Cool writeup, almost a post in itself!
I'm not a coder at all so I often have to trust the knowledge of those who know what they're talking about. So I think you might be a lot more experienced int he tech than me, even if you're not a superuser.

On a sidenote, after your post people have starting to write a lot about Topia because it's moving to the bitshares blockchain. That in itself has also made me more interested in it, since I'm a big fan and believer in bts.