only a figurehead. If Arise is BS then I guess it could go either way. It could really hurt the Bitshares brand as he is their, "celeb", or it may not matter and he would just be disregarded as the old guy who got duped.Ah, thanks @droucil, I did not realize he was
I am getting ahead of myself though, let's see how this pans out first (fingers crossed).
Yeah, let's just hope the blow wont be too big. The technology behind Bitsahres is still #1 when it comes to the Blockchain world. And this does seems like a very promising year with a lot of upcoming businesses to join the Bitshares Blockchain :)!