According to Wu, a vote on the Reddit MtGox forum showed that among the 467 members who participated in the vote, 260 people chose not to sell the bitcoins after receiving them as compensation, accounting for the highest proportion of 55%.

88 people chose to sell all, accounting for 18%, ranking second highest among the voting options.

68 people chose to sell 1% to 25%; 26 people chose to sell 25% to 50%.