Well damn, isn't this some disappointing message to wake up to form Bittrex.
Still hopeful for a positive outcome though.
I want to share just a little bit of my ocnerns from this announcement.
This morning, someone deposited 23,627,501 STEEM to the main Bittrex holding account. What happened during the hard fork and the allegation that the “community321” account was hacked outside of the Bittrex ecosystem are two separate issues. We cannot conflate these two issues.
Kind of have a valid point regarding the hack.
This may pose a problem if JS & team report the account take over , "hacked" if you prefer. But then again, it's pretty clear who is in the wrong here. Emptying user funds in broad daylight is the epitome of theft &crypto fraud.
First, because these funds were sent to our holding account without the proper identifying memo, we must review the facts of this transfer in order to return these funds to the original wallet owner provided the owner or owners of the wallet can prove the funds belong to them. In cases like this, if someone is claiming they are a victim of hacking, we ask for proof of ownership before we return the funds to the person or people who claim they were hacked.
From what I understand from 
Proof of ownership? If all the affected come together and proof how the funds were drained from their accounts, then that bit shouldn't be hard to proof. Community321 was just a white knight doing the right thing.
Second, the implementation of the Steem network version 0.23 fork has understandably generated significant controversy. We wish the entire Steem community could have addressed legitimate concerns in a manner which was viewed as fair by everyone. While I am among those frustrated by the outcome, my own personal feelings do not matter.
If JS was a reasonable sane person,that would have been possible, unfortunately he's not. Let's hope Bittrex and team can remain neutral.
The fact is, we only interpret the data on the blockchain, and in this case, the consensus of the blockchain, regardless of how it was reached, agreed that the funds from those 64 accounts be moved to the “community321” account.
This is a cause for alarm for me.
It sounds like they support the hardfork. Or maybe I'm wrong. Regardless of how the consensus was reached? Well damn, color me stupid or paranoid, but this might result in another tag of war.
At this point, battle in the court is what we need. JS needs a life lesson, he steal doesn't get it, #stealingisbad!
Just gonna sit back see how this plays out today and the rest of the week. Hope everyone is having a good day despite the circumstances!