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Title: [2014-02-10] Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't
Post by: LiteCoinGuy on February 10, 2014, 02:57:30 PM
Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't Have Brought Down MtGox

http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-developer-responds-to-mtgox-2014-2



and here is a short summary:

https://twitter.com/aantonop/status/432883341465899008


Title: Re: [2014-02-10] Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't
Post by: DubFX on February 10, 2014, 03:10:14 PM
Blaming their fail on bitcoin.
Welcome to biggest exchange of bitcoins lol.


Title: Re: [2014-02-10] Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't
Post by: Barek on February 10, 2014, 03:28:56 PM
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Maxwell said urgently addressing the issue is "neither necessary nor sufficient" for preventing theft in the case of cancellations or reissues, and that while Bitcoin wallet programs do not handle malleability well, it is not a serious issue.

Well, it looks like Mt.Gox just made it a serious issue.

Someone needs to grow up.


Title: Re: [2014-02-10] Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't
Post by: hilariousandco on February 10, 2014, 06:28:46 PM
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Maxwell said urgently addressing the issue is "neither necessary nor sufficient" for preventing theft in the case of cancellations or reissues, and that while Bitcoin wallet programs do not handle malleability well, it is not a serious issue.

Well, it looks like Mt.Gox just made it a serious issue.

Someone needs to grow up.

That's exactly what happened. Gox passing the blame when it's their shoddy service that caused their problems and then they have the cheek to spread FUD. Why didn't they fix the problem before telling everybody about it?


Title: Re: [2014-02-10] Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't
Post by: Barek on February 10, 2014, 06:39:12 PM
Why didn't they fix the problem before telling everybody about it?

Someone did not get their way with the malleability fix and decided he does not want to play anymore, making a big fuss.


Title: Re: [2014-02-10] Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't
Post by: guybrushthreepwood on February 10, 2014, 06:42:55 PM
Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't Have Brought Down MtGox

It didn't bring down Gox. They did that themselves. They caused the crash with their FUD though. Bastards.


Title: Re: [2014-02-10] Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't
Post by: _wayfarer_ on February 10, 2014, 06:45:26 PM
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The issues that Mt. Gox has been experiencing are due to an unfortunate interaction between Mt. Gox's implementation of their highly customized wallet software, their customer support procedures, and their unpreparedness for transaction malleability, a technical detail that allows changes to the way transactions are identified.
Confirming what many here have been saying all along.


Title: Re: [2014-02-10] Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't
Post by: smith88 on February 10, 2014, 07:12:40 PM
Yep-  here's another quote from someone else in the article, the chief scientist of Bitcoin Foundation "The issues that Mt. Gox has been experiencing are due to an unfortunate interaction between Mt. Gox's implementation of their highly customized wallet software, their customer support procedures, and their unpreparedness for transaction malleability, a technical detail that allows changes to the way transactions are identified."

As far as I'm concerned, the quicker Gox is offline, the better. They haven't been allowing USD withdrawals, or delaying by months (basically the same thing). Now you can't even remove BTC. What you're left with is depositing money into a company that will use your funds to run daily operations. Good luck getting any money, real or fiat, out of this "exchange."

Absolutely agree.  MTGox has been operating like an amateur lemonade stand.  We need a lemonade processing plant; for squeezing those lemons by hand is not appropriate for the level of volume they were processing.


Title: Re: [2014-02-10] Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't
Post by: LiteCoinGuy on February 10, 2014, 07:26:30 PM
strange that only gox has these problems ... :P

cant believe that they drive such high profitable service agianst the wall.


Title: Re: [2014-02-10] Bitcoin Developer: Yes, There's A Flaw In Bitcoin But It Shouldn't
Post by: smith88 on February 10, 2014, 07:35:51 PM
Very strange indeed.   :o