Brock Pierce on Reviving Mt. Gox

Interview location: Skype
Interview date: Wednesday 13th Feb, 2019

Brock Pierce…hmmm…

A man with a questionable history in Bitcoin and wrapped up in the Mt. Gox story. With Gox Rising Brock has a plan to help creditors but what are his incentives? The creditors I have spoken to universally think he isn’t helping yet Brock claims to only want to help the creditors receive their civil rehabilitation and ensure Mark Karpelès gets nothing.

I’ll leave this interview out there for others to judge…

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Timestamps:

00:04:30: Introductions
00:04:55: Brock’s involvement with Puerto Rico
00:09:28: Where does Brock fit into the Mt. Gox story
00:13:26: Discussing the ownership claims of Mt. Gox
00:15:53: Are there any benefits to what happened to Mt. Gox?
00:18:41: Delving deeper into the equity ownership of Jed McCaleb, Mark Karpeles and Brock Pierce
00:24:43: What agreement would Brock ideally want to see signed.
00:25:32: The letter of intent and negotiated “deal” for the ownership of Mt. Gox
00:29:23: Brock’s claims that Mark acted in bad faith
00:36:04: Does Brock want to take control of Mt. Gox?
00:38:22: Legal claims for the ownership of Mt. Gox
00:41:13: Complications surrounding civil rehabilitation and the liquidation of assets
00:44:05: Brock’s belief around Mark’s incentives and plans for Tibanne
00:46:36: What is Brock offering that is different to the current process?
00:49:59: Gox Rising; it’s purpose, goals and intentions
00:53:09: The alternative civil rehabilitation plan that is on Gox Rising
00:55:18: Launching a new Mt. Gox exchange
00:57:05: Next steps for Brock in this process
00:59:41: Questioning Brock’s intentions for getting involved in this process
01:02:08: Discussing the possibility of an ICO for Mt. Gox
01:03:55: Final comments and how to get in touch with Brock

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Helpful Links:

Connect with Brock:
- On Twitter @brockpierce
- On LinkedIn
- On Wikipedia

Mentioned in the interview:
- Mt. Gox
- Mt. Gox Wikipedia page
- The History of the Mt Gox Hack: Bitcoin’s Biggest Heist
- Mark’s Reddit AMA
- Brock Pierce plan
- Gox Rising
- Coinlab claim
- Civil rehabilitation
- Willybot

Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD078: Kim Nilsson's on His Investigation Into Mt. Gox
- WBD077: Daniel Kelman on the Creditors of Mt. Gox and Civil Rehabilitation
- WBD076: Mark Karpelès on the Collapse of Mt. Gox
- WBD075: Jed McCaleb on the Creation of Mt. Gox
- WBD058: Trace Mayer on Why You Must Own Your Bitcoin Private Keys

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