Editing Geekhack (section)

===Acquisition by Massdrop===
On July 1st, 2018, '''iMav''' announced that he had got an offer for $10'000 USD for the site and that he considered selling. Bids rose up to at least $50'000.
<ref name="imavsale">Geekhack — [https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=96404 Potential community sale...]. Retrieved 2018-07-01</ref>.
The announcement led to unrest among active members.
After posts that it would be sold to a Chinese data-mining company, at least one user asked to have its account removed and all posts and private messages deleted.
<ref name="clasicks">Geekhack — [https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=96433.0 Profile removal and account deletion]. Retrieved 2018-07-03</ref>
On July 4, [[Massdrop]] announced on the forum that it had acquired the site.
<ref name="ghmdpurchasethread">Geekhack — [https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=96454.0 Massdrop x Geekhack]. Posted 2018-07-04.</ref>