[2014-03-05] slate - Did the “Bitcoin CEO” Just Commit Suicide? Not So Fast.

[awesomeami]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/05/bitcoin_ceo_suicide_not_so_fast_first_meta_s_autumn_radtke_is_dead_but_we.html

First of all, bitcoin doesn’t have a CEO. It’s a crypto-currency, not a company.

the “suicide” headlines on sites such as the New York Post, the Daily Mail, and Fox News are based on anonymously sourced reports in “local media.”

And even if she did commit suicide, how do we know it had anything to do with bitcoin’s troubles? We don’t.

And for the record, suicide is rarely the result of any single cause.

[badon420]

Maybe she committed suicide after buying some of those friend hang out tokens. 

[TrollboxChamp]

Maybe she committed suicide after buying some of those friend hang out tokens.  

Right what the fuck. I am so confused. My friend just called me and told me his mom told him "the bitcoin CEO" committed suicide. Here i am thinking mark karpeles killed himself. Then i come to find out its some CEO of some exchange ive never heard of which mentions bitcoin nowhere...

[LiteCoinGuy]

satoshi did it ...or BTC killed the ceo...or silk road

[il--ya]

Well.. it actually all makes sense. First there was a fatal fault in Bitcoin, all bitcoins were hacked, Bitcoin company went bankrupt, and now Bitcoin CEO commited suicide.
We just need to inform people, that we are not going to run out of Bitcoin CEOs any time soon, as there are many other.

[awesomeami]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=504296.msg5553324#msg5553324

[2014-03-06] REUTERS - CEO in apparent suicide was bitcoin fan, had other issues

[Unacceptable]

My friend just called me and told me his mom told him "the bitcoin CEO" committed suicide. Here i am thinking mark karpeles killed himself.

So, in your mind, Mark Karpeles is "the Bitcoin CEO"?

LOL.

Yeah he is....Chief Extortion Officer