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Topic: MtGox? Safe? (Read 5394 times)

newbie
Activity: 9
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 01:55:28 PM
#39
Japan isn't known for overzealous finnacial control
newbie
Activity: 10
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 10:53:29 AM
#38
They are down again now, get used to it.
newbie
Activity: 6
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 10:52:55 AM
#37
Mtgox trades on trust so I presume it's safe. If stories started coming out about people being ripped off then it would lose all of it's business extremely fast.
hero member
Activity: 854
Merit: 1000
April 18, 2013, 10:50:27 AM
#36
MT Gox is bleeding at the moment though :0( can't log in, and right at the high of trading.
newbie
Activity: 18
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 10:48:43 AM
#35
MtGox is about as safe as it gets with regards to bitcoin in general. Notice as MtGox goes down, Bitcoin goes down. If your primary concern is safety of personal information, I don't think you've got anything to worry about. If MtGox were compromised, I'd imagine it would be a newsworthy headline.
newbie
Activity: 22
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 10:06:56 AM
#34
I'll trust the Russians over the Japs... anytime

Given the amount of media coverage for russian versus japanese crackers, I trust the japanese. In addition, Russia won't hand out criminals afaik. So in case they are charged or convicted only in other countries, there's probably no way to legally punish them as long as they stay in Russia.
newbie
Activity: 20
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 10:02:11 AM
#33
About as safe as you're going to get.
newbie
Activity: 10
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 09:55:26 AM
#32
ist not safe

do not keep $ or BTC on any exchange.  immediately move it to cold storage.

you can use it, but not as a wallet or bank account.  only as a kiosk for buying/selling BTC.
Good advice.  Get your money/btc in and out as quick as possible.
member
Activity: 183
Merit: 10
April 18, 2013, 09:52:41 AM
#31
Mtgox is probably safer than all the other markets/exchanges, just because of their size.
newbie
Activity: 11
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 09:48:31 AM
#30
fairly  Tongue
sr. member
Activity: 364
Merit: 250
April 18, 2013, 09:47:58 AM
#29
ist not safe

do not keep $ or BTC on any exchange.  immediately move it to cold storage.

you can use it, but not as a wallet or bank account.  only as a kiosk for buying/selling BTC.
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 09:45:23 AM
#28
ist not safe
newbie
Activity: 13
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 08:56:52 AM
#27
It's not about whoÄs gonna go down.
It's about who will be shut down by authorities next.
newbie
Activity: 33
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 08:33:31 AM
#26
Mt gox not gonna go down ... i hope
newbie
Activity: 13
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 08:23:05 AM
#25
I would not be surprised to see MtGox shut down like all the other BTC exchanges. For this reason I will buy BTC again $5.
newbie
Activity: 35
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 08:17:11 AM
#24
+1 for MtGox

Their infrastructure may not be the top notch, but they appear to funnel a lot of money and energy into having everything by the books.

DoS attacks are temporary, getting shut down for not playing by the government rules is pretty permanent.

For everyone screaming bloody murder because it means centralized exchange must be government regulated to survive: Rather than settling for smaller, shady exchanges, better wait for truly decentralized exchanges to show up.
newbie
Activity: 8
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 08:13:11 AM
#23
I've been happy with MtGox so far, the support was quite helpful for me. I think they've received a lot of negative feedback because they were targets of DDoS attacks. It's going to happen when they're doing the majority of BTC trades (which is probably not ideal).
member
Activity: 99
Merit: 10
April 18, 2013, 07:33:23 AM
#22
i had a good experience with Mt.Gox
good responsive customer service (for something) but the do take their time in letting you get your money out of there
newbie
Activity: 8
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 06:55:21 AM
#21
Whatever you use, make sure you know what you are doing and take care (e.g. long secure password, secondary authentication etc)
vip
Activity: 24
Merit: 0
April 18, 2013, 06:17:30 AM
#20
MtGox is safe to use. It might not be the best exchange and it has been the subject of a lot of negative attention recently, mainly because of its inability to cope with DDoS. But I would trust MtGox with my money and personal information; it is a legitimate company and has been around for a very long time.
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