Yea, I'm really wanting to be wrong and have Deprived show back up in 4 days when ciphertrade opens. *crossed fingers*
The countdown timer at CipherTrade.com seem to indicate that SOMETHING is happening at 10 AM Eastern US time on January 17th (if my math is right) but that may be the Public Beta. Until actual trading is in full swing I doubt that DMS-Purchase, DMS-Mining or DMS-Selling shares will be getting any back dividends.
... and Deprived returns.
If he doesn't, we asset holders will have to petition CipherMine to get access to the CIPHERMINE.B1 bonds, and come up with some equitable way of resuming the assets (perhaps a new management structure voted on by asset holders?) The 150 btc will sadly have to be written off. DMS.MINING must be looked after according to the terms of the contract, so they won't lose anything in the long run. DMS.PURCHASE and DMS.SELLING will have to eat the loss of the 150 btc but we still should get something back eventually once CIPHERMINE.B1 is liquid.
Unfortunately Kate's long absence and a lack of a backup plan to run CIPHERMINE.B1 in a professional manner means the liquid price might be well South of where it should be.
The new manager would also need to get an extract from Burnside about who the asset holders are, unless CipherTrade have somehow obtained it. I think I'd want to see a certified copy from Burnside though.