Bitcoin went to $16 in the last hour...

[dancupid]

...before coming back down to $6. (at least according bitcoincharts.com - which is suddenly 'down for maintenance')
Anyone any idea what actually is going on?

edit - this probably should be in speculation - I forgot to click the little child

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[rannici]

aliens broke out of the zoo.

mexicans demanded reparations.

tiger woods' viagra supply ran out.

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profit.

[dub0matic]

well mtgox say a high of 12.50 but unfortunely non of my coins were sold

[dancupid]

well mtgox say a high of 12.50 but unfortunely non of my coins were sold

It's strange - the candle wick definitely went to 16 on bitcoincharts before going down

[dancupid]

bitcoin charts is up again and now I see 12.5 - perhaps I was looking at pesetas or something.

[Valalvax]

It doesn't matter, the actual real value never hit that, bugged trades, they pop up every 1.5 months or so

[achillez]

I sold a bunch of my bitcoins at 7 BTC during that pop

[tuckerlee]

A bunch of my coins should have been sold but they sat in Mt Gox instead. They said it was foul play and the price wasn't accurate.

Edit: Those darn chickens... 

[trentzb]

A bunch of my coins should have been sold but they sat in Mt Gox instead. They said it was fowl play and the price wasn't accurate.

Freakin birds crapping on trades again huh?