[harrigan]

Transaction malleability is a known design issue with Bitcoin. It is interesting to see that people are now trading "goxBTC" for "realBTC": https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=457723.0. One could imagine a conspiracy theory in which... ;-)

Also, it is technically possible for someone like Mt. Gox to publish a "proof" that they have enough BTC to cover everyone's deposits: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1xedpu/headlines_yo...