What intricacies? You are blurring the issues. We are talking about international bank transfers not the legal issues faced by Gox. From what I understand the sheer volume of transfers caused complaint from the banks as the system they use needs manual input, they are not set up to handle the volume of transfers Gox were requesting. Nothing to do with lawyers. You said converting was the issue and it isn't, it's done in-house.
The issue is also not the apparent 'clampdown' on Gox and btc (unless sovereign banks/govs are putting pressure on to slow the infrastructure (bank transfers) of BTC.) No evidence of that. Simply a logistical problem.
The issue is also not the apparent 'clampdown' on Gox and btc (unless sovereign banks/govs are putting pressure on to slow the infrastructure (bank transfers) of BTC.) No evidence of that. Simply a logistical problem.
Last answer because this is gonna fill the thread - PM me if you want to discuss it more
I'm not talking about the legal issues, beyond the risk that Gox disappears due to existing problems (small but real right now - and I would never risk a business on that), I'm talking about the bank transfers.
I'm not talking about a problem converting on an exchange, I'm talking about getting the USD back in a predictable and usable fashion. A conversion is useless otherwise.
I accept that you disagree but, respectfully, I know more about this area of Bitcoin than you do (and others will know more than I, and perhaps Ken for all I know). And this is all moot because I'd expect most of the funds to have been converted by now.