Answer chat: My Dinner with David

[Guest]

I can’t resist a moan...

2 hours ago, BobWay said:

I have to rate you highly, because your initial ideas always end up being the ones we implement...  wait for it  ...after trying every other possible alternative.

You were lucky.  

I find that after the things I said would go wrong actually happen, and after they go back to doing what I suggested in the first place, then at that happy end point the boss just thinks it was his idea, and simply remembers that I was obstructionist...     

[BobWay]

Ive gotten the same from lesser enlightened people. I feel your pain!

[Truckdriver]

2 hours ago, BobWay said:

The early Ripplers really, truly BELIEVED in the concept of a cryptocurrency and everything the fine folks on this forum believe. However, Ripple, for all the right reasons, hired the true cream of the crop from the financial services industry. Their experience gave Ripple insight into MANY many ways to improve payments and communication within the financial networks of the world. But they were not intrinsic fans of cryptocurrency. They were open to the idea of course. But still harbored some skepticism.

When you look at the depth and quality of staff Ripple have worldwide , totally agree Bob , so wen Gottfried Leibbrandt 

[Julian_Williams]

Do you think it is possible for anyone to could catch up Ripple/XRP.  It seems to me Ripple are about five years out in front of the opposition and to set up a rival package to the one offered by Ripple/R3 they would need to gather the Money;OTC sales of XRP(billions)/Expertise in; regulation; testing, cryptography/Range of Products;XRapid,Via,Codius,Ripplenet/ Supporting ecosystem;Coil,Xpring,market makers/Partners and Digital Asset; XRP plus cobalt. 

[Cryptsycrackers]

You probably mentioned before, but I haven't had time to read anywhere near all this new information.

Was wondering since you think XRP will moon, at some point whenever that is, what your definition of moon actually is?

[DividendGamer]

I hope that Ripple is in touch with Andrew Yang.

Their tech is exactly what is needed to allow for campaign finance contribution transparency.

Using the xrp dlt xrpl to track all the money in the government would be a big step towards stopping a lot of corruption.

 

Plus the Freedom Dividend would help millions and millions of Americans and allow for further investments into xrp and other crypto currency and Investments.

[Truckdriver]

3 hours ago, BobWay said:

hired the true cream of the crop

@BobWay I think Diliop Rao is incredible as a speaker , he is all class and do not hear enough from him. A true example of "cream of the crop". It's hard for him to shine when he is surrounded by star's.

[Truckdriver]

7 minutes ago, DividendGamer said:

I hope that Ripple is in touch with Andrew Yang.

Agree , I heard him on Joe Rogan podcast,  he had me convinced and Joe by the time he explained what FreedomDividend entails. A remarkable individual. 

[Truckdriver]

@BobWay thanks for the response. Lol I can imagine those two spending all that time with you and their heads spinning , I would of love to be a fly on the wall at their next boardroom meeting.   The video we saw with Brad and Gottfried at the Paris Fintech Forum was great viewing and the offer at the end for employment for Gottfried was hilarious. That's great to hear your friends with Dilip, that speech he did (see link) put him IMHO as my most impressive employee at Ripple 2018. 

[Julian_Williams]

Some of your stories are extraordinary, especially that one with Wim and Gottfried.   It is absolutely right to discuss everything frankly with everyone and you have that knack.  When you do something new in the world you open the gate, and others pass through the gate you opened.  That is the nature of opening gates.

Anyway people who copy almost always fail (even on the simplest tasks).  GPI is a typical copy response, they copy the superficial fluff of other peoples ideas but they always always miss the substance. 

Edited March 18, 2019 by Julian_Williams

[fiik]

10 hours ago, BobWay said:

So these were very productive conversation and I tried very hard to sell them on the idea of a partnership. When they finally left, both deeply understood what Ripple (now XRPL) could do. So I expected them to call Patrick and set up an "important people" meeting.

But no. Shortly afterward SWIFT announced the Global Payments Innovation Initiative (GPII) now (GPI). Look at the dates for GPI on Wim's resume. Even their collateral matched Ripple's almost point per point. (I couldn't find the initial release online.)

 

10 hours ago, BobWay said:

Wim and Gottfriend came in right after their trip and said, "We have a new number one priority..." and that turned into GPII. So it was in direct response to the (unintentional) fear I caused in both of them.

basterds

Edited March 18, 2019 by BobWay
Edited my quote for personal reasons.

[Benchmark]

10 hours ago, BobWay said:

Of course, I thought it was highly improbable that I had anything to do with their decision. SWIFT is a big company and probably works on lots of things for years before talking about them. But later, I was introduced to a SWIFT employe who was actually on the GPII team. So I told him the story and asked if it was correlation or causation. He said, "No, we had nothing like that going on. Wim and Gottfriend came in right after their trip and said, "We have a new number one priority..." and that turned into GPII. So it was in direct response to the (unintentional) fear I caused in both of them.

I can see how you would have that influence. Your posts make me very excited about the future of money, I can only imagine how convincing you sound in a personal pitch for Ripple.

Edited March 18, 2019 by BobWay
Edited my quote for personal reasons.

[stuartXRP]

14 hours ago, BobWay said:

But no. Shortly afterward SWIFT announced the Global Payments Innovation Initiative (GPII) now (GPI). Look at the dates for GPI on Wim's resume. Even their collateral matched Ripple's almost point per point. (I couldn't find the initial release online.)

Of course, I thought it was highly improbable that I had anything to do with their decision. SWIFT is a big company and probably works on lots of things for years before talking about them. But later, I was introduced to a SWIFT employe who was actually on the GPII team. So I told him the story and asked if it was correlation or causation. He said, "No, we had nothing like that going on. Wim and Gottfriend came in right after their trip and said, "We have a new number one priority..." and that turned into GPII. So it was in direct response to the (unintentional) fear I caused in both of them.

When you scare your competitors into change you have already won

[ixb2454]

I am a little bit surprised that you talked like that with competitors. If ripple is not 5 years ahead, i would see that as a serious problem.

IS RIPPLE REALLY 5 YEARS AHEAD?

All the time i hear about changes in financial world and for sure you triggered them but i am really eager to see adoption NOW... 

One example of the changes you can see in the picture. I see this as building the infrastructure part of the process but hope ripple is involved as well... 

Thank you Bob for sharing your knowledge and i wish you the best. 

 

[mandelbaum]

18 hours ago, BobWay said:

Of course, I thought it was highly improbable that I had anything to do with their decision. SWIFT is a big company and probably works on lots of things for years before talking about them. But later, I was introduced to a SWIFT employe who was actually on the GPII team. So I told him the story and asked if it was correlation or causation. He said, "No, we had nothing like that going on. Wim and Gottfriend came in right after their trip and said, "We have a new number one priority..." and that turned into GPII. So it was in direct response to the (unintentional) fear I caused in both of them.

Very interesting to note that Marjan Delatinne - who used to be the business director of SWIFT GPI, was hired by Ripple back in 2017.

https://www.americanbanker.com/news/swift-exec-marjan-delatinne-defects-to-ripple

 

Edited March 18, 2019 by mandelbaum