I'm not sure where you got the idea that witnesses are supposed to work 100% of the time for Hive, but that's just not the case, and it never has been. Witnesses are voted on primarily to act as trusted block producers, so the main criteria is that stakeholders consider them trustworthy.
It's also expected that the top 20 witnesses will keep informed about proposed changes to the blockchain rules (hardforks) so that they can make reasonable decisions about what changes are best for the network and when it makes sense to deploy such changes. This doesn't necessarily mean they are programmers (many aren't), but they need to have an understanding of what's being done by Hive devs.
It's true that top 20 witness do often make other contributions that help them to get votes, but there's no requirement of that type, and some of the current top 20 are top 20 because of things they've done in the past, rather than now. Again, it's mostly a reputational thing that makes you likely to be a top 20 witness.
The proposal system (DHF) is the primary mechanism for paying for dev work, etc, not witness pay.
The Hive code base was developed from the BitShares code base. For example, they still share the same p2p code today (this was the part of the code that my team wrote for BitShares). So it's hardly surprising that devs from the two chains have done work on both chains at various times and I view that as synergistic.
And there are many BitShares users who are active users of Hive, because BitShares focuses on being a decentralized exchange whereas Hive has a very different focus. I certainly don't view them as competitors.
It's not a simple question, because I don't track every "BitShares employee". I'm not even sure exactly what definition you intend, but assuming you mean anyone who received a salary from Invictus (DanL's company) or from the BitShares proposal system, I think there are two: me (from both sources) and abit (from proposal system). A couple other witnesses were community members who posted in BitShares forums. And a couple have been or still are witnesses on several graphene chains (I don't track that too closely since I don't keep up with those chains too much).
Also, I don't think you understand the term "mansplaining".
I already answered the question, except I have no idea about this: "and/or received money directly, or indirectly, from Bitshares at any time in their lives?". I have no clue about who that might encompass.
I'm not sure where you got the idea that witnesses are supposed to work 100% of the time for Hive, but that's just not the case, and it never has been. Witnesses are voted on primarily to act as trusted block producers, so the main criteria is that stakeholders consider them trustworthy.
It's also expected that the top 20 witnesses will keep informed about proposed changes to the blockchain rules (hardforks) so that they can make reasonable decisions about what changes are best for the network and when it makes sense to deploy such changes. This doesn't necessarily mean they are programmers (many aren't), but they need to have an understanding of what's being done by Hive devs.
It's true that top 20 witness do often make other contributions that help them to get votes, but there's no requirement of that type, and some of the current top 20 are top 20 because of things they've done in the past, rather than now. Again, it's mostly a reputational thing that makes you likely to be a top 20 witness.
The proposal system (DHF) is the primary mechanism for paying for dev work, etc, not witness pay.
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The Hive code base was developed from the BitShares code base. For example, they still share the same p2p code today (this was the part of the code that my team wrote for BitShares). So it's hardly surprising that devs from the two chains have done work on both chains at various times and I view that as synergistic.
And there are many BitShares users who are active users of Hive, because BitShares focuses on being a decentralized exchange whereas Hive has a very different focus. I certainly don't view them as competitors.
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It's not a simple question, because I don't track every "BitShares employee". I'm not even sure exactly what definition you intend, but assuming you mean anyone who received a salary from Invictus (DanL's company) or from the BitShares proposal system, I think there are two: me (from both sources) and abit (from proposal system). A couple other witnesses were community members who posted in BitShares forums. And a couple have been or still are witnesses on several graphene chains (I don't track that too closely since I don't keep up with those chains too much).
Also, I don't think you understand the term "mansplaining".
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I already answered the question, except I have no idea about this: "and/or received money directly, or indirectly, from Bitshares at any time in their lives?". I have no clue about who that might encompass.
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