mats: a bitcoin futures etf sucks
vex: do you mean you won't buy units, or it'll fuck things?
vex: kleiman v wright is gonna be the must read comedy of the year.. qntra reboot?
mats: they have more fees than a spot etf
mats: its stupid to approve a futures etf first
vex: yeah, but rulez
vex: reporting is a bitch on legacy exchanges
vex: haven't thay had bc futures on ice since years anyway?
vex: qntra fell over about the same time, couldv'e been a good 1st investigation... do they actually deliver?
vex: ...and nope.. https://www.theice.com/publicdocs/futures/English_Bitcoin_Physically_Delivered_Futures_KID.pdf
vex: ^this is mpex tier bullshit
vex: if mpex would allow craig wright to borrow against a list of pubkeys
vex: they're gonna have to uncanel kevin spacey to rewrite this shit
asciilifeform: moar papercoin, eh.
dulapbot: Logged on 2020-08-16 12:55:18 asciilifeform: as for the papercoin-holding speculator scum -- imho the sooner they get the fuck away from btc -- and stay thefuck out -- the better.
asciilifeform: $ticker btc usd
busybot: Current BTC price in USD: $59978.74
thimbronion: $ticker btc usd
busybot: Current BTC price in USD: $61347.74
asciilifeform: !w poll
watchglass: Polling 17 nodes...
watchglass: 185.85.38.54:8333 : Could not connect!
watchglass: 84.16.46.130:8333 : Could not connect!
watchglass: 185.163.46.29:8333 : Could not connect!
watchglass: 205.134.172.4:8333 : (172-4.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.082s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=705145
watchglass: 54.39.156.171:8333 : (ns562940.ip-54-39-156.net) Alive: (0.110s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=704990
watchglass: 205.134.172.27:8333 : Alive: (0.083s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=705145 (Operator: asciilifeform)
watchglass: 205.134.172.26:8333 : Alive: (0.141s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Return Addr=0.0.0.0:8333 Blocks=705011
watchglass: 205.134.172.6:8333 : (172-6.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.141s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Return Addr=0.0.0.0:8333 Blocks=704961
watchglass: 205.134.172.28:8333 : Alive: (0.083s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Return Addr=0.0.0.0:8333 Blocks=705145 (Operator: whaack)
watchglass: 208.94.240.42:8333 : Alive: (0.222s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=705145
watchglass: 143.202.160.10:8333 : Alive: (0.299s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=705145
watchglass: 54.38.94.63:8333 : (ns3140226.ip-54-38-94.eu) Alive: (0.325s) V=88888 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.8.88.88/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=705145
watchglass: 213.109.238.156:8333 : Alive: (0.331s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=705111
watchglass: 103.36.92.112:8333 : (terebe.ns01.net) Alive: (0.588s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=705145
watchglass: 71.191.220.241:8333 : (pool-71-191-220-241.washdc.fios.verizon.net) Alive: (0.070s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=705145 (Operator: asciilifeform)
watchglass: 176.9.59.199:8333 : Violated BTC Protocol: Bad header length! (Operator: jurov)
watchglass: 192.151.158.26:8333 : Busy? (No answer in 100 sec.)
asciilifeform ftr utterly mired in commercial liquishit, but hopes to return to pest spec in ~2w or so
signpost tips hat
signpost: incidentally I free up pretty soon too, for quite some time.
asciilifeform: ( and to billymg's item if he's still interested )
dulapbot: Logged on 2021-10-02 19:40:57 billymg: asciilifeform: rack service inquiry for whenever you have a chance to read
billymg: asciilifeform: very much still interested, yes