good analysis. The fact that this blockchain was up and running in a matter of months is something people don't quite grasp. Also, people don't know that Dan was _trying to create his own digital money_ even before he found Bitcoin. Many people before Satoshi also tried to create digital money.....it was Satoshi's invention which combined cryptography and the double-spend issue that made it solid. I read through Dan's conversations with Satoshi, and back then Dan was already working on figuring out solutions to the scaling problems. He's thinking waaaaay ahead, and it is possible that his solutions are designed to resolve things that Ethereum is not equipped to handle. The main issue with all of this is the fact the information is kind of hidden, and no one understands what exactly Graphene is. I have been attempting to grasp this, in order to comprehend why Graphene is superior to Ethereum, but I don't totally get it. I think it has to do with the fact that Graphene tech is Delegated Proof of Stake, and Ethereum is a hybrid of POW + POS. It gets murky, because one almost needs a computer programming degree to fully grasp what it all means, and how it will shake out in the future. I am still looking for an easy to grasp understanding of Graphene...I noticed that 'Graphene' is missing from the Steem Wiki....