I think I will be waiting until GLBSE is out of beta to use it anymore because of this. I wonder if that person with 7000 TyGrr-Bank bonds is freaking out. It has dropped 10% today.
I will use the GLBSE for any issue that I would purchase directly from the company. There are some coming up that I would
not want to miss.
Nefario has responded
immediately to the call for additional security, and is working to clean up a situation that has been pre-existing. I do not have significant concern for the safety of my money in the GLBSE. I do not yet have significant funds invested.
I have some positions established at GLBSE that I will not close over this matter. I will only be opening new positions that are with 100% verified issuers. I may close any positions whose issuers are not verified within the next week.
FWIW, since a pic of a passport is so easily faked, this is insufficient.
For future investments, depending on the amount trying to be raised in an offering, I will likely require that the passport be verified via credit reporting agency or background check service. I expect any costs of that type of verification will be passed onto IPO buyers. For very small offerings, with definite potential profit, I may consider simple verification.
In the near future, if the issue is large enough, I might add independent financial audits to my list of requirements.
In some ways I'm very intrigued by the idea of investing in anonymous organizations, but I really don't think we have methods to adequately protect ourselves in most of these situations. Very small issues could be fun to work this out.
I wonder what it says when one of the safest seeming, most shit together issues on the board is run by a 16yo.
I don't see any issue with using the GLBSE. I don't have any more deep concern about it than I do about any other large or high profile bitcoin service.
FFS, I'm using beta money, why shouldn't I invest it on a beta stock exchange?!