I have a deep understanding of what I'm getting into. I first started following the crypto industry in 2013 (same as you), started learning coding in 2014 and have been intensely studying the surrounding tech and participating in the industry since early 2016. Lack of a day job at a crypto company does not mean I don't have technical experience with crypto. If there's a problem with the tech I designed I'm all ears, but insulting our experience based on our prior work history not including direct experience with an established crypto company is unhelpful. We're using blockchain to build automated record keeping software to replace specific processes at banks and we all have direct experience with the processes we're looking to automate.
I do get your point that from an investors perspective we don't have prior successful companies under our belts which means investing in our project is inherently more risky than investing in someone more established like Elon Musk or Vitalik Buterin, but at some point they were in the same position as us right now. The current processes our software will replace cost financial firms millions of dollars per transaction so there's a huge reward so long as the project can be properly funded. If we were rich we would fund it ourselves, but we're not rich and can not afford to work on the project full time anymore without funding
Calm down, mate!
Criticism is a common thing for every startup, you just need to prove you are solid and your project is solid.
To establish a project worldwide is not an easy task like 1..2..3, there is a lot of things need to be done and digest to make it successful.
I'm only asking why anyone should invest their hard earned money on you guys while there are literally hundreds of options with teams that have way better exposure to this sector.
This is the thing you need to prove in order to show legendster that he is wrong.
You gave Vitalik Buterin as an example... read this
story, you will know how much he struggled to establish Ethereum.
A friendly advise if you want to get your project funded then find another path. Just posting in Bitcointalk will not help you imo because members here are very skeptical.
Maybe if you were an established member of this community then maybe some members could have shown interest. But that's not guaranteed for sure I guess.
Good Luck!