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Why is it naive? Why would they store their cold storage wallets within the reach of the US government, especially after they seized assets previously? Occam'
by sillysaurus3 13y ago
Why is it naive?
Why would they store their cold storage wallets within the reach of the US government, especially after they seized assets previously?
Occam's Razor seems to apply here. In absence of evidence, the simplest explanation is more likely to be the correct one. The simplest explanation is still that Karpeles tried to steal the coins, rather than a government stepping in and stealing them.
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- sillysaurus3 13y agoThis seems equivalent to hypothesizing that "their wallets may have been lost due to their harddrives crashing." Sure, it's possible. But it's easy to come up with dozens of possible theories. What evidence do you have that the US government has done that against Japanese companies in the past? (Mt. Gox may have had a US division, but they were a Japanese company, not a US company.) EDIT: Also, if the US had seized most of the coins, why would they suddenly have a change of heart and allow Mt. Gox to release 200,000 BTC?