I'm often very forgiving, but in this case I'm not. Also because it actually hurt me, a lot.
Note that I am not in the US. Without doxxing too deeply, there are a couple smaller jurisdictions on the planet that simply declared Bitcoin (or well, "crypto") extralegal by saying: do whatever you want, but by doing so you're not operating within the legal system, so don't come running to the court if you have a problem. That's pretty much what that law says. Unfortunately, that's where my client is domiciled, and more unfortunately, that law was introduced during the project, but before I started on this last unpaid milestone. I do think that there is an opportunistic component to this, but I will hold a grudge even if that isn't so.
I'm often very forgiving, but in this case I'm not. Also because it actually hurt me, a lot.
Note that I am not in the US. Without doxxing too deeply, there are a couple smaller jurisdictions on the planet that simply declared Bitcoin (or well, "crypto") extralegal by saying: do whatever you want, but by doing so you're not operating within the legal system, so don't come running to the court if you have a problem. That's pretty much what that law says. Unfortunately, that's where my client is domiciled, and more unfortunately, that law was introduced during the project, but before I started on this last unpaid milestone. I do think that there is an opportunistic component to this, but I will hold a grudge even if that isn't so.