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Title: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: alan2here on April 14, 2013, 10:12:41 PM http://betsofbitco.in/item?id=1414
It seemed like a safe yes bet not so long ago. Edit: Sorry, thread should be in speculation. Title: Re: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: BTC Books on April 14, 2013, 10:19:24 PM That is impressive. Using Eastern Time as the zone for the bet could determine the outcome...
Title: Re: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: alan2here on April 14, 2013, 10:37:32 PM Think it was calculated somehow?
Title: Re: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: em3rgentOrdr on April 14, 2013, 10:40:09 PM I suppose someone that either has a lot of bitcoin or a lot of USD on mt gox could easily influence this result by swaying to the exchange rate to one side or the other...
Title: Re: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: wolverine.ks on April 14, 2013, 11:04:15 PM Im not sure how MtGox records their prices....
but could i just buy .000001 bitcoins at $100,000/btc and claim that the price hit an all time high? these bets about future prices seem a little lopsided if that is the case. why would anyone bet against them, if i could influence the bet in one direction for less money than i would win from the bet? Title: Re: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: zoinky on April 14, 2013, 11:14:20 PM Im not sure how MtGox records their prices.... but could i just buy .000001 bitcoins at $100,000/btc and claim that the price hit an all time high? these bets about future prices seem a little lopsided if that is the case. why would anyone bet against them, if i could influence the bet in one direction for less money than i would win from the bet? You'd buy into the lowest offer. Title: Re: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: regular on April 14, 2013, 11:41:52 PM it will probably be a draw
Title: Re: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: 00null on April 14, 2013, 11:49:53 PM it will probably be a draw I doubt that the outcome depends on anything real... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=165500.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=165500.0)Title: Re: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: kalinka on April 14, 2013, 11:53:51 PM It will be close, but it's going to hit that point at some time during the day.
Title: Re: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: Kazu on April 15, 2013, 02:42:11 AM http://betsofbitco.in/item?id=1414 It seemed like a safe yes bet not so long ago. Edit: Sorry, thread should be in speculation. Dude you totally won. Title: Re: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: bitcoiners on April 15, 2013, 02:45:11 AM It will be close, but it's going to hit that point at some time during the day. Nope... Wrong again. Title: Re: This bet will be impressively close. Post by: smoothie on April 15, 2013, 03:16:26 AM Im not sure how MtGox records their prices.... but could i just buy .000001 bitcoins at $100,000/btc and claim that the price hit an all time high? these bets about future prices seem a little lopsided if that is the case. why would anyone bet against them, if i could influence the bet in one direction for less money than i would win from the bet? You'd buy into the lowest offer. He obviously doesn't know how markets work. lol leave him be :D |