Quote from: eclime on August 28, 2017, 03:58:07 PM

The startups who are creating market places where they use their token for services, could in fact replace the means of investing in equity? The reason, while the business increases their customer base and profits, the token also increases in value. And with the token, you can liquidate anytime, unlike equity. The only value equity has now would be ownership. Unless you have a buyer who wants control of the company, I see it difficult to actually sell equity when the token is there. Let me know your thoughts. Cheers.

I don't get what you mean by equity not being as easy to liquidate as a token? Stocks can be easily traded. Or are you thinking of VC-style equity?

Also keep in mind that some people actually want to own part of the company and not just to be able to redeem a token for services rendered.

Quote from: hpmp on August 28, 2017, 05:39:42 PM

token buybacks works as dividends, but shareholders have some rights that tokenholders do not

If you look closely most tokens are not even legally binding. Many token holders don't have any rights at all. So shareholders having more rights than tokenholders is an understatement.