Topic: Does Mark Karpeles own this forum? (Read 1478 times)
Lol interesting theory, i know that a person named theymos does. any proofs that Mark K owns it.
didn't forum/mtgox used to be hosted on the same server ?
and if so.. anyone know how that arrangement came to be ?
and if so.. anyone know how that arrangement came to be ?
If I remember correctly, Sirius (the owner of the domain and an early admin of the forum) emailed some big names in Bitcoin asking if they would be willing to host the forum behind some DDoS protection service. When Mark Karpeles volunteered, his offer was the obvious choice. Theymos agreed. MtGox was the biggest target in Bitcoinland, and so they already used a DDoS protection service. That and they were highly trusted.
It really was a different world back then. It truly was amateur hour, so we had to take what we could get. Compared to what we had then, we are totally spoiled with the services of today.
Also, supposedly we weren't hosted on the same server, but we were at least on the same network as MtGox. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that we were really running in a VM on the same physical server as MtGox... (this is Mark Karpeles we're talking about, after all)
We moved away from MtGox just over one year ago:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/moving-servers-145516
I don't think theymos is mark karpeles....
No, he does not.
No, he did host the forum on his servers for a short period of time, but it was moved a long time ago.
I wonder if the database version he had got into the wrong hands, if that would cause us all any problems? It was way before my time, but potentially the older members could still have been there. Although I have no idea about the format of the database.
Maybe this will help you getting your answer. The forum was started in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, the original creator of Bitcoin. It is now managed by Malmi Martti (Sirius), Stefan Thomas (justmoon), and Michael Marquardt (theymos). 
It's a Noob Eat Noob world fellas.
Why would you make such an assumption?
Even if he'd own this forum, I still wouldn't bother as it is well managed, unlike his other endeavor..
Even if he'd own this forum, I still wouldn't bother as it is well managed, unlike his other endeavor..
Because hes a noob with activity of 112?
I've only seen noobs making dumbest assumption and statements on this forums lately..... I'm sure they dont like to know they've missed the train.
Does your pro-ness depend upon your activity? And if you have oh so high activity, how many btc do you have? 500k? or 50k? No? not that much. Then you sir are a NOOB
didn't forum/mtgox used to be hosted on the same server ?
and if so.. anyone know how that arrangement came to be ?
not saying anyone owned anything... calm yourselves... just asking..
and if so.. anyone know how that arrangement came to be ?
not saying anyone owned anything... calm yourselves... just asking..
No, he did host the forum on his servers for a short period of time, but it was moved a long time ago.
Thanks for answering, I asked because there is a lot of discussion about it today on live chats and obviously this was the best place to ask.
No, he did host the forum on his servers for a short period of time, but it was moved a long time ago.
Thanks for answering, I asked because there is a lot of discussion about it today on live chats and obviously this was the best place to ask.
Why would you make such an assumption?
Even if he'd own this forum, I still wouldn't bother as it is well managed, unlike his other endeavor..
Even if he'd own this forum, I still wouldn't bother as it is well managed, unlike his other endeavor..
Because hes a noob with activity of 112?
I've only seen noobs making dumbest assumption and statements on this forums lately..... I'm sure they dont like to know they've missed the train.
You think every question has to do with money - what about integrity?
I did trade in bitcoin for a while but the second I broke even after I lost on the china crash I got out and just have some in cold storage.
Now I am still into bitcoin, but for it's future uses and potential, not to make a quick buck out of 'noobs'.
No, he did host the forum on his servers for a short period of time, but it was moved a long time ago.
Why would you make such an assumption?
Even if he'd own this forum, I still wouldn't bother as it is well managed, unlike his other endeavor..
Even if he'd own this forum, I still wouldn't bother as it is well managed, unlike his other endeavor..
Because hes a noob with activity of 112?
I've only seen noobs making dumbest assumption and statements on this forums lately..... I'm sure they dont like to know they've missed the train.
Why would you make such an assumption?
Even if he'd own this forum, I still wouldn't bother as it is well managed, unlike his other endeavor..
Even if he'd own this forum, I still wouldn't bother as it is well managed, unlike his other endeavor..
no, theymos owns this forum
If so, why are we still using it? 
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