Before he went down as a famewhore seeking for someone to extort money from, I always believed whatever that guy has been saying. But now, seeing that he has been using his short-lived fame to get money from starting ICOs and services, I wouldn't trust him one bit. Obviously he will be trying to work his way out of whatever the hell he said when he was hyping bitcoin to reach $1M in 2020. He's nothing but a scammer and a complete asshole right now. He might not eat his own dick on live TV, but the trust he garnered had already been lost during the process.
Agreed. He seems to just be abusing his fame and celebrity status for money now.
I have also read an article saying that he charges $105k for promo tweets. Basically a paid to promote type of guy.
And these outrageous predictions that make eye catching headlines just make his publicity even more well known, and newbies think that he is a real crypto expert. The truth is that he is most likely wrong, even in the most bullish scenario I wouldn't see bitcoin going to $1 million by 2020. The least it'll take is at least a decade, in my opinion, and that'll depend on if hyperinflation strikes or not.
I used to think that he was pro-bitcoin, but now I think he's just trying to make a quick buck out of this bitcoin bull market. His predictions are not helping bitcoin grow in any way, in fact it's just going to reinforce the idea that bitcoin is some sort of money making machine.
It seems to me that if he's promoting a certain ICO, that project will get a lot of support from the community because I joined one ICO that he is supporting and when the pre-sale, they reached their hard cap, I used to think that his support is a big factor in the success of the pre-sale tho but before the ICO's main sale started, they announced that John will no longer support that project and they decided to take different ways. I don't really know what is the real score there but I hope it is not something like this.