Just my opinion here, and more for me to move on than for any of you to read.. I've been robbed so many times now that I am now a seasoned bullshyt detector. I am fairly certain that this was an elaborate scam. James, I am sorry, but I don't believe one word of what you have written the past 5 years. You may be a genius con artist or a just an educated person who fumbled his way through this disaster. My guess is that the miners were probably running the whole time. I would be happy to take the broken/damaged equipment or whatever is left off your hands. But I'm sure you have some excuse like you've "thrown them out" by now. And whatever happened to the membership of SWMC? That just disappeared. So, I'm over it, don't bother replying and while I didn't lose alot of btc, I did gain an invaluable ability to avoid clever thieves like yourself.
I hope you're broke..
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I remember attempting to work with this guy back when SWMC was getting started, and like most here wanted it to succeed and grow to something cool. Though it never really got much liftoff in hashing before I fell off, it did become apparent that this man had a response for everything and everyone. The flip from one forum thread to another, and never really completing one main thing is what stuck out the most. Like yourself, I could never really tell if it were a genius con, or someone who got themselves way in over their head. Either way, good people go screwed and I hope he is broke and has nothing in the end by his greed as well.