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Why don't people buy at one exchange and sell at another?
Something I am currently looking into, and a huge issue that nobody has really mentioned earlier is blockchain time.
1) Bitcoin is traded on a number of exchanges, however the entire process of ...
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Precisely what did Mt. Gox do wrong?
Specifically:
They blamed transaction malleability for a hack, which was clearly a lie - blaming Bitcoin for their own mistakes.
They stopped withdrawals but continued allowing deposits and trading. ...
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Mt. Gox rehabilitation status? How much % are the creditors getting back?
It's complicated, due to the mix of bankruptcy proceedings (which has one set of legal requirements), and the civil rehabilitation proceedings that came later. The payout will depend on the amounts ...
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How many users did Mt.Gox have?
The leaked database dumps (from when MtGox was hacked after they closed down) shows 189374 records as a result for this query:
mysql> SELECT * FROM platform.User_Wallet WHERE platform.User_Wallet....
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What has happened with the investigation of mtgox.com?
AFAIK, the latest official news is the article After the CEO’s Indictment the Great Mt. Gox Bitcoin Mystery Deepens from the 14th of September 2015, and these two tweets:
PDG #Français de MtGox,...
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What explanations are there for the bubble of 2013 and subsequent Bitcoin price in 2014?
BTC is a speculative commodity so bubbles are to be expected, and bubbles are cyclical in nature. The previous bubble went up to about US$250 and took several months to build back up and then inflect ...
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My claim was accepted on MtGox.com - how do I get the cash out?
All information is provided on https://www.mtgox.com/. As you can see, this is going very slow, the latest update was on 8th March and the next update should come after 27th September.
If you read ...
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Precisely what did Mt. Gox do wrong?
The above answer is great, but I would also add:
They used their own patched php code which was naive at best, pretty terrible at worst
Their security was so bad that hackers have managed to get the ...
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If I bought bitcoin in the early days in some exchange for $10, would it have been lost if I kept it in the exchange?
You are correct.
Leaving your money in the hands of a third party such as an exchange means two things
so far as the Bitcoin network is concerned, you own no money at all.
when that business fails, ...
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How does one monitor all bitcoin address that hold more than a certain amount and detect movement from cold storage?
I found this website shows all movement from mtgox cold wallets with one day delay or real time when you donate:
https://www.cryptoground.com/mtgox-cold-wallet-monitor/
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How does one monitor all bitcoin address that hold more than a certain amount and detect movement from cold storage?
There are sites that monitor the blockchain and aggregate the data. E.g. https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html
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What, if anything, can I do to recover bitcoin that was stolen from my MtGox acct in June, 2013?
There is nothing that can be done with just a public address and an IP(as the real IP is most likely behind proxy/vpn/etc...).
Kraken was selected by the MtGox trustee to assist MtGox creditors in ...
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How can bitcoins be stolen?
As you described, a valid transaction must be submitted to the network to change ownership of funds. Mt.Gox P2PKH addresses, so spending the funds indeed required a signature of the corresponding ...
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If I held fiat currency, instead BTC, on MT Gox, would I get paid sooner/more?
Unfortunately you are in the same boat as all the people that had BTC at Mt.Gox. Think about it positively, you are now part of a club of people that all had their money stolen / lost.
If you are ...
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I have/had 31 bitcoins on MtGox; What are my options now?
Kraken just sent an update for MtGox funds claim. Log in here - https://claims.mtgox.com/assets/index.html#/ .
Thou I have to admit I have problems logging in.
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Is there a website that shows historic price data?
The daily candles are visualized nicely here: https://satoshi.camp/stats/mtgoxhistory/usd
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How can I buy Bitcoin via a Credit Card or Paypal?
You can buy Bitcoin via credit card / paypal via https://xcoins.io
Disclaimer: I do work for them as an Software Engineer in our Santa Monica office.
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How can I buy Bitcoin via a Credit Card or Paypal?
Coinbase is pretty much the standard most people use. There are other sites, with varying degrees of reliability and legitimacy. I'd stick with CB
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How can I buy Bitcoin via a Credit Card or Paypal?
wesellcrypto.com
best site if you want to buy btc with paypal
www.virwox.com
most reliable site to buy btc with paypal. cons: expensive! more than 20% fees
coinbase
Low fee for PayPal, only in the ...
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How can I buy Bitcoin via a Credit Card or Paypal?
Brawker solves this by letting you fulfill fiat currency orders for other people, which then release BTC for you upon completion of the order.
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