gerryhussein

Despite recent events, it seems to me this is a discussion worth having. Some potential talking points (in no particular order of importance):

Scaling
Security
Decentralisation
Architecture/Abstraction Approach
Governance Approach
Developer attraction
Dev tooling
Compatibility
Adoption
Community

etc

Keep it respectable please...

If you've wondered why Randomness on a blockchain is hard, check out this clear presentation which goes through all known options....

https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/a4ybus/sf_ethereum_developers_meetup_randomness_in_smart/

Millions of smartphone users in the UK have lost their data services after the O2 network suffered technical problems....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46464730

In this LinkedIn article, Don Miller takes an in-depth look at blockchain technology and its applicability to the Shipping industry:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blockchain-shipping-how-real-we-ready-don-miller?

He gets it. Was just watching this just now and I thought for the benefit of James and those who still remain here after a year, the quote at just after 14:20 would be useful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=850&v=-8lJc3DAf5U

edited link

Thanks to Cryptokitties there is additional dev focus on scaling across the cosystem. Some interesting ideas are beginning to emerge over and above Raiden, Plasma, Sharding etc

Here are a couple of recent threads on the Ethereum subreddit, added here so that they don't get lost in the wash!

Trusted Relay Networks: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/7km1a2/introducing_trusted_relay_networks_a_lightweight/

Application Specific Sidechains: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/7klw34/millionuser_dapps_on_ethereum_an_introduction_to/

If you come across more, add the links below...