Well, I think it's a combination of things. First, you kinda have to be an optimist to create something like Etherium in the first place. I met the founders out

Well, I think it's a combination of things. First, you kinda have to be an optimist to create something like Etherium in the first place. I met the founders out in Toronto before the coin was even off the ground and while there were some sketchy drug dealers at their meetups, the crowd seemed mostly kind-techno-optimist. So the creator of the coin is more likely to see continued upsides once the coin is off the ground and a bit of cognitive dissonance comes in and he donates some of the gains to good causes here and there and gets praised by people like pg so it creates a kinda shield against what would have been obvious to him if he were introduced to the scene as it exists now. Tech initiatives are almost never led by someone that's simultaneously honest and a clear eye'd realist.