Good point @somethingsubtle but for me that's even better as part of their narrative, important when it comes to branding !
I love it when the kids see a solution their older peers totally missed. Did I tell you the story about when Larry met Serg ? oh you've heard it, one grad student shows another prospective pupil around the college facilities, next thing their little project is asked to leave the college server cos' it's eating up all the bandwidth.. Google was born, that was 20 years ago.
I think Gladius is genius blockchain application. wish them all the best.. it's a good guy project
There is a very different maturity profile and likelihood of success between graduate students at Stanford and a set of undergraduate students at Maryland.
I'd be fearful that they aren't just going to use the ICO to pay off student loans.
ah well, it's the wild west out, good luck to them if they do. I think Gladius is a really neat solution for an insidious problem and like siacoin, sonm.. it uses existing capacity, so for me has a kind of efficiency. If they can prove successful they could be very handy and not just in the crypto world !!
I see your point in general somethingsubtle, but if you do some digging you will see that they actually have a lot of experience in creating startups, not to mention the advisors behind this project. I started at their age too or even before.
I see the point too, but I think there's a great sense of urgency about many of these projects. They won't all succeed but that's not the point. It's the exploration of new territory and experience. adaptive radiation in process. What does work becomes the future. I think Gladius is a good idea and the kernel of the idea if often far more important than experience of being successful. Let's see !
Obviously I share your thoughts :)
Thanks for your support!
good work @xalnar.. fair but firm !