Wondering about Bitshares... When governments start cracking down on exchanges, decentralized exchanges will be the only ones left so the need for Bitshares will be great. I'm not aware of any other decentralized exchanges at the moment.

The only problem I've experienced with Bitshares is that the wallet frequently doesn't initialize correctly. I've tried the download executables as well as the browser plugin apps and they both have this problem. That's why I haven't invested in Bitshares yet because I want to know I can always open the wallet when there's an internet connection. I only have success about 1/3 of the time in opening the wallet so it makes me skittish about putting any money in there.