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0 pointsPragmaticPulp4y ago0 comments

> Also, on a speculative basis and assuming no colossal foul-ups, it appears to me that signal+mob want to distribute the mobile coins to artists and community groups.

When the company holds 85% of the pre-mined coins, they’re looking for any excuse to distract from that fact. The claim that they might give some token amount to artists and communities in the future is a distraction. The CEO of MobileCoin was in HN threads yesterday spamming the link the site where you could buy MobileCoins directly from them.

This is a clear as day pump and dump scheme. Don’t let yourself be distracted by hints of potential future charity. They could give those tokens to charities right now, but they won’t because they would just be sold off and push the price down. Instead they’re spreading claims of future donations so they can cash in on price appreciation without downward selling pressure.

They only want people buying MobileCoin, not selling it. That’s the only way the founders get rich.

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jerry19794y ago

I see this more as an interesting test of the "post-2000 wto protest" black-flag anarchist cohort. Will this particular "strange and radiant machine" make the world a better place?

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0 pointsPragmaticPulp4y ago0 comments

> Also, on a speculative basis and assuming no colossal foul-ups, it appears to me that signal+mob want to distribute the mobile coins to artists and community groups.

They only want people buying MobileCoin, not selling it. That’s the only way the founders get rich.