Let me get this straight... does btc-e plan to REDEEM individual coin tokens for actual real coins at some time in the future?

Btce answering to "verification" question.

DNS = Donetsk Republic (in the Ukraine)
torus = TOR

"BTC-e attempted to conceal that it provided services to customers located within the United States."

I wonder where the rationale behind this statement comes from.
It seems odd that they would attempt to conceal something unconcealable - I wasnt aware that it was even supposed to be secret

There might be a difference now that charges were unsealed against them. It's unlikely (certainly for small fish), but given that the indictment alleges that the exchange itself is a criminal money laundering operation, the federal authorities can argue that the money you are withdrawing constitutes criminal proceeds. I'm sure they could seize it with civil forfeiture, if they can ever get their hands on it. I doubt they'd charge regular customers with conspiracy to launder money, but I also wouldn't want to be caught with the proceeds and my passport linked to the transactions via the exchange's database.

That's the thing here.... it's one thing to relaunch an altcoin exchange safely outside of the US sphere of influence. But that doesn't require documents. There is some speculation on the Russian forum about what exactly "verification" means. Some think it means tiered verification like other altcoin exchanges (e.g. name, address, phone number to enable withdrawals or something).

What investment company will want to associate their name to BTC-E right now? There is no investor! The new company will be registered on some homeless guy name and total assets will be 100$.

If they are innocent and they will fight in court of law for justice why do they drop BTC-E brand for another one?

They need us to wash their dirty money and we will not only help them wash their money but we will also pay 45% of our money for this.

Anonymous fugitive owners, accused of money laundering and identity theft asking for people personal documents seems legit.

Please guys, do not forget that 14.5% of all balances are not mentioned in the last update.
This means that BTCe will hold for itself 14.5% of all the coins and fiat funds.
That's no small fee.

This all seems very shady.
Obviously something is better than nothing... but I have the feeling that BTCe owners will earn a LOT from this situation.
Keeping 14.5% of all the money, making the BTE conversion at the most profitable (for them) rates... selling coins in this times of high prices...
And finally, keeping the unclaimed assets that illicit users will not recover due to the verification processes.

No fiat processor will work with them, they will not work under BTC-E brand meaning they do not intend to pay the 110 mil fine, their company is registered on a 20 yo person with a capital of 100 pounds.

Why do they need our documents? To open bank accounts on our names or another fictive companies for their scams?

honestly, the trollbox was a deluxe constitution of the weirdest & bonkest ppl i've every saw Oo"

MOOOON FTW !!!

It's called denial, people will try to convince themselves that nothing is wrong regardless of the facts put in front of them.

Sorry for your loss potent, but spreading false hope at this point isn't helping anyone.

You can check dns propagation (ip changes) at https://www.whatsmydns.net/#A/btc-e.com

Ever heard of DNS propagation?

root# ping btc-e.com
PING btc-e.com (74.208.15.160): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.208.15.160: seq=0 ttl=55 time=175.390 ms
64 bytes from 74.208.15.160: seq=1 ttl=55 time=172.723 ms
64 bytes from 74.208.15.160: seq=2 ttl=55 time=170.876 ms

74.208.15.160/index.html - check this

I hope you are right but why are they down if its just a fine to pay is what i wonder? The other problem is they were a money printing machine, now can people use them ? At least we know more who they are now ha.

I see so much wishful thinking from users who have coins and money stuck on btc-e, it's almost sad...

"It's going to be ok, I bet the website will be back up and running in a few days."
"The admin are working on it."
And so on...

I'll give you my two cents: If BTC-e ever comes back up, it will be in a few months at least. That is because whoever is in charge now will have to cooperate with law enforcement to figure things out. And law enforcement is hella slow. They will audit BTC-e and if by chance they don't simply decide to confiscate all the bitcoins, then they will have to figure out which accounts are legitimate and which are not. Which means that to get your coins back you'll have to give them your identify and prove where your money or coins came from and that it was all legit.

I have 2 grands worth of altcoins on the exchange, I consider that money as lost, and I don't care, because I knew, and everybody with a brain knew, that BTC-e was shady as fuck, and you'd have to be really stupid to have kept more than you were willing to lose there.

I will also give my two cents to the other wishful thinkers that believe their coins are safe on another exchange because "it's regulated". All exchanges, without exception, are being used by criminals to launder money. Only the extent of it varies, and whether or not the owners are involved in it. Have y'all forgotten about BitInstant already??

BTC-e is DONE. DEAL WITH IT  

I'm currently renting one of your rigs and its been offline for a bit. I have sent you a PM and haven't gotten a response as of yet.

Lmk.


- Well, the miner has been down most of the lease time at this point. Still no response to PM's. We shall see..