????您能否詳細說說收到Mt. Gox相關文件的情況，以及您是如何確信它們都是合法的？

????泄露的文件來自一個可靠的消息人士，他在業內人脈廣泛。這些文件能很好地支持我周末收集的大量間接證據。就在幾個小時內，有四個獨立的高質量消息人士向我證實，泄露文件中的數字是可靠的。其中一個關鍵人物是公司的內部員工，我知道他可以直接接觸Mt. Gox的首席執行官馬克?卡佩雷斯。實際上就在我們瀏覽這些文件的時候，他就在給卡佩雷斯發短信，后者則確認了這些數字，同時表示這份文件“可能是真的”?？雌饋磉@份文件可能出自一個潛在的投資者之手，而不是公司自己，這也意味著背后可能有更多內幕。

????您在博文里表示，這次泄密對比特幣來說可能是“大禍臨頭”。為什么這么說？

????首先，美國最終會在國際上就如何監管比特幣定調。迄今為止，監管層和立法者始終對此態度十分謹慎。即便是“絲綢之路”（Silk Road，建立在TOR 隱藏服務上的，以Bitcoin作為交易貨幣的黑市交易網站——譯注）丑聞損害了比特幣的形象，但它也強化了這樣一個事實，即在比特幣領域不法交易是可以追蹤的。而Mt. Gox事件對比特幣形象造成的是另一種損害。即使Mt. Gox只是一個交易平臺，這個丑聞的性質也更惡劣。據稱，這次偷竊行為足有兩年未被發覺，它所盜取的比特幣是流通總量的6%，給投資者造成了1億多美元的損失。更有甚者，我所披露的文件表明，Mt. Gox和那些準備無限期隱瞞這些損失的投資者正展開進一步探討。沒人會在乎一家販毒網站的版主什么時候被抓的，也沒人在乎他的比特幣丟了。不過當它影響到主要投資者時，那就是另一碼事了。我認為，希望監管層最終不會出臺嚴厲而力度極大的監管措施這種想法未免太天真了。

????披露Gox這些文件時，您還表示自己已經賣空了所有比特幣。這算是一種過度反應嗎？

????我在倫理上處于進退兩難的境地。我的大量流動凈資產都是和比特幣捆綁在一起的，因為我對這項技術的潛力深信不疑。但確實會發生非常負面的事件，它們可能會毀掉作為貨幣的比特幣。曝光這件事后，我認為繼續交易比特幣已經不合適了。覺得自己要么全部持有，要么賣空。如果我的賬戶被清空，那我就沒什么錢賴以為生了。所以我最后決定為了保證資金安全，賣光所有比特幣。不過我也表示過，至少三十天內我不會回購，以避免給市場留下我是在利用非理性的恐懼大發橫財的印象。從法律上說，我完全可以不表態。但我希望做到公開透明，我的讀者也能盡快像我一樣利用好這些情況。

????您認為Mt. Gox事件的真正內幕是什么？

????它至少像是一次瘋狂的過失犯罪。我還在深挖這件事，也會繼續發文向大家爆料。（財富中文網）

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????Can you walk me through your receipt of the Mt. Gox documents, and how you became convinced they were legit?

????The leaked documents came from a reliable source who is well connected in the industry, and they supported a ton of circumstantial evidence that I had been gathering over the weekend. Within several hours I had four separate high-quality sources confirming that the numbers in the leaked document were legitimate. The clincher was one insider in particular who I know to have direct access to Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles. That source literally messaged with Karpeles while we were going through the document, who confirmed the numbers and said that the document was "probably authentic." It looks like it may have come from a prospective investor, not the company itself, which means there may be more to the story.

????You wrote that you thought the reveal could be "catastrophic" for bitcoin. Why?

????First of all, the U.S. will ultimately set the tone internationally for how bitcoin gets regulated. So far regulators and legislators have tread lightly. Even though the Silk Road scandal was bad for bitcoin's image, it also reinforced the fact that there are ways to track nefarious transactions in bitcoin. Mt. Gox is a different kind of bad for bitcoin's image. Even though Mt. Gox is just one exchange, the scandal is worse. This theft allegedly went unnoticed for two years, it represents 6% of all bitcoins in circulation and it accounts for over $100 million in investor losses. On top of that, the document I leaked suggests Mt. Gox was in advanced discussions with other investor(s) who planned to hide these losses indefinitely. Nobody cares when the moderators of a drug dealing website get arrested and lose their bitcoins. But when it affects mainstream investors, it seems different. I think it's naive to hope regulators won't ultimately come out with pretty tight and expensive regulations.

????In revealing the Gox documents, you also said that you'd sold all of your bitcoin. Was that an overreaction?

????I was between a rock and a hard place ethically. I have a ton of my liquid net worth tied up in bitcoin because I believe so strongly in its potential as a technology. But there are certain massively negative events that could destroy bitcoin, the currency. I didn't think it was appropriate to continue trading after breaking this story, and felt I had to hold or sell everything. If my account was wiped out, I'd have very little left to live on, so I decided to sell everything to be safe. However, I also said that I wouldn't buy back in for at least 30 days, to avoid giving the impression that I was preying on irrational fear. Legally, I didn't have to say a word. But I wanted to be transparent, and my readers were able to trade on the info as soon as I did.

????What do you think really happened at Mt. Gox?

????At the very least, it looks like criminal negligence of insane proportions. I'm still working on the story, so will keep you posted.