It costs nothing for a project creator to list a project on a crowd funding platform.

对于发起人来说在众筹平台上发起一个项目无需任何成本。

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If the project creator doesn't reach the tipping point as a minimum, nothing goes ahead.

如果发起人没有达到临界点的最小值，则无法继续下一步。

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These types of speculative ventures can now be de-risked, and market proof validated before the project creator starts to "cut wood".

但这类投机风险如今可以被化解了，并且在项目发起人采取措施之前已通过市场得到验证。

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As a backer you have entered into a contract directly with the project creator, and if the project creator does not fulfil their part of the agreement, then the backer is in a position to take whatever legal action is required to get their money back.

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