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If it's a scam, why do they have a Github organization with 50+ repos? go-ethereum alone has 6469 commits by 59 authors[1]. Would be the most elaborate and time

• yc1010 11y ago
  For 18 million bucks people would go to great lengths...
• 13 11y ago
  Money buys a lot of commits. Give me a few million dollars and we'll get together a group of people that will build an entire computer from discrete transistors. People involved and amount of work doesn't make something worthwhile, reasonable, or viable, it just means that people work for money.
  • JorgeGT 11y ago
    I would give you a few million dollars to see that if I had them! It would be an incredibly useful project for education :D
• davidgerard 11y ago
  "If it's a scam, why do they have [trappings of an organisation]?" - every dupe of an MLM, Ponzi or pump'n'dump ever, trying to reassure themselves. There's a reason scammers put up fronts.
  • semiel 11y ago
    It's not the _trappings_ of an organization that are important, it's the fact that they have lots of working code. The Ethereum network does exactly what it claims to do, and does it well.
    • davidgerard 11y ago
      You're saying you've verified this yourself then? This comment notes the curious lack of evidence and that the example relies on handwaving https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10027569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10027569
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• AJ007 11y ago
  Who are these people[1] and what credentials do they have to build and run a cryptocurrency platform? [1] https://angel.co/ethereum-1 https://angel.co/ethereum-1
• davidgerard 11y ago
  One thing we can be certain of in the future: every new prospective altcoin will be sure to prepopulate its Github with Rockstar. https://github.com/avinassh/rockstar/ https://github.com/avinassh/rockstar/
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