It seems almost universally better? I can't think of any acquirer that would be more successful with Sandstorm than the founders themselves. Nobody I can think of is aligned with "users own their data" and big enough / cares enough to help Sandstorm gain adoption.

Even Sandstorm not gaining traction with their B2B strategy is likely a blessing in disguise: with enterprise money coming in they would have felt a hard pull to do more things that enterprises like. No matter how much conviction you have, making payroll often trumps that.

Now, they've proven that the enterprise route doesn't work. My hope is that the project can continue to improve and gain traction to the point where it sets up or joins a foundation, then potentially try to restart a complementary commercial venture on top of that.