Quote from: raskul on February 18, 2014, 12:25:33 PM

Quote from: whave on February 18, 2014, 12:11:38 PM

Quote from: mp420 on February 18, 2014, 11:56:22 AM

What I'm thinking is that the current situation is very good for those who have USD stuck at Gox, since they can buy the cheap GoxBTC and withdraw the BTC once Gox opens the withdrawals. Done the right way (selling other BTC from stash somewhere else and withdrawing the USD) this could make a handsome profit.

THIS.

Does it have any risks? OF COURSE, everything does! The naysayers might be right; mtgox might be going down. I don't think so, but I don't know any more than they do.

Or value could collapse by the time they finally enable transactions.

Risks.

Or we might just double our invested moniez if we succeed in selling GoxBTC on bitstamp etc.

We will see. No place for guessing, silent speculation is the best.

either way, I don't trust gox and wouldn't want to take the risk, even if I was 99.99999999% sure that any btc I bought at a low price would be released, i still don't like them. sensibility over greed.

I don't trust gox either but the opportunity to make some cash is still there. I have seen no un-biased opinion, I have seen no evidence that they are stealing, I have seen no evidence that they don't have the funds. All I see is mass panic.

You can call this greed, I call this taking on the risk. You can't double your money with 0% risk.

Obviously, if in the end, I get robbed, I will think myself as greedy. If I double my moniez, I will think myself as smart. Either way, I'M THE ONE WHO IS TAKING THE RISK and I'm completely aware of the possible consequences; I won't blame an exchange for my foolishness as most people here do (especially those fools who are saying their livelihood depends on that BTC. THEY ARE DOING IT WRONG THEN). I know exactly how much can I lose/earn.

Don't call yourself sensible if you're saying you should let your money go just because "you don't like them". Decisions based on emotions are the worst.

This is like the complete opposite of sensible: "even if I was 99.99999999% sure that any btc I bought at a low price would be released, i still don't like them. sensibility over greed."