Quote from: newb4now on September 30, 2015, 03:35:03 AM

Quote from: smooth on September 30, 2015, 03:32:03 AM

Quote from: newb4now on September 30, 2015, 03:27:34 AM

Quote from: r0ach on September 30, 2015, 01:25:38 AM

Bob creates random coin named something like Donkeycoin, issues an IPO, uses the IPO money to manipulate the market and pump the coin, then dumps on everyone.

Vitalik creates coin, issues an IPO, calls it not an IPO, uses the IPO money to manipulate the market and pump the coin, then dumps on everyone.

What exactly is the difference here?

This thread is a joke.

Vitalik is a talented developer and Bobsurplus does not even know how to code (I think he admitted this himself).

I absolutely understand why many people have concerns about ICOs and presales but this is not a fair comparison at all.

Vitalik will continue to support Ethereum long term. Bobsurplus has a history of jumping from coin to coin after he has extracted maximum profits

So your answer to the question in the topic is "Yes". Fair enough.

My follow up question would be "Are there any real similarities between Vitalik of Ethereum and Bobsurplus of crapcoin?"

I suppose you could argue that the way they raised funding was similar (build large hype and then raise funds in an ICO or presale). Besides that I don't see much in common.

The amount of development work going into Ethereum has already surpassed the total development efforts of all Bobsurplus coins combined

So has the amount of money raised, right? Apples to apples...