Guys, are you living in a fantasy world? I own plenty of bitcoin - some on gox, some on bitstamp and mostly w coin base. I'm not trolling. Regardless of whether gox's volume is decreasing, the bottom line is that bitcoin is always in need of new people getting into it. If you think that mt gox going under is going to be a blip on the radar, then you are truly delusional. Imagine the thought process of a new possible bitcoin purchaser: "yeah, let me wire some money to slovenia or bulgaria after gox goes under" - hell no. Trust of the major exchanges is critical. If gox is a fraud, then this will be a huge crushing blow to bitcoin. The fact that there are other exchanges doesn't mean s**t to the public. even though the underlying protocol is still sound, this is all about trust and faith - the very backbone of bitcoin. bc without trust and faith behind bitcoin, there is nothing. The vast majority of people thinking about buying bit coin will not do so if gox ends up being a fraud. not everything written here that is negative about bit coin is trolling.
This is exactly why I always point new folks to coinbase...simple and familiar to Americans. The majority of the public doesn't know or understand how to use the other exchanges. I really have very little concern for what happens to Gox for the new guys.