Ethereum

They say ETH is underperforming because lack of north star

Then, what is XRP’s north star?

Researcher
Co-author of EIP-7212 
Ex- @getclave

Alt L1 VC: “Ethereum has no North Star”

Same Alt L1 VC (two weeks later): “Here's my essay about Ethereum's North Star”

It's not about Ethereum, it’s about getting attention to land deals and make money. That’s their job

Don’t fall for the psyop

XRPs original vision is basically what the Lightning Network became. Programming is hard so they ended up making basically PayPal with a floating currency they could inflate when they needed funds. 

Now the basic grift is tricking companies into entering meaningless "partnerships" and investors into believing that the partnerships will one day be meaningful.