Though I believe my financial success should not be relative to a discussion on the honesty/dishonesty that has been at the core of this project since the beginning... The capital gains tax alone on having liquidated 7% of my total XMR this year is greater than what the current value of my 5 masternodes would be worth at todays value, including 3 years of masternode payouts. As someone who was at a time quite passionate about this project, my only ongoing interest in interacting with the community around it is to give people tools to realize the same things it took me so long to learn of / accept.
Where there is money there are lies.
Some people are blissful gullible and get rich. Some are professionals and get rich.
The one with the bad cards are the one with half wisdom.
If you so care about Dash's history you should start checking XMR's history. It will shock you how honest that one started.
From all the many Coins that came out 4 years ago there are very few that started the honest way. And those coins mostly went under and vanished.
Ask yourself: What was the motivation back then for anyone to create an Altcoin!?
What is the motivation for anyone to create ICO's this days?
Most ppl in crypto or at least the successfull ones comprehended that system very well or learned it very fast and know to navigate it.
The Coins that grew value did not get the value because of a fair or unfair start back then but because of the development that was put into them the last years. That's what matters. Or that is what should matter to you and the world the most and not if someone you should care less got rich along the way because you will never meet or cross his or her way anyway. The world is in need of a realisation of Satoshi's vision. You know what is happening with Bitcoin Core. We will need whatever good alternative we have left. Dash is the one that follows the vision best imo.
Bitcoin became useless for transaction the last weeks and months.
Dash is a bliss to me this days.
If Evan was honest/dishonest got rich did not get rich ... doesn't change anything. Dash is working and I thank everyone that contributed to get it working that well as it does today.