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alexsanjose: well if u could win on
this argument -- It is our considered opinion
that Bitcoin does not constitute either “Money” as discussed in
the second reference nor does a purchase of a Bitcoin denominated virtual security such as offered on MPEx constitute “the placing of capital or laying out of money” as discussed in
the first reference.
BingoBoingo: Everyone is equally welcome
to give a cock a
taste provided a lack of mouth sores
mircea_popescu: the point being, everyone's welcome
to imagine
they matter.
BingoBoingo: Yeah, more an evoorhes
thing apparently is
the cover
alexsanjose: do you bitcoin gamlbing will be found by courts
to run afoul of it?
moiety is far
too nosy benkay sorry
moiety: benkay: why does he need friendly if he wants his business
to work?
mircea_popescu: Nov 29 04:07:23 <firstblockchain>Trying
to find people with rentable / purchasable land in Costa Rica who are bitcoin friendly. Want
to set up a few solar powered yurts, wire up with some good internet, plant some
tubers and coffee and operate from
there. Going
to be a pain
to ship my roaster
there from indonesia
though... <<<
this guy
too.
mircea_popescu: alexsanjose i doubt anything useful can be said on
the
topic of whether bitcoin gambling geographically concentrates like casino gambling.
BingoBoingo: The
thing is
this year
this is an English language story. In five years
this will eaither be a Spanish or Chinese language story.
alexsanjose: i ve heard of
the internets. i
think al gore made
them
benkay: no expectation
that people can
take criticism
alexsanjose: but i m wondering if
the bitcoin gambling sites flock
to
the same plays where vanilla online gambling was big
benkay: no stones
to
tell people
to redo
their work
benkay: this for
the record is why american management sucks.
benkay: moiety: "I don’t
think you could make
the suggestions friendly enough not
to make it seem like a big middle finger.:
benkay: another good question would be "which are
the important ones and why do
they matter?"
moiety: benkay, please
tell me what response you get?
alexsanjose: a question i forgot from earlier
that i
think i know
the answer
to -- mp -- u have no way of
tracking where your customers are or who
they are
BingoBoingo: Also if you want
to know about
traditional sports betting books in BTC I have lots of details on
that
BingoBoingo: alexsanjose: If you want
to know what sealswithclubspoker was like over
the last year I have a GPG key with email address on my blog.
benkay: moiety: simply
telling someone's boss
that i was going
to reject
the man's code and would
the following advice be welcome?
BingoBoingo: ThickAsThieves: It was pretty awesome
this
time last year.
alexsanjose: which brings me
to my next unknowable question --
the value of
the industry
mircea_popescu: alexsanjose alright,
there's 128 btc gambling websites.
BingoBoingo: ThickAsThieves: You been
to seals recently, it is just bots and sad
alexsanjose: i understand but
these are
the
things editors yearn for
ThickAsThieves: it's where nerds
that are
too nerdy for
the smart nerds play
mircea_popescu: alexsanjose you're roughly in
the position of someone asking how many websites
there are on
the internet. it's by and large a meaningless measure of nothing in particular.
BingoBoingo: alexsanjose: Sealswith Clubs used
to rock,
then
they got hacked and everyone fled
BingoBoingo: alexsanjose: I play with cloudbet. I fear it might face
the same bet as its line betting predecessors in
the space.
BingoBoingo: alexsanjose:
There are a number of questionable line betting operations.
mircea_popescu: alexsanjose other
than jd and bitbet
there's not
that many worth
the mention.
BingoBoingo: alexsanjose: Best part of Mizzou. I had a grad assistanship with
the Pharmacy School
through UMKC.
alexsanjose: of
the percent of bitcoin
transactions
that are for gambling
alexsanjose: another one -- what about an estimate on
the number of online gambling operations in bitcoin
alexsanjose: ugh. any
thots on getting an updated figure?
BingoBoingo: alexsanjose:
That number hasn't been reliable since about July
BingoBoingo: alexsanjose: Most of
that data is last year's when SatoshiDice was a
thing
alexsanjose: so some industry stat questions -- a lotta stories say half of bitcoin
transactions are online gambling related --
BingoBoingo: Eh, it would
totally die if someone used 20 BTC
to set a new baseline for ATC at 300 satoshis per
BingoBoingo: It is all nothing compared
to my running
the largest Altcoin denominated
trading fund.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: It was last week's story. No OpenBSD guns of liberty or anything like
that.
mircea_popescu: alexsanjose
this was a while back, i was still retired back
then. mostly i did girls
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Didn't he pay
the Kentucky Basketball coach
to be his bitch for lunch and a game?
mircea_popescu: btw, if anyone knows of
that schmuck since his days of derping about being amusing,
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu:
This isn't even near
the usual buzz I have here
mod6: haha, im gonna set my watch
to 0 GMT
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo are you like
trying
to become
tucker max or something ?
BingoBoingo: alexsanjose:
They resolve bets on Greenwich
time
ThickAsThieves: maybe
the relevance is competition
to mexican casinos or something
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves i dare not
think
they perhaps haven't reported on heartbleed yet, because well...
ThickAsThieves: bitbet has no more relevance
to Mexico
than any other country