RE: Factom19 Sep 2018 11:42
I believe these comments are a bit more relevant, and from the CEO not someone who's saying little more than "are we there yet" in a very verbose way ;)
https://www.reddit.com/r/factom/comments/97sgnd/were_factom_authority_node_operators_anos_ask_us/e4d55xp/?context=8&depth=9
The most relevant bits being: "For better or for worse, we at Factom Inc. took the approach of targeting enterprise applications. Adoption by enterprise is slower. Adoption is even slower by large enterprises for projects with far more resources behind them than most expected, and we are no exception."
and
"I'll stand behind my claim that 2018 is our year for Factom. We will see adoption, investment, and recognition for the protocol. And we will remain standing after all the crypto projects of 2017 are sifted out and judged, because we do have the right technology, and we have the right ecosystem."
This was from only 1 month ago and therefore I'd suggest he's quite confident the final part of this year will see some very pleasing developments in the next few months that remain of 2018.
Also older comments like:
https://www.reddit.com/r/factom/comments/8orean/join_us_wednesday_june_6th_79_am_ct_for_a_factom/e07h5tv/?context=8&depth=9
"Quite a bit of demand, but being sold to huge enterprises. Countries are enterprises, right?
The bigger the customer, the slower the process."
Ultimately, the approach Factom Inc are taking, means that most likely you'll not see gradual ramps up in business, but large step changes as a big customer adopts the tech. Once they have any large customer adopting/using it. Then it becomes infinitely easier to both fund development, put it through its paces in the real world, and if it goes well (barring minor issues), becomes infinitely easier to sell to other clients using the first big client as an example.