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The company did not start out trading MtG cards. Mtgox's founder launched mtgox using a domain name that he once used for a MtG site. The founder then sold th
by dustcoin 13y ago
The company did not start out trading MtG cards. Mtgox's founder launched mtgox using a domain name that he once used for a MtG site. The founder then sold the company to Mark Karpeles, the current owner.
- ebbv 13y agoThat is the definition of splitting hairs.
- nwh 13y agoIt's not. The original commenter insinuated that the site was somehow inferior do to a history of selling playing cards. As it's just the domain name that was reused, there's clearly no association at all. A name is a name is a name.
- chrisrogers 13y agoNot quite. They are two distinct business ventures linked by the operator and name. The name is irrelevant, and the operator clearly ran them as distinct entities.