Quote from: penguin_brian on January 16, 2013, 10:40:28 PM

Quote from: allten on January 13, 2013, 03:08:49 AM

Well, I skimmed through the thread and had no luck of finding evidence of the site changing hands. There was an incidence Here where he thought he would have to shut it down or sell, but then says he worked everything out and all was OK:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41592.msg1286148#msg1286148

Reread this post:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41592.msg1443369#msg1443369

In it he says:

Quote from: tosaki on January 09, 2013, 07:31:40 AM

It is exactly the old server, I only restored it. I already was the owner before the last Bitmit auction on Bitmit were published so dont worry but then decided to keep it. The time I took over Bitmit was time before..

Which is really confusing English. However I read that last sentence as saying he is not the original owner of Bitmit. Unfortunately, he doesn't say when (or what or how) this happened, only that it happened before the Bitmit auction "was published".

Brian

seems to me he bought it from the original creator (german guy) without the public knowing. Then he wanted to sell it and made the auction and changed his mind again.