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jurov: we should bribe him
to narrate some
trilema material
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mircea_popescu: anything is promised when
the matter at hand is extending
the life of promise as a
thing into
the world.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform well,
they aren't in fact, but surely, such is promised.
mircea_popescu: but
then again
they were specifically uninclusive, or should i say anti-inclusive.
mircea_popescu: notably
the inventors of capitalism didn't either want or use such procedures.
mircea_popescu: los_pantalones yeah, no practical way for an unwotted system
to work otherwise.
los_pantalones: for whatever price i want, bankrupt
the co and walk out w/ cash
mircea_popescu: in bankruptcy proceedings with an aroma of fraud, criminal liability may flow
through such
trades
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform in bankruptcy proceedings, suspect
trades of
the management can be attached
to
the proceedings.
los_pantalones: i
told him he was a moron and welcome
to
the litigation party
los_pantalones: was my argument
to my buddy who
thought about pulling
the
trigger
mircea_popescu: should be interesting, because no way
that doesn't get attached.
los_pantalones: BFL
tried
to sell ~3k BTC over
the counter 10 days ago
mircea_popescu: fluffypony you know i can't look at spagni.net and not
think spaghetti on
the first pass.
mircea_popescu: kinda best argument against survival,
that. "you'll end up weird."
mircea_popescu: it boggles
the mind what ends up being sop in a system
that survives long enough.
mircea_popescu: this isn't something other countries can do, nor do
they need
to.
this is
the one opportunity
they get
to stock up.
mircea_popescu: anyway,
that's
the major change here. after
the missed boat of govt mining last year,
this year
the us fed has actually given its infinite fiat backing
to any scheme
that convincingly may help, and meanwhile
to
trying
to depress price.
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mircea_popescu: it's kinda funny how
this works in qm
terms. basically, an oracle of
the wave function, but just on
the real part. is
this actually useful ?
mircea_popescu: but yes, for momentum shorts soft landing is
the worst fucking news imaginable. so far, we're beating
the shit out of a soft flubbery substance
the size of a continent.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform what i
think on
that
topic is perhaps apparent from what i do, namely,
that i'm even
talking about all
this.
mircea_popescu: anyway,
this whole charade'd have worked a damned sight better if
the various y-combinator bezzlers,
the foundation hearn, gmaxwell and co would have actually had what
they
thought
they had and everyone
thought
they should have, ie, actual respectability and bitcoin cred.
mircea_popescu: if
the volcano never erupts,
the fertile land on its slopes is actually enough
to make
the village own
the other villages and build an empire.
mircea_popescu: but suddenly,
the large early holdings
that all
the shitheads-with-a-megaphone were decrying as dangerous
to bitcoin
mircea_popescu: unremarkably,
the worthless shitheads
that joined late have nothing
to contribute.
mircea_popescu: and so here we are. part ii of
the game is, how much do you ~actually~ like
this
thing, once money actually is on
the
table.
mircea_popescu: they are no major concern for
the usg in either case, because man who hangs for a goat might as well hang for a goat and a chick
mircea_popescu: all
these loan contracts are promised
to unwind in fiat eventually, and will be in fact profitable for all parties if and only if bitcoin actually fails.
mircea_popescu: any usg affiliate or more likely, herpy q derp
that looks like he may acquire any btc sum
through any means will receive all
the soft backing possible, from business insder news articles
to an invitation
to
the fucking white house. anything whatsoever as long as it loks natural rather
than spammy
mircea_popescu: here's
the scheme : whatever usg affiliate, be it goldman sachs or herpy q derp
that holds any sum of btc will lend it
to
the usg btc policy bureau in exchange for fiat guarantees.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes pretty much every single major sucking of chumps change you will see from about q1 onwards will be and has been a psyops riding on
top of a usg-backed institutional lending for shorts
ben_vulpes: yeah, i get it i read it, but whence
the source?
there was
the usms sale which is
theoretically
trickling into
the market, and
the ether sale which may or may not be
trickling into
the market.
the former, clearly usg.
the latter as well?
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ben_vulpes: or btc sent
to ether addr is loan
to usg?
ben_vulpes: mircea_popescu: ether is a loan
to
the usg?
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes kinda what
the usg needs, more loans of
this
type.
ben_vulpes: hey is
that
the dump from ether profits?
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wyrdmantis: how
to send messages
to someone not online?
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bats_cd03: or is
that cloudflare? i can't
tell.
wyrdmantis: no it's not directly linked with y-combinator, i
think
BingoBoingo: wyrdmantis: Wed design
too shiny, prolly scam
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bats_cd03: maybe i'll go for inclusion in
this records.bitcoin-assets
thing i briefly read about
xmj: asciilifeform: (if you're in a country
that allows
that)
xmj: asciilifeform: more often
than you
think