You're right, it's much worse than that. You're mining for an invisible dev (s0br) & a silent employee (ThePhwner) aka "TheFakeFotoman" who sits in irc chat refunding people for the fuse-less hardware he sold them that melts as soon as you plug it in, while watching at least 15% of all miners income roll in to a wallet somewhere. That of course is when you get paid at all. They must be having such a laugh at everyone who thinks they're gonna get their backdated payments, their 12.5% bonuses, their S3's etc.......I bet they're in stitches at those who took 1 day @ 50% extra - instead of 30 days @ 12.5% as they were promised......easy money
Definitely not a ponzi - a scam yes, a con even - but not a ponzi.
Oh look, the website is down again.........
I resell Zeus, I can't change their design. They do not include fuses. In addition, this buyer openly stated he had opened the unit to change fans, OCed well beyond OEM recommendations, and used inadequate PSU cables. In spite of all this, I refunded the cost of the Raspberry Pi that was part of the order to assist with his troubles. The unit is still in working order as the buyer will attest to.