Qtum sounds like the thing you could be looking for. To TL;DR; it, Qtum is a smart contract platform on an independent blockchain that supports PoS (not DPoS, true PoS) and designed to support multiple smart contract VMs. Right now it only supports the EVM and thus can only run Solidity smart contracts, but later this year we'll release a new VM based on the x86 architecture so that it will be possible to use mainstream languages like C++, Rust, Go, etc...
Anyway, ending the whole description bit, we built it because of similar thoughts as you. Tired of seeing the only suitable smart contract platform (Ethereum) be treated like some philosophical research project, rather than a platform that businesses and people stake hundreds of millions of dollars on. Everything we design is intended to be practical to not just use, but also implement. We pride ourselves in never missing any deadlines we set for ourselves, and in never having some pipe dream project that won't be ready to use for 5 years.
Qtum sounds like the thing you could be looking for. To TL;DR; it, Qtum is a smart contract platform on an independent blockchain that supports PoS (not DPoS, true PoS) and designed to support multiple smart contract VMs. Right now it only supports the EVM and thus can only run Solidity smart contracts, but later this year we'll release a new VM based on the x86 architecture so that it will be possible to use mainstream languages like C++, Rust, Go, etc...
Anyway, ending the whole description bit, we built it because of similar thoughts as you. Tired of seeing the only suitable smart contract platform (Ethereum) be treated like some philosophical research project, rather than a platform that businesses and people stake hundreds of millions of dollars on. Everything we design is intended to be practical to not just use, but also implement. We pride ourselves in never missing any deadlines we set for ourselves, and in never having some pipe dream project that won't be ready to use for 5 years.