Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

A Theory - MtGox Was Mugged by Uncle Sam

posted by janrinok on Monday March 03 2014, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the tell-me-it-aint-so dept.

unitron writes:

"Via Twitter, Cmdr Taco passes this along

'A crazy theory, MtGox had its btc seized by us govt during Silk Road investigation, but gag order prevents disclosure'

The actual article, by Chris Pacia (who links to and credits PuffyHerb on Reddit for most of the thinking behind it), is here:

http://chrispacia.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/this-is -what-most-likely-happened-to-mtgox/"

[Ed's Note: The paragraph above is pretty much how it was received. I leave it up to the readers to draw their own conclusions on the plausibility or otherwise of this report and the linked article. It is, by its very nature, speculative but worthy of further discussion nonetheless.]

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
A Theory - MtGox Was Mugged by Uncle Sam | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 32 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: 5, Informative) by unitron on Monday March 03 2014, @05:56PM

    by unitron (70) on Monday March 03 2014, @05:56PM (#10138) Journal

    ...except the eds changed the headline to take out the question mark.

    (I don't have a problem with that)

    I thought the guy at the link presented an interesting theory.

    Here's someone who offers a dissenting view.

    http://hackingdistributed.com/2014/03/01/what-did- not-happen-at-mtgox/ [hackingdistributed.com]

    As for me personally offering a theory or opinion about what happened, that ain't gonna happen 'cause I'm not even on the same planet with knowing enough about any of it to do so, but it involves computers and networks and databases and maybe "crackers" and maybe the heavy hand of one or more governments, so I'd say the story bears keeping an eye on even if everyone is as sick of hearing about bitcoins as they are of hearing about Donald Trump or the Kardashians.

    (In hell they make you watch stories involving Trump and the Kardashians)

    --
    something something Slashcott something something Beta something something
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +3  
       Interesting=1, Informative=2, Total=3
    Extra 'Informative' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  
    Total Score:   5