Mt. Gox is offline.

[randomness]

Remember Mt. Gox?

Wait, what do you mean "remember"?

Seems they've gone offline.

From a CNET story:

Embattled Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has largely vanished from the Internet amid accusations that the exchange is insolvent after a years-long theft that resulted in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Web site for the Tokyo-based exchange has been wiped clean, as has its official Twitter feed. A screen shot posted by a Reddit user indicates that trading on the exchange has been halted.


The exchange's apparent shutdown was linked to an alleged hacking that went unnoticed for years, according to a purported internal Mt. Gox document circulating on the Internet. Labeled "Crisis strategy draft," the document reports that the exchange suffered a loss of 744,000 Bitcoins, about $350 million at Monday's trading, and outlines a scheme for restoring confidence in the exchange.

Comments

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

But what will the Magic players do now?!?

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Point and laugh at the speculative frenzy that surrounds bitcoins, as opposed to the sedate market in Magic: the Gathering cards? :)

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

Have you been up on the whole Twitch Plays Pokemon phenomenon? It is simultaneously stupidly ridiculous, and strangely fascinating. At least if have some passing literacy in Pokemon.