> 2) There isn't actually that much volume compared real electronic exchanges. Just looking at the Mt Gox page from today it looks like $30MM USD worth of bitco

> 2) There isn't actually that much volume compared real electronic exchanges. Just looking at the Mt Gox page from today it looks like $30MM USD worth of bitcoins have been traded. Hard to make any real money off of that. While it might have much less volume compared to a "real" exchange, MtGox fees are 0.6% of each transaction. $180k daily revenue is certainly "real money" for a startup.