Re: [PROPOSAL] - lock the apparent Mt. Gox coins for now
10 of those "Gox coins" are mine! How about we lock them where they belong, back on my paper wallet. I deposited them after the withdrawal stoppage, so I know damn well they have not left Gox's pocket!
God give me strength. I'm beginning to lose the will to live.
Yeah. I know, I was thinking of similar events like someone giving money to Nigerian email scammers and complaining afterwards, but you sum up the situation perfectly.
So the ripoff of Gox is comparable to a Nigerian Craigslist scam?
One is the friggin' Battleship of fraud, the other is a one man dingy.
The end result is the same. The coins/money have disappeared, you won't be getting them back.
Why don't we stop talking about it and release a new bitcoin-qt and miner that invalidates transactions from their wallets?
Go for it, Bitcoin is free (as in speech).
But remember; others are also free to use your new fork or not. This is where your greatest challenge exists.
Best not to call the new forked coin Bitcoin, as it will cause confusion. Maybe 'untrustworthyCoin', 'bailoutCoin' or even 'CannotTrustCoinAsMaybeFrozenAtSomeFuturePointInTimeCoin'?