SHX founding team member here. It's been great to read everybody's comments. I'm not going waste my time weighing in on whether we were clever hackers or bozos -- the truth, as always, lies somewhere in the middle.

I did want to share some additional facts, which will come to light when the statement of facts gets published.

  (1) We had exactly 55 paying users, who had deposited $1550 and 15.6 BTC.

  (2) All but 5 of these users were friends, family, or members of our accelerator.

  (3) Our private beta test had been in operation for 7 weeks.