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At this point 744,408 BTC are missing due to malleability-related theft which went unnoticed for several years. Placing this sentence in bold text seems like a
by valar_m 13y ago
At this point 744,408 BTC are missing due to malleability-related theft which went unnoticed for several years.
Placing this sentence in bold text seems like an attempt to create panic. It seems unlikely that Mt. Gox would want to do that.
The reality is that MtGox can go bankrupt at any moment, and certainly deserves to as a company.
I find it extraordinarily difficult to believe that Mt. Gox would make a statement of this nature. "MtGox can go bankrupt at any moment" has a very amateurish ring to it, in stark contrast to recent communications from Mt. Gox. [1] Publicly stating that they deserve to go bankrupt seems highly inconsistent with planning for a relaunch.
Also, the document alternates between first person ("we will use SNS platforms...") and third person ("Publicly, MtGox declared that"), which is suspicious given that the statements released by Mt. Gox recently do not do that. [1]
It's possible that this is real. Personally, I doubt it.
[1] https://www.mtgox.com/img/pdf/20140220-Announcement.pdf https://www.mtgox.com/img/pdf/20140220-Announcement.pdf
- buro9 13y agoThey have given their stakeholders and customers a clear signal which amounts to: "Work with us in everyone's interest and we may slowly be able to return some value to you, work on your own interests and we all will lose everything.".
- wpietri 13y agoNah, I'd believe it. From reading it, I think the purpose of the document was to get other Bitcoin players to help bail out MtGox. Possibly something written by a credible outsider at MtGox's request. The normal answer to that would be, "fuck you", so this document a) has to make it clear that MtGox is doomed without a bailout, and b) the other players will be hurt more if they don't chip in than if they do.