+1 It wasn't even creative. It's so funny to see him shoot himself in the foot thinking we will all feel it.

Thanks to everyone who participated in this bet. It was a great social experiment for me to find out who my true friends were, and also to entertain the community (which is my true purpose on these forums and always will be). Unfortunately, it looks like I lost the bet. This means I'll need to pay out exactly as described in my original thread OP.

Many of the people betting were very careful to point out that others were ignorant and foolish to invest their money into Pirate without doing due diligence beforehand, so far as to call them shills, suckers, etc. This leads me to believe that the individuals betting in my bet are very wise with their money and would only bet if they carefully read and understood the rules of the bet. For this reason, I am confident that the very wise individuals betting in this thread will be satisfied with the very literal interpretation of my thread.

I will begin paying for my losses as outlined in the following rule:


I'll begin processing the payouts for each of the 112 betters in this spreadsheet immediately: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ajtx05YrHtIydFVHcGxLOExTbnhqajJLZmlSZUNtM3c&pli=1#gid=0

Please make sure to following along for your own record keeping purposes. I will update this thread with each payment as well. Thanks again!

Didn't you read it? He made up some shitty excuse for a technicality.

FastCash4Bitcoins?

I have not planned on selling but need some cash in a few days.

What are the steps to getting cash from Bitcoins? I have about 200 I need to cash out.

That is a good question. I am giving him the benefit of a doubt if he will stop trolling here. I think he is an over-privileged brat that bit off more than he can chew, but that doesn't make him a scoundrel.

That is false. Lots of funds changed hands, just not with Matthew.

Say I promise to buy 1,000 pounds of shrimp from you on a particular date at $10/pound. You turn down other deals on that same day. You take out a loan to buy the shrimp. You buy the shrimp. You rent a truck to deliver the shrimp to me. Then when you get there, I say "Sorry, I don't want the shrimp." But you gave up other jobs, took out a loan, bought 1,000 pounds of shrimp and rented a truck. How can I say "No funds changed hands"?

Looks like we are about to hit some SMA crossings. 

Yes, indeed.
And on top of Apple announcement, FED, german courz decision on uro bailout, we even have options expiry...
wild days ahead.

But you tell them whether anyone is ready or not.