Official End of Mt Gox thread

[MANofthePEOPLE]

Is there really only 20-25% chance gox pays out? I must say it's a bit tempting to wire money and buy $130 coins hoping for the best. Not going to though :p

[igorr]

Game is over

[Dragonkiller]

I am very impressed by Bitstamp (and the other exchanges). They've pretty much ran out of shits to give. I don't think we will go much below where we are now even if/when Gox goes to zero.

[igorr]

I am very impressed by Bitstamp (and the other exchanges). They've pretty much ran out of shits to give. I don't think we will go much below where we are now even if/when Gox goes to zero.

Millions of Bitcoin will be sold from the MtGox on Bitstamp, and Bistamp  will collapse just like the MtGox !

[Dragonkiller]

I am very impressed by Bitstamp (and the other exchanges). They've pretty much ran out of shits to give. I don't think we will go much below where we are now even if/when Gox goes to zero.

Millions of Bitcoin will be sold from the MtGox on Bitstamp, and Bistamp  will collapse just like the MtGox !

Those "bitcoins" from Gox are never getting out.

[Richard Branson]

Those "bitcoins" from Gox are never getting out.

They don't have to get out.
Mark can easily just sell them.

Either way. Shorting bitcoin NOW is the way to go.

If Mt.Gox will completly default -> price will drop hard
If Mt.Gox will allow withdrawal of bitocoins -> price will drop hard

Either way, we will go down to 100-250$ per bitcoin and stay there till mass adoption really kicks in (2-5 years).

[Dragonkiller]

Those "bitcoins" from Gox are never getting out.

They don't have to get out.
Mark can easily just sell them.

Either way. Shorting bitcoin NOW is the way to go.

If Mt.Gox will completly default -> price will drop hard
If Mt.Gox will allow withdrawal of bitocoins -> price will drop hard

Either way, we will go down to 100-250$ per bitcoin and stay there till mass adoption really kicks in (2-5 years).

Why do you assume Mark (and the people buying now if Gox does allow withdrawals) will suddenly want to sell? Mark already has a ton of coins of his own, by your logic he should be selling those.

If you think price is going to rise in the future, the rational thing is to hold regardless of the price you bought in at.

[dnaleor]

[DanielVG]

That image will keep popping up the next couple of months.

[epetroel]

If Mt.Gox will allow withdrawal of bitocoins -> price will drop hard

Why do you assume this?  From what I've seen the bid sum on Gox has dropped massively over the last few days.  This tells me people are reluctant to buy (obviously).  But where is that money going?  It certainly isn't being withdrawn (we all know about the huge fiat withdrawal delays).  So it's sitting in people's Gox accounts. 

So what happens when/if bitcoin withdrawals are restarted?  People who want to get their money out will buy bitcoin, send their coins elsewhere and sell them - just as they've been trying to do for the last few months.  People with low ask orders will cancel them now that they know they can send their coins elsewhere and get more money for them.  This causes the Gox price to skyrocket and prices elsewhere to (maybe) drop moderately.  And we end up right back where we were before this whole malleability mess - with a Gox price higher than everywhere else.

[sgbett]

has anyone successfully got any funds onto gox in the past few days?

yes. sepa took about 48 hours excluding weekends (and I think monday was a holiday in US? maybe elsewhere).

just wondering... you wired money to gox to pick up coins cheap, which makes sense maybe economically, if the chance of total failure is outweighed by the chance of getting the coins out of gox and the possible profit you could make on that.

But you don't see any  problem at all that, by doing so, you're lending gox legitimacy that they very much don't deserve anymore? I mean, I know, it's a market, morality has no place in here but... really?

I'm not a moral arbiter. Especially not given that I don't actually *know* what is going on at gox.

I'm amazed how many people claim that they do.

Here's just one scenario out of a hat.

Gox knows that by allowing BTC withdrawals, they could potentially double pay (yes due to their own flawed algorithm - but still a risk all the same), and this would threaten solvency/customer deposits.

What needs to happen is that the free market will decide. If people are happy to tolerate gox's way of doing things they will carry on, if they don't gox will die.

If people want to make it a moral crusade that's their call. To me its just business.

[igorr]

See MtGox,
how it is possible, big international robbery without any help and without any legal responsibility.
Who was behind this     

[Bobsurplus]

130 and crashing!

[Bobsurplus]

See MtGox,
how it is possible, big international robbery without any help and without any legal responsibility.
Who was behind this     

STOP FUCKING AROUND WITH YOUR COPY & PASTE.

[oda.krell]

has anyone successfully got any funds onto gox in the past few days?

yes. sepa took about 48 hours excluding weekends (and I think monday was a holiday in US? maybe elsewhere).

just wondering... you wired money to gox to pick up coins cheap, which makes sense maybe economically, if the chance of total failure is outweighed by the chance of getting the coins out of gox and the possible profit you could make on that.

But you don't see any  problem at all that, by doing so, you're lending gox legitimacy that they very much don't deserve anymore? I mean, I know, it's a market, morality has no place in here but... really?

I'm not a moral arbiter. Especially not given that I don't actually *know* what is going on at gox.

I'm amazed how many people claim that they do.

Here's just one scenario out of a hat.

Gox knows that by allowing BTC withdrawals, they could potentially double pay (yes due to their own flawed algorithm - but still a risk all the same), and this would threaten solvency/customer deposits.

What needs to happen is that the free market will decide. If people are happy to tolerate gox's way of doing things they will carry on, if they don't gox will die.

If people want to make it a moral crusade that's their call. To me its just business.

I could say something about the paradox of the self-interested actor, something along the lines of the dominant strategy not necessarily leading to the optimal result for the individual that chose that strategy, but I would sound like a self-righteous, hypocritical dick. Carry on then.

[igorr]

130 and crashing!

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[igorr]

See MtGox,
how it is possible, big international robbery without any help and without any legal responsibility.
Who was behind this     

STOP FUCKING AROUND WITH YOUR COPY & PASTE.

I just want answers to my questions !

[fonzie]

Bitstamp withdrawl problems...

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=476614.0

[Bobsurplus]

130 and crashing!

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Its nuts.. I think by mid next week we'll see bitcoins at <$10 on gox.

[Bobsurplus]

Only 8500 btc to go till $20