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I'm not 100% sure, but I think AMP was trading at about 500 satoshi (if not lower?) at the beginning of this year, and ~4 months later it peaked at over 43k satoshi. Why am I saying this? To point another fact: AMP creators had the chance to make about $86 profit on every $1 invested. I think 8600% profit in ~4 months sounds good, right? F*ck no! Do you know what I hate so much in this industry? That fiat money are involved! All we hear is "it takes time", "it needs funding", "we must be paid" etc... Wasn't this a crypto-fiat war? Weren't we a crypto enthusiasts? That's why I kinda support premines, because the creators (if they don't have money to invest) of the given currency/token/whatever needs to get paid and deserves to make profit (if the project made a good contribution to the 'crypto-world'). That's perfectly understandable and acceptable (at least in my views). But when it comes to fights over funds, then I call it a failure. Why? Because all of these crypto-related projects needs believers and supporters! Launch the f*cking thing with a tested technology, be friendly with all the people interested in it, list it on exchanges (as many people have such demands), built on top of it (without asking for money from the masses) and move forward. Nothing wrong if you fail to complete your goals (or you get hacked). At least you tried and didn't lied to anybody, right? Maybe on a later time someone else will learn from your mistakes and do it right. I think the situation here is obvious: some people are trying to enrich themselves. That's why I don't follow the progress of many of these projects and I don't care if they invent a spacecraft, which travels with the speed of light. That's why I don't invest in them (though I don't do trades for several months now), no matter if I'm 101% sure that I can make profit. This means to give money (and some support) for something I don't believe and being a hypocrite (i.e., f*ck the average Joe if I can make some extra bucks).
Bottom line: From what I've read in the article, I don't take either of the sides, because they are both wrong. This is not the way.
EDIT: Ah, almost forgot to point out one other hilarious fact. You're building something decentralized, yet you have CEOs, CTOs etc.? I find it funny...