Re: DNotes 2.0 - Bridging the Gap Between the Centralized and Decentralized World
In reality, you can not fire a volunteer. They all believe that they have the best solution and often left the last 10% to 15% of the most challenging part unfinished. All the work-around and patch after patch lead to inefficiencies and confusions. We are committed to give DNotes 2.0 a clean start. That will give us the advantage to offer many apps we have in mind.
Is this for real? 
I had no idea. When I read 'converting to 100% C#, I assumed a process-for-process, class-for-class port. I did not know that the existing code that DNotes, and many other alt-coin was based on, had any work-arounds or additional patches. And I was well beyond guessing that DNotes Global Inc was going to do a clean-slate rebuild and everything that implies. This is such a major differentiation, and differentiation is recognised as critical in The Four Pillars of Business Success. I understand not hyping up things before they are ready to be delivered, but that doesn't mean you can't be clear, on your road map, about the extent to which you intend to improve DNotes.
This deserves a solid article and a video that specifically identifies some of the current work-arounds and patches being used by all alt-coins built on the same technology as DNotes. I think that this is especially prudent and valuable when so many people are trying to escape 'the cleaning' by finding a safe harbour in a cryptocurrency with a solid future.
Tim, it is for real. And that is not all. Think of having five employees, each speaking a different foreign language. They can still communicate but only through an interpreter. Our preference is to use one language and in this case C#. Of course, it could have been C++, but that would limit us to the "elite" programmers - to give them some credit.
For DNotes to gain mass acceptance one day we consciously target two groups - 1) everyone worldwide - rich or poor; young or old, tech and non-tech, and male or female. 2) the business world - small or large corporations - with focus on ease of participation. Additionally, my book "Improve Your Odds - The Four Pillars of Business Success" with a chapter on the DNotes story is "a foot in the door". It helps when I have an immense experience and knowledge in new business start-ups and managing them successfully. Furthermore, I am genuinely committed to help reduce the high rate of business failures (80% + failed in the first 10 years). We truly want others to succeed and benefit in what we believe is the greatest technology revolution since the internet.
I always believe in a complete system approach. Doing parts of something and ignoring others while hoping that somehow everything will fall in place is just a wishful thinking more likely to fail than to succeed. DNotes is more than just a digital currency like Bitcoin. We constantly examine the opportunities and challenges confronting the currency, the ecosystems, and our industry as a whole.
Success in business is about identifying problems and challenges and exploit them as opportunities. Of course, it takes deep knowledge and skillful execution. We are very good at that. That is why we are confident that DNotes will be very successful and destined to lead our industry one day.