Actually, from what I can garner, what they are setting up is not competitive, but cooperative.
EOS is an operating system that anyone can implement. Plus BENCH will enhance the value of all blockchains if it provides the interoperability they are talking about. It will uplift the entire industry in a big way.
I didn't really mean it in a negative way, just that things move really quickly and it's easy to get left behind. But yeah I do agree with you, if it all works as planned everybody in the crypto space will benefit from it.
Cheers for the informative post btw :)
What is the function of the Bench tokens which sell on the Bitshares exchange, will these power the future Bench platform?