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They will make a profit if they paid next to nothing for it, but people who paid a dollar are certain to face a loss.

Not all payments are in money. Time > Money. They've spent a lot of time on the project and could have earned "hard dollars" if they spent that time on something else.

I did say "if" they spent next to nothing. That making "hard dollars" is true for most of us and if no one buys Steem it doesn't matter how much time they spent on it. I took the same risk cutting a record back in the 80's, if no one had bought it, I would be out the money for the time it took to write and rehearse the material, studio time, mastering, and printing. That's the way it works. If they could've made more money doing something else; why didn't they?

BTW, how do you even function on just 11SP?

True..
I still think there is a community willing to buy under 20ct.
This would also be positive for distribution.

That it would, but how many are there? I may buy again at $0.01, but then again, I may have a long time to stumble upon something else. I'm powering down for a week so I have a bit of liquidity. I'll re-evaluate at that time to either stop the power down or continue.

Offcourse they are not selling now, but they are making preparations to sell when the prices will rise again. At least, that is what i believe after reading this article. Read between the headlines of the news and the signs that more mainstream crypto adoption is coming are there (Bakkt and others) but there’s also a new debt crisis looming around the corner, worldwide geopolitics are also very instable ... so, they are making preparations to be ready to sell their stakes as quick as they can when the time is right.

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