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Exchange record

Namecoin / Bitcoin exchange operated under the Bitparking name and associated with Chris Double. Public forum records show exchange.bitparking.com operating by 2012, followed by an April 2013 exchange data-drive corruption incident, withdrawal-only recovery efforts, and statements that the exchange would cease operation.

CEXInactive

Also known as: Bitparking Exchange, exchange.bitparking.com, BitParking

Registry sequence

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Key facts

Launch date

2012-01-01

Death date

—

Years

2012–—

Origin

New Zealand

Confidence

medium

Last verified

2026-04-29

URL handling

Preferred action

Use current URL handling based on status below.

URL status

Unknown

Original URL

https://exchange.bitparking.com/

Archived URL

View archived site

Summary

Timeline

Bitparking exchange operating by 2012

2012-01-01launchedmedium

Public forum and Q&A references show exchange.bitparking.com operating as a Namecoin / Bitcoin exchange by 2012.

Bitparking exchange moved toward withdrawal-only recovery

2013-04-05shutdown_effectivecritical

Forum-preserved exchange status text stated that the exchange suffered drive corruption, would be brought up for withdrawals only after balance recovery, and that the exchange would cease operation.

Evidence

Bitcoin Exchanges: Transparency Data or Lack Thereof

Bitcointalk2012-07-01community_referencemedium reliabilityentityarchive

Is there a usable Namecoin e-wallet?

Bitcoin Stack Exchange2012-12-12community_referencemedium reliabilityentityarchive

exchange.bitparking.com

Bitcointalk2013-04-08community_referencemedium reliabilityeventarchive

exchange.bitparking.com recovery discussion

Bitcointalk2014-03-18community_referencemedium reliabilityeventarchive

Bitparking PPCoin Pool discussion

Bitcointalk2013-01-01community_referencelow reliabilitystatusarchive

Archive index for the former Bitparking exchange site

Internet Archive2026-04-29archive_capturemedium reliabilityurl_historyarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note

HEI models Bitparking as inactive rather than dead because available sources strongly support exchange operation, drive-corruption failure, withdrawal-only recovery, and cessation language, but the current evidence set is largely forum / community-preserved rather than a clean official shutdown notice. Do not assign a death_reason without stronger terminal evidence.

Revision state

Records may be incomplete, approximate, contested, or revised as better evidence becomes available.

This record may be incomplete or revised. Dead-side entries prefer archived URLs over original domains. Dates, causes, and classifications may change when stronger evidence becomes available. Contact / corrections

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