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mjr_: is that outstanding?
mjr_: what does the (4 shares, 0.96 BTC) mean?
Chaang-Noi: and that is per contract?
mircea_popescu: miscounted them digits
mircea_popescu: costs you about half a btc to buy, get 2 satoshi per if you sell
assbot: You know, I've had it up to here with this Indian malarkey.
Chaang-Noi: what is the price on a call option for 30 d for 75 btc?
tiberiusiv: is that a 75 call option?
mircea_popescu: "we hope to be able to finally be back to regular delays by April."
mircea_popescu: that line got 30k worth of trades thios month, it;'s been crazy
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mjr_: well...perhaps there is something to the old saying "neither a borrower or a lender be..."
tiberiusiv: largest losses will happen to creditors like germany at some point
tiberiusiv: thats all from operational debt incurred to expand production of cars nobody could afford
tiberiusiv: notice how german industry bought up so many firms over the last decade?
mircea_popescu: well... perhaps exaggerated but certainly something to it.
tiberiusiv: in the meantime all your factories are leveraged to the hilt from borrowing to expand, to meet fake demand
tiberiusiv: then the bill comes due and no one can pay
tiberiusiv: think of germany as a large department store, and all of its customers use only the store credit card to purchase goods
mjr_: trade surplus just means "we make things people want"
tiberiusiv: which are trade surplus nations like germany
mircea_popescu: inflate for the greeks ? why ?
mircea_popescu: tiberiusiv there's a problem of marginality here,.
tiberiusiv: mircea: if it wasnt too large to inflate, then greek bonds would have been made 100% whole
tiberiusiv: total credit market debt in US is 58trillion, bernanke is having a difficult time creating 3tril
tiberiusiv: in advanced economies the bond markets are huge, they will increase rates on any inflate attempts
mircea_popescu: nothing is too large for inflation.
tiberiusiv: problem with that arguement is the debt size is simply too large
tiberiusiv: well the only other option is to attempt to inflate away
tiberiusiv: plus all the real wealth in the world will not be lost
mircea_popescu: that's roughly the equivalent of foreign invasion.
mircea_popescu: this is true, but no government ever has or ever will survive a one third haircut of assets.
tiberiusiv: 70 years of debt creation has to end at some point
tiberiusiv: you cant really avoid it though
mircea_popescu: lol listen tiberiusiv, something like a 30 to 40% haircut => collapse.
jurov: tiberiusiv, can i extend that to coinbr? but i have everything on mpex anyway :/
tiberiusiv: i think people should lose 100% of their deposits
mjr_: but you still can find fault with the one hurting them
mjr_: and again, they get hurt, but not because they deserve it, it is of course in their best interest to look out for themselves and not get hurt
mjr_: whether they should have seen it coming does not excuse the fact that they did that
tiberiusiv: instead of spending most of their time watching sports and drinking wine they should have devoted even 30minutes to read the bear case
mjr_: just saying, this is the reason i don't trust them
mjr_: anyway, i'm with you on that, don't trust govt or banks
mjr_: they weren't using the bank as a "tax haven" they were using it as a "bank"
tiberiusiv: well theres a reason they are average and working
mjr_: i'm just saying, more than likely it will be small business owners and average working people who will be hurt in cyprus
tiberiusiv: not to mention cyprys residents had 6 years since greece became shaky
tiberiusiv: you have thousands of years of history to look back on government defaulting
mjr_: since all you gave me in return for my money was your promise to pay, the fact that you can't do that one thing...scammer
tiberiusiv: thats your fault for trusting in government
mjr_: the point is i gave you money, you said it was insured and that you would pay it when i asked, you broke your promise to pay
mjr_: i am sure lots of people (prob those least likely to be harmed) got their money out
mjr_: that is not the point
tiberiusiv: why were the locals all surprised, did they not read the news for the last 24 months lol
tiberiusiv: how is it a sudden thing? everyone knew cyprus banks held all their assets as greek bonds
tiberiusiv: mjr_: depositors had over 2 years to realize cyprus banks were bust
Chaang-Noi: scammer tag time then?
tiberiusiv: chaang: for example in the US, the FDIC has maybe 1% in reserve to cover deposits
tiberiusiv: chaang: its impossible for the government to insure the accounts, the insurance fund does not even cover 1%
mjr_: scammer tag on cyprus govt?
tiberiusiv: and there wont be quality assets for the fed to buy
Chaang-Noi: so the insurance is not being paid? lulz, time for scammer tag
tiberiusiv: if rates rise in the US the entire banking system will be insolvent
mjr_: you have a promise from the bank to pay you when you ask
mjr_: yes, you don't actually have money in the bank
tiberiusiv: same is in the US, all deposits have been lent out, they are sitting in mortgages, ccs, bonds, carloans
tiberiusiv: you dont care what the bank does with the $
tiberiusiv: bowjob: the cyprus banks held all their $$ in greek bonds
Chaang-Noi: could take a day
tiberiusiv: bowjob: most of the depositors in cyprys were earning high rates for a decade +
gribble: There are currently 5818.8542 bitcoins offered at or under 55.0 USD, worth 319138.813903 USD in total. | Data vintage: 0.0012 seconds
Chaang-Noi: after 55 nothing really to 60
tiberiusiv: losing 9% is better then losing 100%
kakobrekla: its all thin
tiberiusiv: all the deposits have been lent out
Bowjob: I checked my bank, they advertised 1.89% GIC for 18 months as sizzling rate
tiberiusiv: cyprus losses are positive for the euro
kakobrekla: the answer to everything ya know...
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Bowjob: lots of trap it seems
Bowjob: tho, the food is pretty nice
Bowjob: thailand seems a scary place too. ive seen bloated bodies everywhere
Bowjob: i think ill just stay in canada. ive seen too many beheadings
kakobrekla: so only took 1k btc with me
kakobrekla: yeah i was paranoid too when i was checkin prime miner
kakobrekla: rape and ransom then.
kakobrekla: rape target?
Bowjob: but I fear I might be a target as a tourist
Chaang-Noi: 2/3 of the money is russian money.. and tehy thought the russan govt would tax it, muhahahaha
Bowjob: I wanna travel to some other countries..
mjr_: less smart than people with money in bitcoins
mjr_: smarter than people with money in cypriot banks
Bowjob: suddenly people who have money in their mattress seem so fucking smart
gribble: There are currently 579.33782 bitcoins offered at or under 54.0 USD, worth 31281.906441 USD in total. | Data vintage: 40.3135 seconds
Bowjob: infinitely better than bfl, actually
Bowjob: better than bfl
Chaang-Noi: its hard for me to order batch 3 with not fully on batch 1
kakobrekla: id put one in the computah
kakobrekla: too bad they dont sell single modules
Bowjob: i wouldnt mind reselling them