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My post earlier on Reddit explains most of this:
https://old.reddit.com/r/DreadAlert/comments/le15v7/february_6th_2021_dos_update_withdraw_your_funds/

I'll add the content of the post in a comment below.

I provided pre-warnings to give users a chance to withdraw their funds, including having the message distributed to vendors on multiple markets where possible. This is the best damage control I could provide under the circumstances. Following this they will likely exit as they planned, albeit without hitting their magic number, they will be held offline indefinitely otherwise. None of this was an easy decision and not something I have enjoyed, I've had back and fourth with emotions on this, but I am confident in the evidence presented and also the shady practices that were outlined in response to this post: http://dreadytofatroptsdj6io7l3xptbet6onoyno2yv7jicoxknyazubrad.onion/post/663a811dd26c18220881

Hopefully this has prevented a larger scale exit scam this time around.

This shouldn't be able to happen with a new market and I mostly kept markets like this at bay with stricter rules during the first year of Dread. I received a lot of negativity for these rules previously and was accused of "gate keeping" for trying to have requirements that reduce low effort, overnight markets. Following this, I will soon outline some minimum requirements for new markets, such as specific crypto currency implementations, no more Eckmar markets, enforced PGP to some extent etc.

I need some sleep, this has been really draining, stay safe.
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