this shit is CRAZY
With the deepest respect, tungfa, sometimes I feel as though you need to take a step back and look at the bigger picture.
Bitcoin is the reason we're all here, to be sure, but we all know it's not perfect. Dash has taken the rough mold that Satoshi created and added new and important features based on perceived needs. Dash has come up with a solution for each of these issues, and that does not need to be hidden. My job is to promote Dash, and I'm doing it. Bitcoin IS having a problem right now with direction, but Dash will not because of the DGBB. This is a great thing, and I'm not shy to mention that.
Even if you disagree with the way I conduct myself on Twitter, I'm sure that you don't need to worry about Bitcoin being killed by those such as myself who mention its shortcomings. There are plenty of Bitcoin promoters out there as well, we are in for a rough fight to get to the top.
Don't be afraid to take on Bitcoin. We don't have to "be nice". We have a superior product, my job is to make people see that, and I'm good at it.
Please don't undermine my work. I'm happy to be working on Dash PR (in my own way, you can do it your own way), and look forward to a bright future.
Tao
Whoa there Tao! I think you're getting a little carried away with false perceptions that your Twitter work's being unfairly criticized. As Tante's already pointed out, tungfa's making a comment on the ongoing ad nauseum debate around changes to Bitcoin's protocol. What you do to promote Dash is tremendous and you're at it consistently which I and many others really appreciate.
But just to this point:
Don't be afraid to take on Bitcoin. We don't have to "be nice". We have a superior product, my job is to make people see that, and I'm good at it.
I think we need to be very careful about getting too carried away with the "Dash is going to replace Bitcoin" mantra (not that you've said this in your post just now, but it's a theme many of us are often putting forward). The fact is that if Bitcoin were to suffer some sort of major protocol failure or network corruption that forked everything so badly it couldn't be recovered within a short time, it's going to be all over for Dash too. We are absolutely and completely tied to Bitcoin technically, philosophically, emotionally and (in the public's mind) brand-wise because we're that "crypto thingy nerds use" so we need to support Bitcoin to help ensure the mother ship continues on without a massive loss of trust occurring.
Yes Dash is superior in many ways but (and this is not really entirely an appropriate analogy but the best I can think of at the moment) so was Apple's line of PCs at the time Windows was first released, yet the rise of the Windows based home PC probably facilitated far more sales of Apple PCs in the long run because of mass adoption of PCs in general opened up the market a hundred fold on what it was in the early stages. If Windows hadn't become ubiquitous like it did, the entire PC market may have been tiny and then the hand-held device market may not have developed as rapidly either (hard to imagine but the late 70s and all of the 80s set the scene for what we have today and Bitcoin is going to play a similar role in making Dash take off).
So I think we should always speak positively about Bitcoin and we should be "nice" (but that doesn't mean we can't constructively criticize). We want to be supporters of those people within Bitcoin who are thinking ahead and considering it on more levels than just the technical. That will get us far more kudos and respect than suggestions Bitcoin is lame and to shortly be replaced by Dash (and again I'm acknowledging this isn't what you're saying in your posting). If Bitcoin becomes far more mainstream we will become way way bigger and far more successful too; I'm sure of it.
Edit: Just saw your follow-up response to tungfa but have left my post as is.