Buterin is well meaning. It isn't like he planned to scam people from the beginning. And wtf are you trying to do by opening this thread.
Edit: Oh and sock puppets coming up...
Edit: Oh and sock puppets coming up...
I'm just trying to figure out how people are going to rationalize this. What are they going to say? Oh, Vitalik has this enormous brain so he's allowed to do this, he only did it once after all (that we know of). Bob, on the other hand, has a much smaller brain, therefore he's not allowed to make money doing this.
I'm not even sure that's true. Bob is brilliant in his own way.
I also think in a sense Bob is more honest because he at least is up front (at some level) with what he is doing. Vitalik is "well-meaning" as tokeweed calls it only in the sense that he isn't even honest with himself about it (I think -- no way to know for sure).
no opportunist is honest, they manipulate.
manipulate itself in my book is not honest.
"in a sense"
Everyone with half a brain (even a mouse-sized one) knows exactly what Bobsurplus is doing. Once that is true it becomes a big poker game. Manipulation in poker is not dishonest, it is part of the game.
