I seriously hope this comes back to life. I bought into it due to Kosmost's promises. I have the feeling he took the offer to buy Lill and the money was too much for him to not just run with it. Kind of depressing how many scams are prevalent now in the crypto world. Even legitimate-sounding opportunities all over are turning into scams once people earn enough to make it worth giving up their integrity for a few dollars.
This seems pretty likely to be the case, but really, who can blame the guy? How many people are offered $2,500,000 for anything even once in their entire lives? Who wouldn't take an opportunity of that magnitude if it came their way? Seriously, imagine yourself in kosmost's position. On the one hand, you have an offer of $2.5m for a 12-month commitment. On the other, a mostly imaginary business enterprise based on an unpopular cryptocurrency trading at 1 satoshi, and supported more or less solely by the hopes and dreams of a small crew of anonymous strangers on a few internet message boards. Call me crazy, but that doesn't seem like a particularly difficult choice to me.
My integrity is worth more to me than the money is. I couldn't care less what you Internet strangers ("soulless bodies of text") think about my decisions. I simply wouldn't be able to live with myself. And that trumps any benefit I would otherwise get.
So for me, if the decision was to take $2.5m/6.2m and screw people over or do the right thing and earn little to nothing, that's an easy decision as well (I'd do what I said I would).
The sad part is there are a lot of people that feel the same way you do. I've been offered $20k+ to write theses and such for doctoral students that just don't have the time or the will to do it themselves. Somewhat easy work, sure. But my integrity keeps me from doing it. The money is worthless to me if I constantly have remorse for the actions I've done.
I just wish most of the world wasn't apparently out to screw everyone else over to get themselves a bit of extra cash. It's depressing. And the worst part is if Kosmost had been listening to his community instead of basically trumping over anything that was said, his idea would have netted FAR more than $2.5/6.2m. So not only did he screw over everyone else, he screwed himself as well. Karma's a bitch.
Interesting thing as well: he keeps claiming this was due to public/private attacks against him. Seriously, Kosmost? This is proof you've never held a leadership position in anything successful, nor owned a successful business. Welcome to business ownership and leadership 101. That or you are just using it as an excuse so you can avoid the truth. If this is seriously your reason for dumping everything -- and it has nothing to do with the Lill situation -- you really need to get a business mentor. There are two things to expect as a successful business owner:
1) Character attacks (defamation, libel, accusations) -- public and private. Some people are jealous; some are distraught. This is what a PR team is designed to handle
2) Lawsuits. And a lot of them. Competing businesses sue to bankrupt you. People that dislike you sue to try and take your money (by making up lawsuits in the hopes one will net them a win)
Welcome to the real world of business. If you aren't facing both of the above, your business is still worthless. These are the signs you are making a difference in the world and are making real money.
Protip: there's a lesson in here about you facing one of these and Lill supposedly being worth millions.