Completely agree with no counterparty risk with Bitshares. But the ideas never took off in the marketplace. ICONOMI has a shot, even if centralized. We'll see how it performs.

Also, don't call Bitshares a decentralized exchange. It is not. It doesn't do any real asset transfers, it is just a tracking mechanism, similar to CFDs in finance. We need true decentralized exchanges in crypto, not the variety Bitshares provides. Bitshares has a lot of value though, and I am a big fan, don't get me wrong.