Holy fuck, how did i miss this thread. I should come back here more often. In true shdw form i'm going to ramble random thoughts without reading everything.
1. I'm glad BAS is ok and alive considering the health issues. No one wants physical harm on anyone here.
2. BAS should not get a pass because he is a good mod, a good guy, or in poor health. If me, or any other longtime poster stiffed contest money to the tune of $30k, it would be "WOW" followed by non-stop bashing calling me a POS. This is expected and deserved. I don't care if he blew it on gambling, shopping, medical bills, this is other people's money. Not a loan, not money you can spend freely.
3. Deleting threads is shady AF.
4. I remember when this happened. I even floated the idea of buying the debt. (Pay someone 80% on the prize in hopes of collecting 100% from BAS...that's how much I trusted his liquidity) This shit happened many years ago, well before Biden, well before Covid, probably before the internet. The fact Defy hasn't gotten any money yet is total BS. Anyone who thinks BAS would've paid something small if he could has marbles loose. The debt was so much, any small payment doesn't make a dent and because of that he didn't pay praying it goes away. Knowing it never will.
5. Defying is stupid. But anyone thinks he just did it to be a good person is more stupid. He obviously had intentions of benefitting from this as well. He probably assumed BAS had the money locked up and would get to it when the health was better. And in turn for his kindness, would have the wealthy BAS owe him a favor. He was fooled like the rest of us.
6. The fact there has been no interest on this debt is unfathomable. Defy should demand it and BAS should agree. Obviously you cannot match how much BTC has appreciated....but that is another story. The debt needs to have interest. It should go back to the beginning but at the very least should be applied going forward.
FWIW, if I was backed into a corner like that, I might've done the same thing will access to all the money. I say I would try to pay it back but I don't know until i'm in that situation. But one thing is for sure...if I did it and ppl call me a POS, i would agree. So i'm not saying i'm better than anyone. But feels like the parties have been fooling themselves.