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No, it almost certainly did not originally stand for "Magic the Gathering Online Exchange". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mt.Gox#Possible_citogenesis_conc
by nextstep 13y ago
No, it almost certainly did not originally stand for "Magic the Gathering Online Exchange".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mt.Gox#Possible_citogenesis_concerning_whether_MtGox_ever_hosted_an_MtG_trading_site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mt.Gox#Possible_citogenes...
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- triangleman 13y agoIt almost certainly did, but it was never used for that purpose.
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- skwirl 13y agoIt certainly did, which is easily confirmed with archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20070525044536/http://mtgox.com/gwt/mtgox.php https://web.archive.org/web/20070525044536/http://mtgox.com/...
- TophWells 13y agoClarification: MTGOX was intended to stand for that, but the card exchange was never finished, probably for lack of interest.
- Atroxide 13y agoWhich means Mt.Gox did originally indeed stand for Magic The Gathering Online eXchange. Doesn't really matter if it was finished or not when talking about what the origin of it is.
- paulgb 13y agoWhat's in dispute is whether there was ever a card trading site hosted at mtgox.com, not whether that's what it stands for. Even if it never hosted a card trading site, it is generally assumed that the domain was originally purchased for one.
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- wahnfrieden 13y agoMcCaleb has said that MtGox was at least at some point used for trading or buying cards.