BREAKING: MtGox.com Accepting Logins
Mt. Gox's landing page, with log-in access. Early in the morning Japan time, Tuesday, MtGox.com suddenly began allowing former users to log in to their accounts in order to check their wallet balances. Without warning, the following message appeared on the website, below two input boxes: Important announcement to all users confirming their account. This balance confirmation service is provided on this site only for the convenience of all users. Please be aware that confirming the balance on this site does not constitute a filing of rehabilitation claims under the civil rehabilitation....
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Gox's troubles have instilled very little confidence from the Bitcoin community. MtGox has taken the first steps toward resuming normal operations today, as bitcoin withdrawals have slowly been resumed following last weeks "malleable transactions" public-relations fiasco. Early Saturday, MtGox announced scheduled maintenance with the intention of reinstating withdrawals. Following the maintenance was a 24 hour observation period to monitor MtGox's systems as a whole. It appears for now that this fix was successful. Additionally, we are anticipating MtGox to be subjected to a very large....
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