Mt. Gox Experiencing Performance Issues Today
Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange down for you? No, it's not your neighbor hogging up all the bandwidth again. It looks like the world's number two exchange is experiencing a slew of performance issues today. A number of users on Reddit (in multiple threads - here's one) are seeing the website up and down, with the usual suspicions that the exchange is being hit with a DDOS attack. This, of course, is pure speculation. As of current, the company has not made an official statement on the cause of today's issues.
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