"...It's the money Eestor is paying Zogbi which got his attention..."

The thing is, Zogbi *does* have a professional reputation and I assume he'd like to protect it. Not to mention personal integrity. Kinda doubt he's dishonest to the point where he'd just take the money and run. His involvement started long enough ago that if reputation and integrity were important to him, he'd have stated by now that there's nothing there. Wouldn't he? Oh dear, now I'm sounding like a pumper. I'm not a techie but, based on the above, I'm inclined to agree with aweigh: there may be something in the theory just interesting enough to pursue, but success is a long way off and may never be realized. I may be dead by the time success is achieved - if it is achieved - but at least my daughters will benefit from the puny number of shares I've owned for almost a decade now. Because they're gonna be worth gazillions, right?