What this post tells me is that core supporters don't see libbitcoin as a threat so they praise it, but they do see @ProductionReady as one so they shit on it. In the coming months as the shrieking from team core intensifies this thesis will be confirmed. View quoted note →

One is a tax evasion scheme, the other is a bullshit evasion scheme. Basically the same

Voskuil is one of the few cypherpunks left.

You forgot to mention libbitcoin shipped a weak random number generator exposing private keys of multiple wallets relying on it. Still a great project though. Forking battle tested, reviewed and reference implementation of Bitcoin Core (pre v30) and building on top of that sounds like the right approach for a conservative client. Starting from scratch like libbitcoin and risking shooting yourself in the foot - not so much.