Based on how this has rolled out and wound down now, I'm assuming it was a confidence scam designed to fool a 3rd party into releasing a large sum of money into Adbi's hands. Who can say whether it was successful or not, but it's pretty clear there never was and will not be a miner from Xcrowd.

No doubt this forum played a part in making the company appear legitimate and to have mainstream interest in buying, and all it took was the magic word 'escrow' for many of you to throw caution to the wind and place orders.