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Mtgox.com is gone

96 pointsby delsartoabout 11 years ago

5 comments

delsartoabout 11 years ago
I was trying to get a copy of my transaction history at the time, after someone mentioned it might be handy in a class action suit<p>First the server started responding &quot;this page does not exist&quot; then just blank response<p>---<p><a href="http://data.mtgox.com/api/2/BTCUSD/money/ticker" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;data.mtgox.com&#x2F;api&#x2F;2&#x2F;BTCUSD&#x2F;money&#x2F;ticker</a><p>is still online right now<p>---<p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/SarahCoinBit" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;user&#x2F;SarahCoinBit</a><p><i>It was a pleasure serving this community..marion and myself just got laid off.</i><p>(very likely fake...)<p>---<p><a href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/02/24/coinbase-blockchain-.." rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;siliconangle.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;24&#x2F;coinbase-blockchain-...</a>.<p><i>Sources close to the issue, in touch with SiliconAngle, have confirmed that more than 700,000 bitcoins are indeed missing from MtGox’s coffers as has been rumored during the history running up to this shutdown.</i><p>---<p>for anyone catching up, gox.com seems to be sold to mtgox.com in the last few days<p><a href="http://www.domaininvesting.com/andy-booth-sells-gox-com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.domaininvesting.com&#x2F;andy-booth-sells-gox-com&#x2F;</a><p>---<p><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/209050732/MtGox-Situation-Crisis-Strategy-Draft" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scribd.com&#x2F;doc&#x2F;209050732&#x2F;MtGox-Situation-Crisis-S...</a><p>likely fake &quot;MtGox Situation Crisis Strategy Draft&quot; suggesting coins went missing over a long period<p>---<p><a href="http://goxbalance.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;goxbalance.com&#x2F;</a><p>not scientific but interesting<p>---<p><a href="http://support.mtgox.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.mtgox.com&#x2F;</a><p>has gone down - just a zendesk &quot;no account&quot; page<p>---<p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/1yuuok/daily_discussion_tuesday_february_25_2014_early/cfnzt9i" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;BitcoinMarkets&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1yuuok&#x2F;daily...</a><p>good reddit overview comment<p>---<p>(11:27:31 PM EST )something changed in the output of <a href="http://data.mtgox.com/api/2/BTCUSD/money/ticker;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;data.mtgox.com&#x2F;api&#x2F;2&#x2F;BTCUSD&#x2F;money&#x2F;ticker;</a> a unicode character<p><pre><code> &quot;value&quot;:&quot;96836.53176413&quot;,&quot;value_int&quot;:&quot;9683653176413&quot;,&quot;display&quot;:&quot;96,836.53\u00a0BTC&quot;,&quot;display_short&quot;:&quot;96,836.53\u00a0BTC&quot;,&quot;currency&quot;:&quot;BTC&quot;},&quot;last_local </code></pre> ---<p>(11:30 PM EST) LTC&#x2F;EUR showing up in <a href="https://data.mtgox.com/api/2/LTCUSD/money/ticker" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;data.mtgox.com&#x2F;api&#x2F;2&#x2F;LTCUSD&#x2F;money&#x2F;ticker</a><p><pre><code> &quot;value&quot;:&quot;0.00000000&quot;,&quot;value_int&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;display&quot;:&quot;0.00\u00a0LTC&quot;,&quot;display_short&quot;:&quot;0.00\u00a0LTC&quot;,&quot;currency&quot;:&quot;LTC&quot;},&quot;last_local&quot;: {&quot;value&quot;:&quot;0.00000&quot;,&quot;value_int&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;display&quot;:&quot;0.00\u00a0\u20ac&quot;,&quot;display_short&quot;:&quot;0.00\u00a0\u20ac&quot;,&quot;currency&quot;:&quot;EUR&quot;},&quot;last_orig&quot; </code></pre> ---<p><a href="http://recode.net/2014/02/24/the-mt-gox-bitcoin-exchange-has-disappeared/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;recode.net&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;24&#x2F;the-mt-gox-bitcoin-exchange-has...</a><p><i>“Mt. Gox has confirmed it will file bankruptcy in private discussions with other members of the bitcoin community.”</i><p>(Re&#x2F;code has so far been unable to independently verify that claim)<p>---<p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yuyx4/hey_charlie_shrem_was_this_the_good_news_on_the/cfo10cm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;Bitcoin&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1yuyx4&#x2F;hey_charlie_...</a><p>takeover rumours from Charlie Shrem
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icpmacdoabout 11 years ago
How much of a drop do you think we will see in the BTC to USD exchanges?
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supergauntletabout 11 years ago
Just nothing. Their favicon seems to load, but nothing else. Eerie.
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PelCasandraabout 11 years ago
wow, that was fast
Istofabout 11 years ago
bitcoin drops because many had their coins at some central location....