But you also have risks not going with Kraken and trusting the folks over @ mtgox to do a good job. Its a strength in numbers philosophy & the best chance of getting bitcoin as a payout is if a high % of users sign up @ Kraken and request that.
What are my
additional risks, if I do not initialise the claim with Kraken? Kraken is just a third party. They depend fully on the Trustee.
Also not everyone is able to do an online claim at all. Offline claims only possible directly with the Trustee.
I do not know the process via Kraken. But if you file your claim via Gox there is a survey. There you can tick whether you prefer Bitcoins or FIAT.
This also works for people who make there claims offline. I would strongly guess that the result of this survey is crucial for the decision whether
or not there will be a distribution in Bitcoin.
I do not think that people who submit their claims via Kraken will make it worse. Nevertheless, until further notice I recommend to use the Trustees System directly without Kraken.
For claiming offline there is anyway no other possibility.
By the way: We have no description for ClaimKraken until now:
https://wiki.olivere.de/goxwiki.ro/ClaimKraken.htmlWould be nice to have a short description like we have written for the MtGox online and offline method.
I put this together as I went through the Kraken process:
1) After reading all of the links provided below the dotted line and Kraken's terms & conditions, I registered with Kraken and submitted verification through tier 2.
2) Then I clicked the “MtGox Claim” tab in my account.
Clicking the Start Claim Process button took me back to the Claims Mtgox site:
https://claims.mtgox.com/assets/index.html#/3) I logged in and then submitted the temporary passcode e-mailed to my Mtgox e-mail when resetting the password and establishing security questions.
4) Next, I agreed to some terms regarding using Kraken to file my claim.
5) Then I went back to my Kraken account and clicked the "MtGox Claim" tab and the Start Claim Process button again. This time, it gives me a form to submit all my information for the claim process within the Kraken website.
I printed a copy for my records of what I filled out, and I'm all set with a claim number waiting for the trustee to evaluate the claims and consider payment later this year.
I received several emails from the trustee's system when logging in and submitting my claim through Kraken's website.
It took me about an hour or two to fill out the stuff and register with Kraken after I spent about 8-10 hours reading all the FAQs and terms and conditions.
