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.
The manner in which the Whirlwind forum representative was posting here it seemed clear without any doubt he was knowledgable. It would be safe to conclude if they wanted an exit scam they had enough knowledge to get it down. Leaving $40,000 DAI in escrow does not sound like the work of scammers (though there is a possibility they could have thought ahead and made a loss of $40,000 as long as it brought in significantly more from mixing).
Maybe we will never know what happened therefore a wide range of theories will always be floating around but it does not seem as though it is or ever was intended to be an exit scam.
Since the developer seems to have enough experience, I think it would be good to try again. I just hope they answer how they can prevent a recurrence of what happened, especially since we live in a crazy world and something could happen if the whole project was based on one developer.
The only failure here is the idea of Anonymity Mining, as according to WWM statement, they did not obtain sufficient deposits, so until there is a clear answer on how to make this thing decentralized, it is better to stop.
anyway, since no one lost their money, I will change my negative trust to neutral once they come back and give answers as to why they suddenly disappeared.
It would be an interesting scenario if they did return and post with an explanation.
Something must have happened since then. They would have reached the forum as soon as they reached their destination. If this email conversation happened in August, then probably something bad must have happened to them.
Though opinions are subjective, that seems to be the most probable outcome as far as I can see.