tl;dr version Platitude 35: Let us focus on our unique strengths, and honor the unique strengths of other projects.
Ethereum collected nearly $18 million during crowd funding + 1/6th ($3 million) is going to foundation and early contributions. I think we should just face the fact that Ethereum is Bitcoin 3.0 and we should be aiming to perfect 2.0 services, specifically getting network effect for bitAssets and focusing on DAC entrepreneurship. Ethereum is more focused on research, development-community and breaking new ground for the future. We are focused on building services that are practical for "libertarians" and entrepreneurs near term, i.e. easy, cost-effective, stable and fast. Whatever our story is, we should focus on what makes us unique, so that we can emphasize what makes Bitcoin and Ethereum unique as well.
My motto of late has been "If you wish to go to Mars, you must first go through Pay Pal" inspired by the Napoleon-like story of Elon Musk, but said in the voice of Carl Sagan echoing his "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe." The idea being that "going straight forward" is not as easy cutting corners Pythagoras style. With our keen sense of economic reality we are the ones who must lead the way on how to sustain and create value straightforwardly - that we influence theoretic decisions such as using Delegates, lowering transaction speed, moving away from PoW, and doing snapshots, is just an effect of our insight into the ruthless nature of economic reality.
By way of advice I urge you all to argue the case (at least to yourself) for why Bitcoin is unique, then argue for why Ethereum is unique, and then finally for why BitShares is unique. In this way your mind is forced to focus on the relative strengths of each. The reality is Bitcoin may keep sliding for a long time still, BitShares may spend months and months trying to get basic services accepted and basic valuable DACs up and running, and Ethereum may struggle for months and months to get going, making investors and devs tired and disillusioned.