Oddbean

@TheGuySwann | |In a recent BitcoinAudible I recall you saying you were tempted to reproduce your voice with AI on an episode to see if anyone would notice. While listening to the book I had to wonder. At one point in the book the topic of Mt. Gox was included. I noticed it was pronounced EmTe Gox, every time. I found myself asking, is that a Guy/AI voice, was it a pun you introduced for 'empty gox' or was it maybe spelled that way in the book as a point of humor. Or, heaven forbid, did you just pronounce 'Mt.' (mount) wrong? LOL It would be funny if you or the book did 'empty' on purpose, but I'm just curious.

Actually “Em-Tee Gox” is the original pronunciation and I was just trying to be true to history for the audiobook. It shifted to “Mount” over the years simply because it looked that way. But MtGox originally stood for “Magic the Gathering Online Exchange.” It started as a tradable card game service that eventually added bitcoin. Then at some point they updated branding and people had already been calling it “Mount” at that point and it stuck. I don’t think there was a specific time when it shifted but in thinking about it I went with the original that we would say way back in the day before mount became the norm. The play on “empty” feels appropriate as well. 😆

Cool. I remember the Magic the Gathering card trading origins but never put it together with the name of the exchange. I got started right after the Gox crash. So, good on ya for the detailed history!