If it has been confirmed that Child_harold was a scammer (I hope not) then I really hope a decision has been by @iotatoken to reimburse the buyers before launch. CH seemed very trustworthy to me and was working closely with some hero members. I agree that escrow should have been used but with new technology comes a lot of new users with a low level of understanding. I also believe it would be immoral to let multiple buyers (10+) lose out on such an awesome opportunity just because one member decided to steal. This is not comparable to the DAO attack as it is pre-launch and @iotatoken can freeze the account of the so called thief and reimburse the buyers at no expense.
For me reimbursing the buyers would solidify the IOTA team as a legitimate company that counts some of its earliest investors as valuable contributors.
or even better Child_harold returns a hero from his vacation and follows through with the order..
@iotatoken do we have any answers?
Regards,
FT
why would @iotatoken have to reimburse any of CH's buyers, if @iotatoken himself was not selling anything to those CH's buyers, in first place? i really don't understand this new concept For me reimbursing the buyers would solidify the IOTA team as a legitimate company that counts some of its earliest investors as valuable contributors.
or even better Child_harold returns a hero from his vacation and follows through with the order..
@iotatoken do we have any answers?
Regards,
FT
edit: the first sign of alert of these scammers is that they entered the market dumping their endless iotas way below the market prices (1 btc could buy about the equivalent to 30 giga iotas before the scammers started dumping for half that price). this alone is very suspicious. being scammed is the price to pay for easy-cheap-way-too-advantageous deals.