> Honestly, I got the vibe he started MtGox as a hobby that happened to make money. Mtgox was started by Jed McCaleb. He essentially gave it away for free to K

> Honestly, I got the vibe he started MtGox as a hobby that happened to make money. Mtgox was started by Jed McCaleb. He essentially gave it away for free to Karpeles when he realized that he was in over his head. It seems he was already losing money running mtgox and just wanted to get rid of it. https://hackernoon.com/mt-gox-interviews-jed-mccaleb-on-the-creation-of-mt-gox-f1f0563cf892 https://hackernoon.com/mt-gox-interviews-jed-mccaleb-on-the-...