Usually I'm a really calm person and I try to avoid to post things like this when I'm feeling that angry.
But today I will make an exception...
Regarding the OP:
I'm really sad that we missed this opportunity to get a direct FIAT Gateway in Europe, the Gateway I always use to buy Bitcoin.
I've connected them with Toast cause I felt this guy was really competent on BitShares things.
Right after he answered them I began to regret my decision cause his answer was so reluctant and unproductive.
His first contact to them was:
"Our daemon is not based on bitcoin-core. Our documentation is pretty sparse but if you are serious about integration we could get a full-time dev to help you guys out." Thats ALL, no personal salutation like Hi, Dear Mr, Sir whatever, nothing.
Actually there where no much more communication between him and them.
I tried to save what can be saved but without a nice APi documentation I have no chance.
I know Toast is a good dev but I am also sure he is very pissed off, cause there where decisions made he did not agreed with. (thats what I read between the lines)
OK maybe Toast is history "for me", thats sad!
But what makes me really angry is that the devs and especially "non-dev 100% payed" Delegates sesms not be able to contact every fu**ing gateway on this planet in a pleasant way to catch up with all the altcoin scams out there who already managed to get on those gateways.
It is not hard to accomplish this goal, they are waiting out there, we just have to do our homework.
And here is another reason what I believe is the cause of the rapid lose in confidence (additionally to the dozen other reasons that are already written down in the forums).
It's the snootiness, arrogance and feeling superior posts that some people posting every day and week.
Yes we are good, but we are not the best and we are not the only one with good ideas.
I never really had big problems with client, but I'm a technician and I'm used to buggy software thats need to restart every day.
But thats cause I don't talk much about BitShares with my friends, family or colleagues cause I know they would run away at latest when the client crashes for the third time. And I doubt this will change in 1.0. I really hope Moonstone will be more customer friendly, but for now it is no more than hot air.
There are not many guys out there that do promote BitShares like hell and I would count me in too, at least with btswolf.com.
I'm sure it is too early to make big promotions, we just have nothing really good to sell that would not scare new customers away.
To be excactly, I believe every new user we attract right now will harm us more than it would give us a favor.
This post should not be read like FUD, if it reads so it is cause of my bad english and because I'm angry
Who ever you are, if you have a stake in BitShares that is worth to protect stand up and do your homework.
Polish the API documentation, contact gateways and businesses, cooperate with other like minded people, create your own business and last but not least be pleasant and productive and professional when you are talking to newcomers.
And to be clear: I wish DAN, STAN, Mother Larimer and all the other big Stakeholders to be more present on the forum and show us more what they are doing. It is not hard to write down every evening what you have done for BitShares today. I'm working every day at least 8 hours in my job and besides that I'm working many evenings and weekends for BitShares for free! AND I am able to write down a small
log of what I have done.
peace
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@xeroc ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ für das Paper-Wallet 
Don't know what I should think of this guy.
