the Ethereum blockchain, and will be used to place bids on Intellectual Property on InnVenn, including existing patents.

At the same time, I'm building businesses around servicing the needs of the future #cryptoeconomic boom. I'm constantly hearing doom and gloom about crypto as an asset. This does not bother me. I'm going to keep building! This includes one-on-one consulting and advisory / development of #Ethereum based projects and #ICOs through Emmonspired.com.

This is not the time to discuss reasons to be gloomy. I've been a software developer for almost 18 years professionally, and never before has humankind been so empowered than with the use of #blockchain / #crypto technology. This is the most exciting, empowering innovation in 30 years.





The DEMAND for YOUR BRAINPOWER and SKILLS in the #CryptoEconomy far exceeds the SUPPLY of those willing to work and BUILD. So while the rest of the world goes all in on speculation, do yourself a favor; buy a little. Get some skin in the game. And BUILD businesses and products. As a reminder, it's not just you that needs #blockchain, but blockchain needs you.

Right now, the world faces a serious problem. There's so much demand for these skills and so little supply. I'm fighting back the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) as much as I can - but I need your help. We need an army. An army of educators. Help me bring this to the world, a Blockchain University program is needed, right here. Right now. I'll start by sharing some of the first slides from my next venture into . I'll need help with funding. Perhaps I could partner with someone in another school, like the Marquette University's Blockchain Lab or the Milwaukee School of Engineering's new Computer Science degree program. This needs to happen. With Blockchain technology, human kind has been given a launching pad for innovation.

Whenever you hear the crowds fighting about one crypto versus another crypto like it's a sports event, run the other way. Abandon the town squares. Abandon the forums. #BUIDL. Research. PLAY. Be Creative. Have faith in the process. Zingo! You will strike upon an idea that you can't wait to get working on.

Don't get involved in Price Wars. Let your actions speak louder than words. Spend your time building something great. When the dust from the bickering settles, the crowds will have tired from their arguments and have nothing but wasted time to show for it.

On the other hand, you will rise from the ashes with a legacy that you have built.

Dan Emmons is owner of Emmonspired LLC, a Certified Bitcoin Professional, Certified Ethereum Developer, Full Stack Developer and Advisor on Cryptocurrency projects. He is also the creator of a Youtube Channel and iTunes Podcast called ByteSizeBlockchain.