i'm going to try to stay level headed and calm.  but i too am one of the early adopters of VIA (top 10, maybe even top 5 holder).

to say i am disappointed with the last few months would be putting it mildly.    as lead developer, Drak has to take responsibility for the direction and adoption of VIA.   he can't say that now that he's built it, his job is done.  i'm not saying he has said that.  but the lack of activity feels a bit like he might be feeling that way.   

the ICO was very successful.  to let VIA die on the vine with hundreds of bitcoins in the war chest is bizarre. 

i guess my question is, why not "throw some money at the problem" and get aggressive about marketing, enhancements, new features, etc.  all of which will cost some money.

by doing so, Drak stands to lose some of the BTC he has.  but by not doing so, every single holder of VIA will almost certainly lose.

if Drak is not willing, for some reason, to spend the ICO coins on VIA/XCH, then i agree with masternode that returning the ICO coins that remain is the honorable thing to do.