I think we are all making progress... at the very least I am writing code every single day to bring BitShares into reality. What I think the OP is really after is getting everyone on the same page and working together. Also, most of our ideas have some weakness and they all need to be vetted properly and tested for holes before significant development effort is put into place.
To that extent I have offered a 0.5 BTC bounty to anyone who can 'hack' my latest BitShares algorithm and cause me to introduce a rule change. I will also offer a 10 BTC bounty to anyone who can convince me to adopt their approach over mine. This bounty will then serve to help get the project funded and going.
That said, I think it would be amazing if we could all schedule a combined skype call to discuss this topic in real-time and get a feel for where everyone is.
To that extent I have offered a 0.5 BTC bounty to anyone who can 'hack' my latest BitShares algorithm and cause me to introduce a rule change. I will also offer a 10 BTC bounty to anyone who can convince me to adopt their approach over mine. This bounty will then serve to help get the project funded and going.
That said, I think it would be amazing if we could all schedule a combined skype call to discuss this topic in real-time and get a feel for where everyone is.
Problem is all I can see in your bitshare-bitcoin repo is few few markdown files. Also, this: https://github.com/bytemaster/bitshare_bitcoin_branch/commit/b4bb2acb075181d7e34834763ef6a01cc0483cd0
So which is it, do you want to joint-design protocol, or IPO an vaporware you have not written single line of code? At least ripple people have *something*, though they premine too
Remember, english text does not count. People reinvent ideas on this forum every second.
Bitshare itself might be interesting, if it allowed integration with bitcoin blockchain. But it just seems to be yet another altcoin (but at least innovative). Without bitcoin though, you'll have hard time beating OT as it shares same problem as you - lack of momentum to peg on.