OK: 50 @ 4.7 BTC is now the highest bid for this auction.
The escrow by John K with his standard procedure is OK.

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That's perfectly fine for me. Thanks

no: when 2 offers are equal: first come, first served

...but my responsibility and control end in asking to friedcat to perform the share transfer, so the escrow should be released with my proof of having done that (CCing my PM to Friedcat to John K). Even because otherwise the buyer could try to falsely negate to have received his shares and then John K would have to investigate following the share payments. But I am open to suggestions on this by John K or maybe even Goat.

yesterday's weekly payment has been 0.02405901 per share

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=99497.msg2796299#msg2796299

John K as escrow is fine.

so who are the other 7 ?

because I need some cash soon.
But as you can see these are only 20% of my ASICMINER shares

I would bet upper.
You are right about the time horizon: direct shares are not for day traders.
But I don't think that there is anything better to invest BTC in for the medium to long term

because:
1. Lower risk due to less intermediaries that can default on you
2. No fees and full payment
3. [insert here further reasons]

ok, but we're still a bit on the low-ball side. Check: https://btct.co/security/ASICMINER-PT
Guys: there are direct shares, so they are worth more than a pass-trough.

NP. I already accepted the bid @4.5
Anyone offers more?

Is definitely bad and forbidden doing it after someone agreed on a previous offer.

But since nobody made a bid before my price change, I don't see any problem. And if anyone made a bid before the change at my previous price I would have kept it as valid.

Anyway the late bidder @4.5 will be accepted in case of lack of higher bids.

forgot the address of the div payment: 1MFjaqcbxNnkoih7QhM8DG2aQPKFWMd8sm

(copying the format from Goat. Thx Goat)
 
50 direct ASICMINER shares.

Starting price:   4.5 BTC each
Increment:   0.1 BTC
Minimal bid quantity:   10 shares
End date: Sunday the 28th July 0:00 AM

Last dividend payment Tx:
https://blockchain.info/tx/184042b1c3d0532c0969d5b11f2b70e85440541f702801c5a7bc2652561030d3
message: I, conspirosphere.tk on bitcointalk with div address 1MFjaqcbxNnkoih7QhM8DG2aQPKFWMd8sm ,am willing to sell 50 direct asicminer shares.
Signature: HF6kUByGsom0h1WHSoGdwuygDgKd3MUNNgm4Oc/8sJ6UixtWAwRVon3cUNjXcSDH7oqoRuJYWTWc9h4fEJ0doVE=

Rules:

Bids are binding.  Don't bid unless you intend on following through with the purchase.

Another bid by the same bidder will replace his previous bid unless stated otherwise.

Payment is required within 48 hours after winners are provided a payment address.

Winners will send the payment then pm me their email address and desired bitcoin address to receive the weekly dividends.  This information will be forwarded to friedcat promptly in the form of a share transfer email and forum PM.
   
Please post all bids in this thread, no PMs
   
If there is any dispute about anything we will ask John K (The forum mod) his thoughts and go with that.
Escrow possible at your own cost, provided that we agree about it in advance.

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I now have the impression that this bot is "retarded", in the sense that there seems to be a time lag of a few hours. Check out the pic below to see what I mean (notice the EMA cross unseen by the bot). Any comment /suggestion would be appreciated.

edit: I see now that changing the timespan on bitcoincharts moves the EMA crosses.

Maybe is better to be careful with BTC on smartphones:
'Master key' to Android phones uncovered
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23179522

"We" who?
True coiners don't give a rat's ass about "regulatory agencies". That's the whole point of cryptocoins.
Who wants to deal with "agencies" are fine enough with fiat.

I'll let the bot decide.
I sold at 72 so now it has the dry powder to fire at the first inversion in moving averages.
My preference would be to buy going all in <10$