HashOcean

2014-01-01

HashOcean reportedly begins operating as a Bitcoin cloud-mining platform, claiming data centers in San Francisco, New York, Nuremberg, and Singapore. Exact launch date unconfirmed; multiple sources cite a 2014 or earlier founding.

2015-01-01

HashOcean operates at scale, offering 15 KH/s free hashrate on signup and daily BTC payouts. Community HYIP monitors list the site as active.

2016-06-25

HashOcean website goes offline after approximately 6:00 PM. The last automated daily profit calculation email is sent to users. YouTube channel and Facebook page are simultaneously deleted or made inaccessible.

2016-06-26

HashOcean operators post on a new Facebook page claiming the domain was hacked by a group called 'Prabl0Dynamic HK' and placed for sale without authorization. They claim mining operations are unaffected and promise normal payouts will resume within 48 hours. A BitcoinTalk forum thread documents the disappearance.

2016-06-29

The Merkle reports that the domain remains down, fake copycat sites have appeared, and the HashOcean 'hack' narrative is met with widespread skepticism from community analysts.

2016-06-30

A Change.org petition addressed to the FBI and Interpol, signed by over 1,200 supporters at the time of opening, is launched citing 700,000 swindled users.

2016-07-05

A Bitcoin Alert blog post documents evidence that founder profile photos on HashOcean's website were stolen from unrelated individuals. Copycat domains hashoceans.com and hashocean.co.uk are identified as active phishing operations harvesting user credentials.

2016-07-06

Three petitions across Avaaz and Change.org accumulate over 5,000 combined signatures. CoinTelegraph reports on victim efforts to engage law enforcement.

2017-05-07

BitcoinMining.com publishes a retrospective noting that HashOcean's operators never provided proof of mining capacity and characterizing the event as a likely scam, though stating no official confirmation had been issued.