Kickstarter campaigns follow a similar pattern to the ethereum graph shown in the article. It’s not because of a malicious user who wants to secretly own all the kickstarters. It’s because time-limited crowdfunding campaigns tend to attract the most donations at the beginning (when enthusiasm/press is high) and towards end of the campaign (when FOMO is high).
Also the author should really state in the article that the swarm graph is not cumulative.
Also the author should really state in the article that the swarm graph is not cumulative.