Wow... I specifically created an AUD wallet like that before in order to try that - and it didn't work last time. Now It's showing up.
Oh well - that's good!  Technocash is much cheaper than wire to HK for small amounts.

That implies an external agent doing the goxing..  I think it's more likely:  "Gox goxxed itself!"

That's a perspective I hadn't really considered. Nice!

Yes - but read some of the answers on this stackexchange question to see why you might not want to do this:

http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/792/in-order-to-reduce-fees-can-i-consolidate-my-wallet-by-sending-the-entire-bala

Worse.. by removing the Technocash deposit method - it now costs me $22 to wire funds instead of 5%. 

I had intended to buy some IT services using BTC and deposit small amounts (e.g under $100) as necessary.  (I've added as little as $50 before)
This change has basically made it much less practical to buy BTC for ad hoc spending purposes (as opposed to bulk speculation!) via mtgox.

I guess it's time to take another look at the other exchanges.

That's exactly the crappy unexplained interface I was complaining about above!

It turns out I can create an AUD (or any currency I guess) wallet by flipping my main currency to AUD and then back to USD.
Now I can sell my bitcoins into that wallet.
Before I did this - only USD was available.


Still no explanation on why the previous method of depositing AUD no longer shows up.
I'm guessing that it now *has* to be done by International Wire to the Hong Kong account - which is actually more of a pain for me.


What a poor interface and what a crazy lack of documentation for a feature upgrade.

I think mtgox needs to do some hiring (and/or firing).

The announcement on september the 2nd seems like vapour.
It says mtgox "will introduce fifteen new currency markets"   but when??  next year??

I don't see any new feature or change on the trading interface regarding different currency markets and in fact they have *removed* all reference to depositing via Australian dollars.

A nebulous press release about adding more trading features some time...  and then removing an international deposit method without any explanation???

That's a pretty shabby effort.

EDIT: oh.. I see in 'register a new account' there are other currencies.  
gee.. Do you think maybe they could tell existing customers that?  FFS.  

So now what.. I have to create a new account? Will my yubikey still work?  Do I just transfer my balance?

So many questions.. and no explanation to existing customers. WTF sort of feature release was that?!

Further EDIT:
So I can change my main currency in 'settings'.  There is a confusing post on support.mtgox.com about multi-currency and how to change wallet currency.
Seriously unimpressed with how this was handled.
Can I create a wallet in a currency without depositing new funds?  This just raises more questions.

This is *really* poor form from mtgox.

There is nothing to indicate whether this method of deposit is still available or not.
Some people might not even look at the website as they already have the details recorded - what happens to their deposit?

How bloody difficult is it to put some words of explanation on the website???

Some more meta-pieces regarding the Krugman article:

Another reaction to the Kruger article

And now the bitcoin haters on slashdot are on to it: http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/09/08/2134242/Krugman-On-Bitcoin-and-the-Gold-Standard

The Krugman story hits slashdot

Seriously?  That article is a month old and has already been reported here.
It's ridiculous inflammatory title has also spent more of it's fair share in the google limelight and provided a source of junk material for lazy journalists to write copycat articles.

No - your memory has just been sucked into playing their game by thinking there even *is* any energy produced.
If they can get you arguing about where it's coming from - they conveniently get you ignoring the fact that it isn't even there.

Yes - our country has an East too.. we sometimes even have standards..  also clocks!   
EST is Eastern Standard Time here too.
Our largest city Sydney uses it - and also our capital city Canberra plus Melbourne, Brisbane and other population centres.
Being the 'east' it's the first timezone here too (how about that!)
It's also used for 'so much stuff' here.


So.. the upshot is - You don't want to hear times quoted in our EST - we don't want to hear times in your EST.
These sorts of abbreviations are parochial and ambiguous in a forum like this.

UTC is a global reference point. 

Isn't this just a resource which assists counterfeiters?
Without this list - counterfeiters would need to re-use addresses from a small pool in order for their coins to pass the basic 'public-address shows value in blockchain' test.

What is the motivation for publicly releasing this list?   Are you likely to do this in future?  (I'm hoping not)

Even if you have no intention of maintaining any sort of dupe-public-key tracking/reporting app - someone else might want to, and having a list of *all* released coins might reduce the usefulness of that.  Being able to verify a key by search once you know it is fine - but I don't think they should be listable.

well.. asking if someone who seems sociopathic, 'cares' is a bit silly of me
I guess what I mean to be incredulous about is that he thinks he has any chance of getting sponsors and guests in future.