I inferred that you see it as a duty (and a self-serving one) to destroy an autonomous solution which threatens your sponsorship in even a modest way.
No, sorry to disappoint you, it doesn't threaten my sponsorship at all. On the contrary, if I were to assimilate into the Borg I could perhaps make some good money on the side by consulting for bitcoin startups, like Antonopoulos at Neo & Bee; or for some cryptocoin "better than bitcoin", like Peter Todd at Viacoin.
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I concede that one can do quite well as an consultant without knowing jack-shit about the domain. You just need to know a few buzzwords more than the principles. A degree or two on your resume goes a long distance in running such scams. Even if you run your client into the ground you just make sure that you get paid before this happens. Such a thing is as common as not in high-tech-land, especially when it is awash in VC money.
I say you should go for it.