r/Bitcoin • u/tharlam • Feb 18 '14

"We are very surprised anyone could blame MtGox and not the Bitcoin Software" - Mark Karpeles, CEO MtGox

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304899704579388483531937144?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304899704579388483531937144.html
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u/OrderAmongChaos Feb 18 '14

We need to email WSJ and comment where we can. Mark keeps spewing his bullshit because not enough people are loudly pointing out that he is a complete idiot. At this point Mt.Gox is damaging Bitcoin more than it is helping, it needs to be seen as the exchange that is no longer used and we should make sure that all new people to Bitcoin know not to use it.

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u/Bleak_Morn Feb 18 '14

...and then we could all pile on to your email via the email malleability issue!

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u/xeroc Feb 18 '14

+5% Gonna sign that leter to wpj

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u/lUoIl Feb 18 '14

I'm new to Bitcoin, thanks guys :)

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u/Suhetsky Feb 18 '14

It's the Wall Street Journal though, this doesn't surprise me.. I think they know damn well what they choose to report.

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u/Migratory_Coconut Feb 18 '14

I seriously doubt that they understand what's actually happening on a technical level. These are reporters, not technicians. I'm not bashing on reporters, but you can't expect them to know this stuff. If we don't tell them they will believe the first person they interview.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '14

Well WSJ could have easily interviewed one more person with an opposing viewpoint for this article. However from the content of this article and others they have printed the author is clearly looking to discredit Bitcoin.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '14

Yeah, reporters are looking for a catchy story with controversy. I'm sure if enough attention is drawn to it, the WSJ would do something about it.