Nice detailed thread, perhaps you should sum it up, you know, we human beings nowadays don't seem to have enough mood to spare on reading long threads.
I think I have a proposal for you, I would guess that most users won't trust you with a whole block (nothing personal) but many would still trust you with 20$ / 0.001 BTC, so why not act a like a pool for Willis' block party?
See Willi doesn't want to have to deal with more than 10 folks per run which we all understand, so he wants each person to join in with 0.01BTC, many of us can't afford to play with that amount every week, so why not collect 0.001 BTC from 10 guys and then send it to willi as 0.01BTC and then if willi hits a block you get that 0.001BTC and pass it to your guys?
I'd assume willi might even be willing to do that for you assuming your guys don't trust you even with 1 block / 10 worth of BTC, even if willi doesn't want it, I am sure someone else who trusted enough by most people here would be willing to do it for you at a small cost if not for free, you can have a public agreement with willi that if your group address wins anything the amount has to go to 10 addresses.
By doing something like that you will bypass the trust issue, Willi would be able to do his runs more often since you will be helping him collect enough BTC for the run, the small fish who can't afford $200 to play with will be happy to risk 20$, it's a win-win for almost everyone involved (except for you of course since you will be doing a bit of work
), but it does seem like you are going to enjoy it anyway.
I think I have a proposal for you, I would guess that most users won't trust you with a whole block (nothing personal) but many would still trust you with 20$ / 0.001 BTC, so why not act a like a pool for Willis' block party?
See Willi doesn't want to have to deal with more than 10 folks per run which we all understand, so he wants each person to join in with 0.01BTC, many of us can't afford to play with that amount every week, so why not collect 0.001 BTC from 10 guys and then send it to willi as 0.01BTC and then if willi hits a block you get that 0.001BTC and pass it to your guys?
I'd assume willi might even be willing to do that for you assuming your guys don't trust you even with 1 block / 10 worth of BTC, even if willi doesn't want it, I am sure someone else who trusted enough by most people here would be willing to do it for you at a small cost if not for free, you can have a public agreement with willi that if your group address wins anything the amount has to go to 10 addresses.
By doing something like that you will bypass the trust issue, Willi would be able to do his runs more often since you will be helping him collect enough BTC for the run, the small fish who can't afford $200 to play with will be happy to risk 20$, it's a win-win for almost everyone involved (except for you of course since you will be doing a bit of work
), but it does seem like you are going to enjoy it anyway.