Barry silbert doesnt really support ETC. Most likely scenario is this : Barry silbert hold alot of ETH, so after the fork, he also had alot of ETC, obviously. Now, if you have a small amount like me, it doesn't really make a big difference unless it's rising alot. But for someone who owns alot of ETC, it matters if you can raise it's value from 0.5$ to 1-3$ because in the end, it is free money right ?
Barry silbert "support" for ETC meant twitter tweets, that's all. He didn't make his adress public to show you that he didn't already dump it ( i believe he did, atleast a part of it ).
He was also challenged to make a smart contract so he would only be able to withdraw/sell only after ETC price would surpass ETH, to prove everyone he's legit and not a manipulator troll. He didn't respond that. Because that were his words, he wouldn't sell unless ETC would surpass ETH in price.
As for charles hoskinson, my opinion is that for some time now he's aware that ethereum was a huge missed opportunity for him, both as a career and money. Imagine you leave Apple in early days, later when you see it's gaining momentum and drawing alot of attention, even tho it is far from succes not to mention peak, you'll join some other similar project to catch up because you realise what a stupid mystake you've done. Thing is, he didn't leave apple to join samsung, he left apple to join some chinese company which makes fake toy phones.
Barry Silbert clearly said that he owned his first non bitcoin crypto when he got into ETC. He declared it in public thru his Twitter account. For me he did it more to spite the Ethereum foundation for doing the hard fork and going against one of the most important concepts in the cryptosphere that is maintaining immutability no matter what. I also believe he is also in support of ETC to prove a point against Vitalik and show it thru making the ETC platform a success.
I speculate Charles Hoskinson also has the same idea as Silbert and so do the owners and founders of Poloniex, Kraken and the ETC mining pools. The exchanges are less vocal but their actions speak a different tone by listing and supporting ETC.
Wrong, "he said" did he show any proof ? Cheap talk, why do you think chandler guo took the same attitude ? Because as i've explained, after the fork they owned an equal amount of ETC so they had to exploit it for profit. A bitcoin maximalist like barry shilbert would never acknowledge he owns a signifiant amount of ETH, because for most part bitcoin maximalists are anti ETH. But they would acknowledge they support ETC since they got it for free and it's " anti ethereum " movement, even tho they still depend 100% on ETH. I'ts easy to use your influence for your own benefit, as i said, if he really wanted to put his money where his mouth was he would have created a smart contract (or someone for him) that would have allowed him to withdraw only after ETC > ETH, as he "declared". But i suspect he was slowly dumping his bag so i doubt he owns a signifiant amount anymore. Same for guo, as i've read he attended devcon rofl.
I still own a small amount of ETC, but i'm waiting for another pump.