All that James Volpe did was take money....
Nobody is denying he took money but the fact that he is a theif does not give Bit Dice the right to confiscate his funds just because they hold them.
The Pharmacist said it best, this community is so dishonest its disgusting. This shouldn't even be a topic.
Stealing his funds for stealing others is not honest, its pure stupidity.
Volpe had no investment losses, he outright stole money from others.
If Alex believes that James does not rightfully own the funds deposited into his bitdice account then I see nothing wrong with preventing James from being able to Launder that money, and making efforts to return such money to it's rightful owner.
Someones belief should never dictate any outcome or result of anything. How is Alex, you, or anyone else for that matter, to ever know whether or not he 'rightfully owns' his BTC?
But of course you would be okay with cheating people of their money, you yourself have been found guilty of doing it with your escrow con.
You are confusing what someone 'believes in' with what someone 'believes'. In order for Alex to first process a withdrawal, he will first need to believe that user has a sufficient account balance to cover the withdrawal.
Good judgement based on the available facts can be used to determine if someone has a lawful right to money claimed to be theirs.
Ad hominem attacks are a sign of a weak argument.
What baffles me about your argument Quickseller is this... you know that I gambled away all of the earnings I earned from those websites 2 years ago, and yet for some reason, 2 years later, you think that the funds in that bitdice account are not legitimate?
You think that after two years I've decided to deposit and play? Seriously, get a grip.
I would agree if this was a few days after the sites, even at which I still believe i deserve the withdrawal, but two years later? Come on, you're living in the past.
Again, stealing or scamming is making a deal and not fulfilling your side of the deal. With all of my websites there was no guarantee, the deal was if you played the game you may win or you may lose. Some people won, some people partially got their money back, some people did not get anything back. There are winners and losers as the same with any game, so no, I am not a thief at all, the websites did exactly what they said they would.