So what is the purpose of buying SALT? The medium post was deleted. No whitepaper on the website now.
Sure, I get the concept of lending fiat based on crypto collateral, but the profits could be distributed to the lenders of the fiat. The lenders are protected if the bitcoin has to be seized for nonpayment of the loan, but what is in it for the SALT holders?
The purpose of buying SALT is to get loans that are backed by crypto in turn giving you fiat money to spend. I am speculating on the SALT hodlers part but if SALT loans increase over time and therefore the price will increase over time meaning the value of each SALT should in theory increase over time. Basically if there is demand for the SALT token and the platform the hodlers would seem to profit even more than they currently would, would they not?
No, why would the value of SALT increase over time, and what do you mean by loans increasing? If the amount of each loan increases, the value of SALT does not change (because a fixed amount is required to purchase membership, that is independent of the amount borrowed). The collateral is not held in SALT.
The question is, how much SALT is needed to purchase an account? The total supply is 120,000,000. If the amount of SALT is very low, then there will be plenty for everyone and it would not be expected that the value should increase.