I think you're right on the money with the only thing that matters to him. Check this out:
Total stuck balance is currently approximately 23 BTC compared to 12145 BTC which were paid by the pool, so it's 0.19%. This will be different for some users depending on when they were mining, but most users should fall between 0.1% and 0.3% of their entire paid amount. Most of it are just orphans, so there are no valid block behind this and will be converted to zeros after I fix orphans detecting.
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That was August 1st of this year. Up until that point Terk reported 12145BTC being paid out. Even if he took 1% of that, that's still 121.45BTC. Add the cut he probably gets for being an official hashlet pool, and I'm sure Terk could care less what people think as long as he gets paid. And the fact of the matter is that he doesn't have to keep records for accountability of mining. He can just as easily say that what the pool made is what the pool made. As long as the hashlet consumers(a lot of them mining ignorant) get paid, then he's in the clear.
IMO, Terk's only concern is Terk's wallet. Because of that, the 31st can't come fast enough.
-Fuse
If there was some proof/suggestion of fraud there was a case but it's completely legal as for as I can judge.
Only the service and payments are shit, but who cares? Obviously people mining there not Also, there are many alternativs which are more profitable then mining at CM. So what needs people moving? Fill in that blank and we are in the clear I suppose...