So after further reading I found a mining pool address: http://eligius.st/~wizkid057/newstats/userstats.php/1PETAmNrgdzx3FwzJPNuhx18JVKdGtwWt6

Is this still valid?  If so, why is it only showing 1TH/s?

CoinPal.com:
Creation Date: 2003-08-27

CoinPal.net:
Creation Date: 2013-09-16

Maybe a typo in the original post, but I doubt the 2 registrants are related.

Nope, was logged in today.  Although Ryan-CoinPal has the login details, so maybe that doesn't mean anything.

In any case, neither have posted to clear their name so my original conclusion still stands; silence = guilty.

Exactly.  All of our collective speculation (my own included) is just that; speculation.  We have no actual proof that anything actually is, or isn't happening.  Even if the dividends are a week late without any explanation, we still have no proof of anything.  After that, and assuming no further contact, we might have a case, but other than that we have nothing.

Silence for nearly 3 weeks!?  I dunno man.  If they're really running a legit bitcoin exchange and they want support & funding from the bitcoin community, where else but this forum would you go to get that?

In any case, I've just emailed their main contact address on the cryptostocks site, so we'll see what the response is (if any).

Ok, that might be plausible, but if that were the case, where is the real Ryan Gay??  Why is he not in here defending his good name!?  Why the silence?  Other than information from 'Ryan-CoinPal', we have heard nothing from the actual owners / developers of the site since March 25, despite the fact that the 'CoinPal' account was logged into today.  Sure, maybe the 'CoinPal' account was hacked, but if that were me I'd either try to reclaim my account via the site's admins, or start a new account and at least try to clear things up!  I certainly wouldn't be sitting on my hands mere days before the launch of my new 'Exchange Extraordinaire' that I had 5 months of my life invested into!!

The logic just doesn't add up.  Silence = guilt IMO!

Heh, all good mate.

Cheers!

Good idea on the screenshots too!  Did you also get shots of his other 'I've been robbed' thread?

Another interesting anomaly that I noticed was Ryan-CoinPal's claims to have purchased large numbers of CoinPal shares.

The number he originally claimed was 60,000, then 70,000 shortly afterwards.  However, there are only two large purchases of shares showing on the Crypto-Stocks site; a purchase of 20,000 shares in late March and another purchase of 30,000 shares in early April.  Neither of these add up to even 60,000 shares.

Also, Ryan-CoinPal claims a loss of 70BTC from CoinPal stocks; at the current fixed IPO price of 0.00075 BTC per share, that would equal 93,333 shares, or in other terms, 70,000 shares would equal 52.5 BTC.

While these are just details, it's another inconsistency in Ryan-CoinPal's story to add to the growing pile.

Ryan-CoinPal, come on mate, do the right thing and save yourself a whole bunch of trouble & stress that frankly is not worth the ~100 BTC you are currently thinking about stealing.  We have now seen right through your scam and you're no longer fooling anyone.  Come clean now and repay the money and this might just be dropped, but leave it and now that your personal details are out there I have no problem imagining that, in addition to the police being brought in on this, you'll have a whole bunch of angry vigilantes knocking on every door you ever lived at and demanding their money back.  Your choice buddy.

Edit: Another thing I find odd is the speed with which he declares that it's a scam and demands his money back - I mean 48hrs is a bit of time without contact for sure, but as a business partner he seems to rush to conclusions, the same way as he rushed to invest 45+ BTC in the company come to think of it...

How many shares did you lose Ryan?

I am also having this issue; my current balance seems to have frozen in the last day or so.  The HC site is still showing good hashrates and low rejects, so I'm not sure what's happening there!

On another topic, is there anywhere I can see historical stats for my HC workers?

Thanks for the updates Ryan, it goes a long way to helping the company's legitimacy.

Are you able to give us any revenue projection figures?  When the company says "We are currently projecting as high as a 50 – 170 % return for our shareholders on a short-term investment period", what length of time are you referring to?

FWIW I like this logo the best - Looks clean & professional, yet friendly.

Not sure about the main font tho...

Anyhoo, I'm not a shareholder (yet) so my vote doesn't count

@Ryan, some kind of identification / revealing of forum identities of the main players involved with CoinPal and their credentials / history will go a long way to help your cause.  At the moment the sales pitch, miner photos & logos are a good start, but I for one will not invest without at least one more solid piece of evidence that you guys are legit.  The site demo will be good, but I really need to know who's involved in this in terms of personnel.

Paul, I am interested in some information around the Scrypt-N mining capability of your miners; specifically, how will your devices handle the increasing N-Factor on Scrypt-N coins?  Will Scrypt-N mining be viable on your devices in the long term, or are your miners only able to mine to a set N-Factor?

Hi,

Sorry to contact you from multiple different angles about this, but I have an urgent requirement for my BTC and my account is currently locked due to my recent International wire transfer.  As per the subject line I have logged a ticket with support, but they must be very busy as their responses are quite slow.

Are you able to tell me when the lock is likely to be removed?  Is there any way to speed up the process at all?

Ticket: #LOV-493-80342

Thanks for your time,

Sam.

Ok, I'm upping my offer to 0.007 per CACH, which is actually above the current market price.

Has anyone tried the password change trick lately?  I am in the same situation and have a time sensitive requirement for my bitcoins!

Edit: Well decided to try it anyway, but no joy unfortunately, counter still sitting at 600+ hrs :_(  I guess that bug was fixed...

Cheers mate, appreciate the info!

So regarding the recent significant dip in mining profits across all pools; has this kind of thing happened in the past?  Does anyone know of anywhere I can get long term (multiple months) profitability statistics from? 

I'm fairly new to mining and haven't gone through any similar situations myself, so any history lessons from the more experienced miners here would be greatly appreciated

Hi guys,

I'm after ~1300 CACH and would like to pay 0.005 BTC per CACH (or the current equivalent in US$).  If anyone is interested, please PM me.  I am also open to some negotiation.

Thanks.