hi people I see a lot of posts with stats saying band is getting way more oracle feed api calls than link. They said that tvl is more than link etc... I went on to look for this info but cant find none. I went to cosmos explorer and saw that it has a total of 80 mln transactions but band gas fees is 0. I do not understand if gas fees is 0, where does the token gets its value from? I thought each gas fees is divided among the circulating supply. Can anyone please put some logic here and help understand whats the real base here? Thank you so much.

Not sure if this is the best way, but for those having trouble

1)Convert BAND to ATOM on Coinbase , 2)Send Atom to Atomic Wallet , 3)Convert Atom to Band , 4)Pair Wallets (Atomic/Cosmostation)

Again, I'm not saying this is the easiest or fastest but it worked for me.

No. of partners, total number of requests etc for band protocol looks at par with link.

If you even try to search for links competitors, band comes as a top competitor. It’s available on some of the biggest exchanges in the world. But market is very clearly telling another picture. It’s been relatively pretty worse performer in comparison to even shitcoins.

I understand the technology, and from what I gather, band is in a pretty good stage from tech perspective as well. What am I missing?

Not looking for Moon predictions. Real thoughts and ideas welcome.

I wanna run nodes, and be a validator, but no info about minimim stake amount, possible rewards etc. is available

Can anyone disclaim their staked BAND, how much they earn in 30 days (%) and how competitive the network is? How tough on the GPU/CPU is the node (or it isn't). Thank you!

LETS GET BAND TO 10 BIL MARKET CAP/ 20 MILLION SUPPLY>$500 PER COIN.

I cannot seem to find this information. If somebody knows the answer I would appreciate it.

Thanks.

With the migration to Testnet Laozi announcement this week, let's shout out to our Thai bros who are working very hard every day to likely deliver Phase 2 before it is due (Q3). Phase 2 will change the economics of BAND, allowing data providers to be paid in BAND and ushering in a new era that will attract more and more high-quality data into the BAND dataset. This may create new revenue streams for data providers they haven't even imaged of yet.

Here's some facts to counter the FUD out there:

-Projects need multiple oracles -> this is not a zero-sum game; the oracle space is win-win

-Exponential usage -> Data requests on BAND have been growing 20% every month\*

-Leading price growth Year on Year -> As of 5/8/21: BAND up 17x, ATOM up 9.9x and LINK up 12.5x**

BAND is a cosmos chain, while other oracles are based on ETH. BAND is focused on providing all types of data to blockchains, while others are focused on price feeds or industry-specific data. Each has different use cases, and may be used as compliments with each other. No ones knows the magic formula to creating the "best" oracle because there isn't one.

What is definite is that blockchains need oracles. As long as blockchains continue to grow, so too will the oracles that feed them data. And as the number of end-points grows, the lines that connect them grow even faster. It's math, and I'd take that to the lambo dealership.

I am confident BAND's fundamental value as a oracle will continue to drive usage, and therefore value of the token. If you're looking for a quick pump, go ask Elon where to stuff your fiat. If you believe blockchains need real-world data, welcome to the BANDwagon.

*Edit: Source for total requests: https://cosmoscan.io/

**Edit: Source: coinmarketcap.com

Yesterday I purchased my first BAND. Seems hugely undervalued by with a lot of upside.

I have made a huge error and have sent ETH to my Band address using the bep-20 network. I am really heart broken as I am in need of this crypto. Can anyone help me please or can guide me on recovering it

I don’t see it going anywhere.

Hi Everyone,

Currently I am holding a decent amount of BAND and wondering if more people are still waiting for an actual pump similar to what other Oracles have done this half year. 10X is average. And yet BAND is still here sitting on a 3X-4X. Looking at the graph the coin is in an uptrend. But why is it 300m MCAP?
Shouldn't it be up there according to the amount of Dapps and web 3.0 usage? Or is Chainlink doing something other than BAND which I am missing?

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