I would like to throw in another vote in favor of escrow.  As far as i understand it, the reason Anon would not agree to the escrow was that he felt there was too much uncertainty around judging if Heavycoin had delivered on their end.

Since one of the key innovations is voting - why not simply hold a vote among everyone who buys in via escrow.  If the community feels the bar for releasing escrow has been met, then escrow is released as are the stakes of heavycoin.  This vote can take place right after launch, as soon as mining is working as promised.

Please please consider how to solve your escrow issues - nobody is willing to get burned again like STACK.