- I am NOT responsible for someone sending a fake ID and fake social media profile but will do my very best to ferret out such schemes, having had some background in ID verification and years of professional experience in Information Security at various Research Labs.
In my book, anybody who vetted Matt Carson, a.k.a. Bobsag3, and continues to stand behind him even after being shown that that dude can not be trusted, should also not be trusted, ergo this Co-op should not be trusted.
Also, Black Arrow, operated by Alex Sovu/Alex Berk, has been shown that Matt Carson shouldn't be trusted, but stills maintains him as their number one reseller.
Plus, that clown you vetted in Florida is just as bad. More on him later, after I'm done busting Matt Carson's balls.
~Bruno Kucinskas
Oh really? bobsag3 has been vetted by both John K. of John K. Escrow and myself. I don't know of any seller/reseller on this board that has been vetted by two vetting agents.
If you're referring to the whole Black Arrow delay debacle: tons of Bitcoin equating to tens of thousands of dollars have *already* been refunded in R17 and the refunds still continue. Please provide me any proof you have that bobsag3 shouldn't be trusted, as I would love to see any said proof; my security clearance doesn't allow me to participate in any known fraudulent behavior.
As for the co-op itself, since you're obviously not familiar with our history, we've refunded entire rounds (Rounds 13, 14, and 17 underway) when things didn't work out for whatever reason. We've done something like $100-200K worth of BTC/USD refunds so far. Even the dumbest scammer would've ran by now once all the money was collected, right?
Here's some people that have already been refunded in R17 and I'm confident the rest that want to be refunded will be refunded within the next week.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5070057
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/closedr17x-black-arrow-prospero-x-3-dzmc-exclusive-130-40ghs-335145
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5103665
He's handled something like 2-4K worth of BTC and hardware on behalf of the community so far and I have not a single record of anyone contacting me about him ripping them off. This team is the #6 team on BTC Guild, and the largest known public Bitcoin Miner's Co-op, and AFAIK we didn't get there by ripping people off. The US Govt. has seen fit to provide me a clearance and to protect our secrets. I've spent years helping to validate various BMDS weapons platforms and helping to develop new tech.
Please provide me some proof of malfeasance or fraudulent behavior, or please retract your statement.
Since you seem to be in a headhunting mood for some reason: If you're looking for targets in the ASIC community, then look no further than the 3 manufacturers that are permabanned from the co-op for treating fellow miners like shit.