I cannot believe there are people still harboring hopes that HashOcean will recover. This is utterly unbelievable. Is there a psychology phenomenon for that?
cognitive dissonance?


I doubt so but I may be wrong. Wiki says CD is "the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioural decisions and attitude change."
Many of these hopefuls have consistent beliefs and attitudes ---- believing that HashOcean would come back.