The 3-for-1 Pawn Opening

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How sound is this opening?  The idea seems to be that black can develop pieces while white is busy eating up pawns on the queenside.  Is the material loss worth it?

Iordanes

when black uses the sicilian i sometimes sac a few pawns for rapid expansion but i dunno about this. Personally i doubt i would ever do this.

Alphastar18

No. Just play 3. ..Nxd5. The 'compensation' isn't worth two pawns.

Zukertort

I suppose you could do an internet search for "Reversed Danish Gambit" [that is exactly what this is, after all...right?]