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Re:Bitcoin Ponzi scheme by lucb1e on Saturday February 08, 2014 @06:29PM (#7203371)
> We will pay back everyone we can. We are not making money from this.

Paying people back can be done instantly. Adding 20% needed a wait. If they stopped the experiment an hour ago, I'd say my coins should have returned by now :(

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Re:Bitcoin Ponzi scheme by unclebucknasty on Saturday February 08, 2014 @07:59PM (#7203692)
Unless you're one of the guys without a chair when the music stopped.
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Re:Bitcoin Ponzi scheme by m_darkTemplar on Sunday February 09, 2014 @04:07AM (#7204938)
They already paid back some people at 20%, so it's impossible for them to pay you back now. They are in 'debt,' even if they just gave coins back at 1:1 they can't repay.
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Re:Bitcoin Ponzi scheme by corresation on Saturday February 08, 2014 @07:09PM (#7203525)
Waiting out the confirmations does impose a pretty high floor -- see how many of the transactions are still unconfirmed.
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Re:Bitcoin Ponzi scheme by lucb1e on Saturday February 08, 2014 @08:18PM (#7203750)
I already had a few confirmations when they quit, and it would show up in my client without any confirmation (as unconfirmed, of course).
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