<p>As for Mt. Gox, they got their polish account when they bought up bitomat.pl, after it lost its private keys. They continue to support accounts from that other website, so they allow easy money transfers to that account (although it takes them a couple days to credit the account).</p>

<p>As for Intersango, I presume they might want to cater to that part of the market (bitomat was dealing solely in PLN and it was the third largest Bitcoin exchange at a time). It could also be related to the fact that poles often work in UK (where the exchange is located) and transfer their money back to Poland - wire transfers between countries are quite expensive, while sending Bitcoins is cheap.</p>

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ThePiachu
<p><a href="https://bitcoinconsultancy.com/" rel="nofollow">Bitcoin Consultancy</a> which operate the Intersango exchange was <a href="http://forum.bitcoin.pl/intersango-com-t1969.html#p24186" rel="nofollow">based out of Warsaw</a>, Poland for many months and <a href="https://mtgox.com/" rel="nofollow">MtGox</a> <a href="https://mtgox.com/press_release_20110811.html" rel="nofollow">acquired Bitomat.pl</a>.</p>

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2012-02-11T23:46:00.430Z
Wasn't Intersango formerly called Britcoin and based in England? In any case the question still would stands: why "happened" that both the main exchanges were in Poland? Hardly happenstance (though, of course, is possible)
o0'.
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2012-02-12T05:19:15.170Z
For at least some of Britcoin's existence it was being run out of Warsaw, Poland.
Chris Moore
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2012-03-27T21:47:08.467Z
(btw, the question would still stand anyway: why did  both bitomat and btc consultancy "happen" to be in Poland?)
o0'.
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<p>Since their previous France and UK accounts were closed, both Mt. Gox and Intersango set up accounts in Poland.</p>

<p>Is there a specific reason why they chose Poland?</p>

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2012-02-11T22:31:05.817Z
Any port in a storm?
Stephen Gornick
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@StephenGornick the question stands: **why** Poland, and not any other nation, "happen" to be the port of choice in both occasions?
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Why do both Mt. Gox and Intersango use Polish banks?
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# Why do both Mt. Gox and Intersango use Polish banks?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-02-11)

Since their previous France and UK accounts were closed, both Mt. Gox and Intersango set up accounts in Poland.

Is there a specific reason why they chose Poland?

**Tags:** mtgox, banks, intersango

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Any port in a storm?  
> **username_0**: @StephenGornick the question stands: **why** Poland, and not any other nation, "happen" to be the port of choice in both occasions?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2012-02-11. Score: 5

As for Mt. Gox, they got their polish account when they bought up bitomat.pl, after it lost its private keys. They continue to support accounts from that other website, so they allow easy money transfers to that account (although it takes them a couple days to credit the account).

As for Intersango, I presume they might want to cater to that part of the market (bitomat was dealing solely in PLN and it was the third largest Bitcoin exchange at a time). It could also be related to the fact that poles often work in UK (where the exchange is located) and transfer their money back to Poland - wire transfers between countries are quite expensive, while sending Bitcoins is cheap.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-02-11. Score: 2

[Bitcoin Consultancy](https://bitcoinconsultancy.com/) which operate the Intersango exchange was [based out of Warsaw](http://forum.bitcoin.pl/intersango-com-t1969.html#p24186), Poland for many months and [MtGox](https://mtgox.com/) [acquired Bitomat.pl](https://mtgox.com/press_release_20110811.html).

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Wasn't Intersango formerly called Britcoin and based in England? In any case the question still would stands: why "happened" that both the main exchanges were in Poland? Hardly happenstance (though, of course, is possible)  
> **username_3**: For at least some of Britcoin's existence it was being run out of Warsaw, Poland.  
> **username_0**: (btw, the question would still stand anyway: why did  both bitomat and btc consultancy "happen" to be in Poland?)  

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