MUST WATCH: Account Holder Flies To Japan And Confronts MtGox CEO

[angrynerd88]

Someone will turn that fat rich nerd Mark into lots of jam very soon, believe me. Leave Russian mafia some time.

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[Loozik]

Man, what a Jackarse Karpeles is, this Brit flew all the way from LONDON. The least you could do is invite him inside and have a couple words with him to tell him what your plan is to fix the situation.

What Kolin should have done in the first place was to talk to Mark without camera and posters. If unsuccessful, he would be justified to bring the camera and confront Mark the next day.

I think Mark suspected Kolin is this guy https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=304568.0;all Mark had every reason to think this guy is there for the lulz.

Someone will turn that fat rich nerd Mark into lots of jam very soon, believe me. Leave Russian mafia some time.

Gox has lots of problems (due to internal and external causes). If you have only a few pennies at Gox (therefore you don't have a reason to care), you certainly want to see Mark frightened. You are a pathetic idiot.

The catch is: not all Gox clients are as poor as you are. There are rich people who have deposited at Gox more than a few pennies. These people want Mark to sort out problems at Gox in the speediest possible way. These people want him to be undisturbed / want him to focus on his job. The last thing these people wish for Mark is to be under any kind of stress / thread that relates to his health and life (resulting in slowing down recovery at Gox).

Russian mafia? Come on, you only have a few pennies in your pocket. You can't afford to hire them. If Russian mafia ever knock on somebody's door to turn him into lots of jam, it will rather be your door and you. Trust me, people who have deposited at Gox hundeds of thousands of dollars or maybe millions can afford to hire Russian mafia to show up at your door and beat the shit out of you (for causing Mark feeling unsecure and thus slowing down recovery at Gox).

[miragecash]

Nah, if the Russkies had dough at the Gox, they woudn't turn him into jam because jam cannot return coin. They probably pulled him into a van off the street, said, "return coin," the fat nerd would've wet his pants and returned it, and he would've been shoved out  of the van while it was rolling after 6 confirmations. The Russkies are only brutal if you don't cooperate because at the end of the day, even the mafia is just a business like any other. "legit" biz isn't necessarily any less brutal. Just google Halliburton, Banana Wars, and Blackwater.

Someone will turn that fat rich nerd Mark into lots of jam very soon, believe me. Leave Russian mafia some time.

[miragecash]

Recovery? LOL! Marky poo probably cooked this up to profit from it. If the spot price at the GOX is $300 but $625 at Coinbase, then he probably scooped up all the loose coin at the Gox himself and then resold them elsewhere for a fat profit.

Man, what a Jackarse Karpeles is, this Brit flew all the way from LONDON. The least you could do is invite him inside and have a couple words with him to tell him what your plan is to fix the situation.

What Kolin should have done in the first place was to talk to Mark without camera and posters. If unsuccessful, he would be justified to bring the camera and confront Mark the next day.

I think Mark suspected Kolin is this guy https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=304568.0;all Mark had every reason to think this guy is there for the lulz.

Someone will turn that fat rich nerd Mark into lots of jam very soon, believe me. Leave Russian mafia some time.

Gox has lots of problems (due to internal and external causes). If you have only a few pennies at Gox (therefore you don't have a reason to care), you certainly want to see Mark frightened. You are a pathetic idiot.

The catch is: not all Gox clients are as poor as you are. There are rich people who have deposited at Gox more than a few pennies. These people want Mark to sort out problems at Gox in the speediest possible way. These people want him to be undisturbed / want him to focus on his job. The last thing these people wish for Mark is to be under any kind of stress / thread that relates to his health and life (resulting in slowing down recovery at Gox).

Russian mafia? Come on, you only have a few pennies in your pocket. You can't afford to hire them. If Russian mafia ever knock on somebody's door to turn him into lots of jam, it will rather be your door and you. Trust me, people who have deposited at Gox hundeds of thousands of dollars or maybe millions can afford to hire Russian mafia to show up at your door and beat the shit out of you (for causing Mark feeling unsecure and thus slowing down recovery at Gox).

[hilariousandco]

Man, what a Jackarse Karpeles is, this Brit flew all the way from LONDON. The least you could do is invite him inside and have a couple words with him to tell him what your plan is to fix the situation. 5 minutes of conversation for a guy who flew across the planet is just human decency.

That's probably the last thing he wanted to do. Doubt he was thinking straight anyway and just wanted to get in out of the cold.

Never trust a man who wears those stonewash jeans. Also never trust a white man who plays with samurai swords.

[BitCoinNutJob]

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mtgox-protest?utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=ustre.am%2F1aqKD&utm_medium=social&utm_content=20140219100504

live stream when japan wakes up

[Jcw188]

I had no idea until the other day that Mt. Gox was originally formed for trading Magic cards.  This is unbelievable that people would then trust that entity with BTCs worth thousands.  (The picture above made me think of Karpaeles, and being a nerd.)  (I played some Magic too but never traded for cards online)

[gpucoolingmethod]

Recovery? LOL! Marky poo probably cooked this up to profit from it. If the spot price at the GOX is $300 but $625 at Coinbase, then he probably scooped up all the loose coin at the Gox himself and then resold them elsewhere for a fat profit.

so now it is half the value compared to @other exchanges when it used to b twice value.What value will it be when it works properly again?

