We want to give them away as fairly and to as many people as possible. Stellar doesn't require mining and so there's no need to give them away to the people with the most CPU cycles. Anyone can participate regardless of technical ability or income.
Yep, just another premined coin to the list, and as it turns out it's a fork of Ripple. Everyone here should read this comment:
There is absolutely nothing wrong with premining, if it is done honestly and transparently and especially if your coin is using a consensus algorithm that has no need for regular mining in the first place. Let's evaluate the fairness of the distribution model on its merits. This one is quasi-centralized (relying on Facebook accounts), but I predict it will be among the most egalitarian.
Says the creator of a premined coin (Ethereum).
Why isn't pre-mining viewed like VC-less VC?
People who complain about pre-mining probably also think VC is evil because their Radeon card isn't sufficient to participate in seed rounds.