The coin in question had a redemption hold on it because of the double funding.  OP did indeed email us and we missed it until he emailed again.  We've communicated in the past with OP via email, but in this case he was concerned and posted here which is fine.  We all need to be vigilant when ti comes to Bitcoin related companies doing unexpected stuff.

I think Gerardo (drbitcoinve) may have lost access to his forum account in the course of the phishing exploits that were perpetrated, but if he's still around he can confirm that his coin was redeemed successfully and that we've resolved his issue.

Hi All,

There's a scam accusation thread that I responded to, but just wanted to follow up here as well.

The coin in question has been redeemed for the rightful owner.  Pichotklasa is attempting a fishing scam and trying to claim ownership of a coin that he does not have possession of.

As a refresher, Titan Bitcoins were originally offered in 2 flavors:

1. Private key - in which the BTC private key was included underneath the hologram

2. 2-Factor-Authenticated - in which user's registered ownership on Titan's website and an additional ownership is required before redemption of the coin's BTC value

The coin in question was a 2FA coin.  We discontinued offering 2FA coins after a year or two, partly because it created an incentive for scammers like Pichotklasa to try to impersonate actual coin owners.

In this case, Pichotklasa went so far as to setup a fake telegram account to chat with the coin owner and attempt to mislead the coin owner, as well as emailing the owner directly and impersonating myself and fabricating additional Titan Mint employees.

Ultimately I was able to communicate with the actual owner and verify both their identity and that they currently owned the coin in question, and the value was redeemed as intended. 

We have humans in the loop for redeeming these 2FA coins and we are careful to ensure that BTC is never transferred to malicious bad actors like Pichotklasa.  Email is best for resolving any security questions.  guardians@titanbtc.com.

To Clarify this thread for everyone reading and give a bit of the back story, Pichotklasa is attempting a fishing scam and trying to claim ownership of a coin that he does not have possession of.

As a refresher, Titan Bitcoins were originally offered in 2 flavors:

1. Private key - in which the BTC private key was included underneath the hologram

2. 2-Factor-Authenticated - in which user's registered ownership on Titan's website and an additional ownership is required before redemption of the coin's BTC value

The coin in question was a 2FA coin.  We discontinued offering 2FA coins after a year or two, partly because it created an incentive for scammers like Pichotklasa to try to impersonate actual coin owners.

In this case, Pichotklasa went so far as to setup a fake telegram account to chat with the coin owner and attempt to mislead the coin owner, as well as emailing the owner directly and impersonating myself and fabricating additional Titan Mint employees.

Ultimately I was able to communicate with the actual owner and verify both their identity and that they currently owned the coin in question, and the value was redeemed as intended.  

We have humans in the loop for redeeming these 2FA coins and we are careful to ensure that BTC is never transferred to malicious bad actors like Pichotklasa.  Email is best for resolving any security questions.  guardians@titanbtc.com.

Just chiming in here to verify that this listing is legitimate and that CryptoDeChange is working directly with me to make sure these coins will be funded and up to date at titanbtc.com.

We do still have these 2016 coins left in stock, and we'll have a 2017 0.1BTC coin coming soon.  PM sent.

Thanks for the kind words, Blazed.

We'll be releasing a 2017 1oz Silver Tenth Bitcoin in the next month or two.  It's the same "Mercury" design as before, but larger with more detail and made in pure silver.  Pictures coming soon.

Funded.  Sorry for the hassle with Customs.  PM incoming with funding details.

These were funded a few days ago, Cryptovan.  PM sent.  Thanks again.

These are Funded.  Thanks Bithalo.

Thanks AnalogKid!  These are funded.  Just sent a PM with funding confirmation.

Funded.  Thanks for the kind words!

Todamont is referring to a 2FA coin that he bought from a third party, not directly from Titan.   I'll reply to his first post, but I want to reiterate that we offered to make this right and Todamont refused to be made whole.  

"SCAM.

Don't trust Tim Fillmore. TitanBitcoin is on the list on known scams, I lost 1btc to Tim Fillmore's scam."

We're only on the "Scam list" because Todamont put us there after refusing our assistance in resolving this issue.  


"https://www.titanbtc.com/verify/vFZKfWyJ/

Tim has multiple databases tracking "funded" coins, and there is corruption among thoses tables. When you try to redeem the coin, he will find an excuse to not pay you, and then have all his scammer buddies trash your profile reputation, and threaten to call the cops on you and anyone who has ever been in the chain of custody of the physical coin in question. "

Todamont bought one of our 2-factor authenticated coins from a third party.  Todamont will not reveal who he purchased the coin from, but he claims that it was sold as a "funded" coin.  However, from what we can tell the coin had already been redeemed when he purchased it from this unknown third party.  It also seems that Todamont did not attempt to verify that the coin was funded when he purchased it.  Had he done so, he would have seen that our website indicated that it was not funded.  

