XML 29 R22.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.8.0.1
North Carolina Facility
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
North Carolina Facility  
North Carolina Facility

Note 15 - North Carolina Facility

 

On January 28, 2015, DM entered into a commercial lease agreement (the “Lease”). The term of the Lease commenced on January 28, 2015 and ends on January 25, 2017. The annual rental fee for the first and second year will be $58,271 and $66,750, respectively. The Company also has the option to purchase the property during the second year of the Lease term for a purchase price of $775,000 less the $10,000 security deposit and all lease payments.

 

On July 20, 2016, DM suspended its North Carolina transaction verification services facility operations. The recent reduction in the block reward from 25 bitcoins to 12.5 bitcoins, often referred to as the halving, coupled with the facilities cooling system failing, has resulted in DM being unable to meet certain of its financial commitments. The Company has subsequently ceased operations at DM.

 

On August 8, 2016, DM discovered that its facility in North Carolina was broken into and certain of its equipment and approximately 165 Bitmain transaction verification servers leased from CSC were stolen. The value of the stolen equipment owned by the Company does not appear to be material. The Company reported the theft to local authorities as well its insurance company regarding next steps. The Company received payment from the insurance company in the amount of approximately $85,000 and has assigned the payment to the benefit of CSC as part of the settlement agreement with CSC the Company’s equipment finance provider which owned the stolen serves.

 

On September 1, 2016, DM gave cancelation notice to the landlord with respect to the Lease of its North Carolina facility.