So three years ago he donated 17000btc, which would have been how much in say USD? $30? $5K? $10K? Two pizzas? 14 years ago I gave a good friend 600,000 Hilton points for a two week honeymoon to the maldives (around $900 per night) because her scientist fiance didn't make much money (all research funds were being diverted away from gene research into global warming). I don't know how much fiat that converts into but probably way more than 17000btc three years back. Regardless, this fucking worthless prick decided last monday to crater the bitcoin market without warning to anyone, and without discussion with any of the other exchanges, which he claimed he was helping. The last time he fucked over bitcoins was due to sheer incompetence, which I fully understand and I forgave him for. This instead was deliberate malice trying to cover up his complete inability to run any company. He makes jamie dimon look like an angel. He should be ostracized from the bitcoin community, but only once he has made good on his debts to the people who have their money in there. Luckily I am not one of them but a few friends are.
Fundamentally he is still, and no doubt always will be, a corrupt, incompetent cunt.
jeezus!! you are all about writing a bunch of shit but don't even bother to at least spend 30 seconds doing some reserach
"The Bitomat service is now up for sale for 17,000 Bitcoins to help recover the cost of the missing coins and return them to their owners. At a current conservative market estimate of near $13 per BTC that would put the sale price of the exchange as exceeding $221k."
so yes. it's exactly like your 600,000 hilton points. exactly the same thing
this is what's wrong with this community. they don't bother to think more than with their emotions
edit: when mtgox was hacked he paid out of mtgox's profits so noone lost their bitcoins.
seriosuly, people need to know more about what they are talking about.
