Quote from: barryblogs on February 17, 2014, 03:35:11 AM

A good read:
Bitcoins largest exchange is dying. Heres why thats not a problem for Bitcoin.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/15/bitcoins-largest-exchange-is-dying-heres-why-thats-not-a-problem-for-bitcoin/

Here's another good read:
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/11/mtgox/

And so now I have an idea: I will hire a bunch of 19-year old Russian hackers and form our own "Stratton Oakmont, BTC Inc." (seen the movie "Wolf of Wall street"?). We will buy MtGox for next to nothing and turn it around. Everyone will be paid with Vodka and the sexual favors of Japanese schoolgirls. Yes - you guessed it - our headquarters will be in Tokyo, the spiritual capital of Bitcoin.
Since a bunch of "core developers" of BTC clients (such as Bitcoin-QT and other clients) can get together and agree on a consensus to modify the way a blockchain is validated, we will develop our own new client (let's call it "Bitcoin-SO" (where SO is short for Stratton Oakmont), and this new client will compete with Bitcoin-QT and will direct 0.0001 BTC of every network transaction to our personal wallets.

In its initial launch phase, I am taking applications to fill various positions within the startup company. Who's in?