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dub: yes they are incompetent because ddos
bowjob: i hope they are proud
pgp: any insight into why they just can't license a matching engine...
bowjob: gox did a runner. the biggest bitcoin scam on the universe
dub: ppcoin is going to buy me an 86
pgp: this gox shit just gets me so hot under the collar...
mircea_popescu: blablab and tralalab all ready
dub: don't worry guys they are rolling out ltc and nmc
gribble: Error: Problem retrieving gox lag. Try again later.
gribble: Error: Failure to retrieve ticker. Try again later.
bgupta: need to pretty print it
bgupta: (I think)
gribble: Error: Failure to retrieve ticker. Try again later.
mircea_popescu: this make sense to you ?
mircea_popescu: so you know, you can pull the feeds just fine, they're public
mircea_popescu: and the trade window
mircea_popescu: you know this api talk keeps throwing me for a loop
bgupta: mircea_popescu: Need account to use API? Hoping not for quotes.
gribble: Error: Failure to retrieve ticker. Try again later.
mircea_popescu: perhaps try on a more copacetic symbol ?
mircea_popescu: no there's no fake data feed.
mircea_popescu: o you mean the mpex json ?
bgupta: want to script updated quotes.
bgupta: (Not for direct trading just getting quotes I care about)
mircea_popescu: bgupta what is this about ?
bgupta: mircea_popescu: You have a test instance with fake data? Want to test playing with API without bot asks/bids disappearing.
gribble: Error: Problem retrieving gox lag. Try again later.
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 124.62312, Best ask: 125.00000, Bid-ask spread: 0.37688, Last trade: 125.00000, 24 hour volume: 129330.89554659, 24 hour low: 108.70001, 24 hour high: 147.00000, 24 hour vwap: 127.38315
jborkl: I have gotten 3 messages from localbitcoin buyers today
jborkl: ;;seen topace
mircea_popescu: where's tiberius guy to show me mercedes links when we need him.
bgupta: perhaps this one can be had for cheap: http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/03/29/wanna-buy-an-aircraft-carrier/
gribble: MtGox lag is 614.571582 seconds. During this time, light travels 1.23159456924 AU. You could have sent a bitcoin from the Sun to Earth (1 AU).
jborkl: it is not the only plant either
Uglux: so we need an aircraftcarrier index. the pizza index is obsolete :)
jborkl: the water treatment plant the city is builing - ran over budget and cost 1.1 billion
mircea_popescu: ship itself is only half that
mircea_popescu: of course that's ops cost
jborkl: yeah, 1 billion does not buy the govt much anymore
mircea_popescu: haven't been in the market recently tho
pgp: actually, I believe than an arcraft carrier costs quite a bit more, no?
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 123.00000, Best ask: 125.00000, Bid-ask spread: 2.00000, Last trade: 125.00000, 24 hour volume: 129330.89554659, 24 hour low: 108.70001, 24 hour high: 147.00000, 24 hour vwap: 127.38315
gribble: MtGox lag is 458.030321 seconds. During this time, light travels 0.917887634921 AU. You could have sent a bitcoin from the Sun to Earth (1 AU).
mircea_popescu: and the wanna-be movers and shakers are... well... you know.
mircea_popescu: seeing how we're discussing a 1bn+ item here, which is more than a uss carrier with full equipment on board
mircea_popescu: just because they're retards and used it as a ponzi.
mircea_popescu: moreover, the systemic risk they pose is that they'll blow it up then crash it with their desperation, creating fake "proof" that it's "a ponzi"
mircea_popescu: this is not acceptable. a buncha new kids don't get to run the town.
mircea_popescu: left in the market, newb speculators selling to each other
pgp: it's shocking, really, when you consider the magnitude of the opportunity gox has...
mircea_popescu: bgupta there's a fundamental macroeconomic problem at work, as follows :
Namworld: goxlag makes me feel like shooting a missile right at their face...
gribble: MtGox lag is 388.162939 seconds. During this time, light travels 0.777874183667 AU. You could have sent a bitcoin from the Sun to Venus (0.72 AU).
jborkl: I would think the greatest fear would be the bot gets megaraped
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 117.70000, Best ask: 120.00000, Bid-ask spread: 2.30000, Last trade: 117.70000, 24 hour volume: 129330.89554659, 24 hour low: 108.70001, 24 hour high: 147.00000, 24 hour vwap: 127.38315
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 119.22835, Best ask: 120.00000, Bid-ask spread: 0.77165, Last trade: 120.00000, 24 hour volume: 129330.89554659, 24 hour low: 108.70001, 24 hour high: 147.00000, 24 hour vwap: 127.38315
mircea_popescu: nah, at least in theory hysteria just needs a coupla slaps.
