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Mt. Gox to Hold News Conference

19 points by sillysaurus3 13y ago

imdsm 13y ago
Paywall. Anyone got this on a free source? And can we stop posting paywall sites here? This is getting ridiculous.
- mattvot 13y ago
  http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WDBmFVtbHMEJ:online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303801304579410010379087576+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WDBmFVt...
  - officialjunk 13y ago
    can you always bypass their paywall this way?
    - arrrg 13y ago
      Both WSJ and NYT (maybe also other publications with a paywall) will display articles if you are coming from Google. Just entering the article title (article URL tends to work, too) into Google will get you there without any paywall. (I guess this is also why looking at the cache works.) It’s a form price differentiation, really. Also, I’m guessing this is probably the reason why many are not aware of the paywall and link to these articles. In this case alternative and equally good sources without paywall exist so it doesn’t make much sense to link to the article with paywall (but that might have been a mistake). However, I do not understand objections to paywalls in principle.
      - imdsm 13y ago
        My objection is that people attempt to publicly share private articles. If you're a member of a private website (which for all intents and purposes, a paywall is), then by sharing it with the public you're assuming they can read it. Which without circumventing the paywall, many won't be able to. Sure, some people will have subscriptions, others will have found the article unlocked in one form or another, but still I think it's pretty poor form to share something closed source, if you will. Here, look at this: http://www.checkupdown.com/accounts/grpb/B1394343/ http://www.checkupdown.com/accounts/grpb/B1394343/
        mattvot 13y ago
        Personally I don't have a strong opinion either way. It's interesting that manipulating the URL you will get through the paywall anyway. Another submission uses http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303801304579410010379087576-lMyQjAxMTA0MDIwNzEyNDcyWj http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303...
LeonM 13y ago
I seriously resent WSJ with their paywall. I don't even bother to click the link... Anyone got a mirror?
- tomp 13y ago
  This works for me: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CEAQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303801304579410010379087576.html&ei=BGAQU8KfC6TQ7AakooC4DQ&usg=AFQjCNHIRA7g5AwODT1ykI7zxLF6kau1sg&sig2=6t_YLjLdX68LBwJnFuQajQ&bvm=bv.61965928,d.ZGU https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web...
geuis 13y ago
Please STOP linking to the Wall Street Journal. Their paywall is infuriating.
- cyphunk 13y ago
  bump
nkvoll 13y ago
"Bitcoin Exchange Had $63.6 billion in Outstanding Debt" .. and .. "...that Mt. Gox had outstanding debt of about ¥6.5 billion ($63.6 million)" ... right under. These numbers are off by a factor of 1000, so which one is it? It's pretty horrible journalism and/or editing to get simple things like that wrong and expect me to pay them for the privilege of reading the remaining of the article I now I don't really trust the numbers in.
- TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
  Heh. Looks like someone confused the amount of Yen with the amount of dollars.
- venus 13y ago
  Didn't they lose about BTC700,000? Ie, about USD$400M? Which would suggest that neither of those numbers are anywhere near right. Hey, what's a few orders of magnitude between friends?
- alexeisadeski3 13y ago
  I think that it's pretty safe to say that Mt Gox didn't run up $60B in debt.
ryanjshaw 13y ago
An announcement at 7pm on a Friday night at a court? If this is good news, it sure is a strange place and time to announce it.
- SuperChihuahua 13y ago
  From Twitter: "MT GOX MAY HAVE LOST NEARLY ALL OF ITS BITCOINS -MT GOX LAWYER" "MT. GOX LOST 750'000 BITCOINS OF USERS - TEIKOKU DATABANK SAYS."
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KiwiCoder 13y ago
Here is a chart showing market value of "Gox BTC" - I'll be watching this as the announcement is made. http://bitcoinity.org/markets/bitcoinbuilder/GOXBTC http://bitcoinity.org/markets/bitcoinbuilder/GOXBTC
- kenrose 13y ago
  Down 10% in the last hour.

19 points by sillysaurus3 13y ago

imdsm 13y ago

Paywall. Anyone got this on a free source? And can we stop posting paywall sites here? This is getting ridiculous.

mattvot 13y ago
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WDBmFVtbHMEJ:online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303801304579410010379087576+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WDBmFVt...
- officialjunk 13y ago
  can you always bypass their paywall this way?
  - arrrg 13y ago
    Both WSJ and NYT (maybe also other publications with a paywall) will display articles if you are coming from Google. Just entering the article title (article URL tends to work, too) into Google will get you there without any paywall. (I guess this is also why looking at the cache works.) It’s a form price differentiation, really. Also, I’m guessing this is probably the reason why many are not aware of the paywall and link to these articles. In this case alternative and equally good sources without paywall exist so it doesn’t make much sense to link to the article with paywall (but that might have been a mistake). However, I do not understand objections to paywalls in principle.
    - imdsm 13y ago
      My objection is that people attempt to publicly share private articles. If you're a member of a private website (which for all intents and purposes, a paywall is), then by sharing it with the public you're assuming they can read it. Which without circumventing the paywall, many won't be able to. Sure, some people will have subscriptions, others will have found the article unlocked in one form or another, but still I think it's pretty poor form to share something closed source, if you will. Here, look at this: http://www.checkupdown.com/accounts/grpb/B1394343/ http://www.checkupdown.com/accounts/grpb/B1394343/
      - mattvot 13y ago
        Personally I don't have a strong opinion either way. It's interesting that manipulating the URL you will get through the paywall anyway. Another submission uses http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303801304579410010379087576-lMyQjAxMTA0MDIwNzEyNDcyWj http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303...

LeonM 13y ago

I seriously resent WSJ with their paywall. I don't even bother to click the link... Anyone got a mirror?

tomp 13y ago
This works for me: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CEAQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303801304579410010379087576.html&ei=BGAQU8KfC6TQ7AakooC4DQ&usg=AFQjCNHIRA7g5AwODT1ykI7zxLF6kau1sg&sig2=6t_YLjLdX68LBwJnFuQajQ&bvm=bv.61965928,d.ZGU https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web...

geuis 13y ago

Please STOP linking to the Wall Street Journal. Their paywall is infuriating.

cyphunk 13y ago
bump

nkvoll 13y ago

"Bitcoin Exchange Had $63.6 billion in Outstanding Debt" .. and .. "...that Mt. Gox had outstanding debt of about ¥6.5 billion ($63.6 million)" ... right under. These numbers are off by a factor of 1000, so which one is it? It's pretty horrible journalism and/or editing to get simple things like that wrong and expect me to pay them for the privilege of reading the remaining of the article I now I don't really trust the numbers in.

TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
Heh. Looks like someone confused the amount of Yen with the amount of dollars.
venus 13y ago
Didn't they lose about BTC700,000? Ie, about USD$400M? Which would suggest that neither of those numbers are anywhere near right. Hey, what's a few orders of magnitude between friends?
alexeisadeski3 13y ago
I think that it's pretty safe to say that Mt Gox didn't run up $60B in debt.

ryanjshaw 13y ago

An announcement at 7pm on a Friday night at a court? If this is good news, it sure is a strange place and time to announce it.

SuperChihuahua 13y ago
From Twitter: "MT GOX MAY HAVE LOST NEARLY ALL OF ITS BITCOINS -MT GOX LAWYER" "MT. GOX LOST 750'000 BITCOINS OF USERS - TEIKOKU DATABANK SAYS."

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KiwiCoder 13y ago

Here is a chart showing market value of "Gox BTC" - I'll be watching this as the announcement is made. http://bitcoinity.org/markets/bitcoinbuilder/GOXBTC http://bitcoinity.org/markets/bitcoinbuilder/GOXBTC

kenrose 13y ago
Down 10% in the last hour.