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mircea_popescu: you can deposit a bond and go climb the hymalaya, knowing that if mpoe starts to underperform you get your bond sent back little by little.
mircea_popescu: of course not that many miner bonds that pay 2k btc a month either, so... yeah.
mircea_popescu: it worked sort of like a miner bond, this month, except they didn't lose 10% on capital and made 3% in dividends
mircea_popescu: they lost ~4.x% on principal and made 9.9% cash upfront
mircea_popescu: i might eventually, but for now... let the people enjoy.
mircea_popescu: Namjies it's really an artefact rather than a legitimate concern. how do we know yahoo mail isn't claiming them for themselves for that matter.
mircea_popescu: well... "insured", they have a clear revenue/loss model
mircea_popescu: so with a bittle lit of luck i'ma sell the planescape project on using bitcoin in their game.
mircea_popescu: i chose to stfu, on the theory that unless you're an idiot you'll figure it out yourself in short order.
mircea_popescu: i think in general there's this expectation on the part of website owners that they have license to alter history
mircea_popescu: they weren't expecting a user to go through a broker, and thus have actual proof of their bs shady dealings
mircea_popescu: than just the straight exchange. amply displayed in the case of icbit
mircea_popescu: seems to me the broker-exchange structure is inherently safer
mircea_popescu: the argument is pretty retarded, "your honor, I thought jurov was a broker" "well... did you wire him money ?"
mircea_popescu: you know, of all the things i could be after i die, i guess "that voice in the head of psychopaths telling them what to do" wouldn't be the worst...
mircea_popescu: smickles will prolly be all awwww when he sees this tomorrow
mircea_popescu: kakobreklaaa maybe you should wear moare leather and a whip
mircea_popescu: i am lol. not all stuff shows tho. but srsly, leave comment.
mircea_popescu: but otherwise... better not start fucking up with the wrong people. so life goes.
mircea_popescu: the burden of persuasion is on the court/legal system i'm affraid.