Ha, it's defiantly worth not blasting yourself just yet! One thing is for sure and that is you will die at some point so may aswell continue living for now. Amazes me that these "large" projects don't have fuller proof contingency plans, as you say, heard of a ledger??
There is defiantly something morally wrong paying people to vote for a coin to hit an exchange, it just means less coins with real decent projects will end up on exchanges and we will see more "fly by day" coins.
It's important for bitcoin to stay above that 10.3k level and I feel blessed it didn't keep going south when getting in to the 9.6k range.
Have to admit that Lisk isn't a project/coin that I've showed much interest to really although always hear good things about it so maybe I should have. I'm still eagerly awaiting the VEN re-branding.
Great post man will follow to see more in the future.