When are you redeeming my WHALESHAREs Fuzzy?! It's been over a week now, you PROMISED!

I recently had a chat with @officialfuzzy, the founder of the WhaleShares community and the BeyondBitcoin hangouts. At some point, the conversation turned towards the recent problems faced by the WhaleShares community after @blocktrades felt it necessary to recall his 150K SP delegation in order to support some of his other initiatives.

(at this point, I'd like to recommend you start streaming the embedded video I included below, then continue reading on...)

After going through such a "traumatic" shake-up (relatively speaking, of course), one might think that would all but have ended the whaleshare community. The inherent strength of a community really can't be judged by what goes on when times are good, the wine's flowing steadily, and the money's pouring in.

The true strength and character of a community reveals itself in tough times, when the SHTF, yet people still choose to stick around, support one another, and try and rise up together to overcome the obstacles before them. That's what truly creates stronger bonds between people.

In the spirit of "The Walking Dead"... It's the shit we go through, together, yet standing tall, and surviving nonetheless, that brings us closer to one another.

And that's basically what the core WhaleShares community has done, despite the WHALESHARE token having been devalued by 90%... yet, the community carries on, it persists and continues, heads held high, still holding post promotion events, members still helping each other as they can, while keeping in mind that brighter days are still yet to come.

And Fuzzy's actions were even more telling. While under absolutely no obligation to do so, Fuzzy stepped up to the plate and announced to the community that over time, as he can, he would offer to redeem people's nearly worthless WHALESHARE tokens in exchange for BEYONDBITs (currently trading at nearly 5 BTS each) at a rate of 2 WS for 1 BB. He singlehandedly lifted the community out of the gutter, without most people even realizing it. Yet, they stuck together, and he stuck by the community as you just knew he would.

Now understand, he can't possibly just redeem them all at once, because just like a "federal reserve bailout", a careful balance must be maintained. Flooding the market with new BEYONDBITs would not only dilute their value in the eyes of current holders, but it would also potentially deplete their utility as voting tokens, as everyone tries to use them at once, potentially devaluing them even further in the short run.

And now here's where it gets interesting. Just remember that Fuzzy is under no obligation to do any of this. Anyone holding these tokens should be grateful for his redemption offer. At one point, Fuzzy had $600+ payouts on his hangout posts, all of which he'd invest back into the STEEMIT and BeyondBitcoin community and ecosystem. Practically anyone else would more likely be hanging out on a beach somewhere, sipping margaritas, pretty much year round. And I hope come this Christmas weekend, that's exactly what he's doing with his family, at least for a change of pace and a bit of "fresh air".

So what about them WHALESHAREs...

So, for those of you who watch the WHALESHARE market on bitshares, you may have noticed a 1 BTS bid sitting on WHALESHARE. That's Fuzzy sitting there, ready to pick up any of those WHALESHARE tokens you'd rather just dump for whatever you can get for 'em. I may sit there too and pick up a few myself here and there, and some of you more dedicated members of the WhaleShare community may choose to do so too!

Periodically (as he can, without overly effecting the BEYONDBIT market), Fuzzy will stop by the WhaleShares Discord Chat and offer to buy in some of those WHALESHARE tokens in direct exchange for BEYONDBIT. That may be at 2 WS for 1 BB, and sometimes, if he's feeling especially generous, maybe it'll even be at 1:1. Those who frequently hang out in the WhaleShares Discord Chat may just be well compensated for their patience, and just may receive a very pleasant reward, possibly even more than they hoped for!

No guarantees, but from what I understand Fuzzy may just may drop into discord here and there and let everyone know when he posts some buybacks on the DEX in exchange for BeyondBits. But be warned, if you message him asking about it first, you just might scare him away altogether (well, at least for that particular round)!

For those not willing or unable to hold out for that, for whatever reason, Fuzzy's still got yo back! You've got a nice 1 BTS bid ready and waiting, and Fuzzy's more than happy to retire those tokens for you, at a price that's more than fair for your "instant gratification" needs (for 100 WS, that's still over US$60, given BTS recently TRIPLED in value)!

And if you'd like, you can even try offering them back out at a more reasonable price on the bitshares WHALESHARE_BTS market as well, because for those of you astute enough to notice, they recently traded for over double that price (up to 2.20 BTS) within the past day or so!

As a sidenote, most people aren't aware that Fuzzy also engaged in a similar "operation" (albeit to a smaller degree, at a price of nearly 1/2 BTS each) after the recent devaluation of HairShare tokens, when holders also found their tokens devalued by 90% from one day to the next.

But at the end of the day, the real point is that it's completely up to him, to do it as he likes, however he likes, and I'm just grateful that Fuzzy's always there looking out for all of us, and trying to support everyone with great opportunities as only Fuzzy knows how.

I can only hope you all feel the same way I do. Merry Christmas to all of you, and especially to you, Fuzzy, this 🍺BUD's 🍺 for you! 🍻😁🍻