Hmm.. I feel as though your analysis overlooks the many partnerships that have been established in VOTE, the sun microsystems Aus CEO, MethodX. As for the sharedrops and other business strategy shifts, startups pivot to get closer to the best path, bitshares is no different.
The only thing I was complimenting you on was your ability to rub elbows with high-popularity technologists and journalists. Don't see why you needed to rant on Dan like that. I get the sense that you don't want to contribute because of Dan. However, this is open-source, self-funded, and unstoppable at this point. From here on, all of us are either helping bring the product to the masses or standing on the sideline. The choice is yours alone.
Not exactly a rant rather a reflection on what has happened over the last year. And as for being unstoppable, perhaps the ideas are, but Bitshares, Ethereum and even Bitcoin are not even close. You can have 100 million people like Myspace and watch some startup dominate in just a few years. Companies rise and fall. Ideas live on, get mixed, modified and tested in the crucible.
I honestly think there is too much tech in the pipe right now. There's ethereum, counterparty, hyperledger, maidsafe, storj, Nxt, factum and that's just off the top of my head. I'm much more interested in correcting practical problems that have been ignored despite the enormous innovation over the past two decades.
For example, we have digital identity management via PKI or web of trust. One lives in the 1970s following a telecom model whereas the other is unaware of trusted computing, TPMs, blockchains and all the advancements in mobile technology. There are some great apps like GnuPG and mailvelope, but nothing is a bundle and adds reputation. I'd love to see the market create something for this need.
Second, communication over the web is a mess. It's insecure, lacks effective curation, generally travels on long terrible tangents, and is highly fragmented. There are some great platforms like stackexchange and obviously some advancements in social signals to rate the quality of things, but I'd love to be able to say hey I'm interested in XYZ and then get everything relevant to it. Combining cryptocurrencies, one can add an economic incentive layer asking questions and having real bounties.
These are the things that get me up in the morning to think about and my next venture will likely do something along these lines. I'm agnostic to the technology. Rather I just want it to work, scale, be secure, and easy to use.
The only thing I was complimenting you on was your ability to rub elbows with high-popularity technologists and journalists.
Lol, your only value is connections and marketing. Right no technical skills, ability to educate, leadership, or stuff like that
. Why do you think I can make those connections?