Quote from: cryptonaut on September 29, 2014, 03:04:34 AM

Only 6-12 months ago there was constant Ripple trolling. Now you look at all the new crypto 2.0 coins and they are trying to do what Ripple has already accomplished.

Nubits, BitsharesX, Nxt etc are all trying to peg fiat to their own ecosystems. Yet from the beginning, you have been able to trade USD, CNY, JPY, GBP etc interchangeably with XRP or ANYTHING on a decentralized exchange (another thing that the competition is only just achieving). Now Ripple has banking partners and smart contracts in development, further leaving the competition in the dust.

And don't even talk about Ripple being centralized to me. Just look at the BitsharesX PoS system or Darkcoin's 'darksend' feature, morons.

Well it is centralized, isn't it?

Quote from: SomethingElse on September 29, 2014, 06:05:34 AM

I think it was a great idea. I think it still is, I just think it was a bad execution. I think a lot of people are looking to Stellar now to have a "stellar" execution.

Same founder, same principles, same forum operator - the only difference is Stellar has early external financial backing and some corporate experience on its management team.
However, it is still being dominated by two authoritarian figures.
Plus, neither Stellar nor Ripple is competing for a pie from the crypto landscape - they are actually competing against fiat and conventional monetary instruments and payment solutions.