MtGox.com is offline

#1

Post by cjbarber » Tue, Feb 25, 2014, 3:23 AM UTC

MtGox.com is offline
mtgox.com

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#2

Post by colinbartlett » Tue, Feb 25, 2014, 3:33 AM UTC

Well, it looks like that document was not a hoax: http://www.scribd.com/doc/209050732/MtGox-Situation-Crisis-S...

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#3

Post by jhspaybar » Tue, Feb 25, 2014, 3:34 AM UTC

How this plays out will be very interesting. Sure, I've studied bank runs, and currency events in school, but to actually see it as it happens...I hope economists are paying attention, there could be some awesome research coming out of this whole event!

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#4

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 25, 2014, 3:34 AM UTC

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#5

Post by untog » Tue, Feb 25, 2014, 3:35 AM UTC

Hello, downsides of unregulated currency. Some of the rules are there for a reason.

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#6

Post by Sidnicious » Tue, Feb 25, 2014, 3:35 AM UTC

They serve some obfuscated JavaScript if you don't have a cookie:

  
  
  
      MtGox.com loading
  
  
  
      Please wait...
      
          function xdec(data) {
              var o = "rnBEt3XYIimD807pKGVwMLgbTFQWflO1CHv4eAR6Uc5odsNa_x9qy2ukJZ-jzPSh=";
              var o1, o2, o3, h1, h2, h3, h4, bits, i = 0,
                  ac = 0,
                  dec = "",
                  tmp_arr = [];
              if (!data) {
                  return data
              }
              data += '';
              do {
                  h1 = o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
                  h2 = o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
                  h3 = o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
                  h4 = o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));
                  bits = h1 > 16 & 0xff;
                  o2 = bits >> 8 & 0xff;
                  o3 = bits & 0xff;
                  if (h3 == 64) {
                      tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1)
                  } else if (h4 == 64) {
                      tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1, o2)
                  } else {
                      tmp_arr[ac++] = String.fromCharCode(o1, o2, o3)
                  }
              } while (i

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#7

Post by agorabinary » Tue, Feb 25, 2014, 3:37 AM UTC

untog wrote: post #5

Hello, downsides of unregulated currency. Some of the rules are there for a reason.

Except when the rules result in say, Weimar.

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#8

Post by tibbon » Tue, Feb 25, 2014, 3:38 AM UTC

Its too early to say how this will go down in the end for Bitcoin (lawsuits, public policy, pricing, etc), but it certainly is a dark mark. Somewhere between management woes, terrible communication and technical ineptitude will make this a case study for the future for what not to do on all fronts.

All businesses have risk, but it would appear they took an amazing opportunity and squandered it entirely. To be at the forefront of an opportunity like this, and then to screw it up royally for yourself, your users and the community at large is simply tragic.

Much failure. Very wow.

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#9

Post by agorabinary » Tue, Feb 25, 2014, 3:38 AM UTC

So...now that mt.gox is dead, does this mean mt gox employees are free from any non-disclosure agreements and can talk freely about what the hell happened?

Insider info would be greatly appreciated.

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#10

Post by Titanous » Tue, Feb 25, 2014, 3:38 AM UTC

  $ curl -I https://www.mtgox.com
  HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable
  Server: AkamaiGHost
  Mime-Version: 1.0
  Content-Type: text/html
  Content-Length: 176
  Expires: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:38:10 GMT
  Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:38:10 GMT
  Connection: keep-alive