OpenMonero exchange exit scammed, and between 55 and 200 xmr has been stolen!
I've made it clear from the beginning that everyone would get their refunds. The first partial refund was sent out on Jul 18, and you can see the usernames on
[t.me/p2p_monero_talk
]. As a result, the red notification on [kycnot.me] has been taken down.
Also, please avoid saying "up 200 XMR," since that was just an initial estimate based on wallet funds from 6 months ago. The real amount is 78 XMR (~25K USD).
The site is still up with no mention of the hack to visitors (newcomers). What are you trying to hide? Do you need new victims to pull an another exit scam?
The red warning on the official website was taken down after we fixed the issue on Jun 16. It was up for about 10 days while we sorted everything out.
How long do you think a warning like that should stay up after the problem is fixed? It doesn’t really make sense to keep displaying a big warning once it's all sorted. Do you agree?
However there is still a mention of the hack.
1. Go to openmonero.com
2. Sroll down to "Latest News"
3. Read "OpenMonero reopening!"
Also, there's a notification at the top of every page for logged-in users showing their pending refund amount. Since the platform is non-custodial, we expect to be able to refund everyone within about 6 months. The refunds are paid out of arbiter fees. Based on the current monthly volume listed on
https://openmonero.markets, we think we can process around 10 - 15 XMR in refunds each month. (78 xmr / 15 xmr = 5.2 months = best case scenario)