It wasn't a "rant."
That's a matter of opinion. He's obviously in a bad place with regard to DASH so his commentary should be measured as such. It's up to you what you make of it...
But I understand you cranky cultists need to frame it as one, because apostates must be punished. Why not use the
de rigueur term 'disgruntled' while you're at it?

I resent being called a 'cranky cultist'. I'm making sensible contributions to this discussion, you're just throwing a load of shit around and hoping it sticks.
Vertoe's last post made it perfectly clear DASH is a cargo cult coin led by one man, not any underlying fundamentals.
DASH isn't a technology, or even a brand.
DASH is what Evan does. No more, no less. The implementation is the spec.
See what I mean?
Since Vertoe was the 2nd or 3rd most important DARK core dev, I'll take his word over your "gold donkey" pumping: