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can you post a screenshot if it is interesting? I will certainly not register with any social media crap just to read something ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) When Bloggers (Like Me) FailJane Kreisman Media Maven at AI Coin, Executive Director, ฿it (©oin) Change ClubI need to “come clean” about some of my blogs that featured GAWMiners, HashCoin and PayCoin over the past several months. I rarely write in the first person, but this is about my own participation in this messy situation. I want to set the record straight and make amends to anyone who might have lost funds because of my enthusiastic posts. I blog, unpaid, for the greater Crypto community on my ad-free web site, the Bitcoin Change Club, and on Linked-In.
While I no longer consider my blogs about GAWMiners to be accurate, they did diligently document my understanding of events at the time, as communicated to me as a customer. I never had any “inside information.” My blogs still accurately illustrate the marketing strategies and claims made to customers, however, most of whom lost the majority of their investments, including me.
GAWMiners is now deeply mired in controversy including an SEC investigation. One major point of public contention is how and why so many of CEO Josh Garza’s posts were systematically deleted from his own forum, HashTalk. That is why I quit editing Mr. Garza’s posts on HashTalk, and decided not to delete my own blogs, simply on principle. I have nothing to hide. I hope my blogs can serve some other, better purpose now.
I personally had a unique experience with GAWMiners. At first it was very positive. They paid me small stipends in Bitcoin to create a Crypto-WIKI on HashTalk, of which I am still proud. It was my first “Bitcoin Job,” which I loved, and I invested almost all of that BTC back into GAWMiners.
I was named one of the original “19 Paycoin Origin” innovators, and was given a nice badge and a free miner. It was not the first -- or last-- gift I received from GAW. Later I was named an “Innovator,” and was given 500 Paycoins which were then projected to be valued at $10,000, but today, sadly, are worth a mere $300.00. I was also awarded a free trip to the Bitcoin Convention in Miami, so I can’t just ungraciously walk away and act ungrateful. In fact, I stayed on much longer than I probably should have, trying to help other customers get their accounts un-blocked, un-banned and un-fudged.
In my last published blog about GAWMiners and Paycoin in January, I had to concede that the nasty GAW/Paycoin controversy had gone “viral.”
I suggested that:
‘Nay-sayers will have to retract their rants for now, and be silent for a while.’ ‘If the Timeline is not met for the roll-out of the features that everyone is clamoring for “yesterday,” then the cynics can try again.’ The Timeline was not met.
I stand corrected.
Features were not rolled out, including the attractive PayBase Premier Account, which I was supposed to receive as part of my “Innovator” award.
The “Honor Program” to pay customers the promised $20 per Paycoin was scrapped, even though I personally came up with a popular and feasible alternative plan.
My expensive collection of Legendary Hashlets-turned-Stakers are now all but worthless, including my “Origin Staker,” which some of “The 19” sold for thousands of dollars several months ago. Sorry, Mom. I should have listened to you and sold it back then.
The list of GAW/Paycoin failures goes on and on, including: “never-obsolete / always profitable” mining services that became worthless and were terminated, broken wallet software, thousands of test coins not destroyed as scheduled, no top-tier merchant partnerships, no credit / debit cards, no “moving” the market and no $20 “floor” for Paycoin, while GAWMiners’ own “Prime Controllers” were raking in 350% APR and compounding coins.
I have also blogged about other unfolding crypto failures. There have been so many…including the cloud-mining dis-service, Hashie.co, which also scammed customers like me out of our Bitcoin and Giga-Hashes.
I want to thank The Mage and other members and former members of the Crypto-coin communities like HashTalk and GetHashing who have graciously extended to me their understanding and forgiveness.
To anyone who lost money because of my blogs, I’m deeply sorry.
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March 07, 2015, 04:35:31 PM Last edit: November 28, 2020, 02:44:45 AM by suchmoon |
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i cannot withdrawal from zenminer...
anybody can? ;x
This is going to be my new favorite answer to everything (TM): Edited 2020-11-28 to fix a broken image
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March 07, 2015, 04:57:40 PM |
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i cannot withdrawal from zenminer...
anybody can? ;x
Next week according to the head scammer himself. Gotta keep up with this slippery snake.
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So there someone asks in hashtalk how many developers has GAW got. Mr Coins says I'm not sure what the size of GAW development team would even mean. Are we talking contractors, full time staff or outsourced projects? I'd be more interested in "How many developers are working on Paycoin projects?" Then, I think the answer is - a lot ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Hmm, what the hell have they been doing then lol?
