RE: Investing through delegation and curation
Not only will investors have full control of their Steem Power when delegated to a project, but incentivizing curation will also encourage them to learn more about the SMT, be able to judge its development and the creators of it will be under a lot more pressure to communicate and keep the investors updated. If things start to stall or results are not showing, investors will be able to cancel their delegations and curations at any time and that's on the creators of the SMT to win them back.
It's something I thought I understood, but seeing it written is sometimes needed for it to really make it 'click'. Pretty epic right? Finally the power is in the hands of those who invest, and those who 'receive' have a lot more 'proving their worth' to do, which makes Steem the Blockchain of 'survival of the fittest' - and less vulnerable to becoming a 'Blockchain of shit projects and failed ICO's'.
I'm pretty sure I won't sleep a lot the coming few months, years, I don't want to miss the opportunity to witness all the stuff that will happen on Steem :-)