To some people that's probably a lot.
Most likely they were just rank amateurs who got out of their depth.
hm now the dev left this project. dead coin
Sure. It's a lot of money to me too. You're probably right. I still kind of get the feeling that something just got screwed up here and they're not sure what to do about it (kind of like a B3 to kB3 situation) or they would've milked this thing for as much as possible. I bought a little bit of this a couple of weeks ago for fractions of a penny and less than 10 sat. and it went to a penny and 120 sat. in a couple of weeks just on the twitter announcement that they had "big news". If they would've pushed this thing right to the fork they maybe could've gotten the price to a nickel and turned that 100K to half a million.
I guess I just think someone smart enough to put together an intricate crypto scam would be smart enough to do it right. Maybe it's not a scam at all and the unexpected departure of a team member threw it into a tailspin. Maybe, with this and that exchange's bank accounts being investigated, practices reviewed, etc. maybe the deal they had with the "major exchange" fell through. Or, maybe it's just a scam and I lost some walking around money.
I was rooting for this one though. It seemed like a good idea with a good plan. For all the more I have in it though it's just as appealing to sit back and see what happens than to worry about it being dead.