What's elegant about keeping as much as you can get away with? It's profit maximizing for certain. Elegant though?
I'm not a Bitcoin Marxist Redistributionist. I see nothing wrong with private enterprise generating revenue / profit as long as they do not violate anyone's property rights. I hope the Ripple founders and company make a zillion dollars. If Ripple delivers on its promise, they deserve it.
We can agree on that point. It's a business like any other. I just find the argument that Ripple is keeping XRP's to altruistically fund development to be a bit much. By the way, have you ever met a "Bitcoin Marxist Redistributionist" -- that's a mouthful.
