= 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
R
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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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There are also a few <Base58> messages referring to Mt Gox, the nicest and most expensive one being to burn addres:
> https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/address/1FuckMtGoxFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUQXW5ik[1FuckMtGoxFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUQXW5ik]
which as of 2025 holds 0.014537 BTC burnt on:
* 14x 0.001 BTC transactions starting at https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/b170551d4df68d714fa98189c73f61b0c2bc54cafe33a2953fcc0bc11f6aa72a[tx b170551d4df68d714fa98189c73f61b0c2bc54cafe33a2953fcc0bc11f6aa72a] block 287826 (2014-02-26)
* plus one 0.001337 BTC transaction in the middle at https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/6b878716d1d9af0f50de441f318da68121261a5778fd541def4408c0aac531f6[tx 6b878716d1d9af0f50de441f318da68121261a5778fd541def4408c0aac531f6] block 287868 (2014-02-26), why not.
Many of these transactions also contain other quick messages, e.g.:
* https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/e6d4cfbbc45b5e3cfcfa36613b04a8732c7b4606f5dbbd8af3ba06d8f3899fc2[tx e6d4cfbbc45b5e3cfcfa36613b04a8732c7b4606f5dbbd8af3ba06d8f3899fc2] also features a <Rickrolling> instance.
* https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/transactions/btc/10a9bb0625447df044410cf9cd74742ec0bf334d48b4b1f93c10a4a60748bb5d[tx 10a9bb0625447df044410cf9cd74742ec0bf334d48b4b1f93c10a4a60748bb5d] also features `Nigger` inside a spendable vanity address: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/1Niggerw15VezU6rA7jRBuJt9ceg9VL1jh[1Niggerw15VezU6rA7jRBuJt9ceg9VL1jh]
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