I think I lost more than anyone else -- 90 BTC.
Anyone else who lost a significant amount, please sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1v8AL3scMErzSLPRSOhGuGXn9pzHjWNTrSE2YWEQIpxs/viewformIf there are enough of us, it will be a negotiating block, to try to settle this on fair terms for everyone.
On one side, bitcoin is the wild west, and I really doubt this was intentional on the part of bips.me -- just probably overconfidence to run a wallet service without proper security.
But on the other side, I don't think anyone will be happy if bips.me continues on as a viable business without some kind of compensation for (former) wallet holders.
It's really important that - unless you have very good evidence - that nobody make wild accusations about fraud or internal theft or anything like that. If you do that, you will open yourself up to a lawsuit from bips.me for libel. (At least that's how it would work in the USA.) And it's just not fair or ethical to accuse anyone of something for which you have no evidence.
I do however think it's reasonable, fair, and legal for the affected individuals to get together and try to negotiate as a group for some kind of compensation.
Also -- I did finally hear back from the help desk, who asked for my phone number. But nothing concrete. My guess is that basically everything was stolen they are scrambling to see if they can come up with some kind of compensation package. But that's just a guess and I could be proven wrong.