RChain must be developed even though it will support other tokens besides AMPs.
Synereo lost, so they might as well pay for the development of RChain, so at least other coins can win.
To pull funding from RChain just because they are not going to use AMPS exclusively would be to deprive humanity of a public good (RCHain would be a valuable public service whose major cost is development paid by Synereo round 2 funding).
Synereo Round 2 funding was a success, now we must give this money to Greg for RCHain.
RChain changes everything, and Synereo must change everything or it will change nothing!
Kind of agree with you that synerio without Rchain looks less likely to become anything much. I don't believe at all the there are too many people like GM that will take on years of work in this arena. These kind of people usually want a LOT of money to do anything. Replacing him isn't going to be as simple as some suggest or we would already see some suggestions. If you watch the videos it seems not many developers working with him can do anything without having their hands held along the way. Thats how it came across anyway.
However, since he just said he WILL complete it whatever for synerio then I guess he will now.
It will take many years to see the final outcome so we will have to wait and see.
According to what he says, other coins using it will benefit amps anyway to a degree but sure if I was a synerio investor (which i am to a small degree) i would prefer it be locked down and under synerio ownership as much as possible whilst allowing it to function as designed. That does not fit in exactly with his for the commons approach. I guess he thinking more about his legacy than his financial gain. However that is not great for investors.
Based upon something I've recently read, I was wondering though if Greg ever responded to these points raised by DL here on caspers design?
http://bytemaster.github.io/2015/08/08/Review-of-Casper-Ethereums-proposed-Proof-of-Stake-Algorithm/Yeah I'm not a huge fan of steam but he always seems to come up with something of interest.
Does Greg actually have peers that have looked at the Rchain proposed design and put their stamp of " could be extremely useful" on it. I mean people that actually understand it properly.
How many people investing actually understand the Rchain at a level that provides the bases of their investment? or are most kind of like well he sounds like a super smart individual and other seemingly smart individuals seem to be getting involved and the possible promises sound good let's throw a bit of btc at it and see what happens.
I know he is a proven developer with successful projects behind him so I am not trying to cast any doubt upon his abilities to produce if he says that he is confident he can (given reasonable funds)( I wouldnt think he would put his reputation on the line if Rchain was not a very real production possibility.)
Or is it rather a lot of top minds in this arena have consensus on Rchain is what we have all been waiting for?
I think the 2 most important points are
1. Is Rchain the best/only design to go with over and above any other known designs at this point?
2. If synerio funds this design are they going to get enough advantage over those that put no funding in to justify them taking the financial risk on its r and d?
I think if those things were made more concrete there could be agreement to move forward.
