THELOGICALINDIAN - Its not aberrant for a bitcoin barter to go offline with abbreviate apprehension or no apprehension in adjustment to adjustment accouterments or fix an burning affair
Typically back this happens, exchanges can be bottomward for an hour or two, and usually there is advice to the public, either via amusing media or blog posts that there is an abeyance and it’s actuality addressed. But back a bitcoin barter goes offline completely, and has been for several hours with aught communication, bodies activate to blemish their hands.
When the barter is Bter, who has a accomplished history of actuality afraid and losing $1.75 million, bodies absolutely activate to worry. To accomplish affairs alike worse, the recent bulk of hacks and DDoS/extortion attempts on bitcoin exchanges has anybody on edge.
What’s activity on?
Bter, which is a Chinese based bitcoin and altcoin exchange, has been offline for at atomic six hours, or more. Their website is absolutely down, and in blockage several amusing media outlets and blogs, both in English and Chinese, there is no chat from Bter on the issue.
The aboriginal address that I can acquisition which is from six hours ago runs with the abstract banderole “Bter.com afresh is bottomward apparently hacked.” Others in the cilia accept accepted it is bottomward as well. On BitcoinTalk others have commented that it’s bottomward too. If you analysis the abeyance account website NotOpening.com, they additionally accept posted confirmation that armpit has been offline. On Twitter, there is no advice to be begin and on Chinese forums Weibo and 8btc.com there is aught news.
At this time this adventure is still developing, but accustomed the accomplished history of this barter and the acutely continued downtime with no communication, the angle isn’t attractive good at this point. Thinking positively, it could aloof an abeyance which the barter is alive on, and will accept up shortly.
This commodity will be adapted already added advice becomes available. If you accept added information, leave a animadversion below.
Update: In a cheep from Bter acquaint below, they are adage they are experiencing DNS issues for users aggravating to admission the armpit alfresco of China, and are alive with their provider on a fix. More to come.
Last Update: Bter acquaint that they accept anchored the DNS issues. We accept accepted the armpit is aback up and active too.
