I think we now know the wisdom of sending money to a French guy who lives in Japan.
One thing to remember in all this: Bernie Madoff was honest and trustworthy for the first 55 years of his life.
Considering the warning signs it is pretty amazing so many people lost their money. The withdrawal limits on Mt. Cox were a glaring red flag. Legitimate organizations don't have "withdrawal limits". What if you went to your bank and they said, sorry you can only withdraw $1000 this week. When you see a withdrawal limit that is usually the precursor to coming back "next week" and finding a lock on the door.
The withdrawal limit was put on very recently in response to them either knowing they'd been hacked or noticing the increasing user reports of bitcoin loss.
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Re: Introduce yourself :)
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sanddbox
on 21/06/2011, 17:49:58 UTC
I'm sanddbox. I've lurked for awhile.
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Re: Newbie restrictions
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sanddbox
on 21/06/2011, 08:22:16 UTC
Interesting policy. Very interesting. I would imagine some people have opinions about this.
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Re: Whitelist Requests (Want out of here?)
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sanddbox
on 21/06/2011, 08:15:47 UTC
Well, this feature is certainly annoying.
Anyway, not sure what to post here, so I guess I'll just say that I'm knowledgeable about security and the recent MTGox hack has prompted me to do some research. I'd rather not wait 5 hours to start posting.