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Re: MtGox down

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1. DDoS mtgox and the other exchanges 2. BTC comes down in price, buy it 3. BTC goes back up in price, sell it 4. profit!!!

How do you do this if MtGox is down?

There are other exchanges. Here are a few:

https://btc-e.com/ https://www.bitstamp.net/ https://bitfloor.com/

Re: MtGox down

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I wonder if it is being ddos'd in an effort to move/convert the 43K bitcoins that allegedly went missing from Instawallet? I'm trying to figure out if there is an advantage to be gained by having them offline for that or not.

Or they took the site down intentionally to make the laundering of the same coins more difficult. Who knows?

Re: MtGox down

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post #13
post #4

I wonder if it is being ddos'd in an effort to move/convert the 43K bitcoins that allegedly went missing from Instawallet? I'm trying to figure out if there is an advantage to be gained by having them offline for that or not.

Or they took the site down intentionally to make the laundering of the same coins more difficult. Who knows?

Somebody knows, I hope they post a link to that here at some point.

Re: MtGox down

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post #4

I wonder if it is being ddos'd in an effort to move/convert the 43K bitcoins that allegedly went missing from Instawallet? I'm trying to figure out if there is an advantage to be gained by having them offline for that or not.

They got ddos'd last week too. I think they're mostly just a big shiny target.

For..extortion?

"Give us a lot of bitcoins or we'll take your site down"?

Re: MtGox down

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Should I ask you bothered to link to a site that is under DDoS rather then simply doing a text blurb?...

Because HN's traffic is just a drop in the bucket.
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