What has happened, exactly?
One of my early lenders just pushed out some new people.
You mean they deposited after you have updated the OP to 0BTC?
Yea, forcing out new people like a freight train going through a parking lot.
In that case, what if early adopters keep deposit more BTC even when you have 0BTC storage left?
Would that mean more late adopters getting kicked out???
That's how it works. I don't think it's fair either.
Perhaps it is not fair, but the point of a business is not fairness but to make money. I am a late adopter but i totally support early adopters being able to do this - early adopters should be rewarded for the risk they took. It also gives me an incentive not to withdraw my Bitcoins, so that one day i will become an early adopter. Plus it makes Pirate's life easier if he has fewer people to deal with, meaning he can in theory devote more time to finding more clients etc - which is good for everybody.
Wow, the first public NON ATTACK on me.
Here, I'll chime in, then. I think you're doing an excellent job with this whole endeavor, and for what it's worth, I voted "do whatever you want" on the earlier poll on this matter. I trust your judgment, regardless of whether or not it benefits me (even though it usually does).
I do understand the unease of lenders who are worried about getting kicked out, but it uncertainty in lending isn't unique to you. Most real-world lending situations allow borrowers to pay back money early. This is often inconvenient for lenders, especially when it happens, for example, in mortgages, when borrowers refinance their homes at the worst possible times, but it's just the reality of the lending business. There are lending contracts (bonds and such) that don't allow people to repay early, but otherwise it's usually at the borrower's discretion. It'd probably lead to more good-will in the long term for lenders to keep their dealings to themselves, so the people they eject aren't aware of their reasons for ejection (it's human nature to feel a bit rejected if you know someone else kicked you out of the cool kids' club), but we're mostly mature adults around here, so I hope most people can handle that. They'd better be able to, when I finish digging up this nazi gold
So anyway, keep it up! I appreciate everything you've done for me and am sure everybody else does too (or would, if they could get over being butt-hurt over the "unfairness" and realize that you gave them free money at rates higher than anyone else does). If you had to return my principal today, I'd still feel remarkably lucky to have been able to participate and even better to have made a handsome reward in doing so. Thank you!
(where's a brown-nosed smiley when you need one, anyway?)
