Yep, in due time the old bitgold.com developed a negative connotation toward its brand under the direction of the infamous
Hajji Mbagne DIOP.
After a five-year run, the old bitgold.com took an ~5-year hiatus to emerge as the Bitcoin-themed bitgold.com:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110717111117/http://www.bitgold.com/Early in 2014, the new Bitgold introduced itself to the world, doing so without procuring the domain name, for [fuckin'] clearly it was supposedly still for sale on May 9, 2014:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140209215245/http://www.bitgold.com/A smart outfit would not only make sure that a brand does not have any negative connotation attached to it, but make sure it's available prior to getting the brand registered. That, or they fucked up big time in that regard, but you can trust them with your gold.
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That's what extent the BitGold dudes will go through to advance their snake oil.
Not a serious question: At only a 1% transaction fee, how much gold has to exchange hands at BitGold so that Alexander Soros, the son of George Soros, can see a return on his $21.4 million investment?