jcliff

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by jcliff 3y ago
On the contrary, it makes a significant difference. Futures have to roll over monthly and there's costs associated with that. Depending on the slope of the futures curve, the costs can be high (10+%). Holding spot bitcoin solves this p
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by jcliff 4y ago
This 2015 world time map update is an interesting framing of the ongoing Ukraine war.
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by jcliff 4y ago
sorry, you're still wrong. currency debasement and bitcoin aren't going anywhere.
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by jcliff 4y ago
brokerages need to have cash on hand to loan. they can partner with a bank, or it can come from their own balance sheet or investors, but it's not printed out of thin air.
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by jcliff 5y ago
In this thread, cynicism from people salty that they didn't invent or collect cryptopunks or bored apes. I haven't gotten into nfts myself but to say that they are stupid or a scam now comes across as wishful thinking to cover you
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by jcliff 5y ago
well, a partial list of their investments is here: https://ventures.coinbase.com/ Some major ones aren't included such as CoinSwitch Kuber which Coinbase Ventures recently co-led a $260M round.
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by jcliff 5y ago
Something that I don't think is widely appreciated enough is that Coinbase Ventures holds chunks of many of these startups.
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by jcliff 5y ago
it's not a blockchain without a consensus algorithm. it's a linked list of hashes.
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by jcliff 5y ago
because nonvoting shares still represent economic ownership of the company. for example, they get pro rata dividends if dividends are ever declared.
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by jcliff 5y ago
without a way to resolve the canonical version without trusting a singular maintainer, git is not a blockchain. blockchains enforce consensus in a decentralized way, at least public blockchains do or should.
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by jcliff 5y ago
all of those transactions for $0 are actually distributions to the partners. the shares aren't necessarily sold.
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by jcliff 6y ago
I believe you need to email coinbase@secondmarket.com
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by jcliff 6y ago
not only that, but they custody grayscale's btc. they definitely don't need grayscale.
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Privacy on the blockchain(medium.com)
2 points by jcliff 9y ago|0 comments
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Understanding the Bitcoin block size debate(medium.com)
1 points by jcliff 9y ago|0 comments
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by jcliff 11y ago
a giant head start, brand, trade secrets (hardware and software), strategic supplier & manufacturer relationships, strategic partnerships (app developers & carriers)
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by jcliff 11y ago
code still speaks for itself. it just has to be framed and delivered to an audience. your side project that's sitting on your hard drive or even your unpublicized github account isn't doing you any good.
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by jcliff 12y ago
This is exactly my thought as well. Not just for institutional money either. This makes it dramatically easier and simpler for retail investors (in both taxable and tax advantaged accounts) to get some exposure to BTC.
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by jcliff 12y ago
Does anyone have any recommendations for incorporating in Nevada? I plan to do business primarily in Nevada and understand that it is also a very business friendly state for incorporating. Unfortunately, clerky.com only handles Deleware cor
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by jcliff 12y ago
loved the dial up modem one. what a throwback.
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by jcliff 12y ago
flat based on what?
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by jcliff 12y ago
Also in the same space is beepi. http://www.beepi.com They solve your second concern by not offering test drives to potential buyers.
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by jcliff 12y ago
This is just the market getting more efficient (better pricing) with an increased supply (hotel + airbnb). It seems like an overall positive thing to me.
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by jcliff 12y ago
so hostile. even if it's not a general solution, it's working. perhaps it's time for you to put down the books and build something.
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by jcliff 12y ago
Either a troll, typo, or somebody incredibly naive. I'd be curious to hear from people with experience though what a realistic budget (both time and money) for something like this would be.
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by jcliff 13y ago
You don't have to be mentally ill to act mentally ill. The charade has pretty much removed all credence to the idea that he is the creator of bitcoin. Perhaps that's what he wants.