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Imagine telling this story to someone that time travelled from the time Magic: The Gathering first appeared in the mid-nineties. MtGox: "Funny story ... intern
by jeffdavis 13y ago
Imagine telling this story to someone that time travelled from the time Magic: The Gathering first appeared in the mid-nineties.
MtGox: "Funny story ... internet ... website to trade Magic cards ... digital currency ... so that's how we found the $100,000,000 that we accidentally misplaced. Still looking for the other $300,000,000 or so -- must be around here someplace."
- dTal 13y agoApparently MtGox, despite the name, was never used for anything other than bitcoin. It was just a domain the owner had.
- shagie 13y agoThe wayback machine begs to differ: http://web.archive.org/web/20070525044536/http://mtgox.com/gwt/mtgox.php http://web.archive.org/web/20070525044536/http://mtgox.com/g... -- now, if the codebase was the same as it was when that page was hosted and today, I can't say.
- dTal 13y agoThat's just a holding page, not a functional site.
- saalweachter 13y agoSidebar: I know the motivations of people who post in every single goddamn thread that MtGox stands for "Magic the Gathering: Online eXchange" (ie, "tee-hee! giggle giggle! laugh!"). However, there is also someone in every thread who replies to this assertion to say that they never actually traded Magic cards. My question is, what is your motivation for this? I could think of three off the top of my head: a. Emotional need to defend MtGox b. Intellectual need to correct misinformation c. Refocusing; it's an ad hominem and detracts from the real problems with MtGox
- dTal 13y agoI appreciate the directness of the question. Can't speak for others, but in my case, it's (b) - I was one of the gigglers until I read one of the rebuttals you mention. Just trying to help the meme flow.