Quote from: MidwestMiner on March 14, 2015, 04:12:30 PM

Quote from: xhomerx10 on March 14, 2015, 04:01:13 PM

Quote from: Silverspoon on March 14, 2015, 03:11:51 PM

Quote from: xhomerx10 on March 14, 2015, 02:59:04 PM

...Why don't you 2 set up an exchange commission for bitcoin related investments and set up some basic accounting and reportability criteria for listings? That would be awesome.

I always assumed the whole point of "investing" in Bitcoin securities is degradation & humiliation?
How would introducing basic accountability maximise the above aforementioned?

It's a start-up industry and as you may or may not know, most fledging companies never make it past year one. There is no degradation or humiliation in trying. We as "investors" see potential in the industries surrounding bitcoin but don't necessarily have the ability, funds, or wherewithal to create our own start-up so we place our faith in others who seem to know how. Sometimes we lose, sometimes we win. The only degradation I see comes from you and your ilk; sitting on the sidelines pretending to have all the answers and taking glee in other's losses. AM did quite well in the early years and it wasn't "luck" as friedcat has abilities beyond yours and mine but Friedcat is still human and I would imagine when subjected to the stresses involved in running a company would have a similar reaction to the rest of us. I mean look, even NotLambChop has lost interest in his incessant, condescending posting in here and he really enjoyed it. Perhaps it also became too much for him to continue? So it seems that Friedcat and NotLambChop have given up on their vocation to both our joy and to our dismay. I feel neither degrade nor humiliated and I wish them well.

There is no shame in giving up. There is some in an entire company disappearing overnight and offering no explanation.

Yeah, it certainly isn't the way to liquidate a failed company and be fair to all parties. As an IPO investor in AM this has been a profitable investment for me but I really don't like this situation at all, especially since it is looking like yet another exit scam black mark for pseudonymous bitcoin ventures. Also as an IPO investor in AM I feel that it was our money that made this possible. Identity and reputation are important in business and I guess this is yet another life lesson any investors.