Quote from: superduh on February 20, 2014, 07:14:51 AM

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Quote from: 404notfound on February 20, 2014, 06:01:11 AM

It's odd how it takes gox a week to deploy a fix for a problem that it supposedly found and other exchanges fix this problem within a couple days. The last couple updates did happen around 7pm. Probably around the time they leave the office so they don't have to deal with all the backlash lol.

I keep mentioning this but Andreas said that the Gox code was so bad that it could take them 2-4 weeks to update. I think many people underestimate how poorly their code was developed, thus causing updates to take many times longer than other exchanges. We just all default to assume its an easy fix.

I think most people would be patient with code issues and be willing to wait for 2-4 weeks for withdrawals if they felt confident that the cash and coins were indeed there and would be available. Gox has not been transparent and has left everyone feeling uneasy which is what caused such panic.

it takes like 2 weeks to just download the blockchain from scratch...

More like 30 minutes if you download the torrent.
Have a look at this topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145386.0