I am not sure if I've written this already, but we are not planning any exit scam. (that's what everyone says)
"The site can earn more long term than with a dirty exit scam" -- I am optimistically expecting the site to grow and have a decent return, that's why we built it in the first place. If it doesn't get enough traction, I'll probably move to something else. But it's not math that convinces me that exit scam is a bad idea.
- First of all, it was never my or Scott's intention just to run away with the money.
- Second, although we do not expose our identities online, we are not hiding it too deep either. All domains and servers are registered with real names, paid by credit cards linked to legit bank accounts. For a person motivated enough it's not impossible to find out who we are, therefore if we ran away with the money I expect someone would try to find out what happened.
- Third, I believe everyone should be suspicious and always take into account that even most reputable sites can fail.
- Fourth, I believe being honest is a good long-term strategy. I didn't fail me and I want to stick to it.
Exit scams happened so often in the Bitcoin world it's natural to question Bitcoin-related businesses. I would be careful too, it's just a part of a common sense in Bitcoin survival guide. Even fully-legit, theoretically "safe" sites fail.
I agree with Dooglus about investing with x10 leverage - you can deposit only 1/10 of your funds and invest with x10, it's safer and gives you the same share in site profit. Just your investment is more sensitive to site profit variance and can get closed if someone wins big. Actually most of investments are x10 now. Some people asked us for even larger leverages, but I thing x10 is max we can reasonably offer.
Other than that, it's hard to convince everyone you are not going to scam them. Other than that, I am really positively surprised by first (positive) reactions and how the site grows! I owe you!
Cheers!
Ethan
It sounds really stupid when people judge others. I think everyone have right for their privacy. It's person's own decision to tell everything about itself or not at all.
I trust you and I think all the players on your site too. People need to find some facts than just pointing fingers without any clue.