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Mt. Gox was a bitcoin exchange based in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. [1] Launched in 2010, it was handling over 70% of all bitcoin transactions worldwide by early 2014, when it abruptly ceased operations amid revelations of its involvement in the loss/theft of hundreds of thousands of bitcoin, then worth hundreds of millions in US dollars.
Mark Robert Karpelès [1] (born 1985) is a French businessman and the former CEO of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. [2] [3] While Mt. Gox became the world's largest bitcoin exchange at its peak under his management, the company would file for bankruptcy in 2014, and Karpelès was subsequently arrested and convicted of data manipulation related to his role there.
Jed McCaleb is an American programmer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and ex-CEO of aerospace startup Vast [1] [2] and a co-founder and the CTO of Stellar. [3]
Mt. Gox — short for “Magic: The Gathering Online Exchange” — was once the largest spot bitcoin exchange globally, claiming to handle around 80% of all global dollar trades for bitcoin.
In February 2014, Japanese Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox revealed that they had been targeted by an exploit in Bitcoin protocol called "Transaction Malleability". At the time, Mt. Gox was the world's largest bitcoin exchange, handling approximately 70% of all bitcoin transactions.
Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 war film starring John Wayne that follows a group of United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.The film, which also features John Agar, Adele Mara and Forrest Tucker, was written by Harry Brown and James Edward Grant, and directed by Allan Dwan.
GOX, Gox, or GOx may refer to: Central Banda language; Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece; Gaseous oxygen, as propellant in rocket engines; Glucose oxidase (GOx) Gobu language; Goxhill railway station, in England; Hydroxyacid oxidase (glycolate oxidase) 1; Mt. Gox, a former Bitcoin exchange; Manohar International Airport
Mount Fox is a dormant volcano located in the locality of Mount Fox, 50 km west of Ingham, Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia.Mount Fox has a shallow crater and a lava flow that extends away from the southern base of the cone.