I rode the short bus to school, therefore please forgive me for asking the following question if it has already been address: How are they not considered scammers? Whoever answers this, please do so slowly so that I can take notes in case there's a pop-quiz tomorrow.
~Bruno~ (front row, on the teacher's left, near the window, just in case)
I like many of your posts, fellow bitcoiner Bruno. The question you ask there is an interesting question. People are labeled scammers on this forum over petty sums. However when you are involved in a clusterfuck that sees millions vanish, then there's no punishment.
I've followed all the Bitcoinica threads with big interest, unfortunately I've come to the conclusion that all the BC guys are immature men who doesn't take any responsibility. If I was responsible for running Bitcoinica, I would never have announced any takeover before I'd personally (or someone I trust 100%) checked that all assets were properly protected, codebase was sound, and there was no lose ends.
Seeing how one basic security guideline after the other have been ignored/failed at throughout this clusterfuck, and how Intersango support is run, the only conclusion I have left is that these guys simply don't care. We also see now that when the hack happened, Genjix was at Hackathon in Berling, although he should've flipped backwards and shouldn't have spent his weekend coding when so much clusterfuck is happening. He was also recently in Brazil. Brazil is not cheap, and yet he goes on this forum complaining he has a crappy computer, and that he's losing personal funds throughout this orderal. And Donald is now going for a month to Portugal, and apparently all three of them was recently for a trip, to where, Defcon ?
So obv. the priotization is not where we'd expect it to be, and thus they've lost absolutely all credibility. If they honestly tried to sort out this clusterfuck, then at least there could be something left or their reputation. As it is now, this is a hot clusterfuck potato, that nobody wants to hold. Zou Thong is also some character, and not easy to say which role he does have, but it's hard to believe he's innocent. Somebody is pulling the strings in this scam, and we can't exactly be sure about who is profiting here. It could be just one individual, or a few.
We know memorydealers tried to contact the BC guys directly to have the funds paid back, as it was verifyable. As memorydealers have been doing a lot for bitcoin, I think he should've been paid back. Losing 15K BTC, is not something to take lightly.
The astounding silence in this matter is frightening. Donald has said nothing on this forum. Patrick refuses to say anything, he just 'walked away', and Genjix, well if I ever meet him I will try to blow hard on his face to see if he falls over.
But something is gotta give in this clusterfuck. What goes around, comes around.