Topic: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion - page 33956. (Read 26503418 times)
April 21, 2013, 11:46:16 AM
So is this more blatantly-obvious manipulation? DDOS Gox and then dump on other exchanges? Then let the panic set in.
April 21, 2013, 11:39:00 AM
Stop whining and use another exchange already.
+1 
April 21, 2013, 11:23:26 AM
Stop whining and use another exchange already.
What other exchanges are there?!
Btce is infested with java exploit links and its based in russia. Could use Bitstamp but they might be overwhelmed and get their bank account shut just as it happened with bitfloor, bitcoin24.
And exactly how safe would you feel with a sizeable balance sitting in a bank in Slovenia, waiting to trade ?
Bitstamp are already unprepared for high volumes of transfers ... when it dumped it took 3 days to get my money in. When things quietened down it was there in less than 24 hours.
April 21, 2013, 11:21:52 AM
Stop whining and use another exchange already.
What other exchanges are there?!
Btce is infested with java exploit links and its based in russia. Could use Bitstamp but they might be overwhelmed and get their bank account shut just as it happened with bitfloor, bitcoin24.
I never ever used mtgox, only bitfloor and bitstamp. More variety is good, but mtgox is just unstable and has a crappy UI so I stick to bitstamp now.
April 21, 2013, 11:21:15 AM
LOL, Btc-e.
I guess Gox will follow when it re-opens... *sigh*
I guess Gox will follow when it re-opens... *sigh*
April 21, 2013, 11:20:41 AM
If this goes on I think it will badly damage confidence and the price will go down down down maybe 47.
I definitely not a good thing for Bitcoin. Not saying the price should crash now as a result, just stating the obvious ... that the unreliability, inadequacy and incompetence of the main exchange is not a good advert and makes them vulnerable.
Be very surprised if some of the 'smart money' sitting on the sidelines at the moment is not seriously considering taking a run at them. TBH after all that has just happened, I think that would probably be the best trade at the moment. And the best thing for Bitcoin.
It may be a good business, but is a minefield of strict government regulations, hacker attacks, and being at the mercy of bankers. I know I would never do that business. You can gain, but you can lose it all without notice if some bureaucrat wakes up badly and shuts you down.
I hear you, but without a stable exchange infrastructure, the big bucks are not going to truly flow in, in my opinion
April 21, 2013, 11:19:24 AM
This doesn't look good at all on BTC-e 
April 21, 2013, 11:18:16 AM
Stop whining and use another exchange already.
What other exchanges are there?!
Btce is infested with java exploit links and its based in russia. Could use Bitstamp but they might be overwhelmed and get their bank account shut just as it happened with bitfloor, bitcoin24.
April 21, 2013, 11:18:00 AM
What the heck is going on? I went to sleep and the price was $125/BTC. I wake up 6 hours later and the price is $125/BTC!!!!!!
This is madness!
This is madness!
Nope, sir. It is already 102$ on btc-e, the major (working) BTC exchange.
Or $117 on bitstamp. Btc-e has always been way lower than all other exchanges.
April 21, 2013, 11:14:18 AM
What the heck is going on? I went to sleep and the price was $125/BTC. I wake up 6 hours later and the price is $125/BTC!!!!!!
This is madness!
This is madness!
Nope, sir. It is already 102$ on btc-e, the major (working) BTC exchange.
April 21, 2013, 11:11:43 AM
That's because is not updated on bitcoincharts and clark moody almost an hour, on other exchanges BTC is falling :S
April 21, 2013, 11:11:28 AM
If this goes on I think it will badly damage confidence and the price will go down down down maybe 47.
I definitely not a good thing for Bitcoin. Not saying the price should crash now as a result, just stating the obvious ... that the unreliability, inadequacy and incompetence of the main exchange is not a good advert and makes them vulnerable.
Be very surprised if some of the 'smart money' sitting on the sidelines at the moment is not seriously considering taking a run at them. TBH after all that has just happened, I think that would probably be the best trade at the moment. And the best thing for Bitcoin.
