Vitalik Buterin and others have been very clear that Ethereum may fail completely and that it's an experiment. Others (https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4/status/495

Vitalik Buterin and others have been very clear that Ethereum may fail completely and that it's an experiment. Others (https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4/status/495300992049479680 https://twitter.com/NickSzabo4/status/495300992049479680) widely acknowledge that Ethereum is the most technically ambitious cryptocurrency since Bitcoin; it's not in the same category of coins which changed a parameter and created a new coin. I'm the organizer of the Silicon Valley Ethereum meetup; I've offered a chance to Greg Maxwell, and Austin Hill the chance to talk to us and give a coherent critique of Ethereum; they did not take me up on the offer (We had Matthieu Riou give a brief critique of Ethereum at our meetup; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwPulJKP1_Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwPulJKP1_Y). I'd be very happy for a coherent and respectful critique of Ethereum from one of you at one of our meetups; you're welcome to contact me; see http://www.meetup.com/EthereumSiliconValley/ http://www.meetup.com/EthereumSiliconValley/