In my first conversation with Todamont, I requested that he file a police report so that we could work with law enforcement to track down the person who misrepresented the coin when it was sold to Todamont.  He refused to do so.   I don't know why he refused to report a crime on the part of that seller, but from that point on he became defensive and as you can see from this post, unreasonable.  Any further efforts on my part to rectify the situation were met with him simply refusing to work with us.


Tim accused me of tampering with my coin, after I opened it. He's a fucking scammer.

This is false.  The evidence points to Todamont being the victim of a third-party reseller who managed to convince Todamont to pay full price for an unfunded/redeemed coin.  I never accused Todamont of tampering with his coin.  It is strange that Todamont wouldn't cooperate in prosecuting the third-party who misrepresented which he purchased, but that doesn't imply guilt.


I contacted the CFTC and the police about Tim Fillmore and his scam, and the CFTC said they are waiting for more reports before they investigate, and they had a TON of questions about his business. Since then I have been contacted by more victims claiming losses from owning Titan Bitcoins that they are unable to "redeem". I advised them to file complaints with the CFTC also.

If any "victims", have suffered losses from owning Titan Bitcoins, that is news to me.  I'd encourage those people to contact us at sales@titanbtc.com so that we can resolve any issue for you.  

I know of one case in which someone new to bitcoin received a Titan coin as a gift and they threw away the hologram, private key included, without realizing it was needed to redeem the coin.  There was nothing I could do for them, and I felt pretty terrible about it.  That's exactly why we created our 2-factor authenticated coins.  Other than that, and this issue Todamont encountered, I don't believe anyone to date has "suffered losses" from owning Titan Bitcoins.  Quite the opposite.  We have many stories from people who have made fantastic profits reselling coins.  If not Todamont, I would be bold enough to claim 100% customer satisfaction with what Titan does.

My reputation is trashed though, because I was the first to stand up against Tim, I had about 6 people leave negative reputation marks on my profile in the scam accusation thread, and claim that I'm a thief and a scammer, without ever having met us or being party to that transaction in any way. I had an eyewitness when I unsealed my coin, and both of us are executives at blockchain companies and I have no need to steal a single bitcoin from anyone. The reason I grilled Tim so hard is that I was actually employed as compliance officer at a bitcoin exchange at the time I was robbed by Tim, and I was required by law to report him to various federal authorities.

It appeared that Todamont got negative feedback because he resorted to personally attacking people that have had good experiences with Titan.  I didn't encourage anyone to leave feedback for him and I didn't rally anyone to my cause.  The facts of the case stand on their own without any social proof needed.  I actually asked some forum members to remove their negative feedback from Todamont because it wasn't called for.

If you'll notice, Titan Bitcoin is listed now, on the list of known scams, here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1326821.0

Again, Todamont was responsible for this SCAM listing.  It is technically libel, and illegal, to call Titan a scam in the context of calling me a scammer...but let's focus on the positives.  The reason nothing came of Todamont's accusations is because they are baseless.  

We're not always the fastest to respond to customers (small company, limited staff) and occasionally our website goes down (regularly under attack from DDOS and other attempts to harass..because hackers are dumb.  Our private keys are exclusively offline in actual bank vaults) but we keep our promise.  

If you buy a Titan Bitcoin, we have your back and will resolve any problem you have with our service or products.  I really do feel bad for Todamont's loss, but he refused to cooperate with us to find a resolution and refused to work with us to prosecute the thief who actually stole from him. Todamont never wanted anything other than to shift the blame for his mistakes onto Titan.  When that didn't work he decided to start personally attacking me in an attempt to extort Titan into giving him a bitcoin.  Apparently, he's still at it a year later.  I would advise anyone reading this thread to avoid engaging with Todamont in any capacity.

I'll reply to this line-by-line, but I want to reiterate that we offered to make this right and Todamont refused to be made whole.  

"SCAM.

Don't trust Tim Fillmore. TitanBitcoin is on the list on known scams, I lost 1btc to Tim Fillmore's scam."

We're only on the "Scam list" because Todamont put us there after refusing our assistance in resolving this issue.  


"https://www.titanbtc.com/verify/vFZKfWyJ/

Tim has multiple databases tracking "funded" coins, and there is corruption among thoses tables. When you try to redeem the coin, he will find an excuse to not pay you, and then have all his scammer buddies trash your profile reputation, and threaten to call the cops on you and anyone who has ever been in the chain of custody of the physical coin in question. "

Todamont bought one of our 2-factor authenticated coins from a third party.  Todamont will not reveal who he purchased the coin from, but he claims that it was sold as a "funded" coin.  However, from what we can tell the coin had already been redeemed when he purchased it from this unknown third party.  It also seems that Todamont did not attempt to verify that the coin was funded when he purchased it.  Had he done so, he would have seen that our website indicated that it was not funded.  

