if we can attract more users and businesses with 0.5 BTS fee with 0 costs, compared to conditional 0 BTS fee with 50k USD cost, we'd better to choose the first option now.
Can't we just give the new user a choice when they create an account of what type of fee schedule they want ?
And they can change it for 1000 BTS anytime
Like how certain UIA options can only be changed once
That still needs development costs.
how much?
have you heard of IOTA?
Do you know that they are going to be the world's first "free" blockchain?
Do you know what multiple of BTS their market cap currently is?
Hint: it's currently trading on the NXT asset exchange
They will launch with a monopoly of the freeloader market, and then you can see just how much "reward" you would have received for your "risk"
This is where I would typically ask:
What are we men or mice, but obviously we all know,
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuz2XiyjQAo#t=3m9s