There are an incredible amount of intelligent and skilled people on this forum whose talents cover many relevant industries.
Reading the above comments I think a lot of the conflicts in this topic come about from pretty much all of us (myself included) not fully understanding the broad reaching impact this project will have and the fact that it is antecedent and there is absolutely no guide or frame of reference for how most effectively to deliver it.
The majority of us have been in our own environments whether that’s software, crypto or business and whether we consciously admit it, tend to let those experiences creep over into how we view the world around us including how we choose to judge a companies actions whilst we are in effect standing on the outside of the building looking in through the glass.
The considerations that need to go into planning this network and how to effectively seed it takes a skill set and experience level far beyond most people and takes a significant amount of one’s life to gain that ability. Even then most still won’t.
You can admire the young men/women that have succeeded in crypto and use that as a reference but not many of them are ideologically aligned to ignore the distractions and temptations of an industry (crypto) that started off with the best intentions but in many respects has lost its way.
This project and the ideas behind it will likely continue to change the world long after many of us have left it, its far too important to pivot away from what will make it so special.
That does fly in the face of both traditional and contemporary business thinking but it’s a risk that 100% needs to be taken, forces far more powerful than that will face the network.
The only way to overcome those future roadblocks is to be aligned with ‘doing good’ and not compromising on that. Folks like Google tried to do this and failed miserably because their leadership across a generation didn’t have or promote the value of this skill/mindset .
David and his team despite almost 4 years of torture through their actions and beliefs have set this project up for a trajectory beyond most people’s imagination. Few men/women would have been able to make it this far.
If this closed sourced solution is a go-er the pivot from the Company is coming relatively shortly and once we see this (the detail of the remaining tasks becoming clearer) so much angst is going to be removed.
The added benefit of the remainder of this year passing as the network moves through the later Alphas is that we’re going to get a pretty good snapshot of the regulatory landscape we’ll face come conversion time. Maidsafe will be carefully monitoring that and planning their moves around that (partnerships, exchanges etc).
All I need to hear as a token/equity holder moving forward is that they can make launch and tbh they can then market it how they choose.
Other people prefer to look at current facts/truths and see the benefits in similar actions and that makes some sense but just remember it took an incredible imagination and vision to dream this network up and then be on the cusp of bringing it to life. It will take a similar visionary approach to make this thing achieve its aims despite many around it in the beginning wanting to tear it down.
It’s David’s (and his teams) vision, let them finish their journey and whilst it’s important to question it’s probably even more important to trust, its leaves us open to failure yes but it is also the only ‘real’ road to success in this case.
Apologies that was a bit long. Been a good read this morning appreciate everyones discussions.
