Great idea!!
Most crypto agnostics here who aren't priests in any particular crypto religion just want to see good coins, platforms & developers well supported, so a Crypto Olympics to help the cream float to the top would be really cool ... and FUN!!
The problem, as I already stated, is that speed is irrelevant until you can show the system functions in the wild without imploding from one of it's own flaws, being exploited to death, or showing it doesn't have deficiencies that a regular blockchain doesn't. The original poster made the thread under the guise of being a non-biased 3rd party, yet it's blatantly obvious it's an Emunie sock puppet account trying to do something like increase IPO payout. Dan isn't stupid and has a good chance of possibly creating something viable, but trying to insult people's intelligence by having obvious shills like "peachy" and this guy posting and pretending to be non-biased observers doesn't help.
As one of the emunie founders, i can tell you straight up that you are wrong.
Wingspan DOES have an emunie forum account. He's a beta tester along with alot more people on our own forum. You can even find info and pictures of Wingspan. A little googling around and you will find its an account that has ZERO to do with Dan. Please bury the hatchet gentlemen.
However, emunie IS interested in doing some 1 to 1 testing with other crypto to prove how far its come. In the past week, we've seen performance claims being way overinflated on a "real" testnet. All it does is it hurts the cryptocommunity - it implodes from the inside. What emunie offers is nothing more than a proof that the claims of 2500 tps peak - evidenced by both screenshots and direct video capture - are all attainable on hardware that can easily be sourced for a test like this. We use regular PC hardware - no asics or server grade hardware needed.
As it seems, the resistance towards this - hopefully fair - test is that it will show just how overinflated some claim are. Investors should demand these tests before they invest their money - else its just the old hype before launch, underdeliver and subsequent dump on exchanges. Everybody looses out - money and trust.