I treated the 100 BTC donation as all other donations. There's no conflict of interest if you don't believe in the concept of tainted coins. All coins are created equal.

I used the official client to send the funds, so I can't control which "coin" to send users. It's also possible that the "tainted coins" were mixed into my own wallet. In this case I might be wronged but I think it can be explained nevertheless.

I didn't write the TOS. I was instructed to do so. I didn't get a cent of your swap money.

I understand your desperation, but this is not the place to ask for help. You legally deserve the money Bitcoinica owes you. But I definitely didn't do anything dishonest or greedy.

I, Zhou Tong, hereby announce that I will resign from any position(s) in Bitcoinica LP, Bitcoinica Consultancy Ltd and/or Core Credit Ltd (whichever is applicable) effective from today, July 15, 2012.

Refunds

I have not been involved in refunding process for over 30 days. And Bitcoinica has refused my offer to take over. Here I officially withdraw my offer and relevant partner(s) in Bitcoinica LP will be fully responsible for customer refunds.

Personal Compensation

I have paid out 5,000 BTC to compensate for customers' losses. This compensation is entirely personal and voluntary. It does not affect my legal status, assumed responsibility and position with regards to Bitcoinica. No information from Bitcoinica apart from my memory (during my employment period) has been used.

Further Communication

I reserve the right to talk about Bitcoinica publicly, but I will not share any information that has been made known to me due to my employment or ownership. Any employee/officer from Bitcoinica should not communicate any confidential information with me, and any communication from this point, will be deemed as public knowledge unless stated otherwise.

Customer Documents

I promise not to access any documents owned by customers until I receive any official instruction from Bitcoinica. Up to that point, I have no secure and accountable means of transferring these documents to relevant parties.

Previous Positions

I was CEO & Lead Developer from September 4, 2011 to April 21, 2012. After that period, my position was unknown.

Expense Claims

I have attempted to cancel the accounts with recurring billing to my personal credit cards, however some accounts are no longer under my control. If there are continued expenses incurred by Bitcoinica, I reserve my right to request expense reimbursement from Bitcoinica.

Till date, Bitcoinica owes me S$990.04 (SGD) or $782.76 USD in hosting expenses, SaaS products and GitHub subscriptions since May 1, 2012.

Representation

I automatically give up my representation of Bitcoinica. My public communication will no longer represent the view of Bitcoinica.

Email Address

I will stop using ryan@bitcoinica.com as my email address and all emails sent to that mailbox may be ignored. Bitcoinica can delete my email account any time.

Other Issues

Other issues can be discussed via this thread, or through email bitcoinica@zhoutong.com.

Disclosure: The full content of this post will be sent as email to all relevant parties and all people related to Bitcoinica.

You don't have to do that. This program shouldn't affect your claim at Bitcoinica.

I believe that Bitcoinica wants objective data, not overstated and not understated either.

When Bitcoinica pays in full, just return the coins to me. Any residual on Bitcoinica's account doesn't belong to me anyway.

UPDATE 2: Everyone has been paid!

It took me about 8 minutes of hard work to finally pay everyone something. TXIDs:

50ec12d08970ade781bda0b65c4b17cf59745828898094567c0f7bec5fce988f
045dbab77795fc1f1ba700e92c18987aaabd5793b512ecfc442d1d0154666a4c
1bb7983de928455d804f82be4156beb5f56022f7efaa51bf1b69db1bb77ca31b

Everyone who submitted a claim and verified through email has been deemed as accurate. I have also checked the top list and I can recognize all usernames. If you have intentionally/unintentionally submitted a wrong claim, please pay me back so that I can build good stuff for the world. (Sponsor Zhou Tong @ 1G4iqMitXTmNYvY5tDaaYANWxhwJW84sr2)

All coincidences are intentionally discovered. Things happen all the time. I personally make $500,000+ credit/debit transactions every month and yes, 2.5 days worth of transactions magically matches the amount of USD stolen. "Woo! Zhou Tong must be the thief!"

This kind of things also apply to life. Bitcoinica is the first significantly profitable ("significant" for a student = more than $1000) project in my life. And I have noted an obvious increase in conversations with classmates since I told people that I could finally make some money. Yes, people don't care when nothing happens to them. When something happens, they care about everything.

