The scene was different back then. Now there are a lot more altcoins fighting for relevancy today. So there's a big chance via will not become relevant. I mean Dogecoin, which is considered a 'joke' currency, is in a better position to become relevant than most altcoins due to its social following.
I can agree that it was different, but it has something in common. If you look closely, coins which are fighting for relevancy today are pretty much the same (as numbers). I'm not saying that VIA will be relevant.. I'm saying that people will eventually learn their lesson and that lesson is to stop giving value to s*itcoins. At the end... some of the coins which are fighting for relevancy will succeed, but in the mean time a lot more people will be distracted from cryptocurrencies.
EDIT: Doge is dying.. no question about it.
I won't disagree. But if Doge is dying, then what more via.
EDIT: And with talks going around that Drak pocketed the IPO all for himself is true, then some couldn't help but classify via as a scam s*itcoin. Something which I fear will fudded for months to come by the same people who invested in the project at the beginning.
I think Drak being quiet and just letting the issue die down is a good move in order to protect himself and this project.
bro it was a presale. you guys bought the coins he mined. If you dont understand it like that
It was a fucking 100% premined coin, and the dev sold you the coins at 0 risk to him. This would have been a scam if a) he bailed on the coin and b) he didnt develop the things he developed. So far its not a scam, but to be honest, he did got paid a fuckton of money upfront with only promises, but lets face it fuckers, real truth coming up
you guys didnt buy this coin for the tech, you could give 2 shits about the tech
you guys didnt buy this coin for the future, its a fucking alt, adn except DRK which seems to be pumping miracously everyhting went to the shitter
you guys didnt buy this coin because it was BTCdrak or whoever else
the only reasons you bought this coin and the presale in the beginning were
1) it was the first major IPO done by a respected forum account (hero member, not day 1 coinDev name)
2) It was fucking hyped to shit by every last single fucking breathing organism on twitter (and some robots as well)
3) It was done properly, released properly, no release fuckups, no fuckups with mining, no fucking random shits happening and random fud
4) The developer was NOT part at that time of any pump and dump groups, at launched this looked like the most legit shit that came out of the altcoin cesspool since fucking Dogecoin
5) The developer had concrete plans and a roadmap for delivery, roadmap for delivery is a roadmap to each individual pumps
but the most important reasons why 99% of you bought this coin when it launched was
BECAUSE YOU COULD FUCKING GET RICH QUICKLY IN A FUCKING PONZI SCHEME SITUATION
Now the reasons for buying this coin after it had the 2 pumps are multiple
a) you have this crowd of "this is only a retrace/shakedown/exitbyawhale/etc" it will go back up - here are your bagholders galore, hoping they will manage to sell for breakeven, but as soon as they get to breakeven, they go like, FUCK THIS IS GOING UP EVEN MORE, and buy more and become even higher averaged bagholders
b) you have this crowd of "this is the fucking bottom, my fucking fibbonaci/trendlines/rsi/macd/voodoomagicindicator says so" when in an alt with no volume, all those indicators are fucking shit and worth even less than a dump
c) you have this crowd of "i dont care about the price, i only care about the tech" - this group is an even worse bagholder, since they never crack and never sell their shit
d) you have this crowd of "fuck i need to avg down my position, this will surely rebound and shit" when no fucking altcoin that had a strong PUMP came back (except DRK but those guys are actually doing anon shit and shit)
and then finally you have the guys that fuck it, its below IPO, whats my risk/reward ratio, if it looks good i'll buy, if it doesnt i wont
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now before you start go asking stupid and repetitive questions think hard about what type of trader you are and look if you didnt fuck up yourself rather than go and blame all your failures because "DRAK DIDNT PUMP THE COIN AN X TIME SO I COUDL EXIT AT PROFIT"
fucking idiots
