Kevin wrote his own story, so knowing the ending is no disrespect. Maybe we can even learn something from it, can't we?

I haven't heard of this story before. Knowingly exploiting a vulnerability is immoral and probably also illegal (at least, on the level of breaking policies, but perhaps potentially making a person liable). But Kevin said he had no idea, and proving malicious intent is something that would be required in this situation. Thus, I wouldn't condemn him, but it makes sense that he couldn't withdraw most of the funds. As this person's account has been inactive for a long time, I'd assume that the journey ended and 2012 and he didn't hold onto those coins, maybe due to legal processes starting and not wanting to get mixed up in the Mt Gox scandal.

It seems to me that he warned the MTgox admins of the hacking, he could have had some form of reward for example. Otherwise this case was interesting from a legal point of view because :

- He didn't hack the platform.
- He warned the admins.
- MTgox's legal articles made no provision for hacks, and therefore for the possibility of a course crash.

First of all, you learn from other people's mistakes, and your own too. Here the legal point of view is interesting: did Kevin get to keep the btc he bought at the time of the crash, or is that considered theft?

Besides, you're the one who considers the pizza purchase a mistake, but that's not Laszlo's point of view.

He explained in several interviews that at the time, Bitcoin did not yet have real market value, and his goal was to demonstrate that it could be used for real purchases. He was primarily a developer and enthusiast, not an investor.

He also mentioned that he does not regret this transaction because it played a key role in Bitcoin’s adoption as a means of exchange. Without initiatives like his, he believes Bitcoin would have taken longer to be seen as a legitimate currency.

Laszlo does not consider it as a mistake but rather an important contribution to Bitcoin’s history.

(and besides, if no one ever bought in btc, it would no longer be a currency)

It's hard to answer a question like this since I have no frame of reference at all. While I don't think I'm free from faults, I don't think I'd risk myself doing things that might get me into jail since the trouble is probably not worth the gains. I value freedom and feeling relaxed more than anything. I probably won't do anything when the market behaves abnormally. I can't really trust any legal system when they have so many loopholes although the number of people who can exploit that is limited.