World's largest bitcoin trading website MtGox closed

6 hours ago, Reddit netizens found the world's largest bitcoin trading site MtGox, the homepage into a blank, Twitter official account of the tweets are all deleted, suspected shutdown services. Almost at the same time, CEOs of Coinbase, Kraken, Bitstamp, BTC, Blockchain and Circle issued a joint statement saying that MtGox had failed the user's trust, a personal act of the company and that it did not represent our will. "Bitcoin Foundation, the Bitcoin supporter, confirmed the news this month, MtGox the site withdrew from the organization the same day. MtGox is the second to quit the organization's website, the first to exit is the bitcoin exchange website BitInstant founder Charlie Sherem (Charlie Shrem), who was arrested on suspicion of using the site money laundering, and then on behalf of the site to exit the Bitcoin supporters. We can now see MtGox's final statement, but Reddit user response, because the Web site uses CDN Services (content IBuySpy receptacle, the contents distribution network, often used to keep the site stable and improve access speed), CDN The server caches some static content, and visitors can still see it, the MtGox data API is still working, and the latest data on the API's feedback "is still changing slowly." There are also users who joked that we should see the good side, Mtgox.com is currently visiting the fastest speed ever. followed by a consistent banter with the endorsement: indeed a lot of progress, in fact, is the site engineers found the HTML page language a flaw: the use of real data can cause Web pages to load slower. The engineer is currently working on this issue. "In the end, there is no delay in the entire site. "According to MtGox website users, the site has not been normal since December 2013, just a week ago February 18, the website announced that the problem--mt.gox released today, they have resolved on the bitcoin transaction process may trigger the vulnerability, Mt.Gox account of the bit The currency will soon be "raised". Previously, a bit-currency trading mechanism of a vulnerability, in the vulnerability of the site to carry out Bitcoin trading is likely to lead to the theft of Bitcoin. Accordingly, Mt.Gox closed the bitcoin feature, that is, the user can not be purchased on the Mt.Gox in other Bitcoin wallet or transfer out of other markets. This resulted in a split in the Mt.Gox bitcoin pool, where the price of Mt.Gox's Bitcoin fell to $220 (the price of the Bitcoin in other trading markets was not affected). Today, Mt.Gox Announcing that they solved the problem, and helping the Mt.Gox team solve the loophole is the world's largest bitcoin wallet + historical transaction search engine Blockchain.info. (Tech2ipo) However, until 21st, the proposed function has not returned to normal, the platform of the bitcoin price fell to 113 U.S. dollars, close to the platform history of the lowest price of 102 U.S. dollars-but so far, Mt.Gox still did not restore Bitcoin features. And recently, Mt.Gox again postponed the bitcoin feature online time, this responsibility will be shifted to the user: "As a handful of protesters harass our offices, we have to move the office back to Shibuya Valley, so the proposed feature, scheduled for Thursday, will be postponed until next week." "The current bitcoin China's bitcoin price is 3500 yuan, and the Mt.Gox price is 113 U.S. dollars, although there is a huge price difference between the two but because the Mt.Gox can not be transferred out, so can not move bricks from the difference." (Tech2ipo) MtGox continued to experience technical problems in recent months, causing services to be unstable, leading to its removal from the Coindest bitcoin index. MtGox was once the world's largest Bitcoin trading platform, and had assumed more than 80% of Bitcoin trading. Update:2014/2/26mt.gox published an announcement on the official website, with the full text and translation as follows: Dear MtGox users, considering the recent reports and their potential impact on MtGox operations and markets, we decided to close all transactions to protect the site, User security. We will closely track the latest developments and will respond in due course. The most sincere greetings to MtGox team