TWiT 306: If They Mated

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Molly Wood, Jeff Canata, and MG Siegler

Brave new PR world, tweeter-in-chief, Playbook plight, darknet saves from infopocalypse, bubblicious IPOs, and more.
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Running time: 01:38:11

Category:

Science & Technology

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• twit
• techtv
• leo laporte
• kevin rose
• patrick norton
• john c. dvorak

[cspitteler]

MtGox != Bitcoin. You seem to be confusing the two entities as one. The security exploits of MtGox do not reflect on the Bitcoin network. MtGox "reversing" trades is not the same as reversing a Bitcoin transaction. Bitcoin transactions are non reversible. The only thing i seem to agree with you about is the vulnerability of your personal wallet.dat but expect the future version of the Bitcoin client to include new security features.

[DrKleiner]

Why did he say it was good news? Freudian slip? Maybe he's part of it!!!!

[revoltpuppy]

What is the conversion rate for Bitcoin? How many Bitcoins could I get if I exchanged all my Flooz?

[awsczxfr]

TL;DW

[frycicle]

They hacked the server guys. Someone got peoples accounts and sold to $.01 so that they could take out $1000 worth of bitcoins (The limit you can take out in a day) at .01 aka 100000 Bitcoins. It is great that they can roll back, because that means all those people that got hacked get their money back.

[Ibuythedrugs]

A good indicator of how much of a role social media will play in his campaign will be determined by his first food tweet.

[GNews10]

Great Show!