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author: "Daniel Larimer"
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My prior blog post created quite a contraversy among many in the BitShares community. I cast a vision for BitShares as an
My prior blog post created quite a controversy among many in the BitShares community. I cast a vision for BitShares as an
an non-violent alternative to government. These ideas are considered niche and a distraction by some. Today I am going to
justify the raw business benefits of a vision.<!--more-->

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## Vision vs Strategy

Creating a well ordered society governed in a manner compatiable with the NAP is a vision
Creating a well ordered society governed in a manner compatible with the NAP is a vision
that is as open ended and universally desirable as calling for "world peace". I don't know
about you, but I don't know anyone who *likes* to pay taxes or *likes* to be bothered by
beurocratic regulations that are impossible to follow but might just land you in jail.
bureaucratic regulations that are impossible to follow but might just land you in jail.

I set out a vision that is inclusive of everyone. In my vision there is universal health care,
unemployment insurance, and welfare to take care of those unable to help themselves. In my
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### Go Fund me

[Gofundme.com](http://gofundme.com) is personal crowdfunding platform that has raised over $1 billion
[Gofundme.com](http://gofundme.com) is a personal crowdfunding platform that has raised over $1 billion
dollars to help individuals. They have created a community of giving and that community has given
more than twice the combined daily volume of all non-bitcoin trades for a year. They charge a fee of
5% plus credit card (3%) on every dollar given. In total they have earned $50 million dollars from
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Gofundme recently sold for $600M dollars.

## Perspecitve
## Perspective

It is easy for those of us in the cryptocurrency industry to lose perspective on how small our industry is. No one
has actually created anything that is gaining real traction. Sure, it looks like Ripple, Ethereum or Doge are gaining
traction but they are insignificant. The reason they are all insigificant is because like BitShares today, they are
technological solutions to real problems but still fail to serve the average Joe.

Lets have a bigger vision with a focus on helping other people. A vision that the average Joe can benefit from and
Let's have a bigger vision with a focus on helping other people. A vision that the average Joe can benefit from and
get behind. A blockchain is a means to an end, it isn't an end in itself. While everyone else is busy creating
advanced "smart contracts" and new "privacy solutions" and attempting to partner with banks that want nothing
to do with them we can actually start helping people.
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