I think now would be a good time to take this somewhere else and not derail the thread further. And if you respect your fellow readers, please edit away the quotations in your posts, or delete them entirely, as frankly it's an eyesore

It's sometimes hard to strike the right balance between promising something that you're not sure can be delivered, and waiting until it's all done before announcing it with huge fanfare. The signs were there, if not presented on a plate. I personally think the PR was okay, maybe I'm wrong; clearly we disagree, and I'm fine with that.

I had some conversations with a couple of the Counterparty core developers at a conference earlier this year, and they do come across as very competent, professional, and genuinely interested in delivering the best platform they can (no matter how long it takes). Very different from the scam artists that plague these forums, and crypt in general. I'm happy to remain invested in XCP.