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Former Mt. Gox CEO proposed a rewrite of bitcoin’s code to recover $5 billion in stolen funds. Gets quickly shutdown

Former Mt. Gox CEO proposed a rewrite of bitcoin’s code to recover $5 billion in stolen funds. Gets quickly shutdown

2026-02-28

Mark Karpelès submitted a pull request to Bitcoin Core that would redirect coins that have remained untouched since 2011 to a recovery address controlled by the MtGox trustee, reigniting the oldest debate in Bitcoin.

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