Wow, I suppose there is no purpose in beating a dead horse, but I'm really surprised that people were turned off by having to hold NuShares.  To me, that was a major selling point of the auction.  Even if the NuShares were ultimately unwanted, they still served very well as a cryptologically sound, verifiable form of "pre-"ownership.  I'm not sure how I feel about the new purchase structure... it seems more risky to early buyers.  I'll have to think about it.  Right now I'm mostly just disappointed more people couldn't recognize the value here and the importance of this project toward advancing Bitcoin.