= Mt. Gox' shutdown
{tag=Mt. Gox}
{title2=February 2014}
<Mt. Gox> was the first <Cryptocurrency exchange> in existence, and when it shutdowon in Febrauary 2014 because the website was crap and they got hacked, some people were not happy at all about their missing funds!
https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/out/0287.txt#L136[tx 0540b5dda23ee870330c6b1e18a88c592cf8d847c47f1dc1d5328f46115b12b3] (https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/0540b5dda23ee870330c6b1e18a88c592cf8d847c47f1dc1d5328f46115b12b3[2014-02-25])
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2014-02-25: The day Mt.Gox shut down. Farewell, may even you rest in peace!
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https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/out/0287.txt#L139[tx 2374f8575f65763caf6909551c131d3ae45399a73aee638bcbccaebdb1219d67] (https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/2374f8575f65763caf6909551c131d3ae45399a73aee638bcbccaebdb1219d67[2014-02-25]):
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Fuck you MtGox
Fuck you MtGox
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https://github.com/cirosantilli/bitcoin-inscription-indexer/blob/master/data/out/0288.txt#L1[tx c00a4a04905a2e8d8dee8a768165aa6bdf842413a8a648462a6349db89cd77f2] (https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/c00a4a04905a2e8d8dee8a768165aa6bdf842413a8a648462a6349db89cd77f2[2014-02-27]) has an <ASCII art> of a seal, TODO understand <meme>:
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<3 You Seals!
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