Quote from: puppies on June 14, 2015, 12:07:59 am

The devs have taken nothing from us.  They have created something new, and given us exclusive rights to use it.  Being upset because they reserve the right to license it to others in the future is a bit petty.  Believing that you deserve a portion of their new company a bit pretentious. 

In regards to IP.  I am pretty sure I understand and share BM's opinion on IP.  While I find its use a little distasteful, I think I understand the reasoning.  I am not of the opinion that it is motivated by personal greed, but rather by the honest wish to protect the toolkit, and promote bitshares.

 

 

Ha! Nice pictures guys...

But think of this. What would you say about a banking system that only allows its products and loans to be backed by shares in itself? Why shouldn't that banking system be open to accepting any form of good collateral, as in modern finance? Who is on the horse then?

What I'm leading toward is open architecture, not promoting any specific coin or philosophy. Anyway, this conversation is a bit ahead of its time as its not really possible yet. So I'm comfortable taking the jibes for now! 

 

I totally agree .. and this should happen after we have received all info in the upcoming announcement in early june ..

I am thinking of a set of typical use cases described in detail from two sides .. just need the time to do it

 

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Quote from: BitcoinJesus2.O on May 01, 2015, 05:31:57 am

well deserved

 

Thank you matt608 for all your hard work. Your enthusiasm and drive has been inspiring.

Are the principals on which BitShares were founded still relevant and being adhered to?  More so than ever.
Are the technological innovations represented by BitShares still relevant to the market?  More so than ever.
Is there a need to continue to innovate and evolve?  More so than ever.
Are the developers and community members (including BM) working their asses off to develop BitShares and prepare for the networking to come?  More so than ever.
Is any investor owed anything by this project in the short term?  Absolutely not and it is utterly ridiculous to suggest otherwise.

When BitShares is ready, the tiny group of parties within crypto that would like BitShares to fail will be irrelevant.

Hard work, patience and resolve.
 

 

Quote from: mike623317 on March 22, 2015, 04:36:33 pm

Quote from: davidpbrown on March 22, 2015, 03:05:18 pm

.. Properly, if it wants to succeed in the longer term, it need to be that BitShares is seen to be predicated on the same thoughts that make Blockchain technology work; namely, the decentralising of third part authority. If you make it more complex, then you will dilute its potential.

I think this is true. BitShares can be many things, but rather than try to encompass all that we should promote a simple takeaway - the centralization is failing, we're decentralized.
my 2 cents.

and "Power to the People" is a simple message.

eg "We build BitShares because we understand that power in the hands of the many, is better than power in the hands of the few."


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