[RedneckBob]

Why all these new languages? No one really wants to learn yet another language.

The big 4 public dapp blockchains use C++, Solidity and JavaScript. I can't imagine C++ and Solidity is okay. IOST went with JavaScript and the V8 engine for it's smart contracts. That seems the most reasonable as they can leverage a massive amount of JavaScript code.

Will be interesting once people realize they have a way to monetize webapps with a browser extension/wallet. Just think about all the web based JavaScript games that died because no way to monetize. Someone should be porting those over.

Plus, it took IOST only 8 weeks to passed up ETH in total number of blockchain transactions. ETH was launched back in June 2015. IOST has a fast ass blockchain.