KYCNOT.me delists troubled MajesticBank exchange

pluja¹ has decided² to temporarily delist MajesticBank³ from the reputable KYCNOT.me⁴ website, after users started reporting issues⁵’⁶’⁷ with the platform:

I have delisted Majestic Bank from kycnot.me until this issue gets clarified and/or solved and their services get back up.

The instant exchange apparently went down for a DEX update ~1 week ago, on March 17th⁸ and their latest announcement was posted on Telegram on March 19th⁹:

I can estimate that there is 6 more hours left before exchange is fully operational [..]

Last year in August MajesticBank was criticized after their subdread and main admin account were wiped without any explanation and the Dread staff urged nobody use the exchange, as previously reported¹⁰.

MajesticBank currently still remains listed as an official Monero Project¹¹, Haveno¹², and MoneroKon23 sponsor¹³, a MAGIC Monero Fund committee member¹⁴, and is integrated into Stack Wallet¹⁵.

Note: MajesticBank was added to the Monero Observer Blacklist¹⁶.

This is an ongoing story and the report will be updated when new information is available.

Update 23/3/27: the MajesticBank Telegram account posted a new message today: ‘I am here to assist with any exchange until Monday when we are fully operational’¹⁷; the MB Matrix accounts were apparently deleted (thanks ofrnxmr¹⁸ for the ping).

Update 23/3/28: MB started posting new messages in #monero-site¹⁹: ‘There is no scam involved, we are doing upgrades and should be back shortly [..] the friend on the reddit tried a 0.25 xmr swap which was barely possible to be created with exchange in maintenance mode’.

Update 23/3/31: KYCNOT.me relisted MajesticBank (domains are back up)²⁰.

Update 23/4/18: according to MajesticBank statement, their nodes were under heavy attack mostly coming from tor network; a guide for preventing unwanted traffic hitting the monerod was posted on Github²¹.