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		hobofan on Nov 30, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is Filecoin a $257 million Ponzi scheme? [pdf] So what is your opinion on Ethereum, given the knowledge that one of its co-founders was awarded a Thiel Fellowship?

brndnmtthws on Nov 30, 2017 [–]

There wasn't any Ethereum ICO. Every ETH was mined.

SippinLean on Dec 1, 2017 | [–]

I'm not sure they were calling it an ICO around then, but there was absolutely an online public crowdsale in 2014.

brndnmtthws on Dec 1, 2017 | | [–]

You're correct, my bad.

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