I must not be making my point clear, b/c nobody has addressed it head on, it seems like it's being avoided.
1) I agree with Max's idea in terms of an attitude & style. I disagree with the idea of hiding our advantages.
2) FOR THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF REMITTANCES, how do you help bitcoin without taking something away from BitShares? Think about it in terms of opportunity costs. If we do X to help bitcoin gain a share of the remittance market, what impact would that have on BitShares?
If the impact is none or positive, great, we help BitShares AND bitcoin. As I said, I see no reason to throw glass in front of them, but neither do I think we should effectively throw it in front of our own car.
The more I think about it I see we are spending alot of time trying to focus on bitcoin here than moving ahead with our own work in markets we know we have an advantage in.
I understand the reasons to try to win over bitcoiners and address our poor reputation in their minds. It's important to do (as best we can, realizing many won't be won over due to an emotional attachment that rejects rational info that challenges their attachment) and I'm with you Max in your efforts to raise the BitShares' community awareness of how NOT to throw bitcoin under the bus.
I think a balance is necessary, and I've tried to explain why I think the scales are tipped more in one direction when we discuss the remittance market.
Notice how I made my point in the previous sentence without even mentioning bitcoin? If we want to build a better mousetrap let's focus on engineering the best damned mousetrap we can, not anybody else that might be trying to build one.
To arhag I'll say thanks for your attempt, but I think you now see how difficult it is to try and wear two hats. That's the essence of Max's challenge. Nevertheless, it was a good try which I like b/c it was "let's help BitShares while we also help bitcoin". You're thinking win-win not win-loose and that's great. Let's just make sure we don't sacrifice our own mousetrap in the process.