DPOS / LPOS are decetralized designs btw, some say more than pow's pools. (vitalik himself said it)
It is not possible to you that Vitalik could be completely wrong? WTFF?!
Make whatever arguments you make but "Vitalik said so" er,
ain't one.
Microsoft, banks and fintech institutions looking at crypto means nothing to you?
everyday another bank or trading platform wants blockchain in its system.
none of them are talking about litecoin, monero or doge. Yes doge.
There is definitely real fintech being done with Bitcoin (also some with ETH). A lot of it is startups trying to build something valuable while limiting competition so they tend to keep a lower profile than all these 'blockchain' efforts which have little substance and tend to be intentionally-conspicuous and loud vehicles for advocacy and fundraising.
This BTW, is another reason that ICOs are bullshit. If you want to build something with sustainable competitive advantage you need a degree of secrecy, at least for a time. That is incompatible with ICOs as a funding model for development, since those have to be as loud and visible as possible to attract many small investors, and also can't really be keep anything of substance secret without compromising disclosure, reducing the effectiveness of the sales pitch, or both. Real startups do this by raising money, initially,
privately from a small number sophisticated investors.
Anyway, that's largely off topic for this thread. I'm still curious as to kushti's answers to my questions though:
Please help clear up any lingering confusion that may exist by answering the questions I posted earlier:
@kushti Did you ever have any formal or informal agreement to serve as an advisor or in any other role on the Waves team, either individually, as a Nxt developer, or as an employee of IOHK? (The latter seems clear from previous posts but best to clarify.)
If not, did you engage in any communications with the Waves team or founders which could reasonably have led them to believe you would serve in such a role?