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Actually I can answer that. 4 of the accounts up there in the top 10 if you include @steemit appear to be @ned. I believe @freedom to be a developer but not a co founder. @blocktrades is an early investor. @val-a is an employee and I'm not sure who @mottler is but I believe them all to be 4 different people. Which brings us to #6 BS or NGC or engagement or whatever you wanna call him has climbed back up despite powering down heavy since the 13 week power downs started and maintains his spot as a top "investor" who clearly never paid a penny into the system aside from maybe buying the accounts off some rage quitters.

Yeah! Crapitalism.
Id bet the first 10k accounts that are still active are heavily salted with insiders playing roles.
#m2c