You mean like Mt. Gox? Such incentives alone are not very reassuring. (I really don't know why an average Joe would trust any third party with his bitcoins. At

You mean like Mt. Gox? Such incentives alone are not very reassuring. (I really don't know why an average Joe would trust any third party with his bitcoins. At least banks give a tiny bit of interest and a piece of plastic to use the money whenever.)