Okay fine.

Yes I received 20 BTC from TF for the purpose of pursuing civil litigation for a defamation lawsuit against Vod. It was worth about $4,500 at the time (our agreement was based on the USD of the BTC received). The agreement was that I would return any amount unspent after 6 months (I think that was the timeframe) to a specific address.

For reasons I prefer not to state publicly, during the course of due diligence about the situation, certain information was discovered and I told TF that even though I believe someone in Vod's position should be held accountable for his actions, pursuing civil litigation would be against public policy. TF responded by saying that he has other projects/priorities he would rather use the BTC for, and I asked for a signed message requesting the return of the BTC he wanted returned, with a stipulation that sending said amount of BTC to him would absolve further obligations of me to return any BTC to the above mentioned address within the signed message, he provided said signed message, and I promptly returned the BTC.

The specific reason I do not want to state publicly would not affect my reputation, and would make Vod look bad....although I don't particularly like Vod, I think this is the right thing to do.  Given sufficient pressure from those whose opinions I value (and Vod), I may change course. I would give particular weight to Vods pressure because it involves him personally. I will give no weight to what idiots like o_e_l_e_o and suchmoon have to say.


Although I previously opted not to pursue litigation regarding defamation in the past, I continue to reserve all rights. Five thousand dollars is not that much to me anymore, and if it really means all that much to Vod, spending that much on a defamation lawsuit against him would not particularly burden me.