Unfortunately you can scam people and not even be doing it on purpose. Think pyramid scheme where the lower level people are convinced its a real thing and are trying to recruit new people.

Garlcoin was claimed as ASIC resistant from day one. So whether they knew that to be true or not (doing it on purpose or not), yes people were scammed into thinking it; along with an unknowing (young to cryptos) community that was firm in the belief. So its just like the analogy I made. People not having the technical knowledge to know if it was true or not selling to other people their unjustified knowledge.


and then it literally took one btctalk post to prove everyone wrong.