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Fun fact: mtgox (the Bitcoin exchange) originally stood for "Magic: The Gathering Online Exchange" and was a site for buying/selling "Magic: The Gathering" card

Fun fact: mtgox (the Bitcoin exchange) originally stood for "Magic: The Gathering Online Exchange" and was a site for buying/selling "Magic: The Gathering" cards.

nwh 13y ago
I wish people would stop repeating this. The domain was just reused, the site was never actually sold cards. The current owner has absolutely nothing to do with the original domain name.
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- weego 13y ago
  He didn't say anything about the current owner, only the original intent of the name. Even then, I think your reaction might be a little over the top.
  - nwh 13y ago
    The insinuation is that the current site is somehow tainted by it's use back in 2007, but as far as I can find [1] it was never anything but a "coming soon"page. It's fairly common to ridicule it's current use in the Bitcoin world by associating the currency exchange with playing cards. [1]: http://web.archive.org/web/20070817170606/http://mtgox.com/gwt/mtgox.php http://web.archive.org/web/20070817170606/http://mtgox.com/g...
    - Ntrails 13y ago
      Why would anyone consider mtg something worthy of ridicule?
      - lslsslsl 13y ago
        Because it's a game played by nerds. :) But seriously, associating MtGox with a place to sell playing cards might detract from the serious intentions of the site. Idk.
      - zeckalpha 13y ago
        The same reason they consider bitcoin worthy of ridicule.
    - shadytrees 13y ago
      No way. MTG is super awesome; the fact that Mt.Gox is indirectly linked to Magic only makes it cooler.
paraboul 13y ago
Nop, mtgox stand for "MagicalTux" aka Mark Karpeles who was historically called "MT". Source : Close friend and : https://twitter.com/magicaltux https://twitter.com/magicaltux
- yebyen 13y ago
  These people are not my close friends (I occasionally contacted them by IRC or E-mail for support, probably more often their employees) but I am pretty sure that Jed was the person who started the business, and he sold it to MagicalTux. This would indicate that it's a coincidence that MT in MagicalTux is like MT in MtGox. Maybe MagicalTux chose his nickname for this reason.
  - paraboul 13y ago
    I know MagicalTux since 1999. So when I said "close friend" I meant, I was used to call him "MT" in real life 13 years ago.
    - yebyen 13y ago
      So, he also knew Jed for so long and the service was named with him in mind? Or I am totally wrong about the origin of the service...

Fun fact: mtgox (the Bitcoin exchange) originally stood for "Magic: The Gathering Online Exchange" and was a site for buying/selling "Magic: The Gathering" cards.

nwh 13y ago

I wish people would stop repeating this. The domain was just reused, the site was never actually sold cards. The current owner has absolutely nothing to do with the original domain name.

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weego 13y ago
He didn't say anything about the current owner, only the original intent of the name. Even then, I think your reaction might be a little over the top.
- nwh 13y ago
  The insinuation is that the current site is somehow tainted by it's use back in 2007, but as far as I can find [1] it was never anything but a "coming soon"page. It's fairly common to ridicule it's current use in the Bitcoin world by associating the currency exchange with playing cards. [1]: http://web.archive.org/web/20070817170606/http://mtgox.com/gwt/mtgox.php http://web.archive.org/web/20070817170606/http://mtgox.com/g...
  - Ntrails 13y ago
    Why would anyone consider mtg something worthy of ridicule?
    - lslsslsl 13y ago
      Because it's a game played by nerds. :) But seriously, associating MtGox with a place to sell playing cards might detract from the serious intentions of the site. Idk.
    - zeckalpha 13y ago
      The same reason they consider bitcoin worthy of ridicule.
  - shadytrees 13y ago
    No way. MTG is super awesome; the fact that Mt.Gox is indirectly linked to Magic only makes it cooler.

paraboul 13y ago

Nop, mtgox stand for "MagicalTux" aka Mark Karpeles who was historically called "MT". Source : Close friend and : https://twitter.com/magicaltux https://twitter.com/magicaltux

yebyen 13y ago
These people are not my close friends (I occasionally contacted them by IRC or E-mail for support, probably more often their employees) but I am pretty sure that Jed was the person who started the business, and he sold it to MagicalTux. This would indicate that it's a coincidence that MT in MagicalTux is like MT in MtGox. Maybe MagicalTux chose his nickname for this reason.
- paraboul 13y ago
  I know MagicalTux since 1999. So when I said "close friend" I meant, I was used to call him "MT" in real life 13 years ago.
  - yebyen 13y ago
    So, he also knew Jed for so long and the service was named with him in mind? Or I am totally wrong about the origin of the service...