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Fair enough I guess, but I could have an office with a secretary at the front desk and charge people money to extract their teeth, yet that wouldn't actually make me a dentist.

I meant Mt.Gox isn't a business in the sense that businesses, typically, have regulatory frameworks they have to follow, and standards to meet. Particularly when they deal with currency.

Maybe I should have said there's no reason to expect them to act like professionals.



I could have an office with a secretary at the front desk and charge people money to extract their teeth, yet that wouldn't actually make me a dentist.

Sure you would, just not a licensed one.


They're a business. Just not a good one.




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