I would like to thank everyone for their support and understanding. It really means a lot. Having other people's money taken under my watch has made me feel just about as awful as I've ever felt in my life.
I think I should have a poll to determine how to pay the funds back. Here are the options I'm thinking:
1. Pay back over time with exchange fees.
2. Same as #1, but raise fees to expedite.
3. Sell shares of Poloniex to cover the debt; dividends paid regularly.
4. Award such shares to everyone immediately and consider that repayment.
Let me know if I'm forgetting an option here.
About recent deposits--it really wouldn't be fair to deduct deposits made after the BTC was taken. Obviously I should have posted a notice on the Balances page, but it is not difficult to make an exception for recent deposits.
I will be hiring a security programmer after this is dealt with.
#3 and #4 add too much complexity and may become a source of problems in future.
Just deduct that 12% from the btc pot (excluding new deposits after trade got halted) and return it from fees over time. Add a small tax on withdrawals if you think it is needed. Add a small interest on the paybacks to balance the time needed to recover the full pot (I mean, people will get BTC back in, let's say, 1 or 2 months? Then give them a bit more than they lost, which will compensate also the rise on taxes, but sooner or later you will get it done)
Giving dividends is the same as giving BTC back, in the end, but dividends are slower and not good for you after the debt is payed. Just consider this: is it good to share future benefits with a lot of people once the theft is returned? That is what will happen if you open shares, and honestly, it will be much more clear for _everyone_ to get BTC returned hour by hour or day by day in a global payback.
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