I think we should all quote the post where we predicted exactly what just happened with btc.com.
Mine:
2018 is way out of Garza's time horizon. He's the guy who scrapped the original Paycoin idea for a crappy clone because he wanted it out in two weeks.
BOLD PREDICTION
The lease involved some sort of deposit. Garza will immediately cease paying for the domain and attempt to string along the seller for as long as possible. During this time, Garza still collects rent. At some point, the domain reverts back to its previous owner, and bitcoinist is out that month's rent and the original deposit.
This leads to a conclusion that Homero Joshua Garza is in control of BTC.COM, which can mean anything from editorial oversight over site's contents to pressuring Bitcoinist via the lease contract to defaulting on installment payments resulting in a return of the domain to the original owner.
Is this my "I told you so" moment?
BTW the former talk.btc.com is now available at talk-btc.com. Kudos to Bitcoinist for setting up a new domain for it although the forum is pretty much dead. Even with Garza out of the picture I don't see why anyone would need another crypto forum.