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Mon May 26 16:09:55 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> benkay: as for the remainder: since this type of distribution was customary, any unsanctioned cribbing of code would become apparent when you bought the suspected product and examined its sources.
Mon May 26 16:08:46 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> benkay: what kind of piracy, when 90+% of it would only run on that particular arch.
Mon May 26 16:07:47 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> benkay: it was a sort of product now mostly extinct - pay, get complete source (naturally for in-house use only)
Mon May 26 16:07:22 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> benkay: nope.
Mon May 26 14:01:40 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> benkay: the people with the money to implement dumb crypto things are never going to select professional services people for execution who say things like "what you are trying to build is not possible to build". << pretty much exactly.
Mon May 26 13:50:04 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> benkay: afaik there's no way to evaluate the float on mpex. you just gotta trust mircea_popescu. << no, this is why the dividend payments work the way they do. mpex will a) not let you pay fewer shares than there are and b) issue you a signed receipt which includes that number.
Mon May 26 13:45:46 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> benkay: I was thinking of starting a general shorting fund - sell shares that mimic shares in every way (pay same divs, buyback at vwap after X months). sell the shares at a discount to make them more appealing than real shares << mpex did this early on, but it was a political move to crush the idiots that thought they can make a glbse club. i doubt it'll be financially productive, you'll either fake volume a la btct
Mon May 26 04:12:14 UTC 2014 <thestringpuller> benkay: is weed legal where you live?
Sun May 25 07:43:04 UTC 2014 <jurov> benkay: electrum does have curses/text gui
Sat May 24 17:46:13 UTC 2014 <dignork> benkay: bitc spv thingy is neat, thanks
Sat May 24 17:40:23 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> benkay: Thanks for the link to bit-c
Sat May 24 17:29:13 UTC 2014 <dignork> benkay: there is also commandline tool: https://github.com/spesmilo/sx , no direct api, but nice for shell scripts
Sat May 24 17:23:33 UTC 2014 <dignork> benkay: I'm currently playing with electrum, they have a simple pyhthon api
Sat May 24 17:17:34 UTC 2014 <dignork> benkay: few minutes ago: -- | Mode #bitcoin-assets [-v CheckDavid] by assbot
Sat May 24 17:07:42 UTC 2014 <CheckDavid> benkay: but is it increasing ? If it yields bi return I would assume it has no market demand
Sat May 24 16:57:05 UTC 2014 <CheckDavid> benkay: let's say I make you a proposal dorna very cool looking business
Fri May 23 17:43:02 UTC 2014 <pankkake> benkay: yes, also one of the reason the contract would have to be long. limits on upside to not go bankrupt in rare cases (say, 3×). limits on volume - many assets have no trading happening…
Fri May 23 17:28:09 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> benkay: Well, you want to know how much it will crash? Why not seek a guestimate from the source?
Fri May 23 17:15:08 UTC 2014 <pankkake> benkay: I was thinking of starting a general shorting fund - sell shares that mimic shares in every way (pay same divs, buyback at vwap after X months). sell the shares at a discount to make them more appealing than real shares
Fri May 23 17:14:55 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> benkay: Shame Mr. Ohio is a wonder place isn't here to !up and ask that question to.