Bitcoin is in crisis because of the downstream impact of ASICs.  

There was too much pro-optimism bias in that review and some inaccurate statements about the security benefits.
 
I was left with the feeling that AISICs are always fairly distributed among a wide group of people, and those people are well intended.  That's not how things go.  After a while mining at breakneck speeds moves to monopolistic mining.  There was an admission that the evidence from Bitcoin has not been reviewed.  Please do that review before pushing the positives and papering over the negatives.

Brute hashing power is defensive, but not if it's controlled by a few or the wrong few.

One of the issues raised about the bitcoin block size increase is that because of the Great Fire Wall of China, if you increase block sizes those outside of China will have greater orphans because bigger blocks can't get out of the firewall fast enough, meaning Chinese miners get more of the block rewards, which would lead to others going out of business and even more centralised mining in China, and in the hands of just a few miners.

ASICs in this instance paint you into a corner you can't get out of because one group has so much hashing power.

Just use a little self-regulation when looking at the positives of ASICs.  Bitcoin is in crisis because of the downstream impact of ASICs.  

DASH was billed as ASIC resistant. So that has to be taken into consideration.

Hey Eduardo, do you want me to create an 8-round Darksend transaction for him to tackle? I'd be happy to do so!

Whaaat
they sold me mine as super smart !
I think i have to return that thing right away 

Phone recharge company that is operating in poland, is shown to be in the middle of the ocean...

Its expensive...

This is naive point of view. how many of retails have ever heard of crytpocurrencies? Not a signle retailer will want to keep DASH or bitcoin. Therefore its better to contact current market leaders, liek bitpay or diamond to incorporate DASH as well. 

This is why I think this budget proposal system needs work.
Please don't take this as an attempt to derail the good work you have done however.

Where are the receipts. Where is the accountability.
you asked for funding and you got it. Why should you get additional funding due to the fact you misquoted and need further funds.

There has to be a line drawn, This is where my previous comments come into play. Had we engaged a company who built vending machines every day. Who incorporated Crypto payments into these machines every day. Would we have had these issues?

This is where you say there isn't any one doing this kind of thing. To that all I have to say is.. There is a market to become a business based off the back of these kinds of projects.
If a business misquotes work they need to eat the costs.

You say you aren't a business. Then maybe we should start giving these kinds of jobs to someone who is a business.

Emit.

Email is thousands of times faster, and free, and simple to use.

Cars are hundreds of times faster and easier to maintain.

Crypto-currency saves money on fees and takes control away from centralized banks and (currently) is complicated as hell to understand and use.

...there's really no comparison. The advantages aren't nearly as compelling.

 It does, but the driver can only drive if there is an engine, and in this case that's the consumer.

 A consumer will only consume if there is a necessity, or a problem solved.

 If the merchant can sell a soda cheap enough for the hassle of the consumer to go out and buy Dash, bingo. Unfortunately, that is impossible right now. The actual Point of Sale makes it cheaper, but down the chain he'll have to convert to FIAT to keep his business alive. Add volatility, and the merchant is now a gambler. That is why BitPay et al. exist.

 It's not viable for either at this moment. That, unfortunately, is the cold truth.

While I totally applaud the effort, no one will use these vending machines with Dash. They may use the blockchain and Apple Pay or NFC, but never Dash. Why? 'Cos you have to buy Dash to spend Dash.

But we definitely need to at least partially close the loop. We need people who once receiving Dash will respend that Dash instead of converting to fiat.

The focus of dash should be on Dash. If Dash focuses its efforts on development and creating a solid baseline / structure. Other companies will develop around Dash and create businesses that can utilise the technology.

The proposal feels like throwing money at people for the sake of throwing money at people.
If you walked into an office and said "give me money because I'll use it.. Honestly"

There is no company in the world that works that way.

I understand the requirement to create a decentralised project. Please do not take offence to this.

None of you are qualified to run / expand a company.

If you want to create a business off the back of DASH do it with your own funding and your own steam.

Don't lose sight of what DASH is trying to achieve. It is not ready for the type of adoption you are asking funding for. Further more it's not the kind of growth you want.

It should not be the focus of DASH to figure out how to make it mainstream. it should be the focus of DASH to design a product that others want to make mainstream..