Yes and I am greatful for that.  In "the business equation" of the early days of this project I have a theory that "greater contributions" will equal to a higher success rate of projects and that lesser contributions will contribute to a higher rate of projects being unsuccessful (which is obviously not my goal).  I think at some point it will definitely become true that lesser amounts of contributions will be worthwhile.

It could be that my vision of what projects will need in order to be successful is overreaching what folks will be asking for.  But at the same time I am not aiming for this to be purely a micro-donation service or a lending service, this forum is good enough for lending IMO.  This site is designed to be highly specialized with future plans to include more substantial resources to contributors and project makers and I think a minimal deposit value sends the message that this is a serious endeavor.

I think that when we can prove we have success stories, then we can lower the barrier for entry.