@ Speedy, I have some understanding of it but not fully I admit. Its quite ambitious with the exchange etc.. but I looked up enough.
Keep in mind this same method of looking up and investing has done me quite well so far. I've managed to gamble, and invest to over 3 btc from .2

As far as how I heard about it I was just looking around the exchanges for something good to invest in. Saw the price and started looking into the bitshares site. I liked what I saw and figured its a good investment to gamble on.

I just play around crypto as a hobby so no problems if things go south ;P