The not-quite-right reverend Satoshi Jones Nakamoto extends his open arms and welcomes you to the first day of your new life in The Bitcon!

Please enjoy the Kool-Aid, feel free to share it with your friends, family, and neighbors, we're always mining more. Ask any of the deacons for help, just avoid eye contact with them unless you actually want to be molested. Asking "What's that smell?" is discouraged as it only gets worse once you know how it's made.

Enjoy your stay and remember "The greatest thing about nothing is that it lasts forever." - From the "Thoughts of Reverend Nakamoto"

Both approaches are valid and older than dirt itself. Typically both will be used over the term of an operation. Making your victims thank you for it, that's a special feeling 

What happened to the robust nature of this decentralized network? Oops, never mind, it really isn't. Back to the drawing board 

I have never bought a bitcoin and see no reason that I ever would. I have never bought The Bitcon and see no reason to start now as it steadily moves towards its inevitable conclusion of drowning in a sea of ennui.

Lebed's input would be most interesting, he was touted as a "boy genius" of internet stocks during the bubble at the end of the last century, although it turned out he was a front for his father who was teaching him the family business of running stock promotion confidence schemes. He never learned to do anything useful with his life and continues running the same old sketchy cons for something called the National Inflation Association.

Elgindy portrayed himself as some sort of ethical crusader against scam stocks while corrupting a US FBI agent to obtain inside information on companies being investigated, at one point using such information in an attempt to extort compensation from one such company. He was always quite full of crap and willing to share it with anyone who would listen, his take on The Bitcon could be quite entertaining.

Not everyone who might recognize elements of their own work in The Bitcon is around to provide commentary. Allegations of organized crime involvement in The Bitcon brings to mind these two guys, who haven't had much to say for years:

Police Look Into Business Dealings of 2 Slain Stock Promoters - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/28/nyregion/police-look-into-business-dealings-of-2-slain-stock-promoters.html

Most heartwarming quote:
"The two men, shot execution style, were found on the marble floor of the foyer of the $1.1 million home by two friends of Mr. Chalem's at 1 A.M. Tuesday. Mr. Lehmann apparently died of a single shot, while Mr. Chalem was shot several times, suggesting that he had tried to get up after being shot."

Zhou Tong evidently has a partner using the name Jon, hopefully they are staying on the right side of their financial backers, although that's something that can change pretty quickly when the operation has run its course as they always eventually do.