A very reasonable summary and suspicion fuzzy :)  Dan is at the bleeding edge and it only makes sense that as he continues to learn, he needs to innovate and build out the tools that will realise his vision at the level only he can operate.  If we believe in Dan because of his obvious skill and vision, there will be ample opportunity for an ever growing host to follow and support his work.  This is what i've been doing for several years now and it's been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

> "is he planning a new DAC?"

That was the first thing I thought when I saw his resignation. That's a very exciting notion, IMO.

I was sadly completely out of the loop when Dan left Bitshares and started Steem, but much later I recall seeing a screenshot of the bitsharestalk.org forum where dan gave everybody willing to listen a huge tip: he said "check out this weird stealthy steem thing. It's legit." I wasn't around, and if I had been, I don't know if I would have had the smarts to follow his tip - but anybody who did could have made a fair amount of money.

Will he start his new DAC as stealthily as he did Steem? If so, we need to keep vigilant and make sure not to miss it.

Thank you @officialfuzzy for posting this well written...informative and encouraging article...it takes the sting out of the announcement somewhat and for that Steemit thanks you.

Wishing @dantheman all the best.

Cheers..

edit...spelling.

Wizard of Byte, cool card!

I simply do not see @dan going home and doing nothing, he will be back and he will be back with a brand new and great blockchain.. he will keep doing this until the day he dies and leaves a great legacy behind, of that I am sure!

I think that whatever will be his next thing, it will be unrelated to Steem.

im sure Dan is onto new project lets just see what and when.

Sounds reasonable to me!

 I was around before Protoshares started and have seen this movie before. You are much closer to the core team and I think that you're onto something.

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From everything I'm seeing it seems like this could be the case. I remember Dan talking about breaking apart the chain into specialised interlinked parts (like how it's done with a database cluster) so that apps can be added and removed and changed easier. I'd be willing to bet that's what he's doing next, starting from scratch, implementing a scalable, modular, non-io-bound version of graphene that works as a library for witnesses operating on different chains (and as clients to other chains to form the links between them).

This would more easily enable the building of a fully autonomous DAC.

I think his next DAC will be successful if he remains  anonymous ....
satoshi^2 would have amazing results with the skills of @dan

He is onto something for sure ....I don't believe the hype

Seeds that Dan planted years ago are just popping their sprouts above the soil into the sunshine now, **as we speak!** Dan has my full support as one man of principle  to another (also acknowledging that his vision sees further than mine).

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Thanks for this Fuzzy. I was discouraged to see the news this morning, but after reading your post, I have a more positive perspective. I'll be looking for Dan's next project for sure!

If anyone gets wind of a new project from @dan - Let. Me. Know. 

I want in.

this analogy really isnt complete.

A complete ship builder analogy would be dan builds a ship, sells passage on it to a bunch of people.  Then, when it starts to take on water a half an hour into the voyage, he makes for the nearest life-raft, paddles to shore, and starts the whole proccess over again as the passengers on the original ship get sucked down into the icy depths.  Maybe tossing a "they knew the risks.  ive learned so much from this expirement.  this time will be way better" over his  shoulder to potential new investors.

im just sayin.

He probably has the next project half done and almost ready to testnet. 
# That man is a wizard

You might be right and I hope I will be fast enough to jump into the next boat!

Yep. I expressed this sentiment to #price in a reply to @samupaha a few days ago. Anyone that's been listening to your Beyond Bitcoin hangouts over the years knew this was the plan all along and could act accordingly.

It pays to listen to Beyond Bitcoin. ;)