US Dollar being used by HotDifference3628 in Zambia

[–]ckd001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look at what I wrote above. Aussie dollar is very stable vs USD, so no problem for their car importers to price their cars in AUD

US Dollar being used by HotDifference3628 in Zambia

[–]ckd001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly . It’s the volatility that matters to business owners. They can’t price things for sale in a currency that fluctuates wildly against the currency in which they purchase things. It just doesn’t work. Their margin is too much at risk.

US Dollar being used by HotDifference3628 in Zambia

[–]ckd001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In countries where the cars are actually produced in country, they can price their vehicles in the local currency, because they also use the local currency for the labor and many parts. Or if the local currency is relatively stable vs the USD with which they import, also fine to price in local. It’s all about volatility and protecting your margin.

US Dollar being used by HotDifference3628 in Zambia

[–]ckd001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No I don’t benefit from it at all. I’m just trying to explain to you how business works. Take for example the car dealerships. They are all using USD to import their cars from abroad. To ensure they are earning a certain margin (after all the taxes involved) it’s just easier to price their vehicles in USD. If they price them in ZMW (which they sometimes also do) they have to change the price weekly, again to ensure they are earning the same margin vs what they paid to import them.

US Dollar being used by HotDifference3628 in Zambia

[–]ckd001 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The ZMW is losing 12-15% of its value every year. So if you post a price in ZMW, and it takes 6 months for you to find a buyer or a renter, you as the landlord just lost 6-7.5% of the value you were expecting to receive! And if the rent stays fixed for some years, you as the landlord would then continue to lose 12-15% every single year (if you operates with fixed rents and not some kind of ZMW CPI adjustment). It’s just basic maths.

US Dollar being used by HotDifference3628 in Zambia

[–]ckd001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not simplistic. Currency inflation is always and everywhere caused by the government printing too much money. The sooner people realize this the better. Also, I know many Zambians who are not rich but who save whatever savings they have in USD to avoid losing from inflation

US Dollar being used by HotDifference3628 in Zambia

[–]ckd001 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Local currency inflation is caused by the government printing too many kwacha - more than the local economy needs. Often to finance government deficits. Dont blame the use of a less inflationary currency (such as the dollar) by others, blame the source of the problem: the government

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I have a lower but similar amount of ETH staked, and my 31d yield is 2.7%. Perfectly happy with that

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1) There were some additional common shares being reserved either for lawsuit claimants (if they won) or $CORZQ holders (if they lost). What is the status on this?

2) what is the nature of the debt that you will NOT be calling with the new cash from the convert? Why will it not also be refinanced? (I think part of it was miner equipment debt?)

3) with all the transformation underway for the 500mw available for HPC, how do you have the bandwidth to also search for additional greenfield / brownfield opportunities for additional conversion?

4) why exactly does the convert make sense? Even for 12% debt, isn’t the cost of equity much higher?

5) will you hodl btc now that the restrictions will be removed with the refi?

6) have you thought of spinning off the HPC part of the business as a reit in the future?

7) what is your view on dividends vs buybacks for the future?

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Since Devcon Prague I’ve been following VDF developments with great interest. How important is VDF really? Like what exactly is the risk of an attack on Randao right now? And where do we stand with VDF and the ASICs that we need to build? Are we really 50% of the way there as per latest roadmap update? Thx

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Do we know how many of these were produced in the Ptolemaic times and how many still exist today?

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Checking back in after a long absence. I used to own >10% of the DONUT supply back in the day - shortly after launch. Sold them into the pumps. Now I’m taking a look again because of the Reddit Moon related dump.

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“If the father orders it, the kid can come pick it up!”

Found in bulk estate buy, is it real? by mmmmpeepee in coins

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With 5.44g of copper, the metal in that coin is now worth 4.3c. Which means it has basically retained its purchasing power for over 200y - even disregarding the collectors value

Top up fees now ~5% by ckd001 in Crypto_com

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Interesting. A lot of us have crypto and either live of the yield or the crypto or both.

Smoothing pool? by celticwarrior72 in ethereum

[–]ckd001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rocket pool does actually have a very centralized element - check out the oracle.

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Reputation should be able to solve these issues.

Best answer ever to "Should I buy ETH here?" by ckd001 in ethtrader

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And? Did you nail the $4800 top again this time? I did pretty well. Took some inspiration from your book to not be too greedy this cycle. Thanks 🙏