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Bugpowder:
A real company will be able to pass regs
mircea_popescu: Because of this, keeping money in any other fiat-BTC exchanges than those two is pretty much cruisin’ for
a bruisin’. Spot sellers may still be safe for
a while, select ones may even be safe forever (as they’re
a subset of the OTC style marketplace), but for better or worse cowboy exchanges are
a thing of the past.
mircea_popescu: On
a more general note : the time of cowboy style, “one man and his hopes” fiat-BTC exchanges has passed. The exchange market is moving into
a new phase. There is room on it for MtGox, on account of its old age and well known brand, and for people like the Frenchies doing that bitcoin-central partner-with-
a-bank thing. All other exchanges are going out, and things being what they are the majority of them will be go
Bugpowder: Coinlab et al, is unclear. Could be
a tougher road, but leaves
a path open.
BitHub: thank christ not
a usa resident or usa bitcoin company
benkay: sometimes is like "hey kid have
a joint"
benkay: our government is like
a pmsing older sister
benkay: the usg has
a tendency to overreact, and may yet
Chaang-Noi: if i was in the usa i would offer
a much better service, i have shitloads of stuff in stock already
mod6: and, yeah, i got
a successful stat back
gribble: (ticker [--bid|--ask|--last|--high|--low|--avg] [--currency XXX]) -- Return pretty-printed mtgox ticker. If one of the result options is given, returns only that numeric result (useful for nesting in calculations). If '--currency XXX' option is given, returns ticker for that three-letter currency code. It is up to you to make sure that the three letter code you enter is
a valid (1 more message)
mod6: same thing with this: dig @
a.cctld.us mpex.co ANY
mod6: dig @
a.cctld.us polimedia.us ANY << so if you dig here, you get the forward zone, its just the gtld-servers that don't return
a valid pointer
dub: suffice to say you have engineered yourself
a spiffing spof there
dub: being 7 hours into
a fault bridge dun't help
dub: its been
a long time since I gave
a shit about dns so I cannot elucidate
gribble: Error: "Received" is not
a valid command.
gribble: Error: "Received" is not
a valid command.
pgp: although lumping in "former housewives" (or should it just be former wives) in with blacks, jew, mason and... english does strike me as subtly genius on
a level that I'm not quite sure I understand....
pgp: the google translator has the article beginning with "May be the reasons explained when talking about behavioral deviations , or if it is not of course
a conspiracy of blacks, Jews, Masons, English and former wives . It is true that I lean toward the first explanation, "What do I know?"
smickles: it must be in
a different part
smickles: i've got
a server in california
midnightmagic: mircea_popescu: Do you have access to
a looking glass?
midnightmagic: mircea_popescu: It's not normal for
a traceroute to fail to traverse..
mircea_popescu: 174.127.72.233/mpex/ << direct addressing also if it's
a local dns issue/poisoning
smickles: mpexbot is getting
a lot of network.in
pgp: not
a problem for me right now, just noting that website it inaccessible...
kakobrekla: give us
a million and you get free cookie
mircea_popescu: Every client will receive
a $75 credit to test trading and can activate an account with
a deposit of at least $10,000, 200 Bitcoins, or $5,000 in Mt. Gox codes.
mircea_popescu: this is an open problem generally, there's even
a serious bounty out for
a certain formulation of it
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform you can measure (
a good portion of) mpex's inbound btc, for that matter.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform was discussed here just
a day or two ago
BitHub: When it comes to Tax why give money to
a useless middleman that does
a pretty terrible job at making the best of your money to make
a better country, actually just waste alot, there's no point paying them when i can just hire people to make the country
a lil bit less shit.
smickles: Bugpowder: but it's taxed in
a whole different way if you barter with it
mircea_popescu: of course, it wouldn't be the first time this here bird is considered
a duck for the purpose of X law and
a goose for the purpose of y law
smickles: which has
a whole shebang of regulation
smickles: that doc says if you buy
a decentralized virtual currency, you are
a money transmitter
smickles: BitHub: if you buy wow gold you're
a money transmitter?
mircea_popescu: kinda nice to have them come out with "it is not
a currency" statement.
