It is with a heavy heart that I write this post, as my crypto-company, as of tomorrow, will complete its second full year of service. However, the level of threats, extortion, and insults have escalated beyond a point I am willing to deal with any longer. I know, and have, been successful in any field I start a business in, so I know that this is not the end for me as an entrepreneur, but I do know that my family is more important to me than the bullshit that has been going on recently. I have been lied to, manipulated, and threatened by people that I, at one time, trusted. The ironic part of this entire thing is that the people issuing the threats, posting nonsense.. We have all their info, as well. All the trolls.. I know who they really are, but I am not in the business of compromising peoples desire to stay anonymous. However, if the threats and extortion continue, you will all be hearing of lawsuits moving forward, as my family's protection is more important to me than my reputation, and the counsel I have in place is more than willing to start throwing papers around. Contacting my extended family and issuing threats about things they have no idea about is not something I will stand for much longer. I am literally holding a superstar group of lions back from destroying a pack of weakened gazelles

For those of you not in the loop.. I have, for months now, been berated daily in private for my decisions or choices, receive extortion attempts quite often which include my extended family's information (who have nothing to do with coins). I have a girlfriend and a kid to worry about and this entire situation has quickly become escalated to the point that it is no longer worth my time or effort. That being said.. I am stepping back from the role that I've had for the past 16 months with these coins and will pass the torch to the GorillaCouncil

I have been dealing with threats and extortion attempts so I have not been following this 'exploit' too closely, but apparently people are using the timedrift issues to stake more or something. I don't know, nor do I really care to dig deeper. So before I step back, I will give two suggestions on how to move forward:

1) Find someone else to fix the time drift or whatever issue is in the current chain. I will not be doing this, as I do not feel like spending more and more time researching issues that may or may not even be the problem. If any of you know someone willing to assist in this option, I feel like that is the best, and least intrusive to users, course of action, but I will not be the one doing it

2) Swap back to an old chain that simply stakes. I can secure those chains very quickly and the swap would be fairly easy since it's 1:1 and already on CoinPayments. I can get it done this weekend if you guys choose this option and continue to use the Variance Staking system in that chain

On a personal note, I want to thank everyone who has supported me, or my company, in the past two years. I'm sorry to put you guys in this situation, as I appreciate you guys and the support you have given me more than anything else that has happened to me in recent history. There is a lot of negativity because of my abrasive attitude towards stupidity and ignorance, and I understand why people don't like me as a person, but my family and their safety and security is more important to me than digital currencies. I encourage everyone to reply with their vote on how to move forward before I step back. If there is not a majority by tomorrow morning, my time, I will begin the process of setting up a swap-back to an older, less complicated chain, so I can leave you guys with something that I feel is 100% secure. I'm sure this post will find its way to Bitcointalk, which is whatever, since I have no interest in following that forum anymore