Who really pays for those attack ads?
First Changelly, then this. Are there any other 'instant' exchanges left to attack?
There might be a coordinated plot against competition here. Shapeshift was the leader in this space for a long time, but has maintained unfavorable margins that competitors are beating, thus offering a better service. Perhaps its investors are scared about losing their market share now that so much money has been poured in. They recently closed their smart contract project 'prism' too, after so muc development going into it.
Roger Ver and Erik Voorhees are key investors in Shapeshift.
Vorhees is known for duping investors with a project that didn't even get started after doing an IPO in
bitcoin early days.
I'm absolutely to blame for the failure of FZB, and for the poor communication after it fell apart.
Now, "BTC should payback bitcoin," you say. First, investors don't get "paid back" when a business fails.
This scheme, may or may not have contributed to formulating Voorhees' bitcoin fortune and making him a 'key investor' in the space.
Ver on the other hand, built on Voorhees' concept from that failed IPO and build his own paid trolling network, paying people to promote his ideas. He used it extensively to pure vitriol on the bitcoin community and spread propaganda for his BCash altcoin.
https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/872377516564111362Those two are not new to using subversive tactics to promote their personal agenda. I wouldn't be surprised if they had devised a plan to hurt the reputation of their competitors by manipulating public opinion.