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mircea_popescu: kingofsports relax, we're just crabby because we're old and can't get it up anymore.
mircea_popescu: <pigeons> sounds like some help from #gnupg, don't mention mpex ;) << what, are they pissy @mpex ?!
mircea_popescu: there's pts run by namworld, ThickAsThieves, deadterra iirc
mircea_popescu: well now that may be problematic indeed. maybe he just finances himself or w/e
mircea_popescu: for that matter mpoe bonds have 10's of k's invested and pay about 5 to 10% historically.
mircea_popescu: kingofsports the interest isn't high based on the capital dood.
mircea_popescu: what pirate story ? if memory serves he's newer than the collapse of that
mircea_popescu: well... he's a little wild young;un, but i think fundamentally honest.
mircea_popescu: kingofsports your enthusiasm is commendable, but srsly, this isn't really how it;s done.
mircea_popescu: very risk sensitive pots like that are usually invested in indexes/index funds.
mircea_popescu: the hell was your grandma doing with a symbol portofolio.
mircea_popescu: it's a running joke you know ? the better fund managers get their first heart attack in their 30s
mircea_popescu: so i doubt you'll need an accounting backup if you're serious
mircea_popescu: dub actually i think ima make myself a nice industrialist.
mircea_popescu: i traded some bitcents for like... billions of eve isk
mircea_popescu: yeah i've read. i read it once in 2012 too, when brendio came up with it
mircea_popescu: he just doesn't understand wtf the world around him is
mircea_popescu: was going to say sopmethin along those lines but you;'ve probably done a better job.
mircea_popescu: you don't seriously take the forum as the venue of record do you.
mircea_popescu: dub hey, dio you have the chatlkog where pirate was "maniopulating the price"
mircea_popescu: too good stuff. i dunno why the us govt has such a bad name, it delivers.
mircea_popescu: During the relevant period, Shavers transferred $147,102 from his personal account at the online BTC currency exchange to accounts he controlled at an online payment processor and his personal checking account, which he then used for, among other things, his personal expenses, including rent, car-related expenses, utilities, retail purchases, casinos, and meals.
mircea_popescu: During the relevant period, Shavers transferred at least 150,649 BTC to his personal account at an online BTC currency exchange which, among other things, he then sold or used to day-trade (converting BTC to U.S. dollars and vice versa). As a result of this activity, Shavers suffered a net loss from his day-trading, but realized net proceeds of $164,758 from his net sales of 86,202 BTC.
mircea_popescu: whoa, so he quit way ahead of reaching the magical 4% ?!
mircea_popescu: During the relevant period, Shavers obtained at least 700,467 BTC in principal investments ; During the relevant period, Shavers returned at least 507,148 BTC to BTCST investors as withdrawals or purported interest payments.
mircea_popescu: so there you'll see, gigavps, goat, prolly theymos, prolly half the wot list of p eople who had him +d