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1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 1933 (111,114 BTC) moving on: March 10, 2014, 04:41:40 AM
There was a large withdrawal of 15,000 BTC which could only have been made from an account with "Trusted" Status.

For trusted status, physical copies of the documents must be sent by mail and they must be certified by an apostille.

b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,26d4c3a8-2211-466f-94d8-eb8dda1e7180,"2011-10-27 12:50:14",withdraw,-15000


Another Karp account consolidating with the rest, though these seem to be stopping on 5k splits with a chunk of ~1,166 ish going on its lonesome.

It is possible, but why would Mark Karpeles need a MtGox account to move bitcoins? Or could this be Mark's personal account?

I still think it is more likely to be an early adopter who is concerned about being a target now that their private details are being passed around criminals. Or that the criminals already got the bitcoins through coercion at the individuals private residence.

Anyone who has withdrawn thousands of bitcoins from MtGox should split the bitcoins into many different wallets and then send them to another exchange such as btc-e and then withdraw them to encrypted wallets and hide/bury them. This will break trail through the blockchain.
2  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 1933 (111,114 BTC) moving on: March 10, 2014, 02:29:55 AM
Wait that's horrific. Embarrassed

If you go to the address https://blockchain.info/address/1933phfhK3ZgFQNLGSDXvqCn32k2buXY8a and scroll down, there is a message sent at 2014-01-24 01:44:41

Public Note: send 100,000 BTC to this address 1Ggta18qjjptCiAYwsQB3dmVphuu39aNHp, or i will kill you. I know how you are...

Undecided
3  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 1933 (111,114 BTC) moving on: March 10, 2014, 02:09:41 AM
Looks like a MtGox customer moving their funds. The BTC withdrawals from MtGox to the Main BTC address https://blockchain.info/address/1933phfhK3ZgFQNLGSDXvqCn32k2buXY8a are listed below (from the leaks).

The early adopter sitting on $70m in BTC is probably shitting himself after knowing the hacker got all his personal details, passport scan, home address etc. He knows he's going to be a HUGE target for criminals.

It is also possible some gunmen were already sent to his home address and threatened to harm him and his family unless he transferred the bitcoins to the criminals. I hope this is not the case otherwise criminals now control all those bitcoins.  Undecided


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b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,08134fa1-52c7-4c4a-9916-5a78a7344ec5,"2011-07-05 15:09:19",withdraw,-1495.5
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,f8e186b0-d8ee-4064-be64-054258ca631c,"2011-07-05 19:00:10",withdraw,-1495.49999999
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,e5888c99-fc43-4bf0-82f0-9daa5fbbb28f,"2011-07-05 22:59:49",withdraw,-1530.98062227
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,426a0007-3797-4c81-8e37-f8fa2e835ed6,"2011-07-23 22:37:24",withdraw,-727.33370629
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b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,5ad790f6-0c3c-4cfc-8e63-e57e50342fa7,"2011-08-06 14:52:14",withdraw,-100
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,04f33017-b0a6-4c2d-b924-96fde5323e5c,"2011-08-06 14:54:49",withdraw,-5419.53237126
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,26d4c3a8-2211-466f-94d8-eb8dda1e7180,"2011-10-27 12:50:14",withdraw,-15000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,ef562979-e895-4932-82ee-530274d03b75,"2011-10-28 17:56:37",withdraw,-50
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,cfe0a762-0ae9-49b1-98ee-9594dcee823a,"2011-10-28 17:59:13",withdraw,-1913.98495583
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,fb883cef-040c-4ec1-80f3-da50f5c1eedc,"2011-12-04 06:52:58",withdraw,-0.4995
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b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,e5562d1b-6932-4384-b5f9-debcfb03e911,"2011-12-20 19:03:14",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,10d69fbb-9f00-43e8-b445-5ccac706a9f1,"2011-12-20 19:03:24",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,61633710-e0be-4743-b8e2-945c2b302983,"2011-12-20 20:07:48",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,88146b9d-aceb-485c-b97b-d9b92e8a76fb,"2011-12-20 20:08:03",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,02802191-765b-4785-85fe-495f0742852f,"2011-12-20 20:08:12",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,3ad45bfe-69bf-439e-8d81-110c5b496b5c,"2011-12-20 20:08:25",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,e5beca8d-503b-4030-839c-b84d8490c369,"2011-12-20 20:08:39",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,01925733-af3d-4678-91dc-3044dcb567c4,"2011-12-20 20:08:48",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,206142fe-c6e2-44dc-9056-4dadd6561168,"2011-12-20 20:08:58",withdraw,-1000
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b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,3a1848c9-6dbd-40e5-aa6e-7cd1e35b273d,"2011-12-20 20:23:54",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,3cb1dc9d-a1cc-40c2-a684-30ced7a69f5d,"2011-12-20 20:24:07",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,34848e93-b754-4e0c-a1cd-b64f0932fcf4,"2011-12-20 20:24:18",withdraw,-1000
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b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,2ac84f8c-ca47-466a-a23c-ed70d9775341,"2011-12-20 20:24:38",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,f4bd5345-d519-4f12-8283-b46a4270eea0,"2011-12-20 20:24:50",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,ef2ce22a-f0c7-4eee-a196-329b3c5757bc,"2011-12-20 20:25:00",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,397a5929-f8b0-4241-a8ff-b8870d5faf61,"2011-12-20 20:25:10",withdraw,-1000
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,53835d67-04c3-4914-8db4-d2c6dfa7f598,"2011-12-20 20:26:51",withdraw,-1000
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b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,34fa39dd-8d36-4c28-ba99-d1e2d06f54be,"2012-08-25 20:52:05",withdraw,-3.12606703
b169b66e-023c-462e-8ae4-9cb2db3f2219,5dea8eda-2593-4371-907e-daa51714dc93,"2012-09-29 18:42:41",withdraw,-1
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4  Economy / Exchanges / Re: MtGox withdrawal delays [Gathering] on: February 14, 2014, 12:01:22 PM

