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Are there even thieves? I mean, the whole story makes zero sense. Supposedly the root of this was multiple withdrawals over the period of months. How is it rem

Are there even thieves? I mean, the whole story makes zero sense. Supposedly the root of this was multiple withdrawals over the period of months. How is it remotely possible that Gox didn't have a real-time, if not at worst case daily, comparison between their wallet holdings, as reflected in the blockchain, and their outstanding "deposits"? How could that possibly be? I just cannot buy that story. Saying "they were incompetent" doesn't explain it. The multi-withdrawal thing only makes sense if it was a mass exploit in a short period of time.

lutusp 13y ago
> How is it remotely possible that Gox didn't have a real-time, if not at worst case daily, comparison between their wallet holdings, as reflected in the blockchain, and their outstanding "deposits"? How could that possibly be? Not to defend Mt. Gox, but they weren't the only company to be cyber-robbed recently: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/silk-road-2-0-pledges-repay-1-7-million-users-after-bitcoin-theft-1436890 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/silk-road-2-0-pledges-repay-1-7-mil... Apparently, in virtual currency dealings it's possible to be robbed blind and not see it. Pun intended. :)