wait a minute guys, we are losing sight of the issue here.
i am going to back biomech up here, because he is in a similar boat to me with this.
First of all, I dont see a PB referral link in your signature, so you're not in the same boat. You dont have direct financial incentive to mislead other people (although you do have a minor indirect incentive since you are invested). Unsurprisingly, I dont see you deny this is a Ponzi, unlike biomech.
Secondly, knowingly investing in a ponzi doesnt earn you any integrity points with me regardless of what you say about it, because you are trying to profit from a scam and your profit will come from future victims. It also enables the scam to continue and gives you the perverse incentive to promote it.
As for AMT; its off topic here, but you are delusional about them. I only needed to glance at their website for 2 minutes to determine with absolute certainty they were liars and crooks, qed.
AMT screwed the pooch. I didn't endorse them and I have worked with the people suing them to the best of my ability.
I am NOT convinced that pbmining is a ponzi. If I were, I'd take it out of my sig. They've treated me well and I have yet to hear of any of their customers not being paid. It's been long enough that I doubt very much that it would have been sustainable as a ponzi. My thought from day one is that they are seling half of the hash they purchase, and using that to sustain profitability.
If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I have no direct proof one way or the other.