Others that could be added to that list: maybe Overstock? Adam B Levine? Toast coming back into the fold? These are things that were potentials that fell through.
There was totally a rumor about Overstock partnering with Bitshares. Then Patrick Byrne announced the counterparty partnership, and that was the top for the Bitshares price in october.
(Of course, counterparty got screwed in the end. But they did get a price pump for a while).
Okay. I just put it there because people got overly optimistic when they heard BM had met with Overstock. Doesn't change the real issue which is we parterships were not formed with Maidsafe/Ethereum. I don't know what stage they were at, probably just talking over emails or by the booth.
Coinbase is another one which BM fired off as being interested. We still have yet to see that come to fruition.
At this stage its easier to BM to make suggestions of things (which may very well be in the works) than to come to a meeting to say nothing at all and have rabid investors calling for change. Implying things, especially when given as a trickle of news, are a good way to delay release dates. Now a delayed release is probably best for bitshares 2.0 since it cultivates the best product release. All I'm just saying, look at what's being said, and how that may play into the overall strategy.