> Couldn't he have just presented the hypothetical to the community openly if that were his true goal? What? And leave 50 Million $ of easy money on the table?

> Couldn't he have just presented the hypothetical to the community openly if that were his true goal? What? And leave 50 Million $ of easy money on the table? Like Lord Zuckerberg famously re-quoted in the early days of Facebook.... "There's a sucker born everyday."