Uglux: until the next day
mircea_popescu: i would say today is a great day in that disaster was averted
bgupta: As percentages go this isn't really that unusual for btc.. but with the increase in value a 10+ point spread seems wide
bgupta: real thin between 115 and even 134..
mircea_popescu: lemmings have hopefully been slaughtered enough to learn for the future.
pgp: where are the grownups?
jborkl: yes, the runup past 100 was nuts
mircea_popescu: the runup past 100 was the crazy part.
bgupta: no the bid.. ask looks a lot higher.. at least for the moment
dub: bob has bitch tits
mircea_popescu: its trading ~117 atm
bgupta: seeing trades osilating between 127 and 115
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 125.12500, Best ask: 127.00000, Bid-ask spread: 1.87500, Last trade: 127.00000, 24 hour volume: 129330.89554659, 24 hour low: 108.70001, 24 hour high: 147.00000, 24 hour vwap: 127.38315
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 126.25000, Best ask: 126.93439, Bid-ask spread: 0.68439, Last trade: 126.25000, 24 hour volume: 129330.89554659, 24 hour low: 108.70001, 24 hour high: 147.00000, 24 hour vwap: 127.38315
KRS-1: this is just temp?
mircea_popescu: do you use them ?
Namworld: seriously, someone kill them please
KRS-1: thats old though right
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 133.50000, Best ask: 134.30000, Bid-ask spread: 0.80000, Last trade: 134.30000, 24 hour volume: 129330.89554659, 24 hour low: 108.70001, 24 hour high: 147.00000, 24 hour vwap: 127.38315
bgupta: I think there was a bit of a bumrush after 100 looked like it would hold
mjr_: it will be provably unfair to all participants
Jackmani_: if (lag > 10s) buy at tickerprice - 10%
bgupta: mm. there already is one...
saulimus: someone will analyze the statistics of goxlag on create a strategy based on that...
bgupta: Hey can someone explain what the story is with coinlab and mtgox? If I have an exisiting mtgox does that mean I can't trade, or it's a pain to transfer fiat in and out?
Bugpowder: Well hello text message....
bgupta: why not? Too expensive?
Bugpowder: no matter what, I'm not going to buy puts.
Bugpowder: One month ago I would be so stoked to have this value in my total btc portfolio. Now I've cashed that same amount out, and still have more left.
pgp: feels like it needs to take a breather...
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 134.00000, Best ask: 134.99900, Bid-ask spread: 0.99900, Last trade: 134.99900, 24 hour volume: 128637.79888326, 24 hour low: 108.45001, 24 hour high: 147.00000, 24 hour vwap: 127.12429
mircea_popescu: what, you sold it for less than 133 ?!
Bugpowder: This is what just happened to me with mircea_popescu's bubble poppin' talk
Bugpowder: "To learn that a man can make foolish plays for no reason whatever was a valuable lesson. It cost me millions to learn that another dangerous enemy to a trader is his susceptibility to the urgings of a magnetic personality when plausibly expressed by a brilliant mind."
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 133.33000, Best ask: 134.00000, Bid-ask spread: 0.67000, Last trade: 134.00000, 24 hour volume: 128637.79888326, 24 hour low: 108.45001, 24 hour high: 147.00000, 24 hour vwap: 127.12429
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 137.80000, Best ask: 138.00000, Bid-ask spread: 0.20000, Last trade: 138.00000, 24 hour volume: 128828.52600909, 24 hour low: 108.05000, 24 hour high: 147.00000, 24 hour vwap: 126.82527
jborkl: yet, as of yesterday they were up 750 bitcoins or so, just in the first couple days
ThickAsThieves: sdice has weakened too
ThickAsThieves: yep i anticipate sell offs this week
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mircea_popescu: you could have sent a bitcoin straight into the trashbin.
gribble: MtGox lag is 226.450443 seconds. During this time, light travels 0.453804152306 AU. You could have sent a bitcoin from the Sun to Mercury (0.39 AU).
gribble: BTCUSD ticker | Best bid: 138.78000, Best ask: 138.80000, Bid-ask spread: 0.02000, Last trade: 138.80000, 24 hour volume: 126892.36002240, 24 hour low: 108.00060, 24 hour high: 147.00000, 24 hour vwap: 126.58123