bitcoin tx's get orphaned as well. go sit and look at blockchain.info and see how many transactions get orphaned out. 95% is for the steemd wallet - add the 300+ wallets we run and its probably closer to 99.99%. Steem is new technology and will have kinks to work out - sometimes transactions get orphaned, sometimes they get stuck. Hive account@ned already made a comment explaining that so I don't know why you think your continued FUD is helping anyone.
Our only downtime was at the request of the developers; they handled the incident as best as I've seen in situations like that.
We don't build the technology... we use it just like you; except we use it at scales 10000x you do. If you'd like to direct that feedback at Hive account@ned, i'm sure he'll welcome it.
already made a comment explaining that so I don't know why you think your continued FUD is helping anyone.
RE: PSA -- Bittrex is currently unable to reliably proccess withdrawals