..the claim of being able to balance personal financial interests with altruistic goals is inherently self conflicting, and dishonest in a sense to a community upon which you will thrive and succeed.
This, this, this!!
OpenCoin:
"Don't worry, we will distribute XRP fairly just trust us"
"Don't worry, the algorithm works and we will prove it. Soon."
"Don't worry, it will be open source soon."
"Don't worry that our list of employees is secret."
Translation:
"Just trust us, we're a bunch of altruistic humanitarians who have nothing but the best of intentions. In the meanwhile, we encourage you to invest money in our system not because it has been rigorously reviewed or open sourced, and despite that we have kept control over the entire volume of currency units, but because we have given our promise and word as upstanding citizens to forgo our own potentially vast economic best interests in lieu of the greater good."
Are you kidding me? What upsets me the most is how insulting this is. Coming a close second is how Ripple has pimped the goodwill generated by Bitcoin for its own self interest.