The Spreadcoin wallet takes a day to download the blockchain so alot of people who have only coins on Bittrex and no local wallet would get F...ed
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But you are right, it takes a day at least do download and sync the wallet. That's why I have already downloaded and start it up for an hour once in every other day just to keep it synced in case Bittrex won't participate.
Even if your wallet is not synced, you can still see your address for receiving coins, can't you? If yes, then you can still send coins to your wallet, but you won't be able to see them until you are fully synced. If I am correct, then nobody is fucked so long as you can view your address.