Presumably, many of us want Mark's head and justly so, but this idea is nevertheless our best hope at recovering anything at all of value from mtgox. Lengthy bankruptcy proceedings and liquidation of the assets will take a long time (perhaps years) and leave us with virtually nothing after the parasitic lawyers take their cut.

I personally chafe at the idea of outright forgiving Mark, but, since this is probably our best hope for salvaging anything at all from the wreckage, we must put aside thoughts of vengeance and move forward..

I am not very optimistic about anything now, but this is the best plan that I know of. I do hope that this project succeeds.