Ok, seems like Roman handled this nicely.
Re: The people complaining that it should have been sent to everybody at once, or that what if someone "missed" the email" -
It specifically says in the email in OP's post that the email was being sent to groups of members, staggered, to prevent panic. So, all members ARE receiving the email, just not at the same time.
And it's impossible to "miss" the email or notification - it's not like we have 5 minutes to withdraw all our USD and BTC or it will be stolen. We can take our sweet old time if we like.
Re: The person offering to buy bitfloor debt - In case you didn't realize, the person was referring to debt owed to him by Bitfloor for the large amount that was stolen from user's wallets in the 2012 Bitfloor hack. So you would be buying a debt from an exchange that is relying on future income to repay that debt.
Re: Lucif not sure whether to buy or sell on this,
don't worry, bitfloor is such a small-volume operation it won't have an affect on the other exchanges the way MtGox does. And as someone else mentioned, banks randomly freezing accounts only reduces demand for fiat.
We should consider OTC if exchanges seem too unreliable. Unless you're day-trading or trying to get in short-term at the perfect price, OTC is a good bet.
Also, there are exchanges popping up left and right; and there are even other options to fund at other exchanges via cash deposit at a bank (many Bitfloor users liked this feature.) Just look around. This isn't the end of the world for Bitfloor users.
All this being said, I'm sure Roman will sort this out and get Bitfloor up and running again. Having your bank account suddenly shut down is kind of a whack in the balls so he's doing the right thing by halting trading.
The funny thing is trading halted right at $100.00.
Handled it nicely? Real businesses do not get their bank accounts shut down. He says he is registered with FinCen on his website. He obviously has NO IDEA what he is doing and has no right to have been running a business and assuring people he did know what he was doing. SCAMMER or complete incompetent. Either way, a real blight on the BTC PR image. Thanks a lot for setting us back. Great PR.Re: The people complaining that it should have been sent to everybody at once, or that what if someone "missed" the email" -
It specifically says in the email in OP's post that the email was being sent to groups of members, staggered, to prevent panic. So, all members ARE receiving the email, just not at the same time.
And it's impossible to "miss" the email or notification - it's not like we have 5 minutes to withdraw all our USD and BTC or it will be stolen. We can take our sweet old time if we like.
Re: The person offering to buy bitfloor debt - In case you didn't realize, the person was referring to debt owed to him by Bitfloor for the large amount that was stolen from user's wallets in the 2012 Bitfloor hack. So you would be buying a debt from an exchange that is relying on future income to repay that debt.
Re: Lucif not sure whether to buy or sell on this,
don't worry, bitfloor is such a small-volume operation it won't have an affect on the other exchanges the way MtGox does. And as someone else mentioned, banks randomly freezing accounts only reduces demand for fiat. We should consider OTC if exchanges seem too unreliable. Unless you're day-trading or trying to get in short-term at the perfect price, OTC is a good bet.
Also, there are exchanges popping up left and right; and there are even other options to fund at other exchanges via cash deposit at a bank (many Bitfloor users liked this feature.) Just look around. This isn't the end of the world for Bitfloor users.
All this being said, I'm sure Roman will sort this out and get Bitfloor up and running again. Having your bank account suddenly shut down is kind of a whack in the balls so he's doing the right thing by halting trading.
The funny thing is trading halted right at $100.00.