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Re:Crypto Market Crash Leaving Bankrupt Startups in Its Wake by ajiang on Sunday December 09, 2018 @12:23PM (#18641990)
VCs also use projected future cash flows or as the previous commenter said, an approximation of such.
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Re:Crypto Market Crash Leaving Bankrupt Startups in Its Wake by decentralised on Sunday December 09, 2018 @01:10PM (#18642270)
So how do you value open-source "commons"?

ICOs were created precisely because these projects aren't supposed to generate profit.

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Re:Crypto Market Crash Leaving Bankrupt Startups in Its Wake by realsunnyg on Sunday December 09, 2018 @03:50PM (#18643173)
I think most were designed to create a profit for at least one party...
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Re:Crypto Market Crash Leaving Bankrupt Startups in Its Wake by decentralised on Sunday December 09, 2018 @06:04PM (#18643888)
Sure, but in which concrete cases, and how was it somehow morally reprehensible to seek compensation for open-source work?
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