In the real world, companies fail and go through bankruptcy all the time. Not every company is BFL.
Normally those companies don't have millions of dollars worth of orders lined up with 90% profit margins before declaring bankruptcy.
Hashfast was very successful, they just "mismanaged" their money is all.
BFL who had similar delays was also very successful but they didn't lose their $45m profit.
I'm berating the windfall-seekers and conspiracy theorists. They deserve it. Losing money by gambling on Bitcoin ASICs is not a valid excuse for A) ignoring contract law to justify greed or B) making up zany defamatory nonsense about drug-dealing self-mining arsonist bookies.
Isn't changing the contract several times ignoring contract law?
If Hashfast would have just followed FTC guidelines (like the ones BFL is currently being sued for breaking) then preordering wouldn't have had to be a gamble.
The only windfall seekers are Hashfast by promising that they can give a windfall(full btc refunds) and acquiring customers because of it.
If they did manage to tunnel the money out of Hashfast then that would be a massive windfall.
HF made the worlds fastest ASIC and almost recovered from their early mistakes. Throwing a tantrum and screaming 'it was a scam all along' is reprehensible and I am not afraid to condemn such behavior. What happens if you go to a casino and only start shouting "OMG IT'S A SCAM" *after* you lose at the craps table? Will anyone feel sorry for you? Or will the security guards help you find an exit?
How did they almost recover from their mistakes? They have had a working ASIC since January. Their one mistake was that their massive stacks of money magically disappeared.
Honestly what happened to the money?
