This was a very good post Deej! I know this will help out a lot of new people (some not so new people) trying to understand how this system works. He who holds the private keys has the keys to the kingdom. I learned this lesson very well from MTGox. I expect at some point all will exit/scam/hacked trying to take as much as they can with disregard to us. You can see people making big trades and that adds up to a big pile of money. You have to look at it as a game because you have to start thinking defensively when you don't have the keys.