I'm not sure there is any such thing as a guaranteed investment, but am willing to learn more.
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Thanks a lot for the pointer.
I remember a few years ago people were asking for the same kind of thing at Just-Dice. I looked into it and saw that it made no sense at all to offer such a thing.
If an investor cannot lose then what use are they to the site? The only reason a dice site wants investors rather than bankrolling it themselves is so that they don't get hurt too badly if the players get lucky. It's a way of spreading the risk. But if you have investors who literally are taking no risk at all, but still taking a profit, they are doing nothing but harming you. They aren't offering any way of spreading the risk, but are taking some of the profits that you could otherwise keep for yourself.
Look at it this way: I want to invest 100 BTC as a guaranteed investment for a year. The site offers me 3% for this. They can't risk using that 100 BTC to pay out winners, because they need to keep it in reserve to pay me back at the end of the year. So how about I just keep the 100 BTC in my own wallet for the year and promise not to spend it. And the site can just send me the extra 3 BTC at the end of the year. That sounds like a good deal to me. Let's make it 1000 BTC instead, and the site can send me 30 BTC at the end of the year.
It'll be a set % roi by the term you select for those wishing to have a constant and steady source of positive investment rather than 'gamble' with the volatility of the house bankroll.
We have absolutely no plans to do anything illegal and it definitely will not rely on other people's funds to cover others. Until it's announced/released, I can't really talk on the subject any further than that.
If the interest doesn't come from other people's funds, where does it come from? If the site makes a profit over the term, it could come from the profit (and less profit would go to the real investors who are willing to take a loss), but what if the site makes a loss over the term? Is the site itself going to cover the interest? Why would the site want to do that when they get nothing out of the deal?
Mmm...so you're saying the house will absorb basically any losses...sounds like a risky strategy unless you have a huge bankroll compared to your investors - which begs the question why you even need any investors.
No, the house bankroll funds and the fixed interest funds are separate funds. We're not taking the fixed interest funds and just putting it into the house bankroll funds. More will be explained when the time comes to be announced/launched.
If you're not putting the fixed interest funds into the bankroll how will they grow? Will you be investing them in some other 100% guaranteed profitable investment? If so, why wouldn't I just invest directly in that thing rather than having you do it for me?
It's not really that risky if structured properly. For example let's say that the average moneypot return was 20% a year.
I would happily offer 7.5% guaranteed to a max exposure of 5BTC.
Worst case if somehow the bankroll gets wiped out I owe 5BTC plus interest, far more likely case I just pocketed 12.5% +/- on your 5BTC.
So you're an MP investor, making an expected 20 BTC return per year on your 100 BTC investment let's say.
Some guy approaches you (off site) and offers to lend you 5 BTC for a year, at 7.5% interest.
Would you really happily take that loan?
Whether your investment performs well or badly, you end up giving him the 5 BTC back plus 7.5% interest. Either way you are 7.5% of 5 BTC worse off than if you hadn't accepted the loan.
But, you say... You're going to take the 5 BTC at 7.5% and invest it on MoneyPot and make 20% off of it.
Wouldn't you be better off just investing an extra 5 BTC of your own rather than borrowing it at 7.5% interest? You have an extra 5 BTC hanging around, right? You had better, because you'll need it (plus interest) to pay back the loan if the bankroll gets wiped out.
