I've been learning about cryptocurrencies for about a year now, yet I did not actually invest in them until a few weeks before Thanksgiving. Luckily I was blessed with great association, and I made some really decent choices in where I invested. The overall experience has been a wonderful learning curve in my life. Though making good choices can be a great reinforcer to what you're learning. Mistakes or oversights can sometimes be even better teachers, with exponentially greater learning benefits. In this post I am sharing one of those oversights that I learned a lot from.
I joined the Whaleshares Community a while back, it was a great decision. While interacting with this community I've met plenty of wonderful people like 
I've been using the platform for months, and maneuvering the site has become second nature. Yet despite the amount of time on the platform. I'm afraid I never gave it the credit it deserved. It has only been recently, that I have begun to see the full potential behind this Ledger. It is my understanding that Bitshares was one of the first trading ledgers of its kind.
Bitshares was the first blockchain created by Dan Larimer, who also designed the Steemit blockchain. Which says a lot in my opinion. Bitshares can be purchased through 
When I first started using bitshares, their market price was .13 usd, hence my oversight. I've used the bitshares ledger to acquire other cryptocurrencies like Litecoin, EOS, OMG, and several other tokens.
I am, however, sad to say it never occurred to me to buy some bitshares as an investment. Even though I saw what it was capable of, and absolutely appreciated what I can do with it. The idea of buying some bitshares to save never occurred to me. I think it's mainly because I'm always using them to acquire other things that I want. Yet recently I was trying to score some sweet deal's on a few coins I wanted, and I purchased bitshares to acquire them. That is when I noticed the price have gone up to .88 usd.
"Human nature is amazing", I always say. How it never occurred to me to invest into it, I'm still trying to figure it out. Even after following the discussions held by Beyond Bitcoin, and hearing all the great information shared in those discussions. It still never occurred to me. That's human nature for you.
I highly recommend checking out the beyond bitcoin project. I follow their YouTube channel, and their insight is priceless. The discussions are usually hosted by
One If his current post: BeyondBitcoin Tweet-Off > #Tokens4Tweets Challenge | Cross-Chain Synergy Art Challenge #1 | Share Your Twitter Voice for WHALESHAREs!
One Of his current post: ["Save the Kittens" MEME Challenge Beyondbit Prizes Inside
Here's a YouTube video of their last bitshares talk:
The bitshares platform is highly underrated in my opinion. It is such an amazing tool. It offers so many different possibilities that work in conjunction with the steemit platform and it's community. Not only is it a great platform to purchase tokens, that can be used to boost your post on steemit. The Ledger can also be used to access many different currency markets like bitshares to open.litecoin market or the bit.usd to Open.Eos market.
Access to those markets offers many opportunities , but I recently found out something about bitshares that really solidified my appreciation of it.
The bitshares Ledger offers the ability to create tokens. Though I'm not in a position yet to be in need of that option. It is my understanding that the process is relatively easy. From listening to the Beyond Bitcoin discussions, it seems to me that the bitshares ledger is a great alternative to using the ethereum platform. I recently started using ethereum Delta. Though I appreciate its usefulness, I've also begun to realize how long it takes to acquire tokens. In my opinion the bitshares platform is faster and easier to use. This makes it a great alternative for anyone starting a new ICO. This option to create tokens easier, in less time, and on a quicker platform is the reason I believe bitshares is highly underrated. As more ICO's discover this option, I believe the true value of bitshares will become apparent.
Of course I'm not giving investment advice, nor do I pretend to be qualified to do so. I'm just a simple person who has found the bitshares platform to be very useful, and from listening to people who have much more experience than I. It seems apparent to me that bitshares has some serious hidden potential, and it's absolutely worth doing some research on.
Here's a few post great post on Bitshares. I found while finishing this post.
There is so much information in this following post. So many articles shared in this post. Absolute must read
@steempowerAnther super sweet post.
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Stan Larimer on the State of Cryptos Today
Thank you for sharing with me.
God Bless. :)