A major bitcoin exchange has shut down today because they suspected a large wallet was compromised. They have assured customers that their funds are fine (they hold a lot of bitcoin in cold storage i.e. not connected to the internet) but it certainly doesn't help the public's perception of bitcoin.
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I just mean in terms of crytpocoin value continuing to decline versus the dollar. I don't see them sustaining a rally anytime soon.
Tcp/ip was 6 yrs old in 1981.. Bitcoin is 6 yrs old. There's nothing to worry about except buying more whenever it gets cheaper
like the whitehat 'Johoe' that attacked BC.info ? personally I like that some people do that for the crypto ecosystem
no I belive user deposits were unharmed by this... with that said I'd love to see transparent audits of Circle and Coinbase to prove their solvency. I trust them with a decent amt of coin but I'm switching to Trezor soon to have complete control of my private keys
Mauldin Economics, supposedly a source for baby boomers and the like now suggests it's 1m+ subscribers pay close attention to bitcoin
a bunch of rich old white ppl will be reading this https://www.mauldineconomics.com/lg/bitcoin why would this guy with a traditional viewerbase risk his reputation unless there was a great chance there was something in it for everyone?
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Marketing. He makes money by hawking his newsletter and books. And given their rabidness, it's easy to predict that if he posts about bitcoin, all the bitcoin supporters will spread the word about it, exposing him to a lot of people who had never heard about him and getting him a whole lot of new subscriptions. It was just an informational article and he didn't make any investment recommendations in regard to it - he even said it may not survive, so it's non-useful info for his subscribers as far as investment decisions. It's just to get more publicity. Here's some background on him: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jerrybowyer/2013/03/07/john-mauldins-muddled-stock-return-model/
