I can’t message you on X since I’m not fully validated. Doh.
The validator issue is the leeches make the network unusable and xx Network’s governance enables them/it. It’s almost symbiotic, in the saddest way. Most of my posts on this forum are about validators, let’s say this one: Dealing with centralized validator pools .
We have a strong foundation in OSS that runs well, but right above that there’s a bunch of “faithless servants” running that code just well enough to for the network to be able to produce rewards, re-elect them and move into the next era. That is, the ability to service cMixx applications isn’t among top 10 concerns of theirs, as one can tell in seconds by examining how many have voiced their concerns over the years.
And on the side there’s a rudderless Council that hasn’t done much of substance for quarters (or even years), apart from the rare instances when Rick or some matter woke them from their slumber. Amazingly, most get re-elected although save for 2-3 (excluding Technical Council members) not one has done anything consequential since the beginning of the network. No one even knows who most of them are, it’s incredible.
Recently I tried to see if I can create a simple Web app with xxDK and couldn’t even connect to network to develop (let alone use it in any sort of meaningful way).
Someone who knows top xx whales should get them to vote to throw the bums out, get a new Council in, do a full audit of validators, ban all faithless servants’ wallets from validation, trim validator set to 100, and fix how validators work and how their work is evaluated.
Then it might make sense to try to do something on top of that.