Why Bitshares?
Only Bitshares enables free trade of anything at any time from any place.
Only Bitshares does offer a solution that has already proven it's stability and high speed.
Only Bitshares has a built-in corporate law that enables all BTS token holders to create real consensus.
Only Bitshares can adjust parameters like blocksize, fee-schedules and many more directly on chain.
Bitshares is independent and can be used by regulated and unregulated services without changing the platform.
Why does it matter?
The elimination of middlemen saves real money and time.
A decentralized ledger is much more robust than today's centralized entities.
A virtual layer on top of physical goods and services enables a whole new way to interact and exchange in real-time between people all around the globe.
If everyone can create tokens and send/receive/exchange them at will this can create true financial freedom.
Why does it matter to me?
Only on Bitshares I can invest in so many things without asking my broker or even trusting my bank.
I have full control over my funds.
Banks and traditional financial services already get disrupted by Fintech's today and Bitshares has the potential to play an very important role in tomorrows global financial services.
Using Bitshares make me feel to be part of something huge, something that will have an real impact in the near future.
I learn something new about finance and tech everyday by just being part of the Bitshares community.
These are all great points but i wonder:
1. that somehow we need to get this message out more effectively.
2. we should be attracting devs wanting to contribute to the code and keep innovating (i think we need to keep innovating and adding features or we're going to fall behind - we've already dropped from 4th to 25th on cmc). Attracting more devs is key because there will be more innovation and fresh ideas.
3. of course we need more liquidity
Chris from blockpay is doing a great job pushing development initiatives on the mumbles. I think this is important and one of the things we loved about dan was he was soo inventive. That was the hallmark of bitshares in my opinion. We needed a period of consolidation, but it would be a mistake for the innovation to stop and we loose him completely.
just my 2 cents.