That is why people are working on that specific problem. Badger is one with ebtc. There is also going to be people who are comfortable with the risk/reward ratio.
I think we have a shortage of risk-taking in the corporate world, especially when the gamble has an obvious profit-seeking motive, and I think that's unfortunate.
Whatever happens, a lot will be learned from this initiative.
Totally agreed; this and paying Gavin were my two main motivations upfront.
I really desire bitcointalk'ers to have some objective way to assess business quality when they consider how many percent per week return is a reasonable no-risk promise.
A lot of the criticisms and concerns in the comments seem completely valid... but in my mind, this is just one extreme of the risk/reward decision. This is high risk, high reward. Much higher risk than I want to partake in, to be sure, but I can see playing this game if they can afford that much risk.
That really is the key question isn't it? I can see some ways out of that and some sets of companies (not many) where that would be the case but it's going to be hard to turn them around once they reach that stage. Maximum risk = maximum potential gain, it's never been any different.
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