Eligible payout list
=============

Eligble payout   Bitcoin address
3.5343   14KJt5L3fWHuQYphtMcA6SN86EWD18Euym
4.6444   1E6FRLBQmYoVaf1E1L2dqyPTy5B4QjtdWH
12.9867   16abfgv7Q1qVFfqLbV1KraALTMhm1nMvZJ
39.7084   17Sx1CDcRQ6rWY5ArAPPXBmJ8Cq3Sbv8fb
14.7316   19YCWryft5L8f5hg3gT5Fz4CKLGmGhwG2X
42.5358   13DGjKqodHQujJF25Z5o3hbi5j46hTjP9H
0   1Q1MCjhVWRq2s7nWqrhYK2pmnbTUX456vM
6.2995   1ET2ps7BRrZnDeq7bVNc8bS9ZmgN8DxUXy
9.3554   1LBwLBgz6CfvBuDTwkr9kzEYc7RyGk1SU8
313.1561   165WTkfodnhNNvMPy8s82g3ywBquu87nmz
0.5613   1Q1MCjhVWRq2s7nWqrhYK2pmnbTUX456vM
43.6585   187XPxSBRgjFxxqZZADjR4uAWVUkKyqoMa
51.5586   14M8fDkcwthkReA3Jiz5d9RcFHP4DAoTB4
0.4262   1AdfMcpTGqFD8XqjoQusYHruwf1eswPoBS
0.3742   138D5JnMGyahbKmLYx1VEt4QrXZQRLcX3t
45.5296   1C7zfxeScNPkBgQquyk7SfFSyhSjjL1af8
0.1331   168WXhArv7Fasqvi2xm5MQMfLhG18jifMe
3.1185   1DUSHANkSQyFZbdRrnaEw42UJJTvH6Xcia
1.0395   1qGUCqQLb63jAj5bmvMxgpnHcBiHSfcB7
4.158   1CEPbLXzcMFDrTiTy66PukqAD4KtSMSxvB
5.4322   19BtQDgRQB6jEfYqwRQpPWLDkSjGioS87D
39.1679   1G8R7aY8oHutdMttEHBnkibs8CNZSgUNtq
36.7355   14T6m9frPvpSUNTRRNB8AVoJcxsqT8w5ae
0   1AJLkcCeD1tBqGheiPxNxumAdcMTejKGvv
0.8316   1PBhtyP2768dJXcGJnmJXKwP9jKoBTTQgM
97.7119   1MZsgNjhCZs7SHPrnR2ckdNWbexzFKt1kq
84.0946   1GvK827SLk5bMqy1qJyJq7vsZPzyqQwWP5
0.1946   1H1n1adpSY4meht6N9eHuXRtjsd3zQSxhs
6.2369   1NJDztJjiWK6eYN2sHjQ4ibmidmiJuKwnZ
0.7484   12RhX9NSTpBB1sVvbrscKG35kL5kVjkaXz
72.5563   1LtEoAwaeg6RDxtPcphLDYfpNn8Sp8QWrv
97.899   1E1JA3gwJ9hgf3a9gnSnTzMLkJLLfoEgCy
18.6276   17fJgPMadaEuU7d3q6pavbXMr1MeZaqxT4
47.2094   1PJ7n2po6MTHWPmYD531GpwpuBfHFDors3
3.1185   12BPoYCU3an7rPhsLRy8MHLjWpX2BBUvu9
28.3156   1EX5SrJ3deoTU5Wt5KDgCJUvKDVEX5Ytqq
13.7462   136zm3jzsHR7JaEwEKfyPrmNsvt9XY5MTm
0.5426   1N1wayPjKTCYXPJnqchuMUVBrAtcJHSyBu
6.5188   13i2MkSEJ6mGB1yimsq99ZDxwbHuvXGAMP
21.0184   15fp6wTHoPJAC7FthyoEAhhD972nYDJvFe
3.2772   17kDEVavRXqswtKUEACmAyPQBVwV68M4Cv
1549.3209   1FGrBe8twDhCttZXcYSmAqPd3tqSjzMgUG
0.1247   15C2Jgr4nLNLzc6jjgktk4gfqqQTTtWBTB
0.1448   175dy3W8hVmqAzG2MiwyTTNwoZGeNtZfCw
0   1EVoqjJGeuLXVBpsHMCypznFbiMaam4NWw
56.0985   122qWXeCd1cXEf67MNMaE5B9mQX6UxPo4m
1.4345   1GHbJA4i2ujQLqzqLcbWivAKTEYdMyomPa
0   1EVoqjJGeuLXVBpsHMCypznFbiMaam4NWw
0   1EVoqjJGeuLXVBpsHMCypznFbiMaam4NWw
7.4843   1f1owerbViGgu2vRF3uMi7TuJYfzLbUWr
18.8563   1MvpvLrAeV8WeDEv5meBTGKmDvywd1Avi2
