They should not have put it on exchange until coins were released to everyone period.  Totally unfair to those who really believed in the concept and invested a lot of money.  Has nothing to do with miners and everything to do with the company that chose to handle it in such a fashion. I mine as well although I didn't mine ETN since I bought a shit ton of it.  I never would have guessed in a million years this would happen.  I'm in it for the long run.  That being said I would have liked to have had the option to sell a small portion if I wanted to.  Having the investors take a back seat was a really bad decision on the developers part. I am sure most investors that put 40 MILLION DOLLARS into their pockets feel a little or a lot betrayed.  Me personally I can afford to lose every penny I put in. Doesn't mean it isn't totally unfair and pisses me off.