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Report suggests transaction malleability did not bankrupt MtGox Did MtGox truly fall due to transaction malleability?   According to a report by researchers at ETH Zurich University in Switzerland, transaction malleability may only account for an insignificant 386 bitcoins lost by MtGox. Christian Decker and Professor Roger Wattenhofer, both from the university’s Distributed Computing Group (DCG) Continue reading “Report suggests transaction malleability did not bankrupt MtGox”

MtGox still in possession of 200,000 Bitcoins Troubled and now-defunct Japan-based exchange MtGox released a PDF in Japanese and English indicating that 200,000 Bitcoins were recovered.   The 200,000 Bitcoins would roughly sum to around 23 percent of the total fund presumably lost by the company as claimed in their civil rehabilitation proceedings. As reported Continue reading “MtGox still in possession of 200,000 Bitcoins”

Japanese Bank Mizuho added as defendant in MtGox lawsuits U.S. lawsuits against now-defunct Bitcoin exchange, MtGox has added one of Japan’s three largest banks, Mizuho Bank Ltd as a defendant. The suit accused MtGox for defrauding customers and Mizuho has aided by providing banking services and allowing the troubled exchange to continue defrauding its customers. Continue reading “Japanese Bank Mizuho added as defendant in MtGox lawsuits”