- I can only add that the percentage that DS has is quite high for me; his approach is nice and friendly, to be honest. If only I had a big fund, I would imitate @DS's approach. Second, Shahan is also there, and his approach is also friendly.
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If you want to emulate them then you have to be prepared for all the risks that could happen.
But of course, Ds and Shasan have their own research, utilizing the reputation of each participant and whether or not they are worth the loan amount.
But when some borrowers can't pay because they die, it's a different matter.
It depends on the agreement between the lender and the borrower, If the beneficiary information is provided from the beginning, they have the right to pay.
If there is no agreement and there are some loan arrears then there is no need to pay for it, but the account will be given a reputation that the borrower died and the account will no longer be able to be used for any campaign.
You can see the discussion about deceased borrowers in this thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/what-happen-if-bitcointalk-member-pass-away-5418251
But there is a difference between borrowing money on a forum and borrowing money from a bank. You won't need to pledge or provide your identity to the lenders on the forum, but what's the maximum amount you can borrow? A few hundred dollars or a few tens of thousands of dollars? It's just a very small amount and not even significant if you need a large amount of money to do business. At that time, borrowing money from banks will become more complicated and require more collateral, but you can borrow large amounts of money for your business.
Borrowing money from the bank is done when you need a large amount of funds for your business, while the forum is only a small part of it.
The loan amount also depends on the reputation of the account.
If you have bad intentions for the loan then the account will be given a negative trust and it is not worth the loan of only a few hundred dollars with the potential for the account to earn up to thousands of dollars.
Only a fool would do that.
If every person on this planet is honest and has integrity, the need to be known wouldn't even be a qualification for loans because if everyone is honest then everyone is going to be paying their loans no matter what but we don't live in that kind of world where if you show a weakness, someone will definitely exploit it. I think that for loans, it's an understandable thing for them to do because they're lending money and they have to have some kind of guarantee that they can get back on their loan after all, no one gave a loan because they're charitable and they really want to help.
Lending because of generosity only exists in soap operas.
Especially in this forum, everything must have a guarantee and a price, those who are honest will be rewarded but those who are dishonest and have bad intentions will suffer the consequences.
No stranger will be given a loan by the benefactor.