Thats right. Competition is fierce. I believe the team behind stratis, their solid roadmap and their marketing strategy will set them apart from the rest. With just a little luck, Breeze and tumblebit may galvanize the Stratis name in the cryptoworld, and pave the way to make it the go to technology for Baas, smart contracts and dapps, as these services become gradually available. Stratis is well positioned to become a widely recognizable name before the niche is filled by others.
In your opinion, which tech are the biggest competitors to Stratis?
Well, as mentioned HyperLedger is a serious competitor in the large business field, but there is another one, which have the same central idea than Stratis, namely Ardor (also known as NXT version 2). Ardor is similar to Stratis in a sense, that they also offer BaaS concept. Ardor do not have such a strong dev team behind it, but that doesn't mean they should be taken lightly. At the moment they are well behind Stratis (Ardor blockchain's not ready, Ardor tokens are not tradeable without nxt-tokens, etc that kind of early-days hassle), but their aim is pretty much exactly the same; offer simple,fast and flexible BaaS concept for the businesses.
At the moment I'm not too worried about them, but you never know...
But I assume (about the way you carefully formed your question) that you wanted some investment advice?
Fair enough
By September, when the Ardor blockchain launches (assuming they are on schedule) their token price will skyrocket (as altcoins almost always do in that phase).
I must admit, I have bought some Ardor tokens - just in case. I don't trust them in the long run, but if / when Ardor rises in the beginning, well then I can take that money and re-invest it in Stratis. I've done that before, and will gladly do it again
Haha. Thanks for the sound advice. But my question had no hidden meaning. I have my own opinion on the subject, but I genuinely wanted to get a feeling of the general opinion on the subject.
I did take a look at Ardor. I must admit I like the platform so far (I held NXT for a while). The way I see it, Ardor has a big disadvantage on the marketing front. Their product is very confusing to the end user and the team shows very poor communication skills. So I traded it for now. I am considering investing in Ardor in the near future.