largest exchange has disappeared from the Internet — and its CEO is MIA.

全球最大交易所已經從網路消失 - 而執行長則行

"Mt. Gox has gone totally dark. If you try to load their website, you will not find anything.

“Mt. GOX已經完全消失了。如果你試圖登入他們的網站，你不會找到任何東西。

Mark Karpeles, CEO of Mt. Gox ... He cannot be found.

Mt. Gox的執行長馬克·卡佩萊斯目前失蹤，

He has resigned from the parent Bitcoin Foundation." (Via Bloomberg)

並已向比特幣非營利組織Bitcoin Foundation的母公司辭職 “ （轉自彭博新聞）

"Folks say they don't expect to get their money back. The six other leading bitcoin

“投資者說他們並不期望能拿回他們的錢。其他六間主要的比特幣

exchanges are trying to distance themselves from Mt. Gox." (Via Fox Business)

交易所正試圖和Mt. Gox撇清關係“（轉自福克斯商業新聞）

According to the New York Times, the company lost almost 750,000 bitcoins to hackers, but

據紐約時報報導，該公司被駭客盜走了將近75萬比特幣，但

the theft went unnoticed for years. That's equal to about $350 million worth of bitcoins

這起竊盜已被忽視多年。其價值相當於3.5億美元

and about 6 percent of the 12.4 million coins in circulation.

約占1240萬市面流通比特幣的6％。

No one knows exactly how the coins were stolen and the company has yet to respond to requests for comment.

沒有人確切知道其手法為何而該公司亦尚未對此事發表回應。

However, Wired believes it might have found a document with some answers.

然而，美國Wired雜誌認為它可能已經找到一份文件能解開部分謎團

The document is said to be an internal memo from Gox. It shows Gox knew it was subject

該文件據傳是Gox內部備忘錄。內容顯示Gox知情

to theft but believed it could resolve it internally. Gox admits

遭竊但相信能自行解決。並承認

744,408 bitcoins have gone missing and it went unnoticed for several years.

744,408比特幣蒸發而且事發多年都無人察覺。

The document goes on to outline a four-part strategy:

此文件還概述了四步應對策略：

- Immediately reduce liabilities with partners

- 尋求合作夥伴立即降低負債

- Shut down Mt. Gox for one month while it is restructured & rebranded

- 關閉Mt. Gox一個月同時重組公司且更名

- Change communications strategies to a more open format with constant updates

- 改變與客戶聯繫方針為更開放的形式和公司信息即時更新

- Announce a new team of trusted business people and talented developers.

- 宣布更換一個新團隊，由值得信賴的商業人士和有才華的開發者組成。

The document says the coins were stolen through a leak in the hot wallet, which is connected

文件指出駭客利用線上比特幣"熱錢包"的漏洞

to the web, that allowed hackers to exploit Gox's cold storage. In theory, this should

入侵Gox的"冷金庫"。理論上這

have been impossible because cold storage — by definition — is disconnected from

並不可能，因為"冷金庫"顧名思義是離

the Internet. Though some believe the leak could have been caused by the hot storage

線的。但有些人認為其漏洞可能來自"熱金庫"

automatically refilling itself from the cold storage.

由"冷金庫"的自動回補。

If the document is real, we may see Mt. Gox return at some point — although some see

若此文件屬實，我們也許可以看到Mt. Gox東山再起 - 雖然有人

the currency itself as fatally flawed.

已看到此貨幣本身的致命缺陷。

Om Malik, founder of Gigaom, says he's not surprised it's getting ugly. He points to

Gigaom的創始人奥姆·馬利克說，比特幣走到這個地步他並不意外。他指出

the similar ambitions of virtual currencies Flooz and Beenz in the early 2000s.

在21世紀初虛擬貨幣Flooz和Beenz有同樣的野心。

They each had similar ambitions to Bitcoin only to flop when Flooz was investigated by

他們有著和比特幣同樣的野心，只是Flooz在被FBI調查

the FBI and Beenz fell apart following the burst of the dot com bubble.

時翻船而Beenz亦伴隨著網路泡沫崩解而失敗

The CEOs of several other Bitcoin exchanges released a statement saying the actions of

其他的比特幣交易所席執行長發表聲明稱

one company do not reflect the value of Bitcoin and the digital currency industry. In the

一家公司的舉動並不反映比特幣及虛擬貨幣產業的價值。在

statement, they pledge to work together to re-establish trust in Bitcoin exchanges.

聲明中他們承諾共同努力重建比特幣交易的信任。

It remains unclear how many Bitcoins customers of Mt. Gox will be able to retrieve or when

目前尚不情楚Mt. Gox的客戶能取回多少比特幣或

they will be able to retrieve them.

何時能夠取回