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Français (French) / Re: My condolences
« on: November 14, 2015, 02:06:43 am »
Our best wishes to France and anyone affected. It is difficult to see so much senseless violence.
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It might seem impossible to some...but as we gain more and more infrastructure, seeding many little projects early on (with light subsidization to make the pain of entrepreneurship sting a little less) and let them build without all the extra noise...we could see some sparks turn into fires. It is a guarantee that if we don't do it, other projects will. This is how Google got big (and how ethereum will get big too).
You see Fuzzy the problem is this seems to be some kind of specialized area. 90% of projects I see seem to require funding to be done. They call themselves startups but already start with huge money behind them or just tell people, we have this awesome idea, pay us or we wont do it. Entrepeneurs and startups are usually not that rich and that's what drives them. They don't get too comfortable (see ethereum ) and work very very hard to accomplish their goals. The fact that they dont have much money is a very strong motivation for them to keep going.
The problem is most people could be paid many times more on other projects. But most startup entrepreneurs could too I guess. However, I dont know why, in the blockchain world this seems to be different.
If more people actually tried to do stuff instead of demanding for money, I'm sure we would have loads of more projects in the crypto scene. Also the fact that BitShares is a niche in the cryptoscene doesnt help. The risk-reward ratio isnt worth it for many so they just wont take the risk. I guess that's why everyone demands money upfront. But that will slow everything down
Bitshares isn't "killed'. It's that kind of talk that is killing Bitshares.
Just because the price is down it doesn't mean it's "killed". The incomplete products isn't what killed anything, in fact it is that kind of innovation which kept me and others interested enough to stick around. Ethereum also has a lot of stuff going on and is mostly vaporware but no one is saying it's a dead project.
I would say the fact that Bytemaster and others have a grand vision is the reason to stick with this project long term. The lack of vision is a sign for when it's time to leave.
I think bitshares.org should target 3 categories of visitiors:
1. Cryptocurrency traders looking to eliminate counterparty risk
2. Libertarians that got fond of DAC idea that might be interested in investing into BTS and try to participate in BitShares self-governance
3. Developers looking to utilize all benefits of BitShares as a platform
The page should have clear call to action for each category with accent on #1 - it looks like BitShares as exchange can get some traction first, but we shouldn't ignore other categories.
I would suggest to have a big background picture with trading interface to make it to appeal to category #1 and have clear call to action for all 3 categories, it can be something like this:
- Don't trust centralized exchanges? Try first full featured decentralized exchange and eliminate counterparty risk.
- Looking to be a shareholder of first decentralized autonomous company? By shares and help the community to govern it. Get rich as price of your shares rise.
- Looking ideal high performance platform for smart contracts? Get started right now.