I got one for Dutch too. "Libel".

"Quick, screenshot that incriminating forum post before they delete it! I mean, it's only been there for the last two years..."

They knew Pom was CE for ages. Hence this hit piece. First we knew they had any questions at all? A Google alert about this post. That's not honest journalism, it's a smear campaign.

Been saving every comment and every edit too. FoS doesn't include the right to accuse innocent people of being criminals. That's defamation. I've also just learned they've sent some absolutely shocking

Hi Tomas, CE does indeed control the pom account. It wasn't a big secret, just didn't want to scare the community that a grid of over half a million PCs was now involved (since been told it's now PoS instead

Yes, CE controls that account. So what? They already knew it was us, it wasn't some massive secret. If we'd wanted to keep it secret we'd have used multiple CPIDs. Why draw attention if trying to hide?

There is no creative accounting, nor tax avoidance. We have creditors because we took on seed investment and loans to exist. This is totally normal for a tech startup. It's also quite normal for a startup

I said might, not would, but glad it made you giggle anyway. BOINC was indeed at risk because its funding was to be cut off for at least six months, and we stepped in and covered it. Please go and check.

Everything I've said is true and can be easily fact-checked. How could I make up that we donated $60k to BOINC? It's on public record! You want evidence of how big our grid is (or was, it's bigger now)?

How do you think we pay our staff, in candy floss? Share of profits and revenue are not the same thing. This is very basic stuff. As the prize fund is technically a business expense, not profit, it means

You're doing it again. We contributed to Prime Grid before GRC even existed at all. Stop. Assuming. The. Worst. About. People!

No, they got millions of core-hours of computing. Tens of millions. Which you would know IF YOU'D BOTHERED TO ASK US BEFORE ASSUMING THE WORST. If you guys were journos, you'd be sacked on the spot for

Not me that needs to earn trust here, it's you. You made the botnet accusation, it's pure bullshit, you're in the wrong, end of story.

Spyware Techie??? Bloody hell, mate. Spyware Techie exists purely to spread FUD about other apps to make you download their crappy SpyHunter software (Google it). Great source, lads. Really impressive

Are you for real? Your title is "Exposing the pomegranate botnet", for crying out loud! How is that not accusing? I've also just been sent some chat logs in which you openly call us a scam, you

(And something which he still isn't commenting on.)

You have never contacted me, nor has anyone else. I learned of this page thanks to a Google alert. We have a website with a contact form. We have an address. We have email, we have a phone number. Contacting

Likely conclusions? You mean entirely unfounded and malicious accusations. Botnet? Stealing? Are you serious? (You keep suggesting we're a one man band, btw. I've never even used Slack. That was a dev.

Wow. Way to confirm your intentions, guys.

We've contributed over a hundred million core hours to science since we launched in 2011. I can give you another titbit which you are free to check too. In our early days, I went out and raised extra seed