BTC Stolen from Poloniex

[grifferz]

Eventually someone will start a BTC insurance policy to cover losses upto 80 BTC for 0.005 BTC a month.

At least Polniex is open, honest, and working out a way to pay back users harmed by the theft.

Eventually, possibly. But with the repeated incidents where service operators announce they've been the victim of theft and there's been no follow up, I should think that no insurer will insure against bitcoin loss any time soon.

Most likely not until there is already a local legal precedent that bitcoins are considered assets, and there's been some successful criminal prosecutions, in my opinion.

[luigi1111]

sorry . but your business was hack , so it should be Ur business that take the lost . Image if paypal lost money from a bad employee. We wouldn't stand for our account to be lock or our balance to be touch. Surly Poloniex has made 10% in profit.

Poloniex should declare bankrupt of they cant afford the lost , It time for competent people to start running these type of business.


Your happy when your making huge profits with fees , Making us trust you with our money , then cry when you cant manage your affair.

This is getting really old. Do you even read what you write?

Instead of him paying us all back, you think he should declare bankruptcy and pay us nothing?

He obviously hasn't been making huge profits, or he'd have paid back the money already. He hasn't "made" anyone trust him with their money; they all chose to do so of their own accord by using his exchange. Also, he hasn't "cried" about it in the slightest; you're the one apparently "crying".

lol  not crying , i dont even have account with them . They should go bankrupt - I will make the next exchange better and stronger

Well I, being essentially a bondholder of Poloni, would much prefer they not go bankrupt and completely remove any chance I have of getting my BTC back, especially considering I believe my chances of full repayment are quite good, seeing how the first one has gone out already.

On a related note, all this talk about how Polo's screwup shouldn't affect its customers is idealistic nonsense: it's not an insured bank, and let me tell you, if you had "real" money in an uninsured bank that got robbed (though no fault of yours), you, the depositor, would most certainly be affected.

[user1922]

@Busoni: kudos for being honest and trying to do the right thing!

Also like the fact you personally emailed everyone!

Fix it and keep at it. And: keep positive. If you do I am sure you will recover all your losses.

[Lohoris]

The owner of Poloniex is trying to do the right thing.

Actually he is trying to do something he says it's the right thing.
Quite different.

Anyone who can afford it should give him support.

Many people gave him free advices.
Do you want more than that?

[consaumap]

I moved the wrong BTC AUR wallet right now how to get back?

BTC   0.16744488   AP7UeiGKwrwt9wc54ob99Vp5NKNYDdRsob   2014-03-01 12:44:16   COMPLETE: ERROR

[DeathAndTaxes]

I moved the wrong BTC AUR wallet right now how to get back?

BTC   0.16744488   AP7UeiGKwrwt9wc54ob99Vp5NKNYDdRsob   2014-03-01 12:44:16   COMPLETE: ERROR

By moved do you mean withdraw?  The site allowed you to withdraw to a non-existent Bitcoin address?

[consaumap]

By moved do you mean withdraw?  The site allowed you to withdraw to a non-existent Bitcoin address?

I also think you should just been sent by mistake , still send normal Polo

https://i.imgur.com/NrTfI7N.jpg

[noobinscrypt]

Hmm just noticed I had .1 btc taken out from the theft, but I didnt have 1 btc to lose that much (I had like .5 or so, so I lost like 20%).... any explanation or should i contact owner?

[skandranon314]

I have no problem with how this was handled. I just Donated my remaining dept by using the forgive dept button. Still love the exchange and use it daily.

[Audity]

You are currently owed: 0.11298460 BTC
0.00701824 BTC has been returned.

How do I go about receiving this back? Any exchange that gets stolen from - and charges fees - should be able to easily give back this BTC, right? They have an obvious obligation to, in my opinion, especially since the exchange is quite popular now. But is there some way I can get this back ASAP? (Not to be too pushy.) I personally don't have a plan to forgive the debt. I've read a little of this thread when this first happened + a little more recently, after discovering I was effected by it; so I'm not sure what the current status is. Just chiming in with my thought/ideal on the matter. (Maybe: if the fees are to pay for various costs, then perhaps 'just' temporarily raise the fee, by 0.005% or something? Though I guess that would feel morally crappy for everyone not affected by the theft.)

[noobinscrypt]

is it like a weekly payout or something? maybe add some new pumping coins to get more volume. Then we get our moneies back

[Teque]

Where are my coins? Yesterday I sent 2 CGA - they do not exist until now!

[sacskate]

Im still waiting on a diem deposit I sent over 24hrs ago to show up. Ive sent a pm and opened a ticket on the forum. Im trying to stick with you guys...

[EndCiv]

I just Donated my remaining dept by using the forgive dept button.

If only the IMF/WorldBank had a Forgive Debt button.

[BitOnyx]

they responsible for safety. On other hand people should try to not keep all they coin on one exchange. Cold wallets are still the best when it comes to safety.

[mikepupu]

I've sent an amount of execoins to my poloniex address and it took some hours to appear on the balance. The price have fallen down during that period of time. I understand manual withdrawal processing, but deposits? I don t want to store my coins on the exchange account, but what is left?

[fox19891989]

Is poloniex safe now?

[stereotype]

Is poloniex safe now?

Seems to be fine, and Busoni is continuing to fulfill his repayment plan, that he said he would.

[Bansheroom]

Is poloniex safe now?

Seems to be fine, and Busoni is continuing to fulfill his repayment plan, that he said he would.

Every day new coins on poloniex and new features.....more than 800+ BTC 24 hour volume, im still waiting for 90% of the btc poloniex owes me.
They should pay back the users first before investing in new markets and features. This starts feeling like scam.

[bbeagle]

Is poloniex safe now?

Seems to be fine, and Busoni is continuing to fulfill his repayment plan, that he said he would.

Every day new coins on poloniex and new features.....more than 800+ BTC 24 hour volume, im still waiting for 90% of the btc poloniex owes me.
They should pay back the users first before investing in new markets and features. This starts feeling like scam.

It's a scam. Don't think otherwise.

When someone asks 'Is Poloniex safe now?' and an immediate response back is something about Busoni being truthful, it IMMEDIATELY throws off red flags and sirens to me.

There is a 800+ BTC 24 hour volume ($40,000+/day) - it's really amazing to me how people can trust someone like this. Poloniex should be deemed completely UNSAFE until all the btc is returned. AFTER he keeps his word by returning ALL the btc, only THEN should SOME trust be placed in him. SOME - not all. Until poloniex is safe for at least a year.

The most common scam recently is someone takes 100% of your btc, then claims that they will give you some back slowly. You get some back, then regain confidence, meanwhile, over 50% of your btc have been stolen. And somehow people feel GOOD about 50% being stolen.

If, instead, only 50% was stolen and never given back, people would think it was a scam, but by doing it by stealing 100% then giving back 50%, people have confidence? I love psychology.... it's why this scam works so well.