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> Now what they do is that they bring the servers down when it happens.

That's a pretty bold allegation. Do you have any evidence that this is the case.

No. It was just such a common occurrence that I could not come to a different conclusion.

If you need many examples, look for Reddit threads that talk about Coinbase created right after Bitcoin dips.

Alternative Hanlon's razor hypothesis: the system gets an abnormal amount of traffic during large price swings and they can't cope with the demand.

Sure, maybe, but if you have been aware of the issue for a year and it's still going on 2 years later it might be considered just a good excuse... How often do you get that problem trading stocks?

I don’t buy it.

Any serious software engineer knows about the CAP theorem.

And yet they allowed me to accidentally double-sell bitcoin cash from my account, leaving me with a negative BCH balance for months now.

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