First just want to say, thanks for responding to my questions. I would just like you to try to think a little more critically. Let me respond to your answers.
- What is the status of the ZenPool "negoitiations"? It was promised by GAW CEO that the pool would return to levels the same, if not GREATER than before. This has been forgotten about... - I know about as much about this as you do. The negotiations were said to be completed, and it's my opinion that Josh is waiting for a strategic time to restore the payouts for the ZenPool closer to the ICO. In the past he's stood behind his branded offerings and services (Zen and GAW brands are important to him) - so many of us are being patient and waiting for this to happen. It's been about a week or so since the negotiations were completed... should be soon-ish, I suppose.
Come on.. admit it. This is very sketchy. Negotiations have been completed, but payouts still haven't been restored? Any normal person would see this is as manipulation tactics (not even getting into conspiracy theories about payout drops since the prime mishap). It seems zenpool had very high payouts to entice early adopters and rewarded them generously. (again this is their main fan base) Bait and switch anyone?
- Why can't I use hashpoints to buy new miners? I'm stuck at either collecting satoshis (i believe the maint fees eat up about 90% of payouts) or collecting store credit and having faith on a future project. Wouldn't it benefit GAW to allow me to buy new miners/sell them and they make 10% profit? Atleast it gives people a way out.. but this has been denied. - About the same time as the ICO was announced, HP were no longer able to be used for purchases of Hashlets. The reasoning goes that there seems to be little sense to spend HP on more hashing power (Hashlets) when there is a much better way to profit from them in preparing for the HP to PayCoin conversion. I'd have preferred Josh leave open the option, but he chose not to. If you thought that GAW was scammy, why would you use HP to buy more mining power anyway? Doesn't make sense to me, but to each his own. You do have other choices, of course. You could re-adjust your Hashlet allocations by selling your Zens and buying Genesis and not have any option to mine the HP / Paycoins... that's up to you. Genesis is every bit as profitable as BTC mining with sha256 rigs (I have some Genesis mixed in with my Zens and Primes so I get a decent amount of BTC everyday to go with my HP for the ICO.
Like you said, there should be an option. You are being forcefed hashpoints if you are desperately trying to hit ROI since your payouts dropped significantly. I suggested using HP to buy more mining power, so that they can be then sold for BTC and thus you actually got some funds from your "mining hashlets".
- Why aren't there any details as when hashpoints will be converted? Hashcoin.com had a countdown but now it redirects to paycoin with no info about release date but an email update. - There are details about it. The timeline has been published... Round two (HP to PayCoin) conversion for customers is due to occur at the end of Round 2. Had been due to occur in the next six days, though Josh recently stated that he may allow some more time for customers to collect more HP, which is something I personally appreciated (YMMV of course - if you believe it's all a scam, well, I'm sure you wouldn't be trying to collect all the HP you could).
Well what I meant was an exact date. Again we are being spoon-fed. Why not open hashbase and let the people decide if they want to hold onto their altcoin at that moment? What i'm getting at here is every announcement made has the inclination to infer "Gaw knows best" "Don't hesistate, just accept it." "People who complain/bring concerns shouldn't invest with us and they're trolls"
- Why, when asked, does GAW CEO respond "just dont invest with me then" as an answer to any technical questions? - Not trying to compare GAW/Josh with any other company like Apple or HP, but what kind of answers do you think you'd get out of Tim Cook if you asked him for the specs and pictures of the iPhone 6s? Not much, right? Well, it's the same thing in my opinion. Hashlets have already inspired a few companies to create their own versions (ZeusMiner, Hashie, etc.) - he's releasing enough information to allow people some idea of the roadmap without giving away all his plans to his competition. I think that's a pretty fair thing to do. Again, if you don't think so, he's saying to you, well, go ahead and invest elsewhere. There are choices you can make, right?
- Why do you have so much faith in one man? As far as I can tell, the main supporters of GAW are the early adopters. Those who bought hashlets at 16$, were converted to prime and made ROI already. What do you have to lose? Nothing.... and this is why your are so faithful... but ask the same question to someone who just bought in in october and payouts dropped 90% - I don't have faith in one man. I have faith in a company and the people who work there. Seems like folks want to focus on Josh, but there's a lot of people working behind the scenes that make what they do work. They have offices, they have assets (miners, DC's)... And I know some of them pretty well having spoken to them, emailed them - they are real people, with real families, doing real jobs, with real equipment. I have plenty of 'skin-in-the-game' and a long relationship with GAW, Josh, Eric, Amber, Jeff, Josiah and many, many others there. I know they work hard at what they do, and more often than not are successful with their projects, and I happen to be a customer who has benefitted and will likely continue to benefit from being involved. As to the part about more recent investors who weren't in early, the whole HP / Paycoin project was designed specifically to allow those folks to have some stake in the next big ROI event. Again, you can choose to be a part of it, or not - that's entirely up to you.
I understand the point you're trying to make. The thing is, what is being asked, isn't trademark secrets. Unfortunately, hashlets are defined in such a way that they aren't defined as securities. This allows the company to not have to release any type of earning reports. The customer receives a "dividend" but is told not to think of it as such, and no one really knows where the money came from or what expenses were made. Right now GAW is taking out a free loan on everyone who is mining hashpoints. Again my point comes around again. The only reason people trust gaw is not FACTS, but faith.
I guess maybe he was successful in creating a
cult of personality 
