Re: NEM Official Moderated Thread [Updates & Discussion][Civilized Discussion]
Yep, BC next writes the code, and decides not to put in 1 + (5%) bitcoin in his creation, after making a claim that he would eat his hat if the coins wasn;t worth alot of money within 6 months 
how do we know that he doesn;t own 30 % +?
we don't
this is at least transparent
how do we know that he doesn;t own 30 % +?
we don't
this is at least transparent
How do you know Utopian doesn't own 1500 of 2800 stakes? Arguments without evidence are not arguments. There is no evidence that BCNext put 1 BTC, but even if he did,so what? Everyone was free to put 1 BTC. There were no special rules for the developer. Everyone was free to use sock puppets (if there are any, even though sock puppets for IPO was not a trend back then). Everything was distributed equally to stakeholders who put BTC, with zero development stake, and IPO was open for 2 months. Everything was transparent as anyone can check original thread, and the nxt blockchain and the blochchain.info hashes to confirm everything.