Yes. And what I've also seen in other companies i

Yes. And what I've also seen in other companies is that investors convinced their friends and family to buy the stock so that locks them in further.

I saw a 'commandment' somewhere which said, "Thou shalt not convinced thy friends and family to buy a stinky pinky" or something like that.

Others have their IRAs locked into the stock so therefore the stock can't fail...it just can't.

These scams are like the Spanish Prisoner swindle where the con man says an unnamed member of royalty is locked in a prison but, for his safety, nobody can know who that incarcerated royalty is. The mark is promised a rich reward if he helps free the prisoner.

So the mark keeps giving money to bribe guards, pay for supplies, pay for help, etc... while the con man keeps weaving a story about progress and setbacks. Once the 'ante' is paid and the pot appears to keep growing, the mark is locked in and has to come to a complete realization that he's been swindled before he can stop paying.

Now switch the royal prisoner with a technology where the value just needs to be unlocked and you have the same situation.

Yes, I understand your penny stock also is the real deal, created with the inventiveness of Edison and destined to be the next Microsoft. Yes, I understand that the delays are also only because your company is making their product and/or technology even more revolutionary.