...read again... they are talking about BTC-E not Bitstamp in that forum

Oh, ok, sure insider trading then. Let us know how you get along with your lawsuit.

Lawsuit? ... No need - insider trading is handled by "Agencija za trg vrednostnih papirjev" which is the Slovenian version of the Securities Commission. All I'd need to do is write a letter to them with some publically available data showing them what happenned...I'm sure they'd be able to handle the rest themselves, computer logs are easy for them to get and analyse.

But I'm not going to do it, I didn't loose enough money this time to bother with this (although other people might).
And I'm sorry if I sounded abrupt/rude in my posts, I was just pissed off at them, not at you.

Name:    hamma
Posts:    6
Activity:    5
Position:    Newbie
Date Registered:    February 11, 2014, 09:56:31 AM
Last Active:    Today at 11:32:16 AM


Looks like a newbie just spreading FUD.

I'm sorry to state this, but for example since I have registered, I've seen most of the brainless hysterical FUD-spreading from members with 100+ posts... People register and join sometimes, everyone has to start somewhere, that doesn't necessarily mean they're spreading FUD.

Check out the users post history all 6 posts are FUD.
5  Economy / Exchanges / Re: MtGox withdrawal delays [Gathering] on: February 14, 2014, 11:45:18 AM

...read again... they are talking about BTC-E not Bitstamp in that forum

Oh, ok, sure insider trading then. Let us know how you get along with your lawsuit.

Lawsuit? ... No need - insider trading is handled by "Agencija za trg vrednostnih papirjev" which is the Slovenian version of the Securities Commission. All I'd need to do is write a letter to them with some publically available data showing them what happenned...I'm sure they'd be able to handle the rest themselves, computer logs are easy for them to get and analyse.

But I'm not going to do it, I didn't loose enough money this time to bother with this (although other people might).
And I'm sorry if I sounded abrupt/rude in my posts, I was just pissed off at them, not at you.

Name:    hamma
Posts:    6
Activity:    5
Position:    Newbie
Date Registered:    February 11, 2014, 09:56:31 AM
Last Active:    Today at 11:32:16 AM


Looks like a newbie just spreading FUD.
6  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Good news everyone! Bitstamp opening BTC withdrawals later today on: February 14, 2014, 11:07:31 AM
This is the difference between other exchanges and MtGox. Rather than pointing fingers and blaming others for their problems, Bitstamp takes responsibility and gets to right to work and implements a solution within a few days at most. Bitstamp also mentioned that all customers bitcoins are safe, helping to alleviate fears and retain confidence, unlike MtGox who has not once mentioned that customers bitcoins are safe in their announcements, which leads to speculation that MtGox may not have enough bitcoins to cover everyones withdrawal requests. This, in turn, also wreaks havoc in the Bitcoin markets affecting everyone. The MtGox CEO can learn a thing or two about PR from others on how to handle announcements, communicate effectively with their customers and take responsibility without resorting to blame others.
7  Economy / Web Wallets / Re: BTC-e withdrawal issues? on: February 13, 2014, 12:11:44 PM
I'm still waiting my withdraw now for 3 days ! WTF !!!

