I doubt if ripple can be dead easily because they keep on expanding and thy have some unknown financial backing.
Don't know about Ripple being dead, but as long as Ripple's XRP will be calling a 'long-term investment for several years',
it's going to be afloat.
My last post was in accord with your positions. Ripple has chosen their market wisely. IMO, the
worst case scenario is they are acquired by their top customers and/or one of the ‘big buoys’.
Early investors should be richly rewarded for their foresight and patience…
My point is, as a clear majority of the contributors on this thread agree,
Ripple is not A Complete Fin-Tech Solution in combination with an Authentic
Trustless Capital Currency.
A Cryptocurrency Ecosystem or Cryptosphere Capable of Meeting the Needs of
Hundreds of Millions of Consumers, Traders and Trans-Actors on a Truly Global Scale.
The Monetary Eco-System must be Trustless, Decentralized, Anonymized and
'Secured' by Validated Eco-System GDP. Driving Rate of Adoption, Fungibility,
Network Services, Exchange and Utility Values. And , most importantly, transparent
Price/value discovery.
Without that you don’t know what it’s worth, whatever the bid/ask it’s still speculation.