Quote from: Abiky on January 20, 2017, 11:03:31 PM

Once Rootstock comes live, do you think that it might overcome Ethereum as a smart contracts platform? As we've seen, ETH is very flawed (to many security issues) so maybe Rootstock will be even more secure as it will be running alongside Bitcoin's blockchain.

Still, I'm curious to know whenever smart contract security will be enforced as flaws like The DAO can cause great caos among the ecosystem.

Nevertheless, I would to know your thoughts about the next smart contracts platform, as it may prove itself to be a more secure environment for decentralized apps than ETH or any other alternative.

At this point I dunno, they are still too new. I would like to see three to four major smart contract platforms to keep anyone from taking over the world. Take your pick from those who look like they have a good shot now. I tried to pick a diverse group with dev teams coming from around the world.

RootStock
Eth
AntShares/NEM
Rise/Expanse/Waves

Do not quote me, but I think Ethereum has enough cash to do an entire rewrite, so I think they are going to fix the security issues, some heavy weights told them what to do to fix the bugs and they have the money. Put it in perspective, a 22 year old kid without a Yoda wrote the software the change the world and it had some bugs. He made a big enough PR splash to get the attention of some major security and dev talent. So I think they will be OK, if they get it right next time, which means they need a nice even pace with no mistakes.