Nobody is going to argue that rpietila hasn't had some influence on the Monero market.
I can't say the same about any design decisions, however I do believe smooth when he says he hasn't.
This argument of orthogonality is I am calling BS. There is some orthogonality but there is also leakage of course. How can a project ignore the investors?
There are design decisions that investors want (e.g. limited money supply) which are the antithesis of making a widely adopted currency.
Actually I believe you have had just as much (or close to it) influence on the market by divulging what so far appear to be undemonstrated vulnerabilities in the code.
I wish it were so, because I think investors will be protected from a Taleb distribution, but I doubt I have had any impact. If some XMR people are so paranoid is indicative of investment but very little adoption. If you had widespread adoption, you would be ignoring me entirely.
I also believe you are hoping any attack on Monero is successful.
I am hoping we all find out what the vulnerabilities are in any crypto-currency asap and move forward to building a widespread crypto-currency.
Facebook is preparing to offer friend-to-friend payments with ATM debit cards.
We have almost lost our chance...