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deadweasely: http://www.capturingtheta.com/ my reading material tonight
mircea_popescu: since btc isn't working all that well for them.
mircea_popescu: all the tards who want to play bitcoin gem / bitcoin gold bar / ultimate satoshi / etc will have to go somewhere.
mod6: yeah, you get time decay on options up until opex
Lyspooner: what if there was
mircea_popescu: you don;'t know who the second guy to discover newton's law is.
mircea_popescu: Lyspooner there's no prize for being 2nd.
deadweasely: mod6 you lost me on theta decay, i'm looking it up now. ok, time premium stuff.
mod6: deadweasely: i guess too though, you have to figure in theta decay
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 132.00000, Best ask: 132.20000, Bid-ask spread: 0.20000, Last trade: 132.20000, 24 hour volume: 117001.33142800, 24 hour low: 110.00000, 24 hour high: 142.12000, 24 hour vwap: 127.72542
mircea_popescu: Lyspooner bear with me i'm tired and that was too complex
mircea_popescu: "I bet. I won but have undone me obviously missed. They were fools and ridiculous to me have closed. Fuck them and their site of betting."
deadweasely: i thought bitvps was a scam?
mircea_popescu: Lyspooner you missed that bubble :D
mod6: (12:49) < mircea_popescu> back when btc was 5ish it was hella cheap way to learn finance << i certainly learned A LOT
thestrin1puller: deadweasely: sell back the calls and sell otm puts
mircea_popescu: mod6 205 really wouldn't be all that good for anyone.
deadweasely: mod6, that's a great point, college stoners buying btc.
mircea_popescu: but even now is better than alternative
mircea_popescu: back when btc was 5ish it was hella cheap way to learn finance
mod6: who's to say that every stoner wont pile in on 4/20 and send the price over 205 though?
deadweasely: looks like i was about $100 of the strike i should have bought, but the others were so expensive already on coinbr...
deadweasely: i realize now... learning requires mistakes. so by the end of all this i'll be broke but rich in wisdom. it's a fair trade.
thestrin1puller: 188 is too high
deadweasely: well, i bought c188Ts at .087.... so 205 to break even.
mircea_popescu: you could also put them on the market, undercut bot
deadweasely: sell to bot?
thestrin1puller: cash those calls
deadweasely: mircea_popescu: nope on the $200 april bbet?
jborkl: gox is starting to lag again
mircea_popescu: look at that thing
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 132.39801, Best ask: 132.48016, Bid-ask spread: 0.08215, Last trade: 132.39800, 24 hour volume: 122979.85614229, 24 hour low: 110.00000, 24 hour high: 142.12000, 24 hour vwap: 127.31262
grubles: [\\\], what thing?
MJR_: it can float against the dollar but will probably be able to buy more in dollars in the future
[\\\]: you know that thing we talked about yesterday?
kakobrekla: its finally getting some traction among big bwanas now thats above 100
[\\\]: they're struggling today
MJR_: aha...i just found the best article talking about why bitcoin will not be negatively affected by deflation
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 132.00000, Best ask: 132.67999, Bid-ask spread: 0.67999, Last trade: 132.00000, 24 hour volume: 124042.97259498, 24 hour low: 110.00000, 24 hour high: 142.12000, 24 hour vwap: 127.34869
MJR_: so it is not simply a cash to btc translator but rather a merchant looking to actively acquire bitcoin in exchange for services
MJR_: even if they manage the web interface the owner said he owns and wants bitcoins
[\\\]: fill in a fake amount and address, then click bitcoin
[\\\]: you realise thats just like bitpay?
MJR_: that is a positive sign, that he is willing to provide rent in bitcoin...the next step is a large employer to offer to pay in bitcoin
MJR_: i hope they don't get hacked...
MJR_: when asked about volatility he said "bitcoin is more valuable than dollars, i don't care about volatility"
[\\\]: Let's see someone accept actual coins and use them to pay for their employes
MJR_: the owner of the company invested in bitcoins
MJR_: so...pay rent in bitcoin directly to property management company...
jurov: but feel free to invent sth
unbalanced: ah thx
jurov: was meant to stand for broker
unbalanced: hey jurov, while I'm on a roll with my ignorance, what does the "br" in coinbr mean or stand for?
unbalanced: I blame Austin Powers... can't trust the Dutch.
unbalanced: I know, I walked into that one.
mircea_popescu: all the cohen people are from like lebanon.
mircea_popescu: unbalanced ya cause that works in the us.
unbalanced: I thought from his last name he was Dutch or something.
mircea_popescu: cryptrader sounds like ponzifun to me, but anyway.
cryptrader: But with most of them all you can do is buy/sell btc but it sure is fun
cryptrader: Yeah I'm just realizing it myself btc isn't the only and diversifying only makes sense
jcpham: i guess noobs are figuring out all it takes is poeople for an alt-coin to become profitable
cryptrader: Just trading with 2btc tho lol
cryptrader: Yep made some $ off that
MJR_: and trolling
MJR_: i thought that spam was what they traded on btc-e
mircea_popescu: cryptrader tell you honeslty i don't know. i've never been into the alt chains.
cryptrader: I'm tired of the spam on btc-e
[\\\]: mircea_popescu, so he got out of the us? was he being harassed?
cryptrader: Where's a good place to discuss ltc/nmc/ppc etc?
mircea_popescu: [\\\] he finally did the smart thing and quit the us.
mircea_popescu: well, in the sense of saying what they are. 0 is still a number.
MJR_: didn't think there would be any this month
[\\\]: I know mtux runs gox, that doesn't mean anything
[\\\]: I'm talking to you
mircea_popescu: don't use services you don't know the owner of.
mircea_popescu: i never used it. is this kumala's thing ?
mircea_popescu: he's moved to an undisclosed offshore location, getting reorganised,
MJR_: by the way...i really liked that "ussa"
bitesak: just saw it on the swiss news tonight, french treasurer of current president exposed as having 2 cayman islands outfits..
MJR_: do you think they will eventually try and tie wealthy people to bitcoin addresses?
bitesak: "A cache of 2.5 million files has cracked open the secrets of more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts"
bitesak: there have been leaks on the offshore world with millions of records, pics and more
MJR_: hahaha, what do they smell like in other places?
MJR_: and glitter that can't be gotten rid of? lol
MJR_: how are the bars in timisoara (sorry if misspelled)
iz: haha, yes, that's more classy
MJR_: in the coatcheck room
MJR_: i thought i had something for this
MJR_: how many pole dancers does it take to...i give up
mircea_popescu: and he tells them that the girl is
mircea_popescu: he takes her to meet his family (mom, dad, sisters, grama)
mircea_popescu: so his new gf is a ballerina. she also happens to be polish.
mircea_popescu: ok, this guy might have just won the troll competition.
deadweasely: according to his webcam i hacked, he's fapping. ;D
kakobrekla: did he go to sleep?
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 129.00999, Best ask: 129.25000, Bid-ask spread: 0.24001, Last trade: 129.00100, 24 hour volume: 126044.17368292, 24 hour low: 110.00000, 24 hour high: 142.12000, 24 hour vwap: 127.57859
jborkl: yeah, it did not take long for it to go up 50 million
mircea_popescu: jborkl i already claimed 1st to 50mn, angling for 100 now
jborkl: mmircea-popescu - you waiting for it to go over $100 million?