just received:
Dear Clients
Regrettably I have to announce the failure and closure of Bitcoin Trader.
While preparing for the final audit results, a task we were working on for weeks now, our bitcoin wallet has been hacked and emptied, just after exchanging our fiat holdings within the exchanges to bitcoin and transferring our entire holdings to our wallet, in order to proof our solvency.
It is a known fact that I personally opposed any proof of solvency, but agreed to conduct it for the sake of a few dozen small and medium investors.
The hacker contacted me shortly after he took advantage of our holdings and demanded a ransom in order to transfer the coins back. I have agreed to a 25% ransom of the entire sum, but havent heard back from him for several days now.
My aim was to create something based on trust, just as bitcoin itself is based on distributed trust. Unfortunately I must admit today, I have failed. All left to do now is to declare bankruptcy with the Panamanian authorities and to hand over all relevant files and information for further investigation.
Sincerely,
John Carley
Dear Clients
Regrettably I have to announce the failure and closure of Bitcoin Trader.
While preparing for the final audit results, a task we were working on for weeks now, our bitcoin wallet has been hacked and emptied, just after exchanging our fiat holdings within the exchanges to bitcoin and transferring our entire holdings to our wallet, in order to proof our solvency.
It is a known fact that I personally opposed any proof of solvency, but agreed to conduct it for the sake of a few dozen small and medium investors.
The hacker contacted me shortly after he took advantage of our holdings and demanded a ransom in order to transfer the coins back. I have agreed to a 25% ransom of the entire sum, but havent heard back from him for several days now.
My aim was to create something based on trust, just as bitcoin itself is based on distributed trust. Unfortunately I must admit today, I have failed. All left to do now is to declare bankruptcy with the Panamanian authorities and to hand over all relevant files and information for further investigation.
Sincerely,
John Carley
Well that was anticlimactic, lol.
Dear Mr Carley..
That is a very sad story. Some would find it unbelievable, but luck for you, the Blockchain never lies. Can you please provide us the transaction ID's in which the theft took place? Also can you provide the digital signature signed by the wallets from which the funds where taken? You should be familiar with the process from your proof of solvency.
If you provide us with that, we do understand that sometimes shit happens. There ought to be no reason for you to refuse this request if the story is legit..
Thanks,
Your favorite customer.
ROFL! and how does Mr. Carley prove the transaction isn't to his wallet? I, myself, have about 15 wallet addresses; some cloud, some client, and two paper....in a security deposit box.
It doesn't. Many deluded people will buy his Bullshit story. I am just posting that to prove that it is just that. BT never had the money it was a HYIP from the Get-go.
Nobody should ever believe a "We've been hacked and our Bitcoin stolen" story unless it can be show on the blockchain.. It discredits bitcoin and it is slanderous. If bitcoin got stolen it should be provable. Obvoiusly we cannot prove who the hacker is - but we can prove it was hacked or alternatively it was not hacked and this story is BS..