I do believe this post will answer most concerns about the recent surge in Spectrecoin posts
Spectrecoin is a truly community driven coin. Their Ico (Nov 2016) was a total flop for the devs and only raised $16k USD. It was a great success for the investors. Nonetheless the devs filled their end and delivered the v1.0 Native Tor integrated coin and distributed the supply amongst those who chose to invest.
Then through various reasons, most of the original devs left the project and sold their shares. Mandica, the original concept creator, stayed even tho she battled serious health issues and brought in @jbg to develope the code. Before long he assumed leadership of the entire project. His main focus is, has been, and will always be" "tech first", organic growth! He has delivered several versions of XSPEC and is currently work on 1.4 to make way for V2.0!!!
But he's is only one man and runs with no ICO funding. He gets paid by the community only what he needs, a living wage, nothing more, because he has such a faith and vision in this project. The community has recently been able to hire a second cyrptographer, @brycel, and this "dev team" has done more on a couple thousand dollars then what most coins with millions from an ICO deliver.
What some see as bots and spam is part of a recent movement started by the community. We are tired of waiting for more exposure and even then theres the money issue. We don't have funding for traditional advertising(overpriced anyway) or bounty campaigns. Literally a $0 budget. This is grassroots marketing, community driven and created. Each member takes it upon themselves to take time from their day to promote their favorite thought about XSPEC. Tor+OBSF4, Ghost Protocol ring sigs, stealth address, PoSv3, 100% decentralized, community driven, decentralized exchange, Mobile/Stealth staking soon! There are many things to love about this coin. And this grassroots marketing is working, as evident by the recent surge in price volume and posts. Look at the graph on CMC, this is the third time the community has marketed, can you see the other 2?
Other members work to update the website or create the infographics you see being shared. People all over the world freely giving their time to make this project great and known by all. As a moderator in the marketing chat on discord, I can assure you we set forth strict guideline about what kind of post and such that people should make. Quality, genuine and not spammy. We don't control people or bots. This is a free project. Each member makes their own choice about what to do. That's my favorite part about Spectrecoin. You decide. You decide what image to make or share, what others get to see or read. If you don't like seeing the same images, come make a new one! You decide what improvements come next. If you want different marketing, come join us in discord and do it!
https://discord.gg/CFSahm There is no central authority to stop you. This is true decentralization. The very basis of all true cryptocurrencies. You the user is in control! To join the worldwide community movement, join us in slack.
https://slack.spectreproject.io/