[yc1010]

From what I gather one has to pay you (in bitcoin of course) to get ether to even use the network.

Now once again contrast it to how Satoshi quietly created probably one of the most important projects of the last decade without asking for a cent.

You do understand that the whole crowdfunding thing quite literally sends all sorts of alarm bells rolling, especially since so many other project are doing the same.

Now granted out of all the projects i listed above yours is the most promising and the most ambitious, but once again the whole thing stinks.

[DennisP]

You're a bit misinformed. If you've got a decent GPU, there's nothing stopping you from firing up the mining software and earning some ether right now. In a few days you'll also be able to buy it on exchanges.

[Hexayurt]

Programmers generally have to be hired and paid.

We do not know what Satoshi's financial arrangements were, and we do not know if he mined early on in the network using accounts which are not publicly associated with him.

I do not think your position is stable under close examination.