Announcements do not have value. Software does. Until 2.0 is official and the referral program is operational, words are just words.
No, words give the wise insight into what will surely be.
By the time the conditions exist that you describe, the answer will be obvious to everyone and the biggest investment opportunities will have passed.
In some endeavors is pays to be skeptical. But when the open source and test nets and hours of mumble press conferences are happening before your very eyes, skepticism is just a way to avoid doing the hard work of examining the plain evidence for yourself.
This is the way it should be. To the diligent go the rewards. The rest are left saying, "Why don't I ever get a break?"
Stan,
I attend the mumble hangouts. I've played around with a witness node on my RPI2. I'm aware of what the technical possibilities and opportunities are of BitShares 2.0...so I wouldn't say I am "avoiding the hard work of examining the plain evidence."
My point is that an announcement in of itself, is not worth anything. You can (and do) make announcements all summer long, but if none of them actually pan out - what are they worth? You cannot guarantee anything. Past history proves this.
When 2.0 was announced, BM said "this summer". We will see about that. I'm a HODLer - don't get me wrong...all I'm saying is that your announcements are not worth what you think they are to many community members here.