Without reading the article: I would guess that the kinds of people who keep an eye on new coins popping up are simply betting on which one will take off. If a

Without reading the article: I would guess that the kinds of people who keep an eye on new coins popping up are simply betting on which one will take off. If a coin is created by someone with built-in marketing available, who would love to see the coin grow in order to write a more interesting story, wouldn't someone bite? And wouldn't other people bite because they think lots of other people are going to bite? We live in a world where an arctic government ship is called "boaty mcboatface" by popular vote.