Not only did Pirate brought us a great opportunity for investors (once in a lifetime actually), he did help stabilise and grow steadily bitcoin price, volume exchange, and thus contributed to the success of bitcoin. For that, Pirate, I want to thank you. You've done a wonderful work, and I hope you're stay around here.
Regardless of the outcome, I dont think anyone owes an apology
There was a swing in the Bticoin "market cap" of nearly $75 million in under 48 hours. That kind of volatility is harmful to Bitcoin.
The announcement occurred when the ability to send wire transfers to Mt. Gox had ended on Friday. Perfect timing for maximum damage over the weekend.
Pirateat40 is not a friend of Bitcoin. Pirate ... is a scoundrel.
I do apologize. But not to pirate. I apologize for not having the courage of conviction to yell at the top of my lungs that this entire deal stunk to high heaven.
And what if the stability which you so crave was explicitly caused by pirate for months on end?