So we had these paycoiners who bragged about investing $100k+ into this shit (Volder, Craig IIRC) . That'd be $15m+ in today's money.

This is not to say that I didn't waste precious ancient bitcoins on stupid shit, but I didn't give much to scams (mostly because of Homero, who made me very  vigilant very early in my Bitcoin adventure so I guess thanks for that) and I held on to some... I hope paycoiners did too, there was still time to grab some cheap bitcoins at $250-$300 in 2015 after they'd learned their lesson.

Except the ION "team", those muppets were hopeless, I don't think they learned anything.