I do not know Ohad very well on a personal level but I know him on a professional level. I know a bit about how his mind works, how he does research, how he arrives at his decisions, and the reason I trust his judgment is because his process is very similar to my process. So I can say I'm sure about these things:
- Ohad is a very competent programmer, possibly one of the best in cryptospace,
- Ohad is an excellent researcher and extremely productive at it, we discuss the latest results daily with detail.
- Ohad is naturally gifted intellectually and learns very complex subject matter quickly. He learned VC theory in around 6 weeks and I still cannot understand VC theory to this day.
Of course no one is perfect and most people as productive as him also have some traits which you might view as negative or difficult for other areas. But the traits necessary to be highly competent as a mathematician and programmer are not the same traits required to be competent at marketing for instance.
Take a look at Dan Larimer and you'll find another person who also is a diligent researcher, who is not afraid to change his mind when necessary, who is a naturally gifted learner and programmer. At the same time marketing is not his strong suit but he knows that. When Dan Larimer is surrounded by the right people then his projects become a tremendous success but from a technical perspective he is always ahead of the industry.
I'm confident that Ohad has the skills and motivation to complete the task he is given. I'm very confident in the design for Tauchain he has come up with as I've watched his process first hand. I've exchanged ideas with him as well and he's an ethical person. He's not irresponsible about what he is trying to do.
I used Protoshares as an example because Dan Larimer and Ohad Asor are similar. If you've worked with them both or interact with them both then you'll see they are both very smart, they both do a lot of research, they both take a rational approach to design, and they are both two of the best programmers you can find in this space. Dan Larimer put his good name on the line when he developed Protoshares. Ohad Asor is putting his good name on the line with Agoras. These are people who care about their reputations as much as I care about mine and I trust that aspect.