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ThickAsThieves: interested, sure, just not interested in insane premiums it probably comes with
ThickAsThieves: i think part of the bfx shenanigans lie in how they display one decimal place for USD in orderbook, but allow orders to specify 2 places
ThickAsThieves: i watched these new chinese futures a lil and its basically being traded like btc, no real future sentiment at all
ThickAsThieves: <+mircea_popescu> you know what wash trading is ? /// still happens quite obviously in btc exchanges
ThickAsThieves: well, youre welcome society, for my earlier transgressions!
ThickAsThieves: people wanna do things like circuit-breakers, and curating the data somehow, it's all shit imo
ThickAsThieves: any notable movement on any of the 4 or so top exchanges will cause movement on the rest
ThickAsThieves: you see glitched trade feeds in an exchange every few mos
ThickAsThieves: all i'm saying is if BTCT didnt close i woulda sold them shits!
ThickAsThieves: i suppose itd just be redistribution of whatever actuall btc were in the systems
ThickAsThieves: as in if bf and btct werent shut down by USG, the lie may have played out to less loss
ThickAsThieves: i wonder if more loss was caused by gov influence to shut down btc exchsnges, than if they remainded open
ThickAsThieves: i never intended to hold the bonds long term, it was just a risky trade. btct closed while in the process of selling em off...
ThickAsThieves: it continues to say shareholders get to vote on this move, (not bondholders)
ThickAsThieves: CM's debts, including the 'Bond'. It is therefore possible that 'bondholders' may seek to take legal action against CM's 'shareholders', including yourself, to seek to recover that debt. However, if 'bondholders' accept the restructure plan proposed below, that risk might be mitigated."
ThickAsThieves: get this: "CM was described as a "virtual company” by LTC-Global (and accordingly referred to as such in the CM Business Plan). However, as a matter of English law, CM may be considered a general partnership. If that is the case, then the 'shareholders' of CM - which includes yourself - would all be considered partners. As partners, they would all be jointly and severally liable for
ThickAsThieves: <+mircea_popescu> anyway, ThickAsThieves The Strategy of Conflict, old book. /// will check it out
ThickAsThieves: <+punkman> if only we had 14 spare MPs sitting around /// oh lord!
ThickAsThieves: house, nurturing powers like overgrown weeds that now appear to make up the whole lawn.
ThickAsThieves: <+mircea_popescu> kolinko no. the system can break itself, too. it doesn't need a mustachioed antropomorphised enemy. /// glad to see you say so, it's a point often missed in many circumstances. for example, some want to paint USG as a hyper conspiracy and assume all its evil/scammy actions are fully intentional. More likely, it just evolved to be a broken shit in all corners of its
ThickAsThieves: so at first i was frustrated at this 1bTCXE trading challenge because basically what it is is they gave everyone a fake account with half BTC / half USD credits and people are set wild to trade the assets. However, there is no tie to the real market so it's mostly a psychological/economical experiment. In this case, is there theory on how such a market would play out?
ThickAsThieves: people will try anything if youre wearing the right clothes
ThickAsThieves: for me, arguing against centralization as a broad value is silly
ThickAsThieves: decentralization as an ideal doesnt really exist, it's just a degree of centralization
ThickAsThieves: why are we making lists and giving things to 15 people? i guess i better read the logs, is this OT or something?
ThickAsThieves: means they won't let anyone named Mark have an account
ThickAsThieves: well, the goal is to be entertained, not impressed per se :)
ThickAsThieves: i think eating frequency is a factor as well, metabolism
ThickAsThieves: i wonder if people who only sleep 3-5 hrs a day, live more or less waking hours than those sleeping 8+
ThickAsThieves: who wants to spend their waking ours managing their sleeping ones
ThickAsThieves: maybe humans have a built in hibernation function we dont know how to work yet