My money is on it being a lie. Tradehill has been aggressively viral marketing all over the place. They're not very good at it, either. It's pretty transparent.

So you were accepting donations for something you had nothing to do with? You don't see how that is unethical? All the more reason for people to avoid doing business with you.

Yep, and he seems intent on digging himself into a deeper and deeper hole.

Lying or telling the truth, it doesn't really matter. Either way he's shown himself to be untrustworthy.

If it makes you feel better, you can pretend the drop in traffic on your site is a "coincidence", too. Lol.

The ironic thing is that all he managed to do was give Mt.Gox more publicity. The entire bitcoin world is talking about Mt.Gox right now. I'd imagine they're seeing a huge traffic increase aside from the DDoS. This will definitely drive prices even higher.

Do you honestly not realize that your name is mud now? Did you honestly expect people to be happy about your actions? Sorry to disappoint you, but that's simply not the case.

I wouldn't bother if I were you. Nobody will trust anything you write.

Better to leave it to someone who is respected by the community.