Oh yes definitely CryptoKitties is a good development, but I didn't realize the network was clogged up so much... so being used to low gas cost, I deposited some ETH on it with only 0.5 gwei. This did the trick in afew minutes before.. but now I fear I may have to wait a long, long time for those funds to arrive to Etherdelta. Resending it is pointless too because I'll end up sending it twice..

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Hey Your Whaleness, 

Now, having gotten your attention, do engage your eyeballs with the content that follows.

I’m calling on you for votes and follows based on my ability to consistently deliver engaging original content. No need to beat around the bush here, I’m telling you to steer your mouse button over to my my blog @pawsdog and start spreading a bit of that whale manna around by upvoting my articles. It will only take a second to step down from Whale mountain and use your GOD POWERS to curate a few of articles. I’m not the typical minnow here that recycles garbage and creates posts consisting of regurgitated links. I deliver detailed technical analysis of cryptocurrencies, as well as blunt but insightful commentary to my existing followers; but I need more. 

So I am coming to the source, to the well from which all things spring eternal, I am at the base of “Whale Mountain” screaming; “Hey you, don’t act like you don’t see me, get your ass down here and curate some solid content”. Sure you may have differing opinions on where an asset is headed and that’s great. If you think you have the chops to intelligently substantiate alternative opinions with evidence to the contrary then bring it on. Regardless, it’s solid, detailed, lengthy and well thought out content that engages the reader; the type of content STEEMIT needs if we are to keep gaining users at a rate sufficient to satisfy your large mammalian appetites. 

While I am as of yet, not a STEEMIT whale I have achieved WHALE status in other professions and areas of interest during my life. Two lessons learned thus far in having found those successes are; to have dogged tenacity towards a goal, and don’t take “No” for an answer. Go straight to the source, find those that can benefit you most and make yourself known and keep making yourself known. Through sheer will, determination and a positive attitude motivate them to find the enthusiasm to support you and your goal. Make your goal their goal and one by which you can both benefit.

So here I am, and I will keep being here; I will be on your pages and posts like a Hobo on a muffin, like sausage gravy on biscuits, and like BBQ sauce on ribs. I’m going to keep banging your comment sections like a screen door in a hurricane. So we can do it the easy way or the hard way. I say we be friends, get to know each other, share some ideas; we can take it slow. I won’t ask you to give it all up on the first date. Let’s start by holding hands or maybe hug; a cursory review of my content and an upvote/resteem or two when you find an article worthy of your whale manna. 

This is self promotion at its finest, and you can certainly down vote me for my audacity, for daring to leave the safe boundaries of my minnow pond for the open seas so as to hunt the whales within them. Regardless your take on my refusal to peacefully submit to the confining borders of my current STEEMIT socioeconomic class; I will keep creating solid original content. I will stay on your ass and eventually you will notice and appreciate the effort that in the end will benefit us all. 

Included writing samples:

Hello Steemit... Creative, Talented Writer, and Trade Analyst entering the community

https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@pawsdog/hello-steemit-creative-talented-writer-and-trade-analyst-entering-the-community

12/6/2017 The Market View and Trading Outlook 

https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@pawsdog/7whdbh-12-6-2017-the-market-view-and-trading-outlook

Is Bitcoin really decentralized, or are we being led like lambs to the slaughter?

https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@pawsdog/is-bitcoin-really-decentralized-or-are-we-being-led-like-lambs-to-the-slaughter



In conclusion I think there may be a disconnect between us minnows and you whales. Perhaps the tiny sound waves we produce here at the surface just can’t pierce to the depths at which you live. So I have taken the liberty of having my above proclamation translated into whale speak just for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WabT1L-nN-E


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Sorry to hear that. I had been trading on Bittrex for a few months, and then had a gut feeling in Nov. to take off my money off the exchange even though I am fully verified, and I trust my gut without needing confirmation on the outside.  I'm not planning on going back there.

I've signed up Bittrex, Cryptopia, EtherDelta, and Binanace to test their platform and functionality. So far my hats goes to Bittrex because of ease-of-use; everything I need is on one screen (if my monitor is flipped vertically)