I am unsure exactly what that guy (stormbounty) intends to do because his options are limited. On the basis he did not keep a copy of his private key he has only himself to blame for his predicament.

Whirlwind will not pay him anything because they did nothing wrong. Members here have decided to not support stormbounty because his incompetence led him to this situation.

Whirlwind have suggested that if he really believes he was scammed he can go to minerjones with his allegation, he is after-all holding $40,000 in escrow. From my perspective what is clear is not only is stormbounty not going to get funds he lost access to because of his incompetence he does not deserve to. I do have some sympathy towards him but that is about as far as it goes.

If you stand beside stormbounty in the mistaken belief he will get his funds from either Whirlwind or the escrow (minerjones) then you will be standing for an eternity. The only way stormbounty will receive his funds is if he manages to locate his private key and by what he has already told us that is an impossible task.