Withdrawals at Mt. Gox to Resume 'Soon' With New Fix in Place
As expected, Tokyo-based Mt. Gox delivered a new update on the status of withdrawals Monday morning, and the news could be considered both good and bad. The good news. Gox has stated (even with their last announcement on Saturday) that they've implemented a solution that will prevent abuse of their system: Thanks to our friends at Blockchain.info, MtGox now has a workaround that will use a unique identifier created by Blockchain to show whether transactions have been modified or not. This will prevent any fraudulent use of the malleability issue and protect the assets of our customers. The....
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