In my first conversation with Todamont, I requested that he file a police report so that we could work with law enforcement to track down the person who misrepresented the coin when it was sold to Todamont.  He refused to do so.   I don't know why he refused to report a crime on the part of that seller, but from that point on he became defensive and as you can see from this post, unreasonable.  Any further efforts on my part to rectify the situation were met with him simply refusing to work with us.


Tim accused me of tampering with my coin, after I opened it. He's a fucking scammer.

This is false.  The evidence points to Todamont being the victim of a third-party reseller who managed to convince Todamont to pay full price for an unfunded/redeemed coin.  I never accused Todamont of tampering with his coin.  It is strange that Todamont wouldn't cooperate in prosecuting the third-party who misrepresented which he purchased, but that doesn't imply guilt.


I contacted the CFTC and the police about Tim Fillmore and his scam, and the CFTC said they are waiting for more reports before they investigate, and they had a TON of questions about his business. Since then I have been contacted by more victims claiming losses from owning Titan Bitcoins that they are unable to "redeem". I advised them to file complaints with the CFTC also.

If any "victims", have suffered losses from owning Titan Bitcoins, that is news to me.  I'd encourage those people to contact us at sales@titanbtc.com so that we can resolve any issue for you.  

I know of one case in which someone new to bitcoin received a Titan coin as a gift and they threw away the hologram, private key included, without realizing it was needed to redeem the coin.  There was nothing I could do for them, and I felt pretty terrible about it.  That's exactly why we created our 2-factor authenticated coins.  Other than that, and this issue Todamont encountered, I don't believe anyone to date has "suffered losses" from owning Titan Bitcoins.  Quite the opposite.  We have many stories from people who have made fantastic profits reselling coins.  If not Todamont, I would be bold enough to claim 100% customer satisfaction with what Titan does.

My reputation is trashed though, because I was the first to stand up against Tim, I had about 6 people leave negative reputation marks on my profile in the scam accusation thread, and claim that I'm a thief and a scammer, without ever having met us or being party to that transaction in any way. I had an eyewitness when I unsealed my coin, and both of us are executives at blockchain companies and I have no need to steal a single bitcoin from anyone. The reason I grilled Tim so hard is that I was actually employed as compliance officer at a bitcoin exchange at the time I was robbed by Tim, and I was required by law to report him to various federal authorities.

It appeared that Todamont got negative feedback because he resorted to personally attacking people that have had good experiences with Titan.  I didn't encourage anyone to leave feedback for him and I didn't rally anyone to my cause.  The facts of the case stand on their own without any social proof needed.  I actually asked some forum members to remove their negative feedback from Todamont because it wasn't called for.

If you'll notice, Titan Bitcoin is listed now, on the list of known scams, here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1326821.0

Again, Todamont was responsible for this SCAM listing.  It is technically libel, and illegal, to call Titan a scam in the context of calling me a scammer...but let's focus on the positives.  The reason nothing came of Todamont's accusations is because they are baseless.  

We're not always the fastest to respond to customers (small company, limited staff) and occasionally our website goes down (regularly under attack from DDOS and other attempts to harass..because hackers are dumb.  Our private keys are exclusively offline in actual bank vaults) but we keep our promise.  

If you buy a Titan Bitcoin, we have your back and will resolve any problem you have with our service or products.  I really do feel bad for Todamont's loss, but he refused to cooperate with us to find a resolution and refused to work with us to prosecute the thief who actually stole from him. Todamont never wanted anything other than to shift the blame for his mistakes onto Titan.  When that didn't work he decided to start personally attacking me in an attempt to extort Titan into giving him a bitcoin.  Apparently, he's still at it a year later.  I would advise anyone reading this thread to avoid engaging with Todamont in any capacity.

They should be funded now.  Please double check for me?

General note:  Everyone's coins have shipped unless I specifically reached out and let you know that we were short in this batch.  I am in the process of sending out tracking info to everyone.

Next batch of gold is shipping in about two weeks. 

You trip on the best things, Michail...

We're working on three new concepts.  If the artwork comes together, then yes, we'll absolutely make a 2017. 

Just clarifying again.

Everyone who has ordered, via PM or email, as a result of this post is getting presentation boxes with their coins. 

Thanks!

Just in case anyone missed the edited first post.  There is at least one scammer trying to impersonate me by using a similar username.  Please be careful and double check the account history to verify who are talking with via PM.   

Thanks very much for the kind words!  I've replied to your email.

I've sent you a fresh quote via PM.