Thanks Togo. I'm becoming more passionate about this situation now.
I support you Rob, The forum and discord can be super disheartening,
Theres been so much negative energy
I see Togo trying to help others see the laziness in their complaints. All talk, no action. I think he's trying to light a fire under people more than anything else.
Nailed it
Creating something of value - thinking ahead, seeing the difficulties, responding to problems or scale,
getting a differentiator that both adds value and stands out in a meaningful way....THAT's the barrier.
I'm not sure that people understand how much innovation has gone into BBP. PODC, the distributed hedge fund, POG, POBH,
there are so many interesting techniques and new ways of handing the now-almost-classical proof of work vs proof of stake problem,
and that innovation goes beyond technical into thinking about real-world problems like electricity use, helping others, and spreading the Gospel.
The other thing people don't understand is that when innovation rises, so does chaos. New ideas take lots of tries, lots of small adjustments.
Some ideas are home runs, some are total strikeouts. Some are even great, but presented at the wrong time or wrong market conditions.
If you want to play in an innovative space, you have to accept it.
If you want something safe and stable, stay away from someone (or some system) attempting to push the envelope and do new things.
Love this!