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mircea_popescu: so the only way is either it be ignored or else bidwar.
mircea_popescu: maximian the thing is, once one of them figuresd it out, all do
mircea_popescu: <Lucidize> Is there any chance of Obsi making some kind of magical payback? Any news on him? << nope.
mircea_popescu: they push disabled people into sending their last savings to scammers.
mircea_popescu: it's unconscionable. the badmouth mpex on the grounds of it being too good for them and saying so,
mircea_popescu: "I actually recommended a disabled guy with a limited government social income to use some of his last savings to buy 3 units from this guy."
mircea_popescu: it'd be pretty cool if some big name cpa started taking btc
mircea_popescu: i was trying to push for it with the rota, but as long as it gets made somehow it's all good.
mircea_popescu: i imagine the pain and horror of unwinding all these asicminer assignment transactions will create the profession of btclawyer
mircea_popescu: this is why price moves so much : fiat side can increase 1000% in two weeks on account of very small basis (in fiat terms)
mircea_popescu: Bugpowder there's not really that much btc on the market.
mircea_popescu: BTC prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. I do not feel there will be soon if ever a 50 or 60 point break from present levels, such as (bears) have predicted. I expect to see the BTC market a good deal higher within a few months.
mircea_popescu: i think many people are psychologically invested in passing the bubble
mircea_popescu: if 100k is 5x your life savinfgs you obviously have no place dicking around b uying internet funny moneys for 100k
mircea_popescu: ya well JWU42 , some people have no business doing btc megaplays either.
mircea_popescu: all bitcoins in the world for 100k ? sure, i'll take em
mircea_popescu: knotwork i was trying to play teh daytrader what can i tel lyou.
mircea_popescu: jurov i sold 200 btc's worth specifically to rebuy once price tanks back to 20.
mircea_popescu: i think book is deceptive, as btc ppl are very impatient.
mircea_popescu: i doubt there's 100 bux to be made working campbx/stamp/mtgox/w/e
mircea_popescu: there's like, what, 3-4 btc worth to be made arbing that ?
mircea_popescu: i think arbing the fiat exchanges is more work than it's worth.
mircea_popescu: still some decoupling, but as btc mkt cap increases there will be less and less.
mircea_popescu: mjr_ selling calls on the usd or buying calls on the btc are very similar i think
mircea_popescu: unlike forexy things where you just mash the buy/sell buttons
mircea_popescu: say you bought calls and they are now up. you can buy puts and pretty much lock it.
mircea_popescu: however, this is the #1 risk i face. one day it will be the case, and ima try not to get fucked then.
mircea_popescu: that's not actually true. for instance all of asicminer is like 50-100k btc.
mircea_popescu: they can't go retroactively and say i buy here i sell there