The UI dashboards for EM Trunk/Stampede and DRIP are almost identical - even the same little astronaut guy! I’m pretty sure I said they were similar, not the “same.” I realize the tokenomics are different and that BT was first. I’m not knocking EM, l have a little in there in the hopes It can recover.

And I hear ya on Bitcoin “maxis” being die-hard against the principle of centralized finance. But, let me ask you this: Are MOST people who buy bitcoin like that though? Most everyone I know are looking at bitcoin as an investment that appreciates over time and will one day be sold for a higher value - like real estate, stocks, or a mutual fund. Most people I know - ‘common folk’ to you, I guess, are not diehard decentralized finance experts. Large centralized financial institutions like Fidelity or BlackRock might be what brings Bitcoin into mass adoption. It’s a little bit sad that centralized is what might be the missing ingredient that brings DEcentralized to light.

I like your comment though, because there always needs to be scrutiny, likes a checks and balances. Also, I made it expressly clear that this article was just my OPINION.

Thanks for reading!!

Tell me more about how EM is different. I would like to know more about how that platform is doing - I have not really been tracking it. What is the price of Elephant now? Is what they are doing now enough to make the platform survive the long run? Does EM have enough in its pipeline to thrive in the next bull cycle?