You have got to be kidding me! At this stage of the game I wouldn't miss a minute of it for all the tea in China...
Oh and it isn't opinion, it's facts.
How so? From my reading of what you have posted, it seems like unsubstantiated opinionated hot air. From browsing the forums, nothing has been proved, not by the foundation, not by IE, not by you or any of the other. To me, it's all speculation. That's my opinion based on what I've read and seen from day 1. Opinion, not fact.
BTW, I have been here from day 1.
We are obviously talking about different things. I am talking about the (snipped) contents of my most recent post. Those are demonstrable facts, regarding the coin, anyone can corroborate at will. But to make it clear, I will repeat them:
-- Yes it was PRE MINED
-- No, it wasn't the first POS
-- No, it isn't the fastest
-- No it isn't the greener.
-- Yes it it just another, of many, open implementations of the Bitcoin protocol.
In your opinion what would be the "perfect" coin? In terms of features, distribution...etc..etc
There are several that have staying power and could fit the bill but a polished Litecoin will fit the bill of one with (remote) chances for mainstream. Of the other ones, Dark fit a niche, obviously; so does Solar. I don't know enough but Maid looks interesting and elements of Next and Master. But I am no expert. What I know, just using common sense, is that no clone of LTC is going to ever be better* than the original and that hype and promotion, without merchants acceptance is absolutely meaningless beyond the usual pump and dump scheme.
Truth is that no merchant can afford to accept crypto payments if not through BitPay or any of the other services that simply eliminate the potential (financial) advantages of digital currencies. Overstock basically sell shit with outrageous margins and can afford the limited risks, but no serious merchant can ever assume the risks that the volatility of digital currency represents... why would they do it? It wouldn't significantly improve their sales so why do it?
You, as a matter of fact, are the perfect example of why it wouldn't possibly work: You get your donations for the Wall Street campaign and turn them into fiat because you don't want to be stuck with a much higher bill if someone decides to dump within the Black Hand Group. Go pay the girls with BC and see how many you get. And even if they would, you would feel terrible if their BC would overnight be halved in value. But your risk is minimal. If you are someone like the Starbucks people, for instance, someone farting twice in China will mean heads rolling at the end of the quarter. why would they do it? what would be the incentive? To attract the demographic of all the nerds in the world that never ever had a real job and at 35 still live in the garage of their parents?
There's a clear, obvious, untapped market which is ideal m for cryptos: Applications. Games. All sorts of things. Nothing under $.99 is financially viable because the cards would take 30%+ and neither Apple nor Google nor anyone else would care for splitting the difference with the devs. Obviously a no-expenses crypto transaction would make that possible. And yet, obviously, neither Apple nor Google are rushing to get the untapped potential market of $billions. Why? They know much better than me why so it is evident that I miss some key element in that picture.
The other ones are crystal clear.