Right now the crazy bull market has lots of people going nuts for crypto. If these currencies after to ever succeed they need stability and doing how susceptible value storage can be on coins should be sobering for the pure profit seekers.
Of course I'm here to make a profit, but I'm also thrilled at the prospects for the future of crypto and the possibility it offers for maintaining and even restoring individual liberty when it comes to their financial dealings.
The moves to remove cash from the economy by governments is a step towards greater control of the public, and coins like Monero offer from from that.
That said he could've accomplished similar effect without the financial harm this caused.
Lead maintainers of a crypto coin have a special place as their words are given weight, and are not supposed to move markets just to amuse themselves. Many new investors to Monero lost money and were probably scared away permanently by the damage Spagni did to Monero's reputation yesterday.
There was no amusement. There was announced big thing to happen. Biggest ever. And it happened. I posted it up there. A valid statement. You can hate it, you can ignore it but you cant stop it!