Quote from: Vannicke on November 18, 2014, 07:31:11 AM

Either way, if I play it smart I probably make either a clean getaway while others ride the hype train, or I will make a decent profit and be invested in an upcoming coin that more retailers might get behind. Certainly its not the greatest white-paper, but I imagine that there are still a number of things not mentioned in it that might attract investors. That said, if GAW collapses tomorrow, I wouldn't be surprised either. Even though Josh's tongue is loose, I just don't get the vibe that it is all total BS, so I see opportunity in it.

I think this sort of confirms my suspicion that the only real feature is the promise of success/profit.

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It strikes me as far fetched for the company to go so far if it is all smoke and mirrors, and I haven't heard anything about GAW employees or associates jumping ship.

You would be surprised at the amount of effort some people are willing to put in to bullshitting in order to pull off a good scam.

A good example would be Danny Brewster, the CEO of Neobee.

They had 6 months of nothing but good news/updates and everything seemed fine up until launch. They even had support from many trusted community members like Andreas Antonopoulos.

At the time of launch they had a brick and mortar store, something like a dozen full time employees, a local university signed up to use their service, and the entire country of Cyprus knew about them due to aggressive marketing.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly until one day the CEO disappeared along with all the money. He did not hide his identity and even moved back to the UK if I'm not mistaken. After the scamming took place it was discovered that he's had a history of failed businesses.

To me this looks like history repeating itself.