Quote from: qwk on February 14, 2014, 12:56:57 PM

From August 2012, BTC was usually above $10, so here's a list of mother fuckers:

Quote from: theymos on August 31, 2012, 12:02:44 AM

New VIP donator: eb3full. Thanks!

Quote from: theymos on August 31, 2012, 05:30:02 PM

New VIP donator: MemoryDealers. Thanks!

Quote from: theymos on September 15, 2012, 07:47:30 PM

New VIP donator: augustocroppo. Thanks!

Quote from: theymos on November 12, 2012, 03:46:46 AM

New VIP donator: dustintrammell. Thanks!

That looks a long time ago... At that time I donated to the forum because I was under the impression the forum development plan was being followed since 2nd November 2011:

Quote from: theymos on November 02, 2011, 02:06:51 AM

The forum's software has proven to be insufficient for our needs. In particular, the general architecture of the code is both insecure and difficult to modify, and the moderation facilities are limited. Therefore, the forum is accepting bids for the job of delivering software that meets the requirements listed below.

I don't care whether you build the software from scratch or just create a bunch of modifications for some already-existing software. There are benefits and drawbacks to both methods which will be considered in relation to the rest of your bid.

I assumed the new forum software development was about to start and Michael was able to manage the project. This is a post made on 7th September 2012 which made me confident the money about to be donated would be used to improve the forum:

Quote from: theymos on September 07, 2012, 12:20:13 PM

Sorry for the delay. Many people have submitted very good bids (some privately). I've been procrastinating because I'm not sure how to choose among the candidates. It requires a lot of thought.

I fixed some of the most serious problems in SMF, so I'm not in as big of a hurry as when I started this topic.

Quote from: hottweelz on September 07, 2012, 03:42:23 AM

And do NOT leave MySQL. There's a reason why its the MOST SECURE DB in the *Nix world.

LOL

After my donation I expected a candidate to be chosen. That, of course, did not happen in a reasonable period of time. It was never mean to happen. I was straightly duped into a money grab scheme perpetrated by Michael under the disguise of "donations".

This is the last post by Michael in that thread:

Quote from: theymos on April 08, 2013, 11:31:58 PM

Quote from: ElectricMucus on April 08, 2013, 11:27:14 PM

5500+ BTC

I think theymos is trolling us. Cheesy

Nope. You can verify the forum's balance:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=155000.0

All of it is available for this project. However, I now want to be more closely involved in the software creation process than I did when I started this topic. I'm probably not going to pay people large amounts in advance (and certainly nowhere near 5500 BTC).