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March 07, 2015, 05:06:02 PM |
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So there someone asks in hashtalk how many developers has GAW got. Mr Coins says I'm not sure what the size of GAW development team would even mean. Are we talking contractors, full time staff or outsourced projects? I'd be more interested in "How many developers are working on Paycoin projects?" Then, I think the answer is - a lot ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Hmm, what the hell have they been doing then lol? I just love the fake shill accounts that keep popping up. Keeping an eye on this one: https://hashtalk.org/user/jonasescrow
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March 07, 2015, 05:28:40 PM |
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So there someone asks in hashtalk how many developers has GAW got. Mr Coins says I'm not sure what the size of GAW development team would even mean. Are we talking contractors, full time staff or outsourced projects? I'd be more interested in "How many developers are working on Paycoin projects?" Then, I think the answer is - a lot ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Hmm, what the hell have they been doing then lol? They'll be working on paycoin 2
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March 07, 2015, 05:46:57 PM |
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GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FBw1w9Fy.jpg&t=665&c=GPnlgskoxfmAkQ) Get your CON !
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March 07, 2015, 05:51:10 PM |
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GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FBw1w9Fy.jpg&t=665&c=GPnlgskoxfmAkQ) Get your CON ! Actually PayCon is a sound choice. PayCoin? BUWHAHAHAH.
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March 07, 2015, 06:18:47 PM Last edit: March 07, 2015, 07:14:16 PM by kken01 |
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here are some details on projects they have started. #A is probably dead already or frozen. of course they adopted work of others with little to no additions #Abased on this: Czarcoin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=830805.0Distributed Application Development on the Paycoin Blockchain https://paycoinshares.com/https://chainz.cryptoid.info/xpy/address.dws?PAYcoinsharesxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxsc8M91.htmWhat is Paycoinshares? Paycoinshares is open source peer to peer cryptographic currency utilizing a distributed consensus ledger that is publicly available. It enables everyone with the simplest and most cost effective way to exchange money instantly anywhere in the world. How Czarcoin Works Paycoinshares is open source peer to peer cryptographic currency utilizing a distributed consensus ledger that is publicly available. It enables everyone with the simplest and most cost effective way to exchange money instantly anywhere in the world. ^they forgot some shit there. well actually theres some Lorem Ipsum stuff all over the page theres some weird links on that page Treefunder The Cryptocurrency Exchange. https://treefunder.co/markets/xpybtc < eg uknown if they have any dealings with them or not. their site is down for next 3 days so no links work https://czarparty.co/ same design than HT forums. is that the default for that forum software ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) the PaycoinShare site is identical copy of: (except that one xpy thingie there but i guess they have no deals with anyone. just changed that one piece of info) https://czarparty.github.io/#Bhere is their bitcoin ATM they wanted to setup in africa. remember how they didnt give any information if they would dev their own or anything http://projectskyhook.com/Say hello to Skyhook - the first $999, open source commercial Bitcoin ATM for everyone. It's shipping, right now. edit: Skyhook uses the major exchanges to set the Bitcoin price automatically, then adds a percentage and minimum price protection so you can get paid for making Bitcoins easy and convenient to purchase, while protecting yourself from volatility. It's great for storefronts, bars, vendors, merchants, conferences, farmers markets, and meetups. You can set any rate you want - or none at all. It's your machine - you decide. so they probably wanted to move to africa and suck them dry with nice extra costs ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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March 07, 2015, 07:02:14 PM Last edit: March 07, 2015, 08:17:43 PM by kken01 |
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here is the person ( Jason Sponaugle ) who implemented woocommerce plugin for PayCoin Gateway https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-sponaugle/7/968/60b (most people write their last name with a capital letter but not this rebel!) looks like he got fed up with GAW quickly and asked to be removed from the forum along with any projects&msgs he started. he scrubbed everything he could. shame? ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMAbf50y.png&t=665&c=TYnYtvwrvSxb4A) http://paycoinroll.com/ it now directs to paycoingateway some other stuff he had planned http://cryptlotto.net/http://btcfundme.com/jesus is there such a huge market in gambling ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
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March 07, 2015, 07:37:30 PM |
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GAW still accepting BTC.. Its a black hole!! These guys are expecting it to show in balances.. I wouldn't get my hopes up.. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fw7wdmQK.jpg&t=665&c=2bDxN4Z8ff0lcQ) WTF?!?! I'm confused. Why in god's name is he sending BTC to zenminer? Isn't it shut down? Aren't withdrawals disabled everywhere? Jesus, what the hell did Homero do to these poor bastards? Pavlov's dogs drooled when he rang a bell even without any food in the room. Homero's drones send all their BTC to any address he puts in front of their face even without anything to buy or a way to get it back!
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March 07, 2015, 07:40:25 PM |
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March 07, 2015, 07:50:19 PM |
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Jesus, what the hell did Homero do to these poor bastards? Pavlov's dogs drooled when he rang a bell even without any food in the room. Homero's drones send all their BTC to any address he puts in front of their face even without anything to buy or a way to get it back!
