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gribble: Error: "donate" is not
a valid command.
gribble: Error: "bribe" is not
a valid command.
jurov: the pools must have
a way to measure the work semi-precisely.. to be able to sanely compute payouts
swhitt: mircea_popescu: well, each pool has
a different difficulty for the shares
swhitt: yes it's
a poisson process by definitions
jurov: dunno if it's
a poisson.. we just infer from very few data points
swhitt: it's
a poisson process
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves estimating hashrate is
a very noisy process
pigeons: "he reason I take the time to type out
a response like that is because I enjoy treating people I don’t know like they’re actual human beings, take them seriously and so forth."
jurov: just
a convenient topic to bitch about
mod6: (10:48) < mircea_popescu> i like nat, but they say i'm
a nut. << for someone who isn't
a programmer, you have
a keen eye for what makes sense in compsci
pigeons: mircea_popescu: nat is like asking someone else to take
a piss for you
swhitt: mircea_popescu: thanks, I am making
a list of transactions included in the attack
swhitt: but they showed up in
a block
swhitt: it looked like the doublespend attack person is working with
a miner
mircea_popescu: jurov literally. what am i to answer
a phone !? "don't call us, we'll call you to an artform"
swhitt: then
a new block came in with
a txn not in the mempool
iz:
a ringing phone with NAT would require port forwards
iz: you can also answer
a ringing phone
swhitt: someone just successfully pulled off
a doublespend attack on sdice
mircea_popescu: <jurov> btw, i came up with better analogy with the NAT problem... it's like telephone from which you can make outgoing calls only << pretty much the only way to use
a phone.
mod6: ahh. ok. i was wondering how (or why)
a system of credit would need to be established...
mod6: the "investment" statment was
a bit bizzare
mod6: The reason I take the time to type out
a response like that is because I enjoy treating people I don’t know like they’re actual human beings, take them seriously and so forth.
mircea_popescu: iirc what i said was that i'll publish the report and then wait
a day for any errors / complaints before making payments
jurov: issued by
a man with 15day migraines :(
mod6: car accident and got beat with
a tire iron!?
jurov: In 2009 I was beaten nearly to death by
a man with
a tire Iron and have not been able to maintain
a normal job sence which is why I fell inlove with bitcoins so much
pigeons: well, i guess when mircea_popescu is the standard, being nuts isn't
a disqualifier
Ukto: ASIC.COOP is ciuciu it was
a prev glbse asset
mircea_popescu: <Ukto> Rather than the previous limitation of 'I can SELL it for USD' << this is
a good point for sure.
BitHub: so when you going to hit up all the countries that have
a closed exchanged? :P
BitHub: is this kind of what this is? i've been following but
a bit lost
BitHub: so if i have
a few g's in
a certain currency can i float it as an asset onbf?
ThickAsThieves: seems like
a thin court defense, but i know nothing of the laws
Ukto: they DO have
a name.. its not liek they are done to the cent
Ukto: yes, its
a reverse exchange
Ukto: these basicaly make
a reverse market
error4733: sure, but more small bet mean you reduce variance i'm
a math genius, i know
mircea_popescu: it's possible to beat it on
a term of any arbitrary finite length
error4733: obv with 3 whales &
a bad run... it's possible
error4733: Haha last 470 bet on s.dice : EV = 188 Result : 2134... 2K above EV. Please,
a nice final week like in january
ThickAsThieves: well, not nearly, but plenty of time for
a whale to lose his btc
Bowjob: this thing is
a whole setup
Bowjob: Bitcoins, are designed as
a fuck you to the feds, in short
a rebellion to the feds
Bugpowder: the goal is to become
a power broker
Namworld: It's more of
a problem that being altruistic tends to get you 10 leeches stuck on you...
novusordo: we'll build
a distributed decentralized society
DeadWeasel: then I'm going to bed. gotta put up
a few more buys for when it crashes.
mircea_popescu: da fuck none of it applies to btc. what is btc,
a meteorite ?
DeadWeasel: got
a problem with an uneducated twat, it's your problem. I'd love to be educated,but ya'll don't know shit more about this than anyone else.
mircea_popescu: most recently the notable silver market cornering, read up on that. it wasted
a billion dollar fortune
mircea_popescu: DeadWeasel listen. the theory whereby it is feasible to buy up
a commodity in order to sell it later is nonsense.
DeadWeasel: i mean manipulating. pump dump. then settle the price for
a while, pump dump, settle the price. using bots, and everything else illegal in SEC markets
Diablo-D3: warren buffet doesnt give
a shit about forex
gribble: Error: "ask" is not
a valid command.
Diablo-D3: I have
a 26" 1920x1200 and my dead laptop
Diablo-D3:
a month later it hit the historical peak
Bowjob: I want
a bored billionaire play around with BTC
gribble: Error: "ask" is not
a valid command.
DeadWeasel: I'm
a just small time douche who got in with his life savings and got out with 50% more, plus an extra 100btc to play with now
Bowjob: check in 2 years and find youself
a millionaire
Chaang-Noi: hmm, btc people now have
a lot of btc... hmm what can they use them for.. drugs? :)
Namworld: then you can sell in multiple mini increments and crash like half
a USD/BTC each time
Namworld: WAIT TILL THERE'S
A LONG THIN LINE OF BIDS!
DeadWeasel: he did
a service to us all. the first real media
kakobrekla: yeah when i feel bad, i think of
a pizza guy.
Bowjob: I made
a bullshit prediction picture, lemme see if i can find it
Bugpowder: people know that once it goes, we go up
a dollar
Bowjob: Theres this dude, proudhon.. quite
a bear. if he turns into
a bull, we know the things gonna crash
Bowjob: but I see
a few baby whales
Bugpowder: Well. The funny thing is, right when
a new address shows up with some decent coin, the selloff finally starts
Bowjob: could be from
a profiteer