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Old 02-25-2014, 01:35 AM   #822
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Originally Posted by MindBomber View Post
For arguments sake, let's assume Mt. Gox was an inside job.

I don't see what's preventing Blockchain.info from performing the same inside job.

Their trustworthiness may make it unlikely they will, but that doesn't preclude the possibility.

I want a mechanism to preclude the possibility or at least reduce the effect on individuals that lose coins, and protect all coins value by extension.

Fiat currency has such mechanisms; FDIC in the U.S. and CDIC in Canada.

Am I missing something?

I'm not trying to arrogantly argue, I WANT coins to work but this issue seriously undermines them.
I don't think you know how bitcoin works. You can't double spend on the blockchain, they would see it and reverse the transaction.

Gox had a software problem and with Mark Karples at the helm, he fucked even more and it took him 2 years for Gox to admit that they fucked up.

Bitcoin protocal itself has no problems. Blockchain records every transaction.

Get it?
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