mircea_popescu:
A person must exchange the currency of two or more countries to be considered
a dealer in foreign exchange.19 Virtual currency does not meet the criteria to be considered "currency" under the BSA, because it is not legal tender. Therefore,
a person who accepts real currency in exchange for virtual currency, or vice versa, is not
a dealer in foreign exchange under FinCEN's regulations.
smickles: looks like they are trying to say anyone who buys or sells bitcoin for fiat is
a money transmitter
parseval: You have to follow the BSA as
a transmitter
mircea_popescu: to be
a transmitter it substantively requires you blabla as part of acceptance/transfer of funds/currency/etc.
parseval: and is
a money transmitter. In addition,
a person is an exchanger and
a money transmitter if the person accepts such de-centralized convertible virtual currency from one person and transmits it to another person as part of the acceptance and transfer of currency, funds, or other value that substitutes for currency.
parseval:
A person that creates units of this convertible virtual currency and uses it to purchase real or virtual goods and services is
a user of the convertible virtual currency and not subject to regulation as
a money transmitter. By contrast,
a person that creates units of convertible virtual currency and sells those units to another person for real currency or its equivalent is engaged in transmission to another location
parseval:
A final type of convertible virtual currency activity involves
a de-centralized convertible virtual currency (1) that has no central repository and no single administrator, and (2) that persons may obtain by their own computing or manufacturing effort.
mircea_popescu: putting into circulation)
a virtual currency, and who has the authority to redeem (to withdraw from circulation) such virtual currency.
mircea_popescu: This guidance refers to the participants in generic virtual currency arrangements, using the terms "user," "exchanger," and "administrator."6
A user is
a person that obtains virtual currency to purchase goods or services.7 An exchanger is
a person engaged as
a business in the exchange of virtual currency for real currency, funds, or other virtual currency. An administrator is
a person engaged as
a business in issuing (
mircea_popescu: Bugpowder the only thing the rental store had was
a pink tux and
a strapless sperm-white gucci dress
Bugpowder: wear
a fucking suit for your fucking presentation to the world dipshits
Bugpowder: which was them looking hammered, holding
a drink
kakobrekla: i have been saying this for
a while now, the more world goes to shit, the better for btc
gribble: Error: "cakc" is not
a valid command.
smickles: mircea_popescu: this is all getting into indiana jones territory. soon enough you'll have to be at 'the spot where the sun is at such an angel in sky on this day of the year and casts
a shadow to your feet. turn left, take
a pic of the mountian and pump that pic into the script where you enter "david duchovny" 6 times'
mpexbot: smickles: Error: I found
a broken link in the Markov chain. Maybe I received two bad links to start the chain.
mpexbot: smickles: Error: I found
a broken link in the Markov chain. Maybe I received two bad links to start the chain.
mpexbot: jurov: Error: I found
a broken link in the Markov chain. Maybe I received two bad links to start the chain.
mpexbot: smickles: Error: I found
a broken link in the Markov chain. Maybe I received two bad links to start the chain.
mpexbot: pigeons: Error: I found
a broken link in the Markov chain. Maybe I received two bad links to start the chain.
mpexbot: jurov: Error: I found
a broken link in the Markov chain. Maybe I received two bad links to start the chain.
mpexbot: jurov because
a. its much easier to parse and b. because the bot
Chaang-Noi: less than
a million of soon to be fiat to go
pigeons: smells like something
a ycombinator company would have
gribble: Error: "bc,convert," is not
a valid command.
pigeons: wtf is
a curation consultant
Bugpowder: Bitcoins at $2, after being at $31, was
a great example
Bugpowder: Trusted accounts can withdraw 50k at
a time, 500k / mo
gribble: Error: "yeaaa," is not
a valid command.
deadweasel: kakobrekla, that's
a hell of
a wall at 50
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla if you fuck
a girl long enough, eventually she enters this zombie state
mircea_popescu: lew rockwell : "This proves that the licensing was – and always will be –
a scheme merely to fill government coiffures."
pigeons: i probably would have bought some in the past if
a btc address was generated automatically, but i aint gonna email someone to get an address for his blog
mircea_popescu: still... i mean notionally. "
a credit". well...
a credit to what 1/3 read ?