It may be a good business, but is a minefield of strict government regulations, hacker attacks, and being at the mercy of bankers. I know I would never do that business. You can gain, but you can lose it all without notice if some bureaucrat wakes up badly and shuts you down.
April 21, 2013, 11:09:05 AM
What the heck is going on? I went to sleep and the price was $125/BTC. I wake up 6 hours later and the price is $125/BTC!!!!!!
This is madness!
(And just in case: )
This is madness!
(And just in case: )
April 21, 2013, 11:08:35 AM
Stop whining and use another exchange already.
Yeah ... that would look really good for Bitcoin too ... everybody abandoning Gox
April 21, 2013, 11:00:32 AM
What we're seeing here is that the BTC price is no longer directly pegged to MtGox's lag time.
Call it more of a "weighted peg" now... obviously there is some effect, but panic sells are only fun if they happen once in a while - folks have become desensitized to Gox's antics.
We could dip into 0.110ish, due for a decent correction anyhow. But 62 minutes of lag on Gox won't cause a 62 dollar/btc price drop anymore
Newb investor behavior is pretty funny.
Call it more of a "weighted peg" now... obviously there is some effect, but panic sells are only fun if they happen once in a while - folks have become desensitized to Gox's antics.
We could dip into 0.110ish, due for a decent correction anyhow. But 62 minutes of lag on Gox won't cause a 62 dollar/btc price drop anymore
Newb investor behavior is pretty funny.
April 21, 2013, 10:59:57 AM
Stop whining and use another exchange already.
April 21, 2013, 10:57:51 AM
If this goes on I think it will badly damage confidence and the price will go down down down maybe 47.
I definitely not a good thing for Bitcoin. Not saying the price should crash now as a result, just stating the obvious ... that the unreliability, inadequacy and incompetence of the main exchange is not a good advert and makes them vulnerable.
Be very surprised if some of the 'smart money' sitting on the sidelines at the moment is not seriously considering taking a run at them. TBH after all that has just happened, I think that would probably be the best trade at the moment. And the best thing for Bitcoin.
April 21, 2013, 10:48:46 AM
annnnd down down down
Does anyone know what happened when it got hacked in 2011? Did the website show a 502 bad gateway? Was there lag? Or did everything seem normal as far as users were concerned?
Am a bit worried to be honest. Mt gox seem so incompetent. Once ok fine, but twice within a week and a half! What have they been doing during all this time that they can still be fuckedddossed?
If this goes on I think it will badly damage confidence and the price will go down down down maybe 47.
That said, last time we got a lot of bad news in relation to exchanges, i.e. bitfloor shut down and problems with blockchain and bitcoin24 the price went from around 70 to 135.
Does anyone know what happened when it got hacked in 2011? Did the website show a 502 bad gateway? Was there lag? Or did everything seem normal as far as users were concerned?
Am a bit worried to be honest. Mt gox seem so incompetent. Once ok fine, but twice within a week and a half! What have they been doing during all this time that they can still be fuckedddossed?
If this goes on I think it will badly damage confidence and the price will go down down down maybe 47.
That said, last time we got a lot of bad news in relation to exchanges, i.e. bitfloor shut down and problems with blockchain and bitcoin24 the price went from around 70 to 135.
April 21, 2013, 10:47:33 AM
Gox is just begging for a serious competitor to put them out of business ...
April 21, 2013, 10:45:37 AM
Whats the point of ddosing gox down so much, so people cant even put in panic bids? It just works in the opposite direction now.
The ppl wanting to break mtgox made a perfect setup (from their perspective) on april 12, when they orcestrated
a 10min lag, wile ppl still had ther ability to put panic bids. Now ppl just get tired of the individuals behind, and dont panic
just get pissed.
The ppl wanting to break mtgox made a perfect setup (from their perspective) on april 12, when they orcestrated
a 10min lag, wile ppl still had ther ability to put panic bids. Now ppl just get tired of the individuals behind, and dont panic
just get pissed.
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