The bottom line is that no one here would like to be in Waldo's shoes on this. The 400 coins are in HF's pocket and that's the end of it. I'm willing to listen to arguments as to whether or not holding out for a full BTC recovery is possible but the way HF has been, I'm not seeing it. I doubt some new law will legally affect what has already transpired but perhaps I'm wrong. This lawyer thing seemed decent as a 'stick it' to HF sort of thing coupled with getting back more coinage but the letter about a blank check for expenses sucked all the air out of the room. The only option left is getting the dismal usd return if HF will give us the time of day here. I'm currently out 7.5 coins and would love to recoup as much as possible but I'm also being realistic and getting irate isn't going to solve anything at this stage. W/o a lawyer and the related baggage, how are we supposed to force HF's hand on anything? They're in the driver's seat and there's not much we can do about it besides maybe contacting some big BTC names and see if they can lean on HF to do something. That's all I got.