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Title: 2013-04-21 Computerworld - Mt. Gox, 'throttles' trading to tame price swings
Post by: flug on April 22, 2013, 06:46:55 AM
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238571/Largest_bitcoin_exchange_Mt._Gox_39_throttles_39_trading_to_tame_price_swings

"Mt. Gox has put in place elastic "throttles" that will allow some small trades but automatically limit the trades depending on the needs of its trading engine.."


Title: Re: 2013-04-21 Computerworld - Mt. Gox, 'throttles' trading to tame price swings
Post by: Rodyland on April 22, 2013, 06:51:26 AM
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Mt. Gox has said it is working on a new trading engine that will run separately from its front-end website, making it less vulnerable to DDOS attacks.

*forehead slap*

Seriously?  The are only just now working on this?!


Title: Re: 2013-04-21 Computerworld - Mt. Gox, 'throttles' trading to tame price swings
Post by: justusranvier on April 22, 2013, 08:04:51 AM
*forehead slap*

Seriously?  The are only just now working on this?!
Well to be fair they just now realized that it's an issue. It's not like the problem first started showing up three years ago.

Oh, wait...