Truly shocking. So, in psychological terms what is halfway between Pavlovian conditioning and Stockholm Syndrome? ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi58.tinypic.com%2Fet71j5.jpg&t=665&c=pVRhCsB4u8bz6Q)
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March 07, 2015, 07:50:58 PM |
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The supposed connection to terrorism is COINBRIEF! This is Coinfire. Its a totally different website. Just my opinion, but I bet the terrorism connection for Josh Garza and Coinbrief are not nearly as bad as the government has made them out to be. You never know though?
As soon as I heard about the coinbrief writer being held for potential links to ISIS I knew that coinfire enemies would try to muddy the waters and attach the story to them instead. After all, if they are willing to take the time to orchestrate massive hacking attacks against coinfire then linking them to this coinbrief story is a very easy thing to do. The only reason that it was mentioned in the first place was to tie bitcoin to terror funding. From what I have read the writer hadnt written anything in 4 months, he was not regular staff he was freelance. If a kid used to work at McDonalds (as a real employee not a freelance burger flipper) the media wont mention that. Nothing about his writing was in any way involved in his assistance to the guy to get him to Syria. They already had the fact that he co-founded the first arabic language bitcoin exchange or whatever it was, so there was little need to mention the writing gig other than to try to suggest that its a larger problem with bitcoin.
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March 07, 2015, 07:54:10 PM |
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Hell you could have associated with a terrorist and not even known about it.
Or worse, funded one because of what appears to be a legit charity to (usually) help the children affected by the various wars and it turns out that it was just a front to fund the fighting.
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March 07, 2015, 08:01:34 PM |
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here are some details on projects they have started. #A is probably dead already or frozen. of course they adopted work of others with little to no additions #Abased on this: Czarcoin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=830805.0Distributed Application Development on the Paycoin Blockchain https://paycoinshares.com/https://chainz.cryptoid.info/xpy/address.dws?PAYcoinsharesxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxsc8M91.htmWhat is Paycoinshares? Paycoinshares is open source peer to peer cryptographic currency utilizing a distributed consensus ledger that is publicly available. It enables everyone with the simplest and most cost effective way to exchange money instantly anywhere in the world. How Czarcoin Works Paycoinshares is open source peer to peer cryptographic currency utilizing a distributed consensus ledger that is publicly available. It enables everyone with the simplest and most cost effective way to exchange money instantly anywhere in the world. ^they forgot some shit there. well actually theres some Lorem Ipsum stuff all over the page theres some weird links on that page Treefunder The Cryptocurrency Exchange. https://treefunder.co/markets/xpybtc < eg uknown if they have any dealings with them or not. their site is down for next 3 days so no links work https://czarparty.co/ same design than HT forums. is that the default for that forum software ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) the PaycoinShare site is identical copy of: (except that one xpy thingie there but i guess they have no deals with anyone. just changed that one piece of info) https://czarparty.github.io/#Bhere is their bitcoin ATM they wanted to setup in africa. remember how they didnt give any information if they would dev their own or anything http://projectskyhook.com/Say hello to Skyhook - the first $999, open source commercial Bitcoin ATM for everyone. It's shipping, right now. edit: Skyhook uses the major exchanges to set the Bitcoin price automatically, then adds a percentage and minimum price protection so you can get paid for making Bitcoins easy and convenient to purchase, while protecting yourself from volatility. It's great for storefronts, bars, vendors, merchants, conferences, farmers markets, and meetups. You can set any rate you want - or none at all. It's your machine - you decide. so they probably wanted to move to africa and suck them dry with nice extra costs ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) I doubt this has any connection to GAW. This dumb cunt keeps cloning Counterparty on every blockchain in existence. His reasoning seems to be that there aren't enough BTC to go around for the whole world so we need trillions of coins on what he refers to as sidechains (but they aren't sidechains, just more and more Counterparty clones). I tried explaining to him that we can just move the decimal place around and use a different base unit for everyday transactions such as mBTC. He still thinks what he is doing is better ![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif) . I haven't decided if he is just stupid or trying to run a scam somehow.
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March 07, 2015, 08:13:33 PM |
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well the timing is pretty weird which is why i thought it could be GAW project that they abandoned later on. possibly paid for freelance work just like paycoingateway but it didnt pan out with the shares thing
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March 07, 2015, 08:13:44 PM |
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I doubt there is any development "team" just Josh and a laptop and any remaining GAW staff?
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March 07, 2015, 08:16:53 PM |
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I doubt there is any development "team" just Josh and a laptop and any remaining GAW staff?
Only ones that I know of are Jonah and Luke.
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What has it got in its pocketses precious? BTC: 1KctJNLwzFK8qJPsSwDrQRNxxKnVCrZm93
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March 07, 2015, 08:40:26 PM |
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Hashtalks down................again.....maybe this time forever? I could only wish.
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