MtGOX = MagictheGatheringOnlineExchange. MagictheGathering is a well known PC game

[Armis]

I had no idea until the other day that Mt. Gox was originally formed for trading Magic cards.  This is unbelievable that people would then trust that entity with BTCs worth thousands.  (The picture above made me think of Karpaeles, and being a nerd.)  (I played some Magic too but never traded for cards online)

the cryptocurrency industry is still in it's infancy, when Mt. Gox started the btc were worth LESS then many of his most prized cards

It's a matter of perspective, vision, and recognition of opportunity.  Mt Gox and everyone else that got involved prior to April 2013 basically got in with little to no risk, however EVERYONE who entered the space since have done so with some risk.   

For a better perspective on the potentiality of the matter Mt Gox grew at an expansion level that blew the like of facebook and google out of the water, instead of being a multi-million dollar company they would have been a multi-trillion dollar company by now if they knew what the F they were doing.  But NO ONE knew what they were doing, everything was hype, hype, hype (still today too).  If you extract the hype btc is worth only about $400 which would position Mt Gox as a billion dollar company.   

Keep in mind that 99% of the world still doesn't know what Bitcoin is, or they see it as a bad thing.     

I was looking at a video where cryptocurrency professional were testifying as EXPERTS in the field but the COMBINED total years for all of them in the CC industry was about 4.   There is probably 100 people on his site that have more knowledge about btc than 2 of the 3 of them yet they are not the ones representing the industry.

[iikun]

Recovery? LOL! Marky poo probably cooked this up to profit from it. If the spot price at the GOX is $300 but $625 at Coinbase, then he probably scooped up all the loose coin at the Gox himself and then resold them elsewhere for a fat profit.

so now it is half the value compared to @other exchanges when it used to b twice value.What value will it be when it works properly again?

MtGOX = MagictheGatheringOnlineExchange. MagictheGathering is a well known PC game

you just blew my mind lol. In Japan their proper name is given as Mount Gox so I never got the association before. Now I feel dirty for having used them 

[NickPortland]

Recovery? LOL! Marky poo probably cooked this up to profit from it. If the spot price at the GOX is $300 but $625 at Coinbase, then he probably scooped up all the loose coin at the Gox himself and then resold them elsewhere for a fat profit.

so now it is half the value compared to @other exchanges when it used to b twice value.What value will it be when it works properly again?

MtGOX = MagictheGatheringOnlineExchange. MagictheGathering is a well known PC game

you just blew my mind lol. In Japan their proper name is given as Mount Gox so I never got the association before. Now I feel dirty for having used them 

Magic TG is a table card's game, who also got some pc game spinoffs..

[miragecash]

MtGOX = MagictheGatheringOnlineExchange. MagictheGathering is a well known PC game

WTF?! People use a platform that uber nerds used to trade "magic" cards?! Sheesh, that's like saying you've entrusted Mickey Mouse to handle your 401K and then get upset when he loses your retirement funds!

I didn't know this factoid. I thought Mt Gox was the name of a mountain in Japan like Mt Fuji !!! Doh!!! 

Oh, man. Truth IS stranger than fiction!!!

[Lauda]

They should give him his money, poor guy.

[Armis]

Unfortunately, if Gox really did lose it all, that will probably lead to Japan banning crypto-currencies. The government is thinking right now about what their policy should be, so this couldn't have come at a worse time. Japan is the world's 3rd largest economy, so this hurts us all.

what?  ... I had to look that up, and was shocked out of my mind; wow.


nevertheless, regardless of what happens to MG Japan will have to act legislatively, clearly they are taking more of a responsible position, and less of a knee-jerk reaction, to the matter but considering that this is the second time billiions in equity ($s) was flushed down the toilet it won't likely be viewed as intruding or overstepping the cryptocurrency  community at large.   

oh, well

[iikun]

Their "new" office is likely this virtual office btw:
http://www.executivecentre.com/location/shibuya_cerulean_tower

[miroman86]

Haha, Mark wearing a t-shirt in that weather. Badman.

Coz he has all that blubber.. Must be spending BTCs all day everyday on coffee/deserts...

[freedomno1]

Live stream right now
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mtgox-protest

[sickhouse]

How is that guy still alive? I saw no life guards around him, and some bad guy must have had ton of BTC there..

[augustocroppo]

nevertheless, regardless of what happens to MG Japan will have to act legislatively, clearly they are taking more of a responsible position, and less of a knee-jerk reaction, to the matter but considering that this is the second time billiions in equity ($s) was flushed down the toilet it won't likely be viewed as intruding or overstepping the cryptocurrency  community at large.

Nothing "was flushed down the toilet". The real money just changed hands accounts.

[gpucoolingmethod]

How is that guy still alive? I saw no life guards around him, and some bad guy must have had ton of BTC there..

It's already been mentione on this thread that whoever really has much btc on mtgox will want him to finish fixing things ASAP which means safety and lots of comfort pleasure etc