I know it makes for a better headline to say $1M stolen, but unless actual USD was taken in the theft, I wish these headlines would say "X BTC stolen, valued at $Y."
But then again, the headline made it to the front page and got me to comment...
But then again, the headline made it to the front page and got me to comment...
2) The article title becomes immediately obsolete due to exchange rate fluctuations. On the day of the theft for instance, the BTC/USD rate was hugely volatile, fluctuating between $522 and $788.
We could go dig up the old Bitcoin Forum posts about people losing 25k coins and mark-to-market those losses for more sensational headlines. Or we could simply post the BTC amount in the headline along with present fiat value.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6783710
granted, i don't present these things very tactfully