I couldn't agree with you more, however, I am not as tech savvy as I should be. I do understand blockchain technology to a certain extent. I spoke the Gatehub, and wrote on XRP chat room and they are getting my funds back. ETC isn't a new fad, it was a poor choice of words and I was upset last night. It's actually an older chain that was broken off, at first I didn't trust, but now thinking about it.. it has great value because it is finding parity with ETH. Being scammed with local bitcoin was long ago, and I was new to trading. Plus at the time, there wasn't many places where I could trade my bitcoins for instant cash, with out being taxed heavily. I'm no giving up, I am stacking up on the long run coins, and not cashing out.