Mt. Gox Announces Downtime for Bitcoin Deposits
Mt. Gox has stopped bitcoin deposits and all internal bitcoin transfers for a short site maintenance update, roughly from 6pm to 12am Japan time on 15th February. According to a notice posted on Gox's News page, the downtime is part of its implementation of a solution to the 'transaction malleability' issue that has seen the exchange halt all external bitcoin withdrawals and face criticism from some sectors of the bitcoin economy. The downtime probably won't affect too many users. With Mt. Gox's bitcoin price now hovering around the $342 mark (at least $300 below the CoinDesk BPI) and the....
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Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox announced on Saturday that they would be having a six-hour planned downtime on all bitcoin deposits and internal transfers. The temporarily halt on the deposits and transfers are taking place now (6PM-12AM JST). According to the Tokyo-based exchange, the downtime will allow for the implementation of fix to the transaction malleability flaw that brought down customers' ability to withdraw funds out of the exchange. Gox notes that the downtime window is only an approximation, and perhaps more importantly, makes note of the fact that it will be another stretch of time....
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