Btc-e tweeted yesterday regarding the stuck bitcoin withdrawals requested on February 10 & 11:
https://twitter.com/btcecom/status/433626479331508225

Google translated:
Reshipment bitcoin transactions hung due to DDOS network bitcoin (10-11 February) will be produced 13.02.2014 # btce


In other words, you should receive your bitcoin withdrawal by the end of today (13th).
8  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What you need to know about Transaction mutability ... on: February 12, 2014, 10:30:47 AM
I am a normal user, affected by this issue and lost money, now all bitcoin transactions should be stopped to prevent this happening, or the dead of bitcoin.

How did you lose money? Please elaborate.

It's just another newbie poster spreading FUD about Bitcoin.

Name:    gamecenteruk
Posts:    5
Activity:    4
Position:    Newbie
9  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: BREAKING NEWS: Multiple Exchanges Affected - Possible Global Shutdown on: February 12, 2014, 10:28:55 AM
Actually blockchain is affected, the data on it is not trustable.

Nonsense.  Either you are intentionally spreading misinformation or are just don't understand the issue. Nothing about this affects the blockchain.   Please point to a single confirmed transaction which is "not trustable".



It's just another newbie poster spreading FUD about Bitcoin.

Name:    gamecenteruk
Posts:    4
Activity:    4
Position:    Newbie
10  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: bitstamp btc withdrawal problem on: February 12, 2014, 08:11:18 AM
https://www.bitstamp.net/article/bitcoin-withdraws-suspended/
Quote
Dear Bitstamp users
[...]
Withdrawals which failed on the 10th and 11th of February will be canceled and the amounts added back to the customer account balances.
[...]
My 8 BTC withdrawal from this morning is still listed as "Finished" and nothing has been added back.
The wording "will be" used in the Bitstamp news post implies action to be taken in the future, not action already taken. I assume failed withdrawals will be credited back once the fix is in place.
24 hours.  No BTC received, no BTC added back to balance and no word from support.

Says the mtgox shill...
11  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: BTC-e suspended accounts [Gathering] on: February 12, 2014, 07:55:46 AM
Hello!

I have a similiar problem, and a friend of mine told me his account containing funds is also suspended out of nowhere!

BTC-E has suspended my account containing 100 BITCOINS after I reported my email being hacked and requested withdraw be locked until I could recover my email.

I got a reply within two hours saying withdraws would be locked, and I was very pleased.

The next day I recovered my email address and changed my btc-e password, and saw that my account is suspended still. I know for a fact all my funds are still safe in my account because when the hacker changed btc-e password to access my account withdraws are auto locked for two days.

So I make a ticket first day asking for my account to be unsuspended, no response. I keep making tickets for the next 6 days and have received not ONE single response.

I have been trading on btc-e for YEARS. This should not happen. It is very suspicious to me, that they replied nearly instantly on my first ticket asking to lock withdraws, but not on one of my 20 tickets I have made asking for a reply as to my account being unsuspended. I have told BTC-E if I do not recieve a response in next week Im hiring a lawyer and contacting authorities.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

For someone who's payed thousands of dollars to btc-e in past years this should not be happening, it's either a scam that's taking place, or very big problems for BTC-E owners and they have 0 time to respond to tickets?

I don't know WHAT is up with BTC-E but all I know is do NOT deposit ANY money in the site until these issues are resolved with users.


You already have a thread about this:

BTC-E Account containing 100 BITCOINS hacked!
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=451267.0


Why did you edit your opening post in the other thread that this issue is resolved? Your original post is quoted by the 2nd post of that thread.

Quote
I have been longtime BTC-E trader. Recently, a ton of yahoo accounts have been hacked and it's all over the news.

I was one of them.
So your yahoo mail account was hacked...


Quote
I foolishly used the same password to login to my email that i used to register my btc-e account..
You used the same password for yahoo email and btc-e and kept 100 BTC in that account???


Quote
The hacker was able to get into my email assocaited with my btc-e account and changed my security questions and backup email for that account. He then hacked into my btc-e account and changed the login information.

So let's get this stragiht:
No 2FA for yahoo mail
No 2FA for btc-e
Used same password on both sites.
100 BTC kept in this account.

and you blame btc-e for your own stupidity?


