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981  Economy / Securities / Re: [GLBSE] Dividend Returns - updated weekly on: April 21, 2012, 06:00:32 AM
Does anyone know any information about the assets MATH or FPGA-EU?  I have searched the forums but have not found any information regarding them.
982  Economy / Securities / Re: [GLBSE] BFLS - Bitcoin Mining & Sales on: April 20, 2012, 05:43:06 PM
Yes, the 10 singles are in that batch.  I have  query out to BFL right now asking about when it's expected to be allocated to me... I hope to hear something back today. 

I am going to be placing a new order for more hardware shortly ... if anyone else wants in on BFLS.FUTURES, now is the time, before I place the order.  At least 1 rig box and more singles.. if anyone else wants in on a second rig box, speak up, cause the time between order and delivery on those is substantially longer than the singles.




Did they get back to you that day?  Did you make the next order?
983  Other / Off-topic / Re: Feds shutter online narcotics store that used TOR to hide its tracks on: April 20, 2012, 05:36:36 PM
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/04/feds-shutter-online-narcotics-store-that-used-tor-to-hide-its-tracks.ars

"Each faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted."


Selling drugs and laundering money gets you life? No wonder Silk Road uses bitcoin.

No, laundering money gets you life while illegal drug selling gets you about 20 years.
984  Other / Off-topic / Re: KSA and Qatar don't know how to transfer money to Syria's rebels on: April 20, 2012, 05:33:38 PM

Go for it.
985  Economy / Securities / Re: [ANNOUNCE GLBSE] 1500 PPT.A Pirate Pass Through Bonds on: April 20, 2012, 03:05:04 AM
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This 2% is not quite true.  PPT is getting more than 2% as they are putting up .32 BTC and receiving 7% on 1 BTC compounded weekly, so that is really a 9.375% return.  This does not include any instant return if shares sell for more than 1.0 BTC.  Money in hand now is better than later.

The point wasn't in the exact numbers the point is that our "greediness" will be temperred by the market's (your) "greediness"

I get the point, I just didn't want people to think PPT is unprofitable for the issuers as that would not be good.
986  Economy / Securities / Re: [GLBSE] