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mircea_popescu: which'd explai nwhy
they've not done anything spectacularly stupid in
the last while.
mircea_popescu: a okay, i see. so apparently a guy i actually know
took over
that outfit. (no, not erik)
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mircea_popescu: you specifically ?! how
the hell does some dude in france even know you.
mjr_: and will
try
to help you with your other projects because we are serial entrepreneurs
mjr_: we want
to pay you
to put us at
the
top of
the list
mjr_: i loved
the way
they phrased it
mjr_: since
the 15th of july
mjr_: always looking
to improve
mjr_: is
that ego doesn't get in
the way
mjr_: yeah,
that is
the beauty of
that place
mjr_: and now i get
to
talk,
they wanted someone
to be out in public
mircea_popescu: well someone's behind
there,
the people originally involved with bitfinex ain't got
the resources required.
mjr_: and programming !=
talking much
mjr_: but yeah, i mean, you know me, i like
to
talk
mjr_: but i'm going
to eriks wedding in sept
mjr_: so i figured i would find something
that lets me do more stuff i like, but still program
mjr_: but i like doing more
than just programming
mjr_: that may have been
the nicest
thing i've heard mircea_popescu say
ben_vulpes: if i want
to
turn my paper dollars into paper gold, i'm just going
to whelk my fiat down
to Schwabe and let
them do what
they do
mircea_popescu: then not a peep for about a year. so someone with some sort of competence
took over. but mjr_ ain't
telling who.
mjr_: hold up, you are
talking about bitcoinica?
mircea_popescu: then about six months or so later some people involved had a very public breakup replete with
tardstalk scam
tag requests, much in
the manner
the bitcoin magazine
takeover worked
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes nah, lots of history
there. bitfinex was a coupla
twerps
that
took
the leaked bitcoinica codebase and started a new bitcoinica, back in 2012ish ? early 2013 ? (that code was in
the wild because after
the nth breach, amir
taaki of bitcoin consultancy fame "open sourced" it by releasing it without rights)
☟︎ mjr_: so you say want
to have an amount of bitcoin
that reflects
the gold/usd price
mjr_: going
to eriks wedding in sept
mjr_: still hang out with
the coinapult crew
mjr_: nothing,
that project was done, and i like
the guys at bitfinex
mjr_: which is basically pegging bitcoin
to some asset
mjr_: locks is
the newest product
ben_vulpes: i really have no opinions about
these
things
mjr_: which is not
that bad
mjr_: i expect
to be
torn
to shreds here
mjr_: not sure what you
think of
those, guessing not good
mjr_: before
that i was working at coinapult, which was also fun
mjr_: only been 2 weeks, but i like
the guys i work with, i have a lot of autonomy
mircea_popescu: not
that
this worlview isn't common with
twentysomething impudent cocklets. but it is universally working
to
their detriment.
mircea_popescu: the problem was (and am starting
to suspect remains) your mistaken notion
that you have a lot
to give and relatively little
to
take.
xmj: i have observed countless startups who do
things with EC2 and S3
xmj: if you
take
that as powerplay
xmj: mjr_: find something where you can pay
through Stripe.
mjr_: a game where i could put
things into
the world using bitcoin
mjr_: by
the way, anyone gonna
tell me if i can play
this game where i can buy
things with bitcoin?
☟︎ xmj: mircea_popescu: don't negrate people for stating
truth next
time, please
xmj: mircea_popescu: i said
that non-cashflow-positive startups use EC2.
mjr_: almost like lawsky wants
to force people
to use bitcoin rather
than coinbase
cazalla: it will be interesting
to see how many opt for ether instead of bitcoin
mjr_: if you
try
to use bitcoin
to replicate
the old system (hand your money over
to someone and
trust
them)
cazalla: "Individuals also have
the choice of
taking
the repayment in ether; in
those cases, we will simply not send
the BTC, and once all repayments have been processed we will publish all of
the additional ETH
that has been sold in
this way (note
that
this is equivalent
to sending individuals
their BTC and letting
the recipients send it right back into
the exodus)."
mjr_: bitlicense doesn't apply
to you
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these additional notes: meets my definition of marauding idiocy..
mjr_: if you use
the blockchain
pete_dushenski: ;;later
tell nubbins` what denomination of casascius coins did you find buyers for
today?
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mjr_: but i just
think
that it is funny, i
think
the "bitlicense" is a penalty for people who don't use
the blockchain
mjr_: but i was hoping
they started it
mjr_: i figured it wasn't
the slovenia i was going
to like...
mjr_: what do you
think of
this slovenia conference
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mjr_: another change in
the protocol around here
xmj: am i in
the 'ingroup' now? :D
xmj: i've been drinking with fluffypony does
that count?
mjr_: so now, i
think i know asciilifeform mircea_popescu kakobrekla
mjr_: don't have
their addresses
mjr_: i
think
they may have gotten burned out
mjr_: no clue how
to go about doing
that
xmj: mjr_: bully
them into being here (or, create positive incentives)
xmj: note
to self: mjr_ is a candidate for goldfish memory
mjr_: and
that none of
them are here anymore
mjr_: i mean
that i miss
the people i used
to see
xmj: mjr_: you said "03:20:19 <+mjr_> also, i don't know who
the fuck most of
these people are anymore"
mjr_: mircea_popescu: so, how is
the game going?
mjr_: cool
that you do free_bsd
mjr_: but didn't know in what context
to read
mjr_: xmj: what was
that about?
pete_dushenski: mjr_: it is now. please
to send 1 btc for private invitation
to join
mjr_: think
that maybe
the idea was similar, but don't
think
the execution was similar