Though it may remain unanswered, the question arises as to why the 13 BTC is untouched for this length of time. If this was an all-out exit scam things would have been far more obvious but they have not moved any funds. If I had to choose between exit scam or them being unable to access their server, I would come to the conclusion they no longer are able to access their server.
Perhaps they are in no rush to spend the Bitcoins, as they have more Bitcoins stacked somewhere? They would most likely get back to spending it once the dust has settled down.
I have seen that kind of behavior before, with scammers and hackers. They are definitely aware that the address is being closely watched.
I don't think so. They're running a
mixer, they'll be very capable of hiding their trails. If they intended to pull an exit scam, they'd be very capable of doing so, and they'd make sure the servers stay online.
It was as if the owners suddenly disappeared.
Yep.
Something must have happened.
@Hhampuz: can you answer this question?
I'm curious if Hhampuz tried emailing his contact again:
I got an email back from whirlwind just now and it was as I suspected - something happened.
Basically, main people lost access due to travels while people still with access didn't have the right credentials to solve basic issues that caused withdraws to get stuck on the back-end. I've been assured that nothing has been lost and that all will be taken care of tomorrow meaning all currently pending withdraws will be processed and things return back to normal. It was an unfortunate situation is all!
I've asked my contact at whirlwind to reply in this thread whenever they can with further details, so from now until then/tomorrow night there is no need to panic even if I wouldn't recommend you to deposit until the backlog is cleared. Campaign participants will also be paid out as per usual tomorrow, regardless of if you've removed your signature or not.
If his contact is not the same person as "main people", it wouldn't make sense for "something" to have happened to all of them at the same time.
The message to Hhampuz is the only thing that makes me think there could be more to it than "something happened to them".
My guess: they abandoned the project due to the lack of users, but kept it open for deposits. It's an exit scam by the book.
I stand corrected.