While we're on the topic here of giving money as a sort of ransom, I was thinking: imagine developing a language learning app, where you could give some sats ransom and get them returned as a reward for continuing your language studies. The reason why this might work is that the biggest problem with language learning is sticking with it. If anyone here has tried DuoLingo they'll know what I'm talking about. DuoLingo uses a reward system for continued learning. If we were able to do this with sats that would be awesome, and would probably help people learn the language. Let me know what you think. :) 

 Nice way of combining both project ideas ;)

Gamification is key in Duolingo's business model. I've used it and benefited a lot from it. Entering some kind of monetized gamification could be the logical next step indeed.

As you say, it has to be your own sats that you are able to recover. If it's the sats from the company, people will find ways to game it.