Is the idea to essentially launch a DPOS PTS DAC and promote it as currency rather than sharedrop instrument?
It could be both. The honest truth is that Nxt was lightyears ahead of every other crypto until Bitshares launched, but they had only marginal success. Ask yourself why. To this day, Nxt has features that Bitshares hasn't implemented (multi-gateway trustless exchange between BTC-NXT/BTC-LTC/BTC-DOGE and digital goods store come to mind). No matter how superior they were in features and functionality, they could not overcome the stigma associated with their flawed IPO. Bitshares is better, but is it good enough? Time will tell. My argument is that a "purist" version of DPOS has a fighting chance for mass adoption, maybe even a better chance than a feature rich coin with a fumbled allocation problem and variable inflation (superDAC).
As for the second part of your question, I would also argue that such a "purist" DPOS coin is also ideally suited for sharedropping by the "feature-rich" coins. If it weren't for Gavin, I personally think Vitalik would have share-dropped to PTS/AGS for Ethereum. I think neither Vitalik nor Gavin nor any other rational developer would sharedrop to the superDAC. The ideal instrument for sharedropping is a fairly launched pure proof of work coin with no premine. This is PTS by definition. The same properties that make PTS well suited for currency also make it an ideal instrument for sharedropping/distribution by feature-based coins.
Thoughts:
It's an interesting idea and I don't think anyone would be opposed. The biggest supporter of PTS has parted ways, and it's the perfect opportunity to transfer its momentum by re-launching it. Would be nice to see more discussion regarding the future of PTS.
As for fair coins, it's not possible right now. People regard BitShares as fair, but really it's only fair among people that have figured out what the hell "bitcoin" is and how to get some. It's not even fair among general internet users. When a currency or DAC manages to reach mass adoption (through showing enough value and making it easy enough to join), it will spark waves of fairer currencies. Crypto is still an elite club IMO. When the rest of the world can join, we'd have a shot at it.
This new PTS would have 4 options:
- stay in a niche
- carve out a new one
- battle bitcoin as internet money
- battle bitcoin as "Gold 2.0"
It couldn't/wouldn't compete with BTS