Nobody knows @smooth's identity either, yet he has a very high reputation and is obviously technically skilled. I would estimate @smooth is more technically skilled overall than James, but James is always coding methodically (for example @smooth is a polyglot of programming languages as am I).
smooth is not doing any ICOs, so comparing is irrelevant.
Most if not all big ICOs have main guy or whole team identified. At the end of day, they will get a salary from ICO, so crowdfunding participants should know who they will pay.
Agreed.