>>Additionally, there's no upside for creditors if Bitcoin becomes $5,000. It's funny you mention this, because from what I can understand of Japanese bankrupt

>>Additionally, there's no upside for creditors if Bitcoin becomes $5,000. It's funny you mention this, because from what I can understand of Japanese bankruptcy proceedings[1], any excess assets remaining after paying off creditors would probably be given to the MtGox shareholders, which primarily consists of Mark Karpeles[2] alone. I believe the term surfacing in other circles is "unjust enrichment"[3][4]. [1] I am not a lawyer. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s [3] http://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/bankruptcy/recovering-through-unjust-enrichment-aka-restitution-21643/ http://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/bankruptcy/recovering-thro... [4] http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/1/ http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/1/