I'm surprised that the mere mention of a certain individual makes people here discuss the question of dropping BTS for something about which very little is known at this time, basically that it will be called EOS and is some new idea of BM.
But if EOS is a system that completely undermines the wealth of BTS 2 shareholders, then what's to say that Dan won't find cryptonitesupercode language better suited to blockchains in 2 years time? And replaces EOS again?
...
I know you can't release certain information; but is 'Don't worry BTS 2 shareholders, we aren't going to fuck you over' that much to ask for?
IMO it's a safe bet that Dan will sooner or later leave EOS behind. He's got a history of doing that.
And you won't hear a "we aren't going to fuck you over", because I think that BM worries very little about the *people* here.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that EOS is going to be an amazing piece of technology, and I'm sure that BM does not intend to "fuck anyone over". But that doesn't mean you won't feel like having been fucked over, after he's left.
What makes me more optimistic about EOS is that Dan has clearly stated that EOS is "not his". At first glance this seems like bad news (no BTS / STEEM / BROWNIE.PTS sharedrops) but what it really means is that all the weight isn't on his shoulders. This is good firstly because Dan has historically been terrible at everything else besides consensus theory and implementing said theory, and he has tried assuming other important roles (PR / marketing initiatives for example) despite this. The other thing that directly speaks to what you said is that if he "leaves" EOS, then EOS should have enough backbone without him to continue and grow. That being said, since by the very virtue of EOS not being all on Dan's shoulder's I wouldn't be surprised if Dan sticks around longer than he has for BTS / STEEM.