Lol, just withdraw it, I don't know what all the fuss is.
who wants to wait a week+ to get USD in bank, then wait another week to get it back onto another exchange? what the hell are you talking about. its obivous you are a bitfloor apologist. i am not anti-bitfloor, i liked them very much and recommended them often.
Lol stfu fool. I am not a "bitfloor apologist" I am just in touch with
reality. Everyone's pretending there's some major issue with USD like it was stolen or something - YES DUH it's a minor inconvenience to have to remove your USD from an exchange that is indefinitely closed - but it's an ACH transfer away from your bank account. It's safe, no "fuss" involved.
Also, you don't have to wait 2 weeks. Assuming you already have ACH verified, which is a good measure if you have USD sitting around because NO exchange is 100% safe, you wait 2 days to have it transferred and then 1/2 an hour if you use another exchange/funding service that allows bank deposits, or 2 days if you use an exchange that accepts USPS money order by mail. Your 2 week estimate is only if you (1) didn't have ACH verified at bitfloor, and (2) pick the longest possible funding option for exchanges. 2-4 days is not so bad. Chill out. I ain't no "apologist."
Bitfloor stole what, 20,000 BTC from customers last summer/fall. I still can't understand why anyone would trust them with a dime after that. This result is far from surprising.
Oh good, another fool to school. As was stated elsewhere in this thread:
but if youre an idiot for using a service thats been hacked then everyone is an idiot. every MS user, every google user, every facebook user, every adobe user, and probably every bitcointalk user too..
And
Can you please provide some backup to the claim that Bitfloor stole the money themselves, as opposed to Bitfloor having the money stolen from them?
Your [BlackLilac's] claim that Bitfloor themselves stole that money is quite a leap. It was hacked because Roman was stupid enough to leave a "cold" wallet on a web-facing box that he thought was secure. Those users are being payed back slowly but steadily with current and future profits. Sure, there's a possibility that he stole it himself, intending it as a sort of long-term forced loan. However, Bitfloor provides a UI and service that many people find preferable to all the other exchanges - and the cash deposit feature is simply unbeatable.
What's happening here is that you are issuing a value judgement based on other peoples' risk/benefit analyses. For some people, the value of such a service, weighed against the redeeming factors surrounding the hack (changed security measures, now stores 100% of client funds in a TRUELY cold wallet, is paying back customers who were robbed) results in a risk/benefit analysis that indicates Bitfloor is a strong choice compared to other exchanges (which are dropping left and right, shutting down constantly, and many have been hacked in the past.)
If you are an idiot for using bitfloor, then everyone on the internet is an idiot (including you) for it is nearly impossible to find a service that has not been hacked. Heck, I even get mail from various financial institutions (that I did business with many years ago) at least once a year saying their data center was compromised and information compromising my identity was stolen. Paypal regularly freezes/steals business or consumer accounts arbitrarily, nearly all of us have used Paypal at some point. So chill out with the attitude bro.
When the money shows up in my bank account, I am just going to invest in something safe like a tax-free Roth IRA or the S&P market... -.-
I lol'd at 'safe'
Oh, in response to another poster's question, ACH does have to be verified. Certain regulations regarding ACH have to be followed. So he can't just throw the funds into your account. It will take 2-3 business days to verify ACH. Some establishments require a verification that involves confirming a tiny amount that was deposited, and some require an ID - no significant difference, because in both cases you are providing your name and proving that you personally are tied to that account. There is no anonymity with ACH. But putting USD anywhere is a risk, and if you aren't aware of the relatively common practice of Banksters fucking over bitcoin exchanges, putting USD in an exchange probably wasn't a good idea if y'all didn't do your research first
So if you are going for anonymity and were registered through Tor with a tormail.org email and only deposited via cash deposit, your weak link was the USD you left there ;-D Sucks, right? (And of course the BoA security camera, lol.) Let this be a lesson.