0.4441   1FeTXGruhNLmpZoFARGwnGWMXPG15wd4PB
0   1EHBgKbxM5rYTk66zsEPqtUVeyULeGpa9J
2.5364   1KFxTa9tLiM9YayFkdtZ1QvoJs4f7aQhjT
319.2267   1Ax1Ko1ZdjHXkauWoqpXPFLXSsSKLG9GZu
4.6323   1P884w5VBECHXcgZVUsizM4Zoz1cBN2vot
6.2369   1FoFJbEPUGdEzLLvqrHpWw5jQNyafw9QQq
1.2474   14EwjsyVopBXzgwsDcPEyvWaYchpoVSDxD
93.4639   1EVoqjJGeuLXVBpsHMCypznFbiMaam4NWw
0   0
1280.649   1AkFy3FhJpd51em16wMmQb84YwL4JFfLdj
0   112VPUNveT7Kkrpwu3HHfQAVL2kbYaqom2
26.5943   115tfiis2bavCNJLzduEKVHRjrKTsM6HBp
22.7648   1QJ4g3uM28vqzbYPAsV4zH62dTBu3iCmVM
2.1621   18aWB3M6h5WHd8ff7b3js76YQ9Bc1s7DVs
8.2876   1FbQ2fgFcJsbwrHx2niSWvSTqogF9E6Rpj
1.2786   1HdVVMaTQAynKkFCiub2DuFPY5DWWCT2x7
24.4543   1Gdp89Etyx44aXNWsm9Qmp5DWYx7DA84r4
13.4801   169K7XXPHDkmw1PypAfd48yVCcdaxzPbGp
18.7108   127zwLT31ndrAQMAsneQ82qUhJ8M3aRq2W
0.6029   1GiPCFbVmFiFLQZtyt24ZUGvJYrTzLJMz2
0   15bFTrTQW6h1ihaKB1BBQtfUpY1gK7ySiX
3.1933   18H7YREtbYVz45kxD3KTsQZoYP7YPmhUko
0.2807   1AiowHkS9hCqjZme4hgy9ExkUgtAVFv2T2
32.6607   1Bkk4ZjL64jfeHWuFL5VrfpWbsBt2DfDJ1
3.1542   185mDUn3FfTvRuVDKQYH3un2vm47MPwGNr
0.6237   121ErxKaDSFomp7nSUPYcVkXPBWzw7XdMu
3.2432   1LHJRvqw3VbsyRZEgAurbhL83y2d4JeiM3
6.1241   1Pyi8WcwaPL5XR3wgSK3GVguscBqTYnX5w
4.5737   1JpWLrVjivNUC7o2oPNxHmTFsJ21Bn5y7z
0.0624   1G5apmPvo2iTtmkNWAHTCET7Y842Ufijs8
62.363   1NootUzsFJa16YGViEsUMZsaEk5ioDX3sn
127.358   1FMWTcWk2rQyDdz71sP2YshwbCbbCsTsHZ
30.9767   18gfpcawuMgTiZmKBzb7M6BJ2g7DZ1kRDf
7.036   1ECMK2p56YT8yDKHisKQubfmZtn5MmmXZJ
2.869   17DGbtMVQvgHDQUTiz1kb7HN7LkkjZpRvY
0.0832   1Jz9xk54GnEYtacH74jMD6vTHVwoDCu6iC
0.5364   1ME54L7k7o31Ng79es5WmzYkSWgh4Y23kC
9.0435   15dSCDno1H9f4LcWqT1Rrfb9fVXvYVULkx
0.6237   1KjRm3uGEbbwC8J8DF52MmAVLVSDtdXxrs
0.0624   1GhSkVxtssLi6S686XJrah4pXgRSUms8P6
17.3387   1L3941ft3yChsqhDRbWoeyjPtH5LxUHtqq
78.1487   18bSCYJvVrQwdHEwMV7wbbyQFwooNkY3Wq
0   1nvWA9sAdpwvAgEzEyaQZFg3mcW6nhy8X
12.6375   1JTz2AscvRU6D9kjZbJEQ1XhPHPdwMX19D
3.1185   1ExAK5irWC8NYgjiro3rDmAVqmPtVk5DQu
1.0915   1G5qLVMZkzRVpFAjR1A6LgALrWLTKPfE1p
16.4364   19V6ZFJtxQspwMXCMSL9mkgJCtqi3Vue4L
0.3118   1HvfCagw7Rdy6PaeAnoQDwETvrLWF1yyfD
24.9477   18eSUDPfTsQ4kJN69UGkF4bdikx2tJv7AR
1.1725   1MYVGqEct9PzhX7xXQThJYbbkxtbtdbgt9
1.2474   17SDKQcjYtetpxAev89ZbMmb4psjc6s1vY
7.9001   1JDGfgPJUGXgm3vTR3cwbYWnemEvZEj8Uq
0   1FjuzHchUCkxHyDKzVdmgHDhZks2azbczX
0.0624   1MZRo41aKfLcNRhjAwjLUqouj3QkM1Rmv1

