Quote from: bitsire on October 24, 2017, 04:54:22 AM

Quote from: MrPilot on October 22, 2017, 08:56:17 AM

Quote from: harvw on October 21, 2017, 12:01:59 AM

Seems like Substratum is a competitor with an ambitious plan to launch by Q1 2018....

Yes, that's a major concern of mine too. Whoever is first out the gate with a credible network (that works well and has no bad press) is likely to steal the other's thunder. My worry is that it would be tragic for the SAFE project if Substratum beat them to it. Tragic too, though, for all of us, early investors in MaidSafe tokens, because clearly the price could suffer badly if MaidSafe is last out the gate and thereby might be perceived as copying Substratum (which clearly isn't the case). I also worry that there are at least two more Alpha's to release (#3 and #4), which was news to me this week, before there's even a hint of a beta release. Worrying. I do understand, though, that Rome wasn't built in a day but Substratum's published road map/timing is troubling (it seems fast!).

Not only Substratum, there is also Blockstack which looks very similar and Shift which will be using IPFS Cry

This all should start to ring some loud bells for the Maidsafe team! The first mover advantage works only if you manage to be also the first deliver. If anyone appears who will actually deliver a working platform with the same or similar functions before MaidSafe, then I'm afraid our investment is doomed. For such an ambitious project like MaidSafe it is perfectly reasonable that it takes years to deliver... unless someone else would suddenly prove to be able to do the same in a shorter time.