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I'm not saying that the team should work for free, even though Satoshi showed you that the opposite can be possible, without having to rely on IPO/Crowdsale/Premines, but you could've been more upfront with the method of gaining funds in the beginning. Probably the best way would've been to have a development salary proposed every month and have people agree with it via voting. Unfortunately, the idea came too late.
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Bitcoin Mints Its First Billionaire: Its Inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/bitcoin-mints-its-first-billionaire-satoshi-nakamoto