Quote from: alakta on May 20, 2014, 03:48:51 PM

I'm really curious what will happen with Ripple in the long run. (Or long in crypto terms, a few years)
It's anyones game right now, and Ripple has some nice features, but too many people in the community hate the centralized nature of it.

Ripple is not centralized.

An inaccurate attack campaign was waged against Ripple when it emerged, leading to a great deal of misunderstanding. As interest in cryptocurrency grows, more and more people are starting to seriously educate themselves about Ripple, and joining in on the building momentum. I myself was misled when I started getting into crypto. Ripple seemed like a doomed scam. I was naive.

I think a more accurate statement would be: a large percentage of the community does not yet understand Ripple.

Edit: true success in cryptocurrency is going to come from adoption beyond the core cryptocurrency speculation/hype community. Ripple Labs has a well thought out strategy.