Monday,December1st,2014

ViaEmail
BrianKlein,PartnerBakerMarquartLLP
bklien@bakermarquart.com

Re:CeaseandDesist

Mr.Klein,

IwriteinresponsetoyourletterdatedNovember26,2014regardingthearticleGaw
MinerslyingaboutpartnershipsontheCoinFirewebsiteathttp://CoinFire.cf/.

Icancertainlyunderstandyourclientsdesiretohaveourreportingsilencedwithfalse
claimsoflibel,andhowMr.GarzaandGAWMinersmaywishtosimplysilenceourreporting
ratherthanfaceitheadoninapublicviewhowever,letterssenttosilenceandintimidate
CoinFirefromreportingsimplywillnotbeenough.

Inyourletter,youdemandthatCoinFireimmediatelyceaseanddesistallclaims
madeinthearticlepublishedbyourstaffcontributorLeoHarzigimmediately.Thisletteristo
informyouthatCoinFirewillnotcomplywithyourrequestandhasnolegalobligationtodo
so.YourlegalthreatsarenotsupportedbythelawandplainlyseektointerferewithCoin
Firesfreedomofpressandprotectedspeech.

Inyourletteryouassert,NooneatGAWwascontactedtodiscussthestorybeforeit
waspublished.IfGAWhadbeencontactedandgivenachancetosettherecordstraight,the
articlewouldbedramaticallydifferent:itwouldbeaccurate.CoinFirecanandwillproduce
materialevidencethatsupportsourclaimsthatGAWwascontactedmultipletimesvia
multiple,documentable,andsubpoenablemethodsthatshowsyourassertiontobefalse.

CoinFiremadenumerous,welldocumented,andwellsupportedattemptstoreachout
toGAWMinerspriortothepublicationofthispiece.Whilewearenotlegallyobligatedto
conferwithGAWMinerspriortopublishing,wedidsoinanactofgoodfaith.Evidenceof
multipleattemptsofcontactcanbeproducedintheeventoflegalproceedingsagainstCoin
Fire,Mr.Johnson,orMr.Harzig.

CoinFiremadeeveryreasonableattempttoinformandgivebothMr.GarzaandGAW
Minersampletimetoreviewandrespondtothefeaturethatwaspublished.Asevidencedin
ExhibitA,theclaimstomakecontactthroughmultipleattemptsaredocumentedviaseveral
methods.Thisisbutonepieceofevidencewehaveavailabletosupportourclaim.

Pleaseprovidetomyselfandourteam,inwriting,anaccurateaccountingoftheexact
informationandstatementsyourclientfoundintheoriginalpiecetobelibeloussothatour
teammaybeginreviewingyourclaimsmoreindepthly.

Mr.MichaelJohnson
ExecutiveEditor,CoinFire


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