This is one of the reasons why people love and supports this cryptocurrency project, Energi, so much! They never chose to launch an ICO like what other crypto projects do, but instead fund it by their own. Why did they chose that? See their explanations here: https://medium.com/energi/the-future-of-funding-why-energi-bootstrapped-rather-than-ico-ed-6ae8d7e64d22
