And for me as somebody who is highly invested in Factom it's surprising to see Lisk that much above when it comes to public attention. Does that mean I would like to swap my FCT's for Lisk? No way! In my eyes Factom is the best project in the market and attention is not everything. That's also true regarding Ethereum. I bought into the Lisk-ICO because of the sidechain-design. I like it simple and smart. I don't believe that over-complex systems has a chance in longterm and that's the reason why I don't buy ETH. I believe to see some signs for huge setbacks out of it's complexity.
What I try to say with this: Yes, Ethereum has a lot more attention than Lisk and I don't believe that Lisk will come even near to that in the next 12 months. But if I should make a decision, based on the assumption I would have to buy a project now, but would not be allowed to sell it the next 5 years, my first decision would be Factom. Second Bitcoin. Lisk will show the next time/months what we can expect. ETH will also show and I believe it's highly overvalued and that it will come back.
I appreciate your thoughtful words. I have gone off to learn a very small amount about Factom. I certainly agree that is is an important project - providing a way to store bank and government data in a way that proves there has been no tampering when recalled.
Let me ask you these questions. Wouldn't you agree that Lisk can do exactly what Factom is trying to accomplish in a Lisk Dapp using an infinite number of sidechains? What advantage does Factom have over Lisk by staying tied to the Bitcoin blockchain with its slower blocktime and huge, wasteful infrastructure?
I am not trying to start a flame war, I am genuinely curious. Factom seems like a great idea - and one they probably would have tied to Lisk instead of Bitcoin if Lisk had been around when they started development work. Would you agree?