Three times in this thread you've asserted your opinion that DPR is out to scam everyone. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. However you fail to take a number of things into consideration; the site is currently under a DDOS attack. If it were DPR's intention to scam everyone he/she would have done so when the site was live, not allowing withdrawal of any funds at all so as users could continue depositing money and nothing could be withdrawn from the site. DPR would not be posting updates, nor would he/she attempt to get the site back up and running - he/she would simply abscond with the Bitcoin that is in user accounts and in escrow (and there is a phenomenal amount of BTC sitting in Silk Road wallets, with users being able to withdraw when the site is live.) If it were DPR's intention to abscond with user funds, it would have happened by now, most likely when Bitcoin were increasing in value to the $260 mark. This is not a scam by Silk Road's founder; this is an attempt at mitigating the effects of the DDOS and preserving the free market that we all enjoy here. Libertas