‘Mt. Gox kept exchange open after the discovery of large-scale theft”

Mt. Gox remained for several weeks, Bitcoins trade after the exchange discovered that a large number of Bitcoins was lost. That would appear from the request of a bankruptcy of the exchange. Mt. Gox lost a total of 850.000 Bitcoins.

In the American faillissementsaanraag writes the ceo of Mt. Gox, Mark Karpelès, according to Computerworld that the exchange already on 7 February knew that there are large numbers of Bitcoins were missing. That day was also the inclusion of Bitcoins has made it impossible.

But despite that, Mt. Gox buying and selling of Bitcoins for several weeks, possible: only on 25 February, the Bitcoin exchange closed. That would mean that the customers have the money deposited to Bitcoins that Mt. Gox no longer in his possession. Computerworld estimates that Mt. Gox at least about 900,000 dollars in transaction fees should have won after 7 February. That equates to approximately 650.000 euros. Mt. Gox earned money by a percentage of the bought or sold Bitcoins to skim: depending on the number of transactions that someone did was that 0.25 to 0.6 percent.

Mt. Gox has a total of 850.000 Bitcoins will be lost to the theft, the details of which are still missing. Of which 850.000 Bitcoins, which has a value representation of approximately 388 million euros, there were 100,000 of Mt. Gox itself, and 750,000 of customers.