Thanks os2sam,

k well i wasnt ready to announce it but people joined irc and started announcing it for me :/

Ozcoin's wallet has been compromised, some asshole has got into our server and copied the wallet. they then started to slowly withdraw funds, i noticed this and immediatley withdrew all non confirmed funds from the wallet, but we were stuck, the immature block funds dissapeared as soon as they were confirmed, i tried manually to spend first  but failed, p2k wrote a script that successfully won the race and recovered funds from one block (yay) out of 8 (sigh).

at this point i am very tempted to say fuck it and walk away, the lies fud and crap this community come up with are wearing a bit thin. assholes that fuck things over just "coz they can" leave me wondering about peoples morals and if it is even possible for bitcoin to succeed.
i have 2 problems with that tho
1: i cant walk away owing miners BTC - it doesnt sit with my morals
2: i actually think bitcoin has a place in the world as a real "currency of the internet"

so in about 4-5 hours time ozcoin will be down for ~24hours (hopefully no more) so we can reinstall and re setup everything in an even more secure way.

All miners will be paid for ALL shares submitted (it will just take longer than expected) but only if miners continue to support this pool.

so i imagine i will cop abuse, ppl will make up shit and all that other crap that comes with posting on these forums - so be it, dont be offended if you get ignored if you take time to post unconstructive crap.

spelling/grammar nazi's get over it, i am angry depressed and desperate to spend some time with my children its 4:10pm on sunday afternoon and i have spent 1/2hour with them all weekend, be happy i took time to post at all

Graeme

Graet, do know how the attacker was able to compromise the server(s)?
I'm willing to point some workers back but I'd love hear in advance that you exactly know what happend and you have countermeasures for it.

That sux.

Graet, I hope it's not optimistic of me to think you might avoid some of those unfounded accusations etc. You've been around long enough and anyone who's dealt with you will know better. You've paid out of your own pocket a few times I know of for minor calculation errors, donated to devs, and put up with fruitcakes on IRC better than most people could manage.

I'm confident you'll reap the benefits of your hard work.

That's obvious.  Thanks for your feedback.

As I said before, I'm sure you and your team will get things squared away, again.

As for the annoying people in the community, I'm afraid that it isn't just in the Bitcoin community.  They are everywhere.  That is the shape of our new society created by the internet and this is the environment our children and grandchildren will have to live with as the standard for behavior.  It makes me sad, nobody believes in objective truth anymore.

Anyway, pointing some hashes at eu.
Thanks,
Sam

While I disagree, in part, with your assessment of what runs the world I do think your thread would be a worthwhile discussion.  So if you start it please post the URL here and I would be happy to join in on the, hopefully constructive, discussion.
Sam

I'd say either of those would be appropriate.  Flip a Bitcoin

But I see this mainly as a societal issue so I would lean towards that.
Sam

lol

I must admit I was rather angry when I posted that, but I have had good cheer and support from the community

currently reinstalling on au and us servers - doing something useful is also helping my mood

had some great time at the park this afternoon with the kids too

onwards and upwards
best
Graeme

thanks deepceleron
we did find a block AND managed to be on the correct side of a 2 block fork!! some luck

165519

we did setup a script and managed to recover 1 block b4 it was snatched, but most were gone before we got the script up.