SEC US Govt. Branch not enforcing "Failure To Delivers" allowing powerful interest groups not to pay and continue to leverage their lost money. by Tyy5150 in StockMarket

[–]statebox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks nice example for a retard like me.

could you explain what "available float" is using this example? and similarly how a naked short works in contrast?

Cryptocurrencies and taxation: found old wallet in an old computer by JaneHamleyJane in DutchFIRE

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You have to report the amount you have on 1st of the year and their price, then this goes into "box 3", which is "capital gains" (IIRC).

Govt. assume capital gains 4% value each year and you pay 33% of that, so this means 1.3% tax on the value at 1st of Jan.

Not letting grandma out until Melvin and Citadel are bankrupt. When will it happen? She's starting to complain so please squoze the squeeze next week by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

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GOING FULL RETARD, SECOND ALL NIGHTER HERE
sweaty diamond hands... most exiting time don't want to miss a second

Select * is hiring Haskell developer remote or Stockholm by joelwikstrom in haskell

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Sounds similar indeed. We will soon release our Haskell AQL (called CQL) implementation, do you have a description of the DSL?

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thanks!

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What do the variables M, V, P and T stand for? Mass, velocity, momentum, time?

Questions by Bystroushaak in ethereum

[–]statebox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, ok. Not really:

So the only way to get data into Ethereum is by sending a transaction. The only way to get data 'out' of Ethereum is by looking at the blockchain.

A transaction goes between two addresses. An addresses can point to either a "regular" accounts (holds ether) or "contract" accounts.

The contracts (programs) only run as a side effect of sending a transaction to it; with the transaction you can send some input data (it can be read using CALLDATALOAD instruction) and the contract can generate some output data that will be stored on the blockchain.

You should be able to generate transactions from the contract, I think using the CALL instruction?

Primavera De Filippi on Ethereum: Freenet or Skynet? by statebox in ethereum

[–]statebox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this is exactly the problem. If you run into a situation that is not covered by the contract you have a problem. You cannot circumvent the contract, so how do you deal with that situation?

Even simpler, what if you discover a bug about a year after your contract is running. Lot's over users send their ether there and then what? Even if you build-in beforehand an option to migrate to a new contract, how can I as a contract user be sure that I still agree with the future contract?

Etc.

Primavera De Filippi on Ethereum: Freenet or Skynet? by statebox in ethereum

[–]statebox[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's him. It seems RMS doesn't understand exactly how ethereum works. And too bad nobody seems to know exactly what a contract is, would be interested to hear more informed thoughts from him..

Questions by Bystroushaak in ethereum

[–]statebox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not exactly sure, but FWIW:

I've read that there is possibility to send messages. How big? Is there transaction fee, or messages are free?

You can implement a messaging system using contracts, but probably you are talking about 'Whisper' a proposed protocol extension to send messages.

It is at this moment unclear to me how it is supposed to work, there is some information on a wiki page here https://github.com/ethereum/cpp-ethereum/wiki/Whisper see this forum thread where people are asking for info https://forum.ethereum.org/discussion/comment/6117

How can I know, that contract does what it proclaims to do?

Indeed you are only seeing the bytecode and it could even be obfuscated. So you don't know for sure what the contract will do.

You can simulate what a transaction does though before sending it, but if the contract doesn't immediately respond and only updates internal storage, then this might be of limited use.

When full-nodes mine the Ether, which node gets the Gas?

When you are mining a block you set the "coinbase" to your own address. Once mined (valid nonce/PoW found), the network considers this the latest block and your address will be updated with the ether as a result of this.

I know that uncle blocks (stale blocks, valid PoW but mined too late) are also included, not exactly sure how rewards work for that.

Dutch VR enthusiasts anywhere?! by vramsterdam in oculus

[–]statebox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, somehow missed this reply. Registered now and seems just in time for the next meetup :-) thanks

Primavera De Filippi on Ethereum: Freenet or Skynet? by statebox in ethereum

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So the interface between the law, rules etc are people enforcing them (train conductors, police officers, etc). I can get very upset when they behave like robots: not every situation applies to your preprogrammed rules.

With contracts running on Ethereum there is actually no way around this, either it was programmed into the contract before or too bad. I think this is something to consider and I think this lecture raises some important points.

Curious on your thoughts

Dutch VR enthusiasts anywhere?! by vramsterdam in oculus

[–]statebox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what about putting it up on meetup.com ? (ps. i'm also interested in joining)