I seriously can't believe people are still trading on MtGox.
I use mtgox because I don't trust any other entity with much of my funds. We've seen many exchanges come and go (bitcoin24,bitcoin7,tradehill,bitparking etc) but mtgox has been here all the time. Mtgox also has the highest price (and much volume/depth) and I am able to withdraw euro (or simply wait for price to equal any other exchange which happens occasionally). If I'm going to sell, it makes sense to sell for the highest price I can get.
In conclusion I like gox, and I feel that my funds are safe with them.
Goxxing doesn't bother me so much, yes it can be annoying, but trust is more important for me (but i don't trade a lot anyways). I think btc-e is great, low fees, many trading opportunities, but I don't trust them as much (or more precise I'm fearing that they will eventually be targeted by law enforcement).
How can you trust gox? How many times they have promised to do something and then just not done it? Only thing they have done is to be there, but that's only because people are willing to pay that outrageous fee and doesn't mind that they are ass raped in every major movement, Mark is doing a lot of money.
0.60% fee should be enough for everyone to fuck them off. It's scandalous fee.
(i wish mtgox would change their fee schedule to account for usd instead of btc though, but I have less than 0.5% fee at least)You would have 0.2 on stamp and isn't stamp worth more trust?
Then there was a very critical security issue discovered in bitstamps trading engine , did that get fixed yet?
Another reason that doesn't really apply to their trustworthiness is that I can't use their 2 factor authentication atm, while with gox I have a yubikey. Not having 2 factor makes me feel more uneasy about keeping large sums on any exchange.
If I'm not mistaken, they are located in Slovenia, not the UK.
The owner is this dude, apparently: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nejc-kodri%C4%8D/47/227/299
He was speaking at a conference in Berlin not too long ago. I think they're trustworthy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tume6vspgeg
