Just like Sunny "The Taxman" King, the Ethereum people have never heard of the word "Occam's Razor". There are hundreds, if not thousands of Arbitrary variables in Ethereum they get to tinker and play God with.
r0ach - what are your issues with Peercoin? thanks.
Ultimately its for the market decide. So I'm working on a market system which puts all at a level playing field. Then you have demand & supply establishing prices. As long as information is freely distributed people can evaluate all schemes on their own merit.