Yeah exactly. Hindsight is a great thing, but when your trying damn hard to make it work so it doesn't fall in to a scam its hard, then when you stop well I don't blame anyone.
Exactly why everything is contracted, detailed and Indemnifier agreements in place, so even if our due diligence is wrong or changes at a later date, we are still in some form protected like this.
Not bothered about the bribe, I just wanted to shame the person trying to bribe me. Like I say, I can't change people's opinions, they have to do that themselves. All I can do is tell you what I know and the truth.
Well Dan I learned a lot more about this than I ever cared to and most of what you have to say sounds pretty reasonable. There's a fair amount of companies registered between you and Paul Stewart so it was hard to know exactly what companies you were referring to without saying them by name.
What it comes down to was you were developing infrastructure and leaving positive reviews for a Ponzi scheme that had been exposed as such more than a year prior.
however at the start of the project I was not in a position to perform due diligence and it wasn't my role to do so.
It's always your role to do so. You should do it for your damn self to prevent stuff like this from happening again in the future.
Having said that, it sounds like you sincerely tried to make amends.
Sorry you were asked for a bribe during your short Bitcointalk experience but scam projects attract scammer participants, what can I say.