Hashking's guaranteed and insured deposit = just like pirate's BTCST with the same risks and 1/4 of the rewards.
If you are interested in settling, I would ask you to come clean with your books.
How many coins did you take in and where did it all go? How much of it was a pass through to Pirate? How much of it is owed to you by other members? And who are those other people? How much of it went into purchase of mining hardware? What kind of mining hardware do you have?
I agree, to be able to steer towards a fair settlement I think a significant amount of transparency is vital.
I really didn't keep much records. The only thing I used was the website for making payments and taking in deposits.
You didn't keep records of how the money was used?!? You don't know who owes you what? How much did you have passed through to Pirate?
If I were you, I'd post information about everyone that owes you money and try harder to get money back from them.
You don't know how much of it was used to buy mining hardware? How many ghash do you have?
Or did you actually just put all of it with Pirate?
I think you need to be more open than just saying "I really didn't keep much records".