Going to the extent of buying accounts for participants is what I don't think 1xbit did.
If you check the opening thread of 1xbit, you will understand that offered upto $30 for member rank while legendary rank was seeing upto $150. This was huge to the extent that people sacrificed their accounts for the token.
You may be right or I might be right. We will never really know for sure since we are all just assuming these things without proper evidence to backup our statements. Whatever the case, I am just glad that their strategy flopped hard.
And again, to comment on their coming back, I don't see 1xbit ever coming back to this forum, except they decide to try under another brand entirely, but with this brand, they won't ever be coming back, unless someone who does not know the history of 1xbit decides to buy the company over, and decided to promote it on this forum, then he or she will possibly meet the shock of his or her life here

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You are underestimating 1xbit way too much. They left and returned many times so far which is why I wouldn't be surprised if they suddenly returned again.