admittedly, that was also my first thought when I read the info here. I personally think that a Solominer acts out of the following motivation --> all or nothing, it's a lottery. He is not concerned with ROI or regular income or covering costs. For anything else, a miner would participate in one of dozens available shared pools with PPLNS+ or PPS.

I strongly suspect that CK- let himself be buttered up by a forum user here who has been pro-actively trying to land interested parties lately, especially through private messages. Possibly the offer was promising, which is why CK thought about it? Perhaps CK can tell us something more about how this idea came about and what motives and intentions are behind it.