It is quite interesting, but there seems to be a big correlation in the communities supporting XRP and FIRE. Of course, the Ripple community has been around for many, many years, while FIRE hasn't been around more than 1 month. But, there seems to be something in the XRP community that has made them feel happy about and endorse FIRE (nest/node protocol) way more than they have been happy about and endorsed similar protocols like Strongblock, Thor Finacial, Comb Financial, PowerNodes, and so on!
We consider this to be quite a positive thing for FIRE, because we all know that the XRP community is built up of people who are having long-term faith in the project. So, if you have a group of people who have stood by their XRP and held onto it for 5 years, then they will have no trouble doing the same with FIRE. As a result, this is really a good thing for FIRE.
It should also be mentioned that the Ripple community is huge, meaning that by reaching out to it and getting well known in the Ripple community, Phoenix Community Capital) has immediately reached a giant market and will receive a lot of free marketing as the XRP holders start to encourage one another about FIRE.
In other words, this is a real win-win situation, and I am very curious to find out how this will develop and move on in the coming months and weeks.
We haven't bought anything with the IP Address Guide yet, so we are just looking at FIRE from the outside, but who knows what the future will bring!