The latest... Do you see any others that belong here?
1) Mt. Gox
2) Bitinstant
3) Silk Road
4) Bex.io
5) Buttercoin
6) Brawker
7) GLBSE
8) inputs.io
9) GaW miners
10) SilkRoad#2
11) Butterfly Labs
12) CoinTerra
13) Mining ASICS Technologies (MAT)
14) Mintpal
15) ASICminer
16) Bitcoin24
17) HashFast
18) BTCT.co
19) Bittrivia
20) BitNetwork TV
21) Bitcoinica
22) Tradehill
23) Instawallet
24) AllCrypt
25) CryptoRush
26) bitlc.net
27) Intersango
28) bitbook.biz
29) PBmining
30) hashprofit
31) CryptoXchange
32) MyCoin (HK exchange)
33) Bitomat (Polish BTC exchange)
34) Bitp.it (mining pool)
35) Brasil Bitcoin Market (exchange)
36) BTC Buy
37) Btctip
38) Bit-Bank
39) Bitmit
40) Sheep Marketplace
41) hashie.co
42) Moolah
43) Seals with Clubs
44) mcxnow
45) x-bt
46) Justcoin
47) Living Room of Satoshi
48) Satoshi dice
49) Brawker
Topic: Casualty List - page 12. (Read 27106 times)
AFAIK, CAvirtex is back after Coinsetter acquiring... 
It is back.
Don't forget Allcrypt and Cryptorush. I'd take Cavirtex off the list though, as they seem to be calling out
"I'm not dead yet" from the handcart...
Like someone else said, plenty of banks and innumerable fiat businesses fail every year too. Keep it in perspective. Just think how things would be if the dollar lost 75% of its value in one year. I think the bitcoin companies have been fairly resilient.
"I'm not dead yet" from the handcart...
Like someone else said, plenty of banks and innumerable fiat businesses fail every year too. Keep it in perspective. Just think how things would be if the dollar lost 75% of its value in one year. I think the bitcoin companies have been fairly resilient.
bitbook.biz 
Is ASICMiner officially dead?! ... no more new chips from them? If so... HELL YES FUCK YEAH!
CoinTerra, Ltcgear.com (not paying reward since last year), The Dutch company Mining ASICS Technologies (MAT) , Mintpal
a lot of them went down.
a lot of them went down.
Don't forget GAW and AM, these companies are as good as dead in my opinion now;) Soontm to be officialy
Nah, that one s going to survive. The community s still strong there.
which one of those is going to survive AM or GAW? And since you mentioned some community support you must be talking about Homeros company and their hashtards, you are joking right? AM is not even worth discussing - it's out of the business after their latest project (AMHash scam). Good one 
Probably because it was a Money Services Business (MSB) that held stored value in the form of bitcoins through their escrow service until the buyer released the funds by acknowledging their receipt of the purchased goods.
The basic logic behind that is good. But it can't be applied to Bitcoin-based businesses, as BTC is a very volatile currency. For example, a buyer, who is selling some stuff for BTC0.10 (when the exchange rate is $900), can incur huge loses if the exchange rate drops to $200. Here, instead of $90, he is getting only $20.
You might want to take up that argument with the US Department of Justice and the US Department of the Treasury. They both disagree with you and apply it directly to Bitcoin.
Please read: http://www.fincen.gov/financial_institutions/msb/materials/en/prevention_guide.html
Would mcxNOW fall in here? He never directly stole anything, but did sell 50,000 profit shares and closed down the exchange a few weeks later...
Moolah.io (separate from mintpal which he bought and gutted).
Probably because it was a Money Services Business (MSB) that held stored value in the form of bitcoins through their escrow service until the buyer released the funds by acknowledging their receipt of the purchased goods.
The basic logic behind that is good. But it can't be applied to Bitcoin-based businesses, as BTC is a very volatile currency. For example, a buyer, who is selling some stuff for BTC0.10 (when the exchange rate is $900), can incur huge loses if the exchange rate drops to $200. Here, instead of $90, he is getting only $20.
Forgot the massive MyBitcoin wallet scam, probably the first large bitcoin 'business' to disappear.
Also Bitomat.pl exchange who shut down their EC2 instance and deleted their entire wallet accidentally.
Also Bitomat.pl exchange who shut down their EC2 instance and deleted their entire wallet accidentally.
Casualty List?
I nominate the guy who tossed an old hard drive - containing thousands of Bitcoins - into the dumpster. Of course he was an early miner.
I really hate that this man didn't get his slice. Like the old Chinese curse says, "May you live in interesting times."
I nominate the guy who tossed an old hard drive - containing thousands of Bitcoins - into the dumpster. Of course he was an early miner.
I really hate that this man didn't get his slice. Like the old Chinese curse says, "May you live in interesting times."
What was that Ebay-like site for Bitcoin...?
Bitmit.
I still don't understand why they closed it down.
Probably because it was a Money Services Business (MSB) that held stored value in the form of bitcoins through their escrow service until the buyer released the funds by acknowledging their receipt of the purchased goods.
According to the FDIC, 486 credit-based fiat financial institutions failed between 2009 and 2015.
https://www2.fdic.gov/hsob/SelectRpt.asp?EntryTyp=30
That Bitcoin failures list is kiddy game bush league in comparison.
https://www2.fdic.gov/hsob/SelectRpt.asp?EntryTyp=30
That Bitcoin failures list is kiddy game bush league in comparison.
Yes, but Bitcoin is still way smaller than the whole fiat financial system. So in comparison the failure rate seems higher to me.
Of course, Bitcoin is still in its infancy and therefore attracts both a lot of bad actors and unprofessional entrepreneurs. But I'm sure that failure rates will improve with time.
What was that Ebay-like site for Bitcoin...?
Bitmit.
It was closed down almost an year ago. It was a great marketplace for the purchase of various legal products. I still don't understand why they closed it down. There is another site called Cryptothrift operating right now, but it is not that good.
I still miss Bitmit as well. It really started to gain some traction...
ya.ya.yo!
Just remembered another one:
- CryptoXchange
It wasn't a scam, although service got pretty bad towards the end.
EDIT: And does Bitcoin Magazine count?
- CryptoXchange
It wasn't a scam, although service got pretty bad towards the end.
EDIT: And does Bitcoin Magazine count?
What was that Ebay-like site for Bitcoin...?
Bitmit.
It was closed down almost an year ago. It was a great marketplace for the purchase of various legal products. I still don't understand why they closed it down. There is another site called Cryptothrift operating right now, but it is not that good.
What was that Ebay-like site for Bitcoin...?
Does LTCgear counts into this? It s not strictly BTC company but a lot of people lost money there.
According to the FDIC, 486 credit-based fiat financial institutions failed between 2009 and 2015.
https://www2.fdic.gov/hsob/SelectRpt.asp?EntryTyp=30
That Bitcoin failures list is kiddy game bush league in comparison.
https://www2.fdic.gov/hsob/SelectRpt.asp?EntryTyp=30
That Bitcoin failures list is kiddy game bush league in comparison.
Now post the ratio of failed to not-failed institutions for both fiat and bitcoin ecosystems
Pff, I use bitcoin on a daily basis. It will never die. Not until I say so 
I got a guy here who gives out free resistors and shit, even microchips. Great guy, maybe he can get me an ASIC?
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