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Title: 2013-04-18 - bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: Mashrock on April 18, 2013, 04:57:21 AM http://www.news.com.au/technology/biztech/bitcoin-shuts-down-trading-indefinitely/story-fn5lic6c-1226623544108
http://www.news.com.au/technology/biztech/bitcoin-exchange-bitfloor-shuts-down-trading/story-fn5lic6c-1226623544108 BITCOIN has halted trading indefinitely and is promising to return everyone's money. The virtual currency whose price has been fluctuating wildly over the last few weeks announced on its website that it must "cease all trading operations indefinitely...due to circumstances beyond its control". The announcement comes after weeks of denial of service attacks and technical problems that led to severe price fluctuations. "Unfortunately, our US bank account is scheduled to be closed and we can no longer provide the same level of USD deposits and withdrawals as we have in the past," wrote BitCoin founder Roman Shtylman. "As such, I have made the decision to halt operations and return all funds. "Over the next days we will be working with all clients to ensure that everyone receives their funds. Please be patient as we process your request." Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/biztech/bitcoin-shuts-down-trading-indefinitely/story-fn5lic6c-1226623544108#ixzz2QmuqyxGP Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: Cyphase on April 18, 2013, 05:00:19 AM Oh, so Bitfloor is Bitcoin now, not Mt.Gox?
Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: ElectroGeek007 on April 18, 2013, 05:00:23 AM Perhaps someone should have done a bit more research before writing this "article"... ::)
Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: simonk83 on April 18, 2013, 05:03:11 AM Wow :D News fail... haha
Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: organofcorti on April 18, 2013, 05:04:30 AM Perhaps someone should have done FTFY Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: justusranvier on April 18, 2013, 05:04:38 AM Another successful validation of the capital C indicator (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=174973.msg1821965#msg1821965).
Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: Mike Christ on April 18, 2013, 05:05:17 AM C'mon, Australia. Get it together!
Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: simonk83 on April 18, 2013, 05:06:04 AM Yeah, I feel a little embarrassed being in the same country right now :D I've left a comment on the site for what it's worth, but I doubt they'll publish it.
Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: justusranvier on April 18, 2013, 05:06:40 AM C'mon, Australia. Get it together! That's AusTralia.Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: CIYAM on April 18, 2013, 05:08:22 AM Maybe a young reporter trying to spread some panic in order get some cheaper Bitcoins. :)
Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: organofcorti on April 18, 2013, 05:11:55 AM Maybe a young reporter trying to spread some panic in order get some cheaper Bitcoins. :) Maybe a reporter so young that they're actually a year ten student on work experience. Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: organofcorti on April 18, 2013, 05:13:16 AM And now they've corrected the "news article" after I made an obnoxious comment. They haven't posted the comment, oddly enough.
Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: Cyphase on April 18, 2013, 05:17:57 AM It's still spelled "BitCoin". I guess they can't correct too much in one go.
Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: David M on April 18, 2013, 05:21:48 AM And now they've corrected the "news article" after I made an obnoxious comment. They haven't posted the comment, oddly enough. I rebuffed them in the comments (no swearing). The odds are not good they will publish it. Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: organofcorti on April 18, 2013, 05:40:39 AM Geeze, someone forgot to turn off the block chain, I can still send coins! Those guys over at BitCoin can't even suspend operations correctly. :( Ha! We know it was you that picked the block chain padlock, Holliday. I think you'll find you wont get away with your evil plan quite so easily. Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: organofcorti on April 18, 2013, 05:51:23 AM Geeze, someone forgot to turn off the block chain, I can still send coins! Those guys over at BitCoin can't even suspend operations correctly. :( Ha! We know it was you that picked the block chain padlock, Holliday. I think you'll find you wont get away with your evil plan quite so easily. Err... CornedBeefHash made me do it! He called me yellow. No one calls me yellow. I think he took off though, haven't seen him around! Whatever you do, don't question the authorities! Claiming you are being mentally controlled by a food product does little to lend credence to your claims of innocence. Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: Este Nuno on April 18, 2013, 12:16:38 PM Someone should probably lose their job for this.
Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: organofcorti on April 18, 2013, 01:04:10 PM Someone should probably lose their job for this. You think far too highly of journalists working at the internet equivalent of a tabloid. No-one will lose their job over this, especially if the mistake brought more traffic to the site than it would otherwise. Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: kiba on April 18, 2013, 01:43:18 PM Need proper dating!
Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: CIYAM on April 18, 2013, 01:53:20 PM Need proper dating! Well now that BitCoin has collapsed (and refunded) there should be more time (and money) to focus on dating. ;D Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: Mashrock on April 19, 2013, 03:57:14 AM day / month / year
proper dating Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: justusranvier on April 19, 2013, 03:59:36 AM day / month / year Why don't you take a look at every other thread in the Press section and see if you can spot what's different about yours.proper dating Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: organofcorti on April 19, 2013, 04:12:52 AM day / month / year Why don't you take a look at every other USA based thread in the Press section and see if you can spot what's different about yours.proper dating FTFY Unless you mean using ISO standard dating? Ha! That's for nerds and computer geeks. Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: CIYAM on April 19, 2013, 04:18:37 AM Unless you mean using ISO standard dating? Ha! That's for nerds and computer geeks. Actually yyyy-mm-dd is what is used in China (and although they have quite a lot of nerds and computer geeks certainly that is not the majority of people living in PRC). Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: AlphaWolf on April 19, 2013, 04:32:39 AM Guidelines for Press board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=76487.0) (emphasis added).The Press board replaces the Bitcoin press hits, notable sources (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1958.0) thread. The original motivation of the thread was to collect links that fit Wikipedia's definition of Notability (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability). Once bitcoin was deemed sufficiently notable (a milestone!), the thread became an ongoing log of links. Discussion was discouraged. The Press board is a great improvement. These general guidelines should help keep the board usable:
As always, comments and suggestions welcome! The main goal is to keep the noise down. It's stickied at the top of this board FFS. Why is this a discussion? Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: Raoul Duke on April 19, 2013, 04:38:13 AM Guidelines for Press board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=76487.0) (emphasis added).The Press board replaces the Bitcoin press hits, notable sources (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1958.0) thread. The original motivation of the thread was to collect links that fit Wikipedia's definition of Notability (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability). Once bitcoin was deemed sufficiently notable (a milestone!), the thread became an ongoing log of links. Discussion was discouraged. The Press board is a great improvement. These general guidelines should help keep the board usable:
As always, comments and suggestions welcome! The main goal is to keep the noise down. It's stickied at the top of this board FFS. Why is this a discussion? Because some dudes are just above any rules, didn't you know? Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: organofcorti on April 19, 2013, 04:41:52 AM Guidelines for Press board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=76487.0) (emphasis added).The Press board replaces the Bitcoin press hits, notable sources (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1958.0) thread. The original motivation of the thread was to collect links that fit Wikipedia's definition of Notability (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability). Once bitcoin was deemed sufficiently notable (a milestone!), the thread became an ongoing log of links. Discussion was discouraged. The Press board is a great improvement. These general guidelines should help keep the board usable:
As always, comments and suggestions welcome! The main goal is to keep the noise down. It's stickied at the top of this board FFS. Why is this a discussion? Because some dudes are just above any rules, didn't you know? And some just enjoy taking the piss from time to time. Does that really make me a troll? Oh, wait ... Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: papaminer on April 19, 2013, 04:43:45 AM that is embarrassing...
now everybody thinks we are dead.... :( Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: Mashrock on April 21, 2013, 11:53:53 AM day / month / year Why don't you take a look at every other thread in the Press section and see if you can spot what's different about yours.proper dating They're clearly all wrong! Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: kiba on April 21, 2013, 12:08:38 PM They're clearly all wrong! Please just fix your mess, or I have to report this thread to the mods. Title: Re: [18/4/13] bitcoin shuts down. Lol.. (News.com.au Australia) Post by: QuestionAuthority on April 29, 2013, 08:22:49 PM Geeze, someone forgot to turn off the block chain, I can still send coins! Those guys over at BitCoin can't even suspend operations correctly. :( Ha! We know it was you that picked the block chain padlock, Holliday. I think you'll find you wont get away with your evil plan quite so easily. Err... CornedBeefHash made me do it! He called me yellow. No one calls me yellow. I think he took off though, haven't seen him around! Whatever you do, don't question the authorities! Claiming you are being mentally controlled by a food product does little to lend credence to your claims of innocence. LOL |