This is exactly the problem. I'm trying to do people a favor without any official feeling, but I realized that I couldn't do this.

I need someone to take over this, or I'll cancel the program entirely (and give people the option of distributing the money to myself or some charities).

I will avoid using any information obtained from Bitcoinica. I have some memory about these customers.

I will tell your husband about this.

Conclusion: The program has ended today.

You can expect your eligible payout in 48 hours. See the other thread for details.


=========== Archive ==============

Today I have been advised to withdraw myself from the personal contribution program. It's important to make it clear that I'm not involved with Bitcoinica's management and finance, and I had no financial interest since the transfer of ownership.

In any case, such kind of personal compensation program will only cause greater confusion for community members, and distract everyone from uncovering the secrets of Bitcoinica's operations and management. Even some of my own business transactions were regarded as "suspicious" and "potentially linked to the hack".

The total claim amount far exceeds the amount available in the pool, so everyone can only expect to receive 2-5% of their funds or even much less.

I'm now looking for a reputable community member to take over the compensation entirely. I will pass the credentials for claim system and the 5,000 BTC to that person as well as all the future Bitcoins sent to the donation address. I'll help to delete fake claims on a voluntary basis and the designated person will have absolute power to decide who to pay and how much to pay.

I sincerely hope that someone can volunteer to take over this job. If some payment is required for this job, I can also donate 50 BTC personally to the volunteer to facilitate the claim process.

Please self-nominate only. If you wish to nominate someone else, PM the person to ask him/her to come here to reply.

Thank you for all the trust and encouragement!

I have explained this in the same QQ group that I used to sell LR.

Basically I started selling many days ago, and only stopped selling when the news comes out. I was just helping a previous business partner I've met in Singapore to cash out urgently (he has something like 100K LRUSD).

I've also done a very large sell transaction at AurumXchange, using my own LR and bank account.

I don't use Liberty Reserve and I'm not aware of the market rates. Selling LRUSD/CNY at 6.2 is a better deal compared to LR exchanges that charge 2-5% plus wire fees.

Anyway, it's totally unrelated to the Bitcoinica hack and the amount of actual transactions far exceeds the reported loss.

I wish I was the hacker, so that I could refund the customers more quickly. But unfortunately I'm not. (Made it bold so that you can quote easily.)

Bruno, I got 8.0 for IELTS, but I can't seem to understand your language.

So it means that the "My Wallet Transaction Volume" graph includes all transactions relayed by "127.0.0.1", and not just My Wallet transactions?

And is it right that it's impossible to distinguish whether an address belongs to My Wallet or someone who relays the transaction through Blockchain.info.

Clarification: They have not contacted me anything that's useful for Bitcoinica customers. (i.e. "Hey what's up" doesn't count.)

The mailing list is a broadcast mailing list, i.e. any email received by verify@bitcoinica.com will be forwarded to a few addresses, including mine. I have their email address so I can send email to them at any time.

The funds were in the cold storage. But apparently someone transferred that to Mt. Gox account to be ready for refunds.

The LastPass account was created after the sale. I was only an employee at that time.

I didn't sell the company. xWaylab Inc. is still mine (and I acquired all the outstanding shares from other shareholders before the sale of Bitcoinica).

I sold Bitcoinica.com domain name and intellectual properties of the site. All the financial accounts were re-created (including Mt. Gox account) after the sale.

So your statement shouldn't be applicable. I always have the purchase agreement to back up in court.

I created the donation address on My Wallet, which uses Blockchain.info's own JSON-RPC API to push transactions.

Disclosure: The donation address is hosted on Blockchain.info.

EDIT: Block chain or Blockchain.info? LOL.