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thickasthieves: love how all
the dying internet boom businesses are embracing bitcoin
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [SCRYPT] [PAID] 5.84550366 BTC
to 29`438 shares, 19857 satoshi per share
mircea_popescu: chetty: desperate for news? << no, desperate for "alternatives". and
they'd better fucking find some, because I will fuck up with
their careers.
thickasthieves: just like how fiat arguments against bitcoin
taste hypocrtical on examination
mircea_popescu: assbot: New virtual currency INNCoin is backed by gold and ready
to
take down bitcoin <<< one a fucking week by now ?
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [PETA] [PAID] 25.29973600 BTC
to 1`149`988 shares, 2200 satoshi per share
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [B.MINE] [PAID] 1.78950352 BTC
to 12`338 shares, 14504 satoshi per share
mircea_popescu: pankkake: if
taxes were simple, people would realize how much
they pay <<
this lol.
thickasthieves: well everything should be
the way
that disrupts mp
the least
thickasthieves: shit man, it's ok
to have your website up when your exchange is down
thickasthieves: well i agree with you in
that
too much weight is being attributed
to
this concern
mircea_popescu: than what language is fucking intended
to be (a control
tool directed
towards
the environment)
mircea_popescu: because i suspect maybe
this conceptual harness works more like a control
tool directed
towards
the user
mircea_popescu: is it ghetto and unprofessional
to not care what
the feminists have
to say ?
mircea_popescu: point is, if mpex isn';t fine outside of everything
that currently exists on
the web, mpex isn't fine
thickasthieves: hey you can
take it
to extremes
to bat it away if you like
mircea_popescu: i'm sitting here building a system
that exists
to beat into submission
the us congress and it all depends on whether google delists me or not.
Vexual: yeah
thats kinda oppositely
thickasthieves: but i also used
to sell brochures and websites for a living, sooooo....
mircea_popescu: dub: he writes like an entitled
teenager. feels like im reading an episode of scooby doo << yeah well. it's hard dood.
thickasthieves: i guess i'm just saying it's maybe a lil ghetto
to have no website for days
assbot: MPEx,
the Bitcoin securities exchange.
mircea_popescu: thickasthieves it wasn't really ever intended
to do much as "the website"
empyex: mircea_popescu: Proxies: ".. running a final swathe of
test-all-the-edge-cases .. mpex should be back
this weekend. also fabian is pretty cool." MPEx-Status: Error reaching
trade engine (change: $proxies <newlist>)
empyex: mircea_popescu:
Temporarily saved.
mircea_popescu: $proxies ".. running a final swathe of
test-all-the-edge-cases .. mpex should be back
this weekend. also fabian is pretty cool."
thickasthieves: is it weird
to have no website at all when exchange is down?
empyex: FabianB: Proxies: ".. running a final swathe of
test-all-the-edge-cases .. mpex should be back
this weekend." MPEx-Status: Error reaching
trade engine (change: $proxies <newlist>)
empyex: FabianB:
Temporarily saved.
FabianB: $proxies ".. running a final swathe of
test-all-the-edge-cases .. mpex should be back
this weekend."
mircea_popescu: anyway,
the gpg blob from
the engineer in charge was so long
this morning i
thought at first he's gonna kill himself and is sending me his life story.
pankkake: (actually not really how it happened, but I
tried)
pankkake: so you said
twice it would
take a week, instead of saying it would
take
two weeks. smart
mircea_popescu: ok so re mpex :
the best news, really.
the whole shebang is deployed and actually works, as best as anyone can determine. running a final swathe of
test-all-the-edge-cases which i expect
to pass 100%. bar some improbable unforeseenness, mpex should be back
this weekend.
Vexual: at least he's not spammin
the chan with hewtube
thickasthieves: i wrote
to
the WSJ author
to explain
that he is shilling
Vexual: were you
tricked into atrting altcoin?
thickasthieves: oh you are
tricking people by creating a deceptive currency?
that's unfortunate
thickasthieves: 'The central bank said
the name of
the virtual currency resembles
the English
translation of Česká koruna,
the official Czech currency, and
therefore was “unfortunate and misleading.”'
Vexual: bitcoin prolly had huge volume
today and noone knows
assbot: New virtual currency INNCoin is backed by gold and ready
to
take down bitcoin
FabianB: so should i move over
to havelock? ;)
assbot: BitBet - And
Then
There Was One :: 7.59 B (56%) on Yes, 6.04 B (44%) on No | closing in 3 months 4 weeks | weight: 33`064 (100`000
to 1)
thickasthieves: "In a legal market, retail producers and sellers should possess an advantage over
the black market," Paul Armentano, deputy director of NORML, said in an email. "They should not be placed at a disadvantage because of
the need
to comply with unnecessary regulations or egregious
taxation."
thickasthieves: "Just
three days after opening for business, Seattle's only weed retailer, Cannabis City, announced
that its entire inventory had sold out."
thickasthieves: oh btw, did i mention developers are keeping half
the credits for
themselves
too?
thickasthieves: i'm not sure
they wont provide, but
they obv have
their priorities set
to getting dat bitcoin now
Vexual: selling somet you can;t probide is
theft where im from
thickasthieves: basically you buy credits with bitcoin,
then in a month
the price for credits plummets when people realize how expensive it is in bitcoin
Vexual: bb gonna email snoop now
tho
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Vexual: all
those brie wheels saved
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thickasthieves: hmm will NFLX bleed more
today, or Monday after earnings report?
thickasthieves: "Seventy percent of respondents stated
that
they had received a regulatory visit which focused on KYC"
chetty: all
that compliance simply drives more and more into underground economy
thickasthieves: "Despite increased investment in
transaction monitoring systems, satisfaction has declined. Although
transaction monitoring systems continue
to represent
the greatest area of AML spending, it appears
that regulatory requirements are still outpacing system improvements"
Vexual: i just saw
that bhangladesi banker on bloberg
today
thickasthieves: "Some might argue
that developing economies cannot afford
to be
too selective about
the sources of capital
they attract. But postponing action is dangerous.
The more it is deferred,
the more entrenched organised crime can become."
This is from a pro-AML article, but it's interesting if you
take it out of context
to mean any entity (incl government)
☟︎ pankkake: I can
tell you most Frenchies have no idea
they pay >50% a year, yet do
pankkake: if
taxes were simple, people would realize how much
they pay
chetty: too many people making
too much money out of current system
Vexual: your everyday highsteeet banj is sgit at
tax stuff
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