I watch the communication on the cryptsy chat sometimes...
Also read this thread sometimes too. Btw, great comments and pictures that are posted here by Gleb
It's interesting what all the people write here and there.
I see that admins on Cryptsy write that smaller amounts work better for withdrawals than bigger amounts. And some users confirm this.
Admins ask the users about a cancellation of pending withdrawals to help them somehow. This way users can withdrawal again, by using smaller amounts.
People say less than 0.1 BTC should work better.
Now my a calculation:
A single BTC withdrawal at cryptsy costs: "Withdraw Fee (0.00100000 + 0.50% BTC)"
Lets assume someone want withdraw 1.5 BTC:
It costs 0.001 BTC + 0.0075 BTC
And makes 1.4915 BTC at the end.
If someone withdraw 15 times 0.1 BTC, because it could work better.
It costs 15 * 0.001 BTC + 0.0075 BTC
And is 1.4775 BTC at the end.
Means sending 1.5 BTC in small amounts costs 0.013 BTC more than a single transaction.
As far as i know. The standard wd fee on the BTC network is 0.0001 BTC! But it could be a bit higher if the input is made from dust...
Here are the transactions fees visible that cryptsy pays to the network...
https://www.walletexplorer.com/wallet/Cryptsy.com( Lets assume 100 users send each 1.5 BTC in fractions. This could generate ~ 1 BTC extra profit for cryptsy, in my opinion )
The next thing is.
Cryptsy changed the fee structure a while ago and takes fees only on withdrawals now.
Due to the delayed BTC, LTC and other withdrawals at the last weeks/months, people use altcoins to get the funds away from there... This activity pumps the altcoin prices on Cryptsy above trading prices of all other sites.
The fee for altcoin withdrawals is like the example above. (Network fee + 0.5%)
Cryptsy can sell the collected altcoin fees into the pumped markets on their own exchange and gets some additional profits in BTC.
Since a while I ask myself. Does all this happen due to the next block reward halving and the speculation that the BTC / $ exchange rate could raise? Is it staging? And why is the communication so bad, between cryptsy staff and BigVern. Why are users not informed about the problems by a public message on the site?
Finally i don't believe in their tech issues. In my opinion they profit much more from their withdrawal issues at the moment than without them. And i assume that all problems will be solved in the future, when they "collected" enough BTC.
... just my thoughts.