IOTA is and has always been a long-term research project. This is something that is all too often overlooked when people think in the limited "cryptocurrency" framework.
They are not building just another Altcoin. It's a a complete new way of approaching several old problems. And maybe it will even take a decade to get 100% working.
I am looking forward to the time. It will be very interesting to watch and participate as a whole new world is created.
And on the way, step over the burned corpses of all these stupid greedy speculators that add zero value to the project. Very pleasing.
RE: Faster, Lighter, Highly Scalable and Unique !? this is IOTA !