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Re:YC wants to let people invest in its startups through the... by stale2002 on Thursday September 21, 2017 @02:26AM (#15300999)
The innovation of blockchain, as applied to investments, is that your share can be immediately and easily traded.

The investment could still have the same terms and conditions as a regular security, though. There was a big one recently that even required you to be an accredited investor to buy on the blockchain.

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Re:YC wants to let people invest in its startups through the... by notahacker on Thursday September 21, 2017 @08:43AM (#15302753)
Electronic trading of securities has been around for a while now. But it's only immediate and easy if someone wants to buy it at a value you're willing to sell for, and that's going to depend heavily on whether it does have terms and conditions attached which make holding it favourable.
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