Stan, thank you again for the inspiring words.
But, technically, you didn't answer James' questions directly:
4. In case of the failure of the entire BitShares project, is there a Plan B? Put aside your 40 years of R&D experiences in the aerospace industry, it is unrealistic to slay all the dragons, especially in the crypto industry.
Our plan is Massively Redundant.
We have multiple DAC families in the works each of which will spawn multiple DACs. We have multiple independent third parties making their own decisions about how to develop and promote their DAC. If any of those teams gets into trouble, other teams can pick up the torch and carry on. Every single failure mode we can think of is covered, including the banning of a DAC in some jurisdiction where it can quickly pop up again in some other jurisdiction. Invictus is, even at this point, not necessary for all this to succeed. And we are deliberately arranging it so that we are less and less critical over time.
On top of all that redundant backup to our own efforts, I am certain that the team we have in place can slay
any dragon in the crypto industry if it
can be slain. We do not need to slay
every dragon, just those unfortunate enough to get in our way.