Haha. Is that a Lambo?
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Wow, way too late to the party clearly, but I would like to express my congratulations to @maidsafe to the incredibly successful operation, and to the whole community, that demonstrated such an amazing support. I hope (and Iām pretty confident, actually) that the launch of a MVP will fuel the project to be able to bring back the much needed marketing support, when time will come to spread the word about this incredible endeavour!
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Disappointed to have read this too late, being a holder for already some years. Please reconsider and let more people in, even if with a little amount.
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damn lol I saw this in time and had sufficient MAID to do the deal but declinedā¦ but now all these people begging to get in is making me wonder if I was foolish to pass up the opportunity! Thing is its a go or no go thing. It would definitely have been foolish to pass up if a market emerges for these contracts.
Still I think you guys should really consider the benefits of being able to trade. You can either a) play the waves and try to accumulate more then 50% more MAID by finalā¦ thatās what I am doing. or b) just wait for the sell pressure of this loaned MAID being sold by the dev team to give you a price that is at least 1/3 lower to make a big buy and you win that way to. To me the loan seems like a big hard fold when you have a hand full of aces!
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An awesome offer and an awesome community response. I will play my part by being, as ever, slowly chomping up on the buy side.
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Personally late to the party here and would have loved the opportunity but the main thing is it hit designated amount so itās all good!
An excellent endorsement by the community which has reflected the change in company structure, laser focus to launch, increased speed, and the openness of development weāve been afforded over the last few months.
Price of MAID seems to have reacted positively since this news has started to seep out to reddit, twitter etc, too! A ringing endorsement all round. Well done @maidsafe
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Absolutely, until launch we will focus on this area, how much depends on funds etc. but we are sorting that part out. Then it depends on finding the right people, great Engineers who understand natural processes (nature does not do absolutes, loves error and works wonderfully as it evolves ). I want to try and inject much more of that and try to get away from the more typical computer programmer, āeverything must be absoluteā approach.
The problem with absolutes is it pollutes right to the inputs. so absolute systems only work with absolute inputs. A bit like adding generics in rust or templates in c++ those mechanisms can circle round to requiring absolute inputs. So rather than ordering nature they require nature to be ordered, therein lies the rub. (there are places for absolutes of course, but not all places all the time). You see AI now works much in this loose way, try / fail (repeat until success) approach and decentralised networks must pay more attention to that thinking (I donāt mean use AI for marketing, but think deeply why it works). Instead of always blockchains perhaps thinking about perceptrons and the like would expand the mind 
So basically folk experienced in decentralised networks as well as being great programmers. I would also like to see some genetic [EDIT cheers @happybeing ] algorithm/neuroevolution (open ended) thinkers get into our teams.It is all related.
From those foundations we can build, not only fast, but wide as well. Main thing we wonāt build out any structures until we have revenue. so single solid team to launch.
In saying all of that we will likely have almost zero focus on recruitment and just get to launch, then folk will find us.
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generic or genetic
Iāll be happy to engage in this area as you might guess. Not looking for a job, but if playing with ideas that interests me can fit with something useful, let me know. The only issue may be time, I sense another busy year on the cards, and I am able to and enjoy contributing in other ways anyway.
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I know you will be involved there for sure in some capacity
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ā preceptrons
(Just me being me. Or should it be āIā? 
)
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It should be perceptron :+1 I will edit that. Another thing I need is a spellchecker that goes fast. I click enter before the red squiggles get into my head 
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Were the percepterons no the deadly enemies of Captain Scarlet?
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You could tell when they were around by the red squiggles
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I have absolutely no idea what you two are talking about.
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Special Encryption of the percepterons.
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It comes from Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons - Wikipedia
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SUGGESTION:
As part of the terms of any loan contract to be drafted, I would like to propose the following.
Give loan holders the right of first refusal to purchase the coins (with BTC) before they are sent to an exchange.
AFAIK these would essentially be OTC transactions, and not make it back to the exchanges. The price could be set equivalent to a daily average exchange price (ex. Poloniex) plus some percentage to cover the admin cost and help development. This could be done at a set monthly interval etc. Of course, the legal, financial, and accounting/tax pros out there should be consulted on the best way to structure the agreement.
Other ideas?
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The are going to be tax implications for returning the loan and interest all in one go. Iām not sure what these are! But I think itās worth understanding these before finalising the terms.
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I do like this idea of making it more of a market then a deal or no deal thing. I mean thatās what turned me off to this offer; being locked into inflexible terms for a long time when I am confident the market will produce better offers in that time span. If it had some recurring benefit like that I could even see a market emerging for the contracts themselves.
Not financial advice, I am not qualified, yada yada
For the UK a loan is fine as there is not a transaction of value there. On repayment then the 50% interest is a capital gain and will be liable for CGT at whatever rate applies at that time.
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