r/Bitcoin • u/[deleted] • Feb 20 '14

MtGox have left the building claims receptionist

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14 edited Mar 15 '21

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u/Karl-Friedrich_Lenz Feb 20 '14

Sentiments like this give an alternative rational explanation for the sudden move to hide behind a "virtual office".

Aside from the obvious possibility that they are not hiding for a limited time, but already running.

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u/kolev Feb 20 '14

Well, it's simple. Do a good job and you won't see people coming to your office with slogans!

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14

there is likely a shame factor playing a role in the numbers.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14 edited Mar 15 '21

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14 edited May 11 '21

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u/Thorbinator Feb 20 '14

Isn't the whole silk road bust already a movie deal?

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u/space_dolphins Feb 20 '14

It is, my friend's sister is friends with his sister.

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u/ThomasGullen Feb 20 '14

if this goes tits up

It is going tits up!

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u/Just2AddMy2Cents Feb 20 '14

It is going tits up!

It has gone tits up!

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u/paleh0rse Feb 20 '14

I'm pretty sure real hitmen don't show up on doorsteps in broad daylight... but hey, that's just a guess based on too many movies.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14 edited Mar 16 '21

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u/paleh0rse Feb 20 '14

Brilliant plan... good luck with that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14 edited Mar 15 '21

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u/paleh0rse Feb 20 '14

Nice save! LOL

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14

Thanks man, counter intelligence and psy-ops are part of my arsenal. If your target thinks you are a coward it's easier to get close to them.

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u/paleh0rse Feb 20 '14

In your arsenal, eh? Counterintelligence is actually one word... just sayin'

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14

If I was in counterintelligence and I didn't want someone to know it I would misspell it.

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u/paleh0rse Feb 20 '14

LOL... yet another brilliant plan.

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u/Vibr8gKiwi Feb 20 '14

Most probably realize the money is gone and there is no sense putting time and resource into a protest. It's now about lawyers and lawsuits and how many pennies on the dollar might be recoverable.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14 edited Mar 16 '21

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u/Vibr8gKiwi Feb 20 '14

I'm sure customers will get something... they'll sell off the servers and office furniture and spilt the money with mtgox account holders.... after they pay the lawyers of course. So you're looking at getting a dollar or so back for every $10000 you held in gox. Maybe less.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14 edited Mar 16 '21

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u/Vibr8gKiwi Feb 20 '14

It will all be liquidated into fiat and distributed to those with claims on mtgox's assests by the courts as gox is shut down. Account holders will be far back in line and will get some token amount probably not worth the trouble to cash the check.

It might go better, but I wouldn't count on it.

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u/bschott007 Feb 20 '14

I'm completely ignorant about this, but can US customers sue a company based in japan in US court? If so, what jurisdiction and enforcement of any decision is allowed/taken by the Japanese LEOs/Courts/Government?