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mircea_popescu: so i can currently take
a fiart position in any stock, fund, whatever, by calling my browser.
MJR__: torbroker is saying want to sell your aapl stock for BTC? we can arrange
a place for buyers and sellers to meet
MJR__: whether that was
a private thing, who can now
MJR__: it's
a brokerage account/ exchange with accounts in BTC allowing you to buy US equities
MJR__: full disclosure: you are
a confidence man
MJR__: I think bitcoin is so volatile, that you could have
a second order derivative of its volatility (fun)
thestringpuller: then put that into b-s formula and out pops
a volatility greek
thestringpuller: you take
a duration like 10m or 1h or 7d and do high - low
taub: probably use
a bunch of methods
MJR__: I like to leave bids out for calls at
a price I think makes sense, get filled cuz of volatility
thestringpuller: taub: the best startegy is to write options at the beginning of the month that are safe, then at the end of the month buy options if there is
a big move
MJR__: im saying but and hold is
a great way to preserve and grow wealth
taub: thats maybe
a very safe startegy, but not one with terrific returns
taub: i still get
a feel for the "buzz" in irc, but it's usually just buzzing back what prices are showing already anyway
MJR__: taub: agreed, lots of ways to skin
a cat
MJR__: not cuz I see
a "cup and handle" or "head and shoulders"
MJR__: just saying, im
a big fan in investing in fundamentals
taub: there is zero point in knowing the cause of
a move
gribble: smickles was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 2 days, 23 hours, 25 minutes, and 59 seconds ago: <smickles>
a bitcoin atm could be the easiest way to send money to
a friend, each of you just goes to an atm
iz: but just because ppl do it in other markets and are successful while the market is growing doesn't mean it's
a good strategy
iz: taub:
a broken clock can be right twice
a day too
iz: taub: i find with trends it's better to identify the CAUSE of the chart move, and then determine if you are seeing
a similar cause happen and then notice the effect on the chart
KRS1: cant exactly walk up to
a hot women and say, check out my bitcoins beeotch
MJR__: one could argue that Mercedes are
a "bubble" if everyone decides that luxury vehicles are retarded.
MJR__: mircea_popescu: almost nothing is
a "ponzi", as it refers to
a specific sort of scam. if we are conflating that term with tulip mania or bubble, then most things are...the only difference in them is the probability that they become unpopular
mircea_popescu: for instance,
a hot young thing walking into your office naked takes all of 6 seconds
gribble: MtGox lag is 0 seconds. During this time, light travels 0.0 AU. You could have sent
a bitcoin ... nowhere, really (0 AU).
mircea_popescu: MJR_ ya well not everything that relies on trust or appreciates in value is
a ponzi.
MJR__: my earlier point was related to how banks are "ponzis" (loosely using that as
a term for general speculation) in any trust based system if trust leaves the last one holding the bag is screwed
mircea_popescu: Intrade’s director, Ronald Bernstein, said in
a statement that the shortfall resulted from unspecified actions by two other parties, whom he did not name.
mircea_popescu: The online betting Web site Intrade, which gained widespread notice for serving as
a predictions platform for elections and events not related to sports, is facing liquidation because of
a $700,000 cash shortfall,
a development that comes
a month after it halted trading and froze its customer accounts.
bgupta: ThickAsThieves: "They" got
a chance to buy back in, so it can rally
a bit now.
MJR__: also mentioned during 2016 debates is
a good one
ThickAsThieves: Ron Swanson had
a funny scene where he says he doesnt know how much gold he has except in wait, and oh some palladium too
MJR__: you'll see
a run on the dollar, and into gold
ThickAsThieves: i dont know enough about how such things work, but I suppose it's at least possible for there to be
a macro economy that encompasses much of newly printed money
MJR__: I think there is
a bolus of cash making its way to the markets...once it clogs that...embolism of the economy
ThickAsThieves: i think social media has come
a long way, and
a 3rd party might indeed be able to "go viral"
ThickAsThieves: hopefully not because it was
a saprk,
a flame, and
a cloud of smoke
ThickAsThieves: bots are probably that bad yet, I think there have been
a fair amount of buys that haven't broke even yet.
gribble: MtGox lag is 107.523063 seconds. During this time, light travels 0.215475014364 AU. You could have sent
a bitcoin between Earth and Venus at their closest approach (0.254 AU).
gribble: MtGox lag is 67.013025 seconds. During this time, light travels 0.134293351785 AU. You could have sent
a bitcoin ten times between Jupiter and Callisto (0.12567 AU).
gribble: Error: "bc.stats" is not
a valid command.
Scrat: Diablo-D3: yeah, significant gains other than that would imply
a weakening of sha256
Diablo-D3: Scrat: I even wrote
a SSA compiler in perl that optimizes for parallel execution that you feed it opencl and get opencl
gribble: MtGox lag is 12.944595 seconds. During this time, light travels 0.0259408234451 AU. You could have sent
a bitcoin ten times between Earth and Moon (0.0257 AU).
Diablo-D3: Scrat: I spent about 5 days straight, 16 hours
a day, optimizing DM's current kenrel
Diablo-D3: btw, if they're using
a sea of rolled cores, they can already terminate the last 7 rounds
Scrat: Diablo-D3: is the gain 10%? because you're adding quite
a few jumps
Diablo-D3: you cant save much because its
a crypto hash.
mircea_popescu: so here's
a basic improvement to current asic hardware : you only need to compute the 2nd hash digit if the 1st came out as 0
ChaangNo_: the 14,000 in the gox line is such
a bullish sign, as is new ATH on
a sunday
ChaangNo_: okay ill buy
a handful if anyone will do it for me, as i dont have an account
ChaangNo_: okay so i was
a bit off, but close for doing it in my head
ChaangNo_: that is why we have an ath on
a sunday
Diablo-D3: as in,
a oven you bake pottery in?
mircea_popescu: suprisingly enough, the value of
a kiln hasn't moved much in the interval
ChaangNoi: im very much
a small ass guy so i deal with normal sized tits
ChaangNoi: ill send you 100's of s.e.
a. girls
mircea_popescu: Diablo-D3 probably should start
a nigerian bride service
mircea_popescu: if you're gonna shill for scammers, at least don't :
a. be as stupid as gigavps, shilling for pirate and being paid in "reputation"
ChaangNoi: d3 you saw matthew is no longer
a scammer? lol
Diablo-D3: mircea_popescu: has someone opened
a scamtag thread for that guy?
FabianB: online wallets are
a bad idea anyway
FabianB: but maybe they are insured to
a degree by their bank partner
gribble: MtGox lag is 0 seconds. During this time, light travels 0.0 AU. You could have sent
a bitcoin ... nowhere, really (0 AU).
mircea_popescu: <taub> but I guess everything is calm after
a 50% rise << ahahah
taub: but I guess everything is calm after
a 50% rise
gribble: Error: "bida" is not
a valid command.
gribble: Error: "bida" is not
a valid command.
kakobrekla: heres
a long shot, is your second name Bakewell? :)
gribble: MtGox lag is 0 seconds. During this time, light travels 0.0 AU. You could have sent
a bitcoin ... nowhere, really (0 AU).
gribble: smickles was last seen in #bitcoin-assets 2 days, 7 hours, 23 minutes, and 39 seconds ago: <smickles>
a bitcoin atm could be the easiest way to send money to
a friend, each of you just goes to an atm
pgp: nice to see
a quite weekend and rock steady USD/BTC rate...
bowjob: it was
a fat finger mistake, missed an extra zero
mircea_popescu: yes meh. lurk here
a few weeks, you'll get
a handle of what's what, can proceed from there.