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The second scenario (lost access to 2nd tier of cold storage) seems the most likely. It is also compatible with Mark's statement that the coins are "technically
by fchollet 13y ago
The second scenario (lost access to 2nd tier of cold storage) seems the most likely. It is also compatible with Mark's statement that the coins are "technically speaking [...] not 'lost' just yet, just temporarily unavailable". [1]
[1] http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/179038-my-conversation-mark-karpeles-mtgox-2.html#post2164682 http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/179038-my-conversati...
- anonymoushn 13y agoIt looks to me like a more likely reading is "I believe I have not lost my coins, although Gox does not have them, because Gox will make customers whole using future profits."
- vesinisa 13y agoThat would seem more plausible also because in that case the coins were not stolen, but simply lost. I would think that someone should have found the blockchain trail of the 750k BTC by now, if they were indeed stolen. It anyway took only few hours after the raid that people figured out the address[1] where FBI had deposited the coins seized from Silk Road. [1] https://blockchain.info/address/1F1tAaz5x1HUXrCNLbtMDqcw6o5GNn4xqX https://blockchain.info/address/1F1tAaz5x1HUXrCNLbtMDqcw6o5G...