June 19, 2011.
MtGox leaked user data, an admin account got abused, and the exchange price was shoved from $17.51 to one cent before trades were reversed.
Early Bitcoin did not get stronger because everything worked.
It got stronger because the failures were expensive, public, and impossible to forget.
Mount Gox #17
Halving Edition Whale Pack
MtGox leaked user data, an admin account got abused, and the exchange price was shoved from $17.51 to one cent before trades were reversed.
Early Bitcoin did not get stronger because everything worked.
It got stronger because the failures were expensive, public, and impossible to forget.
Mount Gox #17
Halving Edition Whale Pack