With the vast numbers of Bitcointalk forum members, is there anyone here who was one of the users of Mt Gox when they went down?
The Mt Gox incident remains to be the biggest 'scam' to date.
I read some stories about it, and I think it has become a popular story to tell for Bitcoiners all over the world.
Anyone here?
Mt. Gox's last official act (well, literally within the hour of news breaking that they'd gone down for good) was to email me a rejection for my account application. :-)
Other bullets I've dodged: after months of use, pulled out of Mintpal 100% shortly before they went under. Then pulled everything out of Allcrypt promptly when they announced impending closure, ahead of the reported theft of their BTC wallet a few days ago. Likewise, I was on Vircurex but not one of the users impacted by the thefts there a year ago.
That is some serious luck! May I ask if you are an early adopter and had a 'serious' amount deposited with those parties? I guess you're keeping an iron vice on your bitcoins now. IMHO there are too many scams/hacks out there.