Some of what you said is presently beyond my understanding as I'm not at all familiar with the inner workings of Ether, but what comes to mind is what my grandfather always used to say "it's what's under the hood that counts." If functionality is an ongoing issue, then there's always going to be problems. If I'm getting this right then then there are better alternative investments out there that actually work. There's only so many ticks, eventually the bomb will go off.