it's not politics to discuss possible distribution problems.
richlist #1 certainly seems to belong to iGotSpots.
and while it may not be a scam, that is a purely semantical argument. i had a look through the chain and it certainly seems that there was questionable distribution going on,
#1 is an obvious example, where it was initially funded by 1281 coins at a time when most people were lucky to recieve 1 to 4 coins /week.
there are other large unexplained transfers going on if anybody cares to follow the coins, (large for the time frame during first few weeks when the total distributed coins should have been very low)
obviously iGotSpots could do anything he wanted with the pre=mine, he has been distributing the sig campaign funds regularly and the only complaints seem to have been fixed.
it was purely up to him to put those funds into the #1 address, however he has seemingly denied owning that address
it is possible that those coins were given as a bounty for some services rendered, i would discount this option due to the amount of funds involved.
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i believe the stakesticks are real and being distributed (possibly due to my lovely nature
), and should i receive the one i ordered i will be glad to publish details
i also believe that #1 address belongs to spots because of the amount of coins involved, and also because they seem to be untouched, except for occasional reducing number of inputs.
there is no necessary problem for the dev to control such a large quantity of coins, however it is a problem to refuse to address the issue directly.
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some of us are here for the joy of crypto, some of us are here to have fun, some of us are here to make money as well.
the desire to make money should give no excuse for dodgy unethical behaviour at the expense of others
some coins are obvious thievery, some are more subtle.