@lil_jay890 has some very harsh judgements that are both factually incorrect unfair in my opinion.
CNX didn't take any referral fee of 99.6%, Open Ledger did. It is in control of an account belonging to OL.
Your post implies we did it intentionally to "steal" some referral fees.
It is costing CNX more to fix a simple scaling bug in the wallet than was paid in referral fees, so we are either stupid thieves or it was an honest bug and personal sacrifice on our part to fix. Furthermore, CNX isn't taking any of those referral fees, but letting Open Ledger keep 100% of them.
The one thing that CNX did is over promise what we could deliver given our time and money. But considering we were paying for 100% of what we did deliver we have no liability to deliver anything on any particular schedule. We certainly don't have a commitment to continue funding development in any area we do not see as having a role in the future profitability of CNX.
Those who are investing in CNX have to pick and chose what to spend those investment dollars on. They will of course spend the money on the projects that have the highest payoff. The reality is that subsidizing development of features for BitShares has a very low payoff without a side business plan.
We created Graphene so we could license the blockchain technology to those who need high performance blockchains. We are continue to innovate in providing custom solutions and helping others adopt blockchain technology. BitShares got a free upgrade based upon our efforts, but we have no more commitment to support Graphene than any other open source software provider giving their work away for free. Tech support, bug fixes, and new features are on our schedule at our discretion.
As far as the prices we quote, it isn't greed it is practical reality. It is about free market prioritization and balancing supply / demand.
We aren't forcing anyone to pay us anything nor are we unilaterally voting these proposals for our own benefit.
We traded bond markets for stealth transfers at the protocol level.
The attitude of entitlement, contempt, and blame is totally uncalled for. Everyone is working their hardest to find a sustainable long term solution.