I loved to talk with Charles on The Bridge every day and hear what contacts and deals he had made in the past 24 hours. He was a true master at making connections. I agree we have been lacking that since Charles departed.
Spending time on the bridge was probably one of the most exciting and intellectually fun times of my life. Every day felt like we were dreaming up an entire new industry. I do miss that Stan.
Anyway my original question had to do with why Hoskinson is a hot potato.
I actually get along with most people. My health has gotten progressively worst over the past six months and the 12 hour seven day a week pace hasn't helped it much. Ethereum is headed in a great direction and doesn't need me to be there anymore. I need a break mostly.
Instead, we have an Invictus that is lopsided in its technical strength and relative marketing weakness.
That's Dan and Co learning how to run a business, test new ideas and deal with enormously high expectations all at the same time. It isn't easy and the constant technology changes haven't helped much. For what it's worth, Bitshares seems to have evolved into a form that is workable and DPOS could work nicely. Really it's just releasing a product at this point and seeing if the DAC model is economically viable. It requires market testing. Egos aside, the market always answers all questions in the end.
I'm just wondering if Charles Hoskinson is Paul McCartney in this analogy
One of my favorite songs was written by Paul.
What I'm saying is that Vitalik is a very smart guy but he doesn't really look like a 'competent' leader, people person, speaker.
Vitalik will be a titan in this space within five years. It was a rare honor to work with someone so profoundly honest, brilliant and deeply caring. He gives me hope for the future.
Let us get Charles Hoskinson on Beyond Bitcoin talking about why he left Bitshares and Ethereum..
Bitshares basically comes down to Dan and I not being able to work together long term. Ethereum comes down to changes in the underlying execution model made me obsolete and health. There really aren't grand conspiracies or behind the scenes drama in these things. It's a matter of style and use. I entered the bitcoin space to solve big problems and had the privilege to work with some of the brightest minds to bootstrap two major projects, educate 40,000 people via Udemy, write the KYC and AML regulations for an entire country and met hundreds of fellow entrepreneurs. It's been one hell of a year.
My theory is he ran out of ether and his contract halted.
Nicely done
Could it be the case he thinks that ether was a big bubble and it was his biggest mistake to leave bitshares at the first place...?
No
Hoskinson seems like a good talker and someone who is adept at building early relationships. At a certain point in a project, he seems to get the boot.
Forgot the y
Hate to be one of those guys, but
Love you too
I will probably invest if this really happened : D
Glad to have your contribution to changing the world. Vitalik deserves all the support he can get.
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In any event, it's been fun sparring with everyone and building great things. I'm going to spend some time outside of the crypto space. Most likely will return to mathematics. Good luck everyone and thanks for all the fish.