Re: POLL - which coins are scams as defined in the OP?

IOTA is a blatant scam, a pure P&D operation, just like LISK. This thread at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1354220.300 explains all. You can also see the IOTA sockpuppets, shills and developers in full force in that thread.

You have returned to your standard tactics.

Note I asked CfB if we could be contacts on LinkedIn, and he doesn't maintain a LinkedIn profile. What professional programmer these days doesn't maintain a LinkedIn profile. For public figure and to have a solid reputation, I think this is a must. Who is this David that is the principle behind Iota? What is his history and background?

This altcoin arena is dominated by scams because we don't demand that the lead developers are public figures and responsible for opening themselves up to scrutiny. We have no idea what these developers have accomplished in the real world over their careers.

I became more amenable to Monero, when fluffypony was shown on video recently at the Satoshi Roundtable. But I still lack information about the Monero devs backgrounds and history.

I think we should all demand our developers come out from the shadows and put themselves at-risk of public scruntiny.

Edit: the major pumpers of a coin, e.g. gwizzie, should also make their LinkedIn profiles available. Does Evan @ Dash have a LinkedIn profile?

Please do not bother with this low life Belarusian CfB scammer. He is a law enforcement matter rather than a community member or a professional you should cooperate with. Of course he won't be your contact in Linkedin. He is a scammer. Besides that, his only professional credential that he was one of the main figure of the NXT and JINN scams. He never ever worked any software company that could be listed on Linkedin. Why a software developer like yourself with a reputable CV and extensive experience in software engineering would engage with a low life scammer? Please ignore him. Many of us respect you here. You can gain nothing from the association with this scammer.

On the professional note, as you are a software engineer, please download his Java files (12 files, that's all IOTA is which was sold to the idiots) and conduct a code review on it. Someone sent me the first version of IOTA and I had the bad fortune to see the coding of this wanker. Once you downloaded you will see a poor quality code. Lack of error handling, lack of exception handling, lack of comments, poorly implemented object oriented design - all which indicate this guy has never worked in professional environment for a serious company, where he would face to the scrutiny of experienced engineers like yourself. What would you do if such shambolic work would be submitted by a junior programmer? You would tell the junior software engineer: please correct these basic violations of software engineering principles, and then the code review will be continued. Since he could scam money from the idiots even with a poorly written, amateurish software, he doesn't have to learn designing proper software, right? So this low life scammer is not in your league. I suggest treat him accordingly.