RE: It's a very bad idea to power down or sell Steem right now
Enigma has a large community forming around it as well and the brain power to match EOS. The only thing EOS has over Enigma is Dan Larimer. I do not think EOS has anything over Cardano.
This is a lot more competitive than you realize. It's not just community size but the effectiveness of the members. Sometimes a smaller yet more effective community makes a bigger impact.
I understand Charles Hoskinson is controversial. Dan Larimer is also controversial. This doesn't change the fact that both are extremely effective at what they do. Enigma has heavyweights from academia, from MIT, from Harvard, so a lot of brain power, but not a lot of experience doing crypto specific projects. This is to say that if they can get over the initial technical hurdles then they will be a force and hard to compete with in terms of brain power but they do not have a Dan Larimer or Charles Hoskinson.
I'm actually putting my chips in with Enigma because EOS isn't focusing on privacy. I think privacy is critical for the pursuit of happiness. People require a sense of privacy in order to even seek happiness is my hypothesis and since I know that, I think Enigma has a strategic advantage even if EOS and Cardano have great tech.
Hmmmm. You have privacy, in your thoughts, in your physical life and digitally, by your choice of community engagement. What Dan is attempting to solve is the privacy we think we need in order to secure life, liberty and property. But perhaps privacy is not what we need at all in this regard. Perhaps our sense of happiness and security will be better served by participating in a system where the incentives, rules and relationships secure us in which we are being open. It is an intriguing possibility. I guess we'll find out. Oh, I don't rate Charles anywhere near as highly as Dan and the experience Dan has, along with the massive team he's working with should not be underestimated. :)
It's be a real pleasure to chat with you dana-edwards. I wish you all possible success and I wish us all a brighter, fairer, more free future.