Former Mt. Gox CEO proposed a rewrite of bitcoin’s code to recover $5 billion in stolen funds. Gets quickly shutdown

Mark Karpelès submitted a pull request to Bitcoin Core that would redirect coins that have remained untouched since 2011 to a recovery address controlled by the MtGox trustee, reigniting the oldest debate in Bitcoin.Read MoreCoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data[#item_full_content]