VC calls Ethereum killers 'toothless' based on token allocation to insiders
Only two of Ethereum's recent competitors had a "fair launch" according to the specified criteria. Mythos Capital founder Ryan Sean Adams called Ethereum killers “toothless” based on initial token allocation schemes that often prioritize insiders:Source: Twitter.Adams was referring to a recent Messari report, which summarized the token distribution for some of the most popular Ethereum (ETH) alternatives launched in the last couple of years. There are four main distribution categories: public presale, community allocations, insiders, and each project's respective foundations. Source:....
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According to Token Unlocks, a platform that tracks upcoming unlocking events, 56% of all the OP token maximum supply is in the to-be-discussed (TBD) allocation, meaning the community is yet to vote and determine where these tokens will be assigned to in the coming weeks or months. This news is a curious development, especially for OP Mainnet, the team behind one of the most popular Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions, and OP token holders. Billions Of OP Not Assigned Token Unlocks notes that roughly 2.4 billion OP, representing 55% of the max supply, remains under the TBD allocation. So....