Sorry for not reading the article. Apart from that: Did you read the RaiBlocks whitepaper? Did you try the technology? Sure there's a lot of room for improvement but the foundation seems to be working just fine. In contrast to many other coins. Furthermore there are projects using (https://brainblocks.io/) and shops accepting (https://www.spendraiblocks.com/) it.
Feeless, near-instant, scalable, no mining. Apart from minor hiccups (see https://www.reddit.com/r/RaiTrade/comments/7qev9q/can_we_be_...) and the fact that security is not tested throughout, this could be the future.