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I also had strong opinions about this at first. Then I thought, better they get some money through this than all the projects out there that are obviously scams. If they have fun with their C3 language and their interfaces to whatever blockchain, good for them, at least they use the money to drive Red forward. Also happy they didn't lose everything with the last crash.

From a language standpoint, it's just a really interesting project.

I'd say your reaction is understandable, but unfairly biased.

If you read the old blog entries about why it was done, do you still feel that way?

I followed the project up until then.

Understood, so you know there was a reason for branching out into the blockchain space, as there's a real need for better langs there, and less competition, which leads to more visibility in an area that his hot technology. For the project to survive, we'll have to try a lot of things.