I don't have enough to pay everyone back right off the bat. It's going to take a few months being my most optimistic guess. I do have sources of income so it's not going to be a problem, it's just going to take time because I do have to work. I'm not going to take out any loans for this, even though I'm sure some of you would advise me to just to be able to pay everyone back right away. But no, I'm not going to take out a $15k+ loan for this. I will make sure people get their funds back over time when funds become available.
so you have no problem paying people over time which is basically an forced loan from those people but you have some kind of principle preventing you from taking out a real legit loan for this purpose?
this is all just such an incredible coincidence... deleted backups... got hacked... didn't tell anyone until two weeks later when threatened to be doxed... avoided doxing without paying a cent... can't borrow... will repay whenever