6 days have passed since you edited your opening post in the other thread that the issue was resolved.

And why the need to post in another thread on this issue?
12  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Stop blaming MtGox on: February 11, 2014, 11:46:44 PM
Bitstamp and BTC-E is the same crap, and this, the exchanges are sadly one of the weakest spots of Bitcoin right now.

Other than MtGox, how are the exchanges weak spots right now? The exchanges have just taken precautionary measures and stopped bitcoin withdrawals are currently fixing their software so the minor bug becomes a non issue. No funds have been lost. Things should be back to normal within a few days at most, I suspect.


Another issue is that Bitcoin still is on a beta release, were bugs are expected. The more value Bitcoin gets the harder it is to maintain and change these bugs.

The more valuable Bitcoin gets the more incentive and money available to spend fixing bugs.


If the other exchanges are back to normal operation within a few days and MtGox is still having BTC withdrawal issues after 2 weeks, then you must agree that MtGox's issues are more than just technical. There is a chance they may be using this bug as a convenient excuse to cover up some larger issue. It is possible they may even be the ones behind the attacks. As already stated, the markets remain skeptical.

Right now however, I am giving MtGox the benefit of the doubt.



Regardless of the above, MtGox are to blame for the havoc in the markets they caused yesterday with the way they handled the announcement. I have written about this in greater detail:

I think the problem people have with Gox is the way they handled the announcement and also the havoc it caused in the Bitcoin markets afterwards which could have been avoided. Their long-winded announcement went into a lot of technical detail about the transaction malleability flaw. Most traders are non-technical users of Bitcoin and would assume after reading the announcement that Bitcoin was broken. Sure enough, the announcement caused the flash crashes only minutes after release at Btc-e and Bitfinex resulting in millions of dollar losses from panic and margin calls.

This resulting panic in the markets could have been easily avoided had the announcement been reworded differently in a less dramatic fashion. You only need to read the first 2 paragraphs and immediately you suspect some serious flaw in Bitcoin. Less emphasis should have been made on all the details of the flaw, we are not to blame, more emphasis on that Bitcoin is not broken, this issue is not major, everyones funds are safe, we apologize to our customers for long delays etc... The devs were right to say that Bitcoin is not broken in order to prevent FUD from spreading and reaching the mainstream media with damaging articles where average joes would use this as another reason to avoid Bitcoin. Thanks to the devs a lot of the articles out there emphasize that this is a minor flaw and solutions can be easily implemented.

Mark Karpeles may understand technical issues well, but when it comes understanding investor and traders psychology and the huge impact these announcements will have on the Bitcoin markets, he either doesn't seem to have a clue or simply doesn't care (negligence).
13  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: bitstamp btc withdrawal problem on: February 11, 2014, 09:53:47 PM
Question:
Why is it that until yesterday no one's transactions were affected by Tx Malleability DDOS attacks, but once MtGox declares it to be their issue, all the sudden everyone else is hit by the same attack? Is it copycat hackers at work?

Some possibilities:

1) The attackers became aware of the flaw only after MtGox made it widely known in their detailed technical announcement yesterday.
2) The attackers turned their attention away from MtGox to everyone else, after MtGox stopped BTC withdrawal requests.
3) The Bitcoin Foundation are behind the attacks, so that all exchanges and wallet providers become aware of the issue and are forced to fix their systems to prevent this from becoming a bigger issue later on.
4) MtGox are behind the attacks to divert blame, buy time and cover up their insolvency.
5) The attacker is someone who wants to cause panic, cause a market crash and then buy up cheap bitcoins.
6) A government (US, Russia, China...) are behind the attacks to try to discredit Bitcoin.
7) Russian hackers are behind the attacks and want you to enjoy watching Sochi (instead of sitting behind a computer all day).
14  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Stop blaming MtGox on: February 11, 2014, 08:46:29 PM

I might be a n00b here, but now even your god Andreas Antonopoulos blames a weakness in the protocol Wink
http://www.coindesk.com/massive-concerted-attack-launched-bitcoin-exchanges/


Technical issue or not, the market is still skeptical that MtGox will honor all BTC withdrawals after this issue is fixed:

At the time of this post:

Gox 577
Stamp 642
Bitfinex 638
Btc-e 635

Note: Gox should be 100 above the rest due to difficulties in withdrawing fiat. So it is currently 165 below where it should be if BTC withdrawals were being honored.
15  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: New Mt Gox Press Release - Feb 10 - they are claiming flaw in bitcoin protocol ! on: February 11, 2014, 08:20:39 PM
looks like the devs tried to defend themselves too quickly.

are people going to go after btce and bitstamp now?

looks like it's a PR stunt/nightmare for everyone. including the devs.

guess there was more truth in gox's statement than people care to give them credit for.

(i'm not saying that they aren't incompetent by all means)

don't worry 99%+ of all bitcoins should still be there

I think the problem people have with Gox is the way they handled the announcement and also the havoc it caused in the Bitcoin markets afterwards which could have been avoided. Their long-winded announcement went into a lot of technical detail about the transaction malleability flaw. Most traders are non-technical users of Bitcoin and would assume after reading the announcement that Bitcoin was broken. Sure enough, the announcement caused the flash crashes only minutes after release at Btc-e and Bitfinex resulting in millions of dollar losses from panic and margin calls.

This resulting panic in the markets could have been easily avoided had the announcement been reworded differently in a less dramatic fashion. You only need to read the first 2 paragraphs and immediately you suspect some serious flaw in Bitcoin. Less emphasis should have been made on all the details of the flaw, we are not to blame, more emphasis on that Bitcoin is not broken, this issue is not major, everyones funds are safe, we apologize to our customers for long delays etc... The devs were right to say that Bitcoin is not broken in order to prevent FUD from spreading and reaching the mainstream media with damaging articles where average joes would use this as another reason to avoid Bitcoin. Thanks to the devs a lot of the articles out there emphasize that this is a minor flaw and solutions can be easily implemented.

Mark Karpeles may understand technical issues well, but when it comes understanding investor and traders psychology and the huge impact these announcements will have on the Bitcoin markets, he either doesn't seem to have a clue or simply doesn't care (negligence).
16  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: bitstamp btc withdrawal problem on: February 11, 2014, 06:29:47 PM
https://www.bitstamp.net/article/bitcoin-withdraws-suspended/

Quote
Dear Bitstamp users

Bitstamp’s exchange software is extremely cautious concerning Bitcoin transactions. Currently it has suspended processing Bitcoin withdrawals due to inconsistent results reported by our bitcoind wallet, caused by a denial-of-service attack using transaction malleability to temporarily disrupt balance checking. As such, Bitcoin withdrawal processing will be suspended temporarily until a software fix is issued.

No funds have been lost and no funds are at risk.

This is a denial-of-service attack made possible by some misunderstandings in Bitcoin wallet implementations. These misunderstandings have simple solutions that are being implemented as we speak, and we're confident everything will be back to normal shortly.

Withdrawals which failed on the 10th and 11th of February will be canceled and the amounts added back to the customer account balances.

We will communicate any further developments regarding this issue.

Thank you for your understanding!

Best regards
Bitstamp team

Seems like this transaction malleability is a minor issue and of no threat to Bitcoin. I suspect this is the same issue facing the other exchanges. Of course, some people on this forum will try to spread FUD that Bitcoin is broken and you will never receive your BTC withdrawals etc.

I guess BTC withdrawals should be back to normal again within a few days at most after Bitstamp implements a solution.
17  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: MTGOX Now Blocking Verified Users from IRC on: February 11, 2014, 05:59:28 PM
Nothing surprises me with Gox anymore.
18  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: BTC-e suspended accounts [Gathering] on: February 11, 2014, 05:36:57 PM
You are a Mt. Gox sock puppet:

Perhaps we should hear him out and see what others have to say and perhaps be helpful before we go all "HE'S A NOOB, GET HIM!" on him?

Fair enough. I am just trying to make people aware of the possibility, because there is a lot of FUD spreading right now about other exchanges/Bitcoin protocol in an attempt to justify MtGox's actions. A lot of these posters are newbies with only a few posts.

Apologies if the poster is a genuine new member. (I deleted the post)
19  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Is MtGox dying? on: February 11, 2014, 05:20:30 PM
MtGox is essentially dead. If by some chance they do pay out the bitcoins, their reputation is still irreparable, at least with Mark Karpeles in charge. Most users will leave and move to other exchanges. There are probably lawsuits now made against them by some wealthy users.

If you are lucky enough to get your funds out. Don't put them back in!
20  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: bitstamp btc withdrawal problem on: February 11, 2014, 05:07:03 PM
I made two withdrawals yesterday that show as finished, but are still not on the blockchain.

You joined the forum 15 minutes ago and this is your first post? Are you affiliated with MtGox?


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