I'm very new to steemit too.
You and I definitely share the love of the distributed nature of the cryptoworld.
I glad you did the investment with a personal loan (constructive debt is really good IMO) rather than using margin.
I think you're right on the money with the performance based escrow. That is a very good model for managing this kind of problem! It could be ideal actually!
I'll be looking out for more from you!