Mt. Gox: Bitcoin Withdrawals Will Resume Soon
Mt. Gox has issued an official statement saying it has found a workaround for its bitcoin transaction malleability problems, which will see bitcoin withdrawals resume "soon". This comes after the team worked over the weekend to begin implementation of a new transaction system. It said the workaround was "thanks to our friends at Blockchain.info", with Blockchain's Andreas Antonopoulos and Ben Reeves "working like crazy" over the past week to help the company get things stabilized again. While some might regard the two as Mt. Gox's rivals, it is another example of different interests within....
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