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stingrae on Aug 10, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Plasma: Scalable Autonomous Smart Contracts

I think the 5% doesn't even include the financial transaction which is another 3% that goes to stripe. People give Kickstarter the 5% for the marketing and trust the platform tries to build.

spookthesunset on Aug 10, 2017 [–]

I doubt kickstarter pays 3% in fees...

stingrae on Aug 10, 2017 | [–]

They don't. That was the point. It is really 5% + 3%.

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