I don't care about your site so, no, I didn't read the inane development log.


I didn't try to break into your site, I just noticed that none of the accounts needed a password to to log in. If the system isn't supposed to have a password on that account then why does it have a password now? You fucked up and now you are trying to cover it up by saying it was working as designed.

He is also misleading people about his programming abilities.

Apparently no effort has been put into security on his website, kongzi.ca ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=124391.0 ). All that is needed to login is know someone's username. I was able to login as usagi by just typing usagi into the email field and selecting sign in button. Don't trust him.

Proof:

http://s16.postimg.org/k04eyoeb9/Screenshot_from_2013_04_08_20_56_15.png

50 BTC is a lot for:


Any competent web developer should be able to match that in 2-3 months and reputations are built and lost very quickly in bitcoin right now. Good luck...

Have you even seen the code of the game? How can you ascertain that the code is worth 50BTC? Also, 55BTC seems like a lot for server costs, company registration, shareholder agreement draft and misc services for the web site. Seriously, unless you plan on subcontracting out the development of the site, 10-15BTC should be more than enough.

Are you selling exclusive rights to the code, a license to use the code or the software copyright? Will there be any agreement that you can not resell your code to others or reuse it yourself? Will allow others with serous offers to audit your code prior to purchase? To be honest, the website very simple and the idea isn't unique.

The mods should stop this whole scammer tag nonsense. There no policy that can be used as a guideline and they currently do not give out the scammer tag consistently. The mods also have too many conflicts of interest. Having BFL/betsofbitco.in in good standing on this site brings in ad revenue and site hits (more ad revenue), why would they harm their golden goose? The mods should not be determining who is a scammer and who is not, they should only ban accounts that violate the forum's TOS.

This isn't bait and switch because there are no other products to up sale to the buyer. They are currently selling a product that doesn't exist, has never existed and probably will never exist. It is just plain fraud.

Usagi knows that if he posts the actual numbers that he will be called out of being a fraud again. As long as he keeps everything secret then he can maintain the delusion that he is a high paid Wall Street broker.   

My guess is they had to keep making shipping promises they knew they couldn't keep so they could keep getting "preorder" money so they would have cash to fulfill the return requests. Even if they get an ASIC to work, I would be shocked if they have enough capital to fulfill all of the current orders.

There is no way that Avalon will get involved. They have a contract with Ian, if Avalon fails to deliver on their contract then they could be sued by Ian.

Robin Bouwhuis is a dude, he definitely not Ian's girlfriend.


I don't condone doxing others, but he owes close to $80,000. If someone owed me that kind of money and wouldn't return my calls then I would call up all of their friends and associates to try and get a hold of them.

Is there a written statement that explains what the criteria is for being given the scammer tag? BFL was clearly lying in September/October when they were telling the community shipping dates and they didn't even have a finalized design, let alone a working prototype. I believe BFL should get a scammer tag because they took peoples money while they lied about  shipping dates they knew they had no chance of meeting. If/when they actually ship an ASIC product then they can have the scammer tag removed.

Since nobody knows when/if BFL is going to ship and nobody knows how many "preorders" there are, buying into BFL now is crazy. If you bought it last year it might be worth the risk to see if they ship. However, if you buy today and you eventually receive a working unit the network difficulty might be so high you never see a return on your investment.

I don't think there is any proof that BFL is a scam, however there is no proof that BFL will deliver on any of their promises. Holding on to your BTC is a better investment.

According to his payout schedule at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=146689.0 he only owes ~BTC86 or ~$8,000. If the price of bitcoin crashes in the next few weeks then he could still be OK and come out of this ahead. If the price of bitcoin continues to rise or stabilizes at $90 then we will never see or hear from Ian again.

The best part? He brags about being short in his signature.


 

$20k borrowed and $70k owed for a 3 month loan. Ouch!

You are going to need to spend more than one month on this forum before you try and start a bitcoin business. There are a lot of shady characters and out right scammers on this forum and in the bitcoin community. Don't trust anyone. 

It looks like you still have some work to do, some of the links, like the sign-in page, are going to http://www.templatemo.com/.

Based on your description, it sounds like you are located in California. Would you permit someone to view your inventory prior to purchase?

That is a very nice rig. Sorry if you already answered this question, but what is the power consumption like?