according to mybitcoin site, they are in receivership, so it looks like people will get their bitcoins back. But, when they do get them back will there be a mass sell off because people are going to say, fuck this? and bag btc altogether? When people from mybitcoin start getting their coins back is when you will see a huge slide. Yes, I think its a good time to buy, but I wont buy big amounts til people start getting their coins back and i see what the market is like then. it will probably a month or longer before that happens.. But, right now, its sliding downward. but if the btc ever hits near the 1 dollar mark, you bet your last btc that ill be buying then. BTW, what was the bitcoin pre gawker? I remember when I first got here the btc was like 5 bucks then it went up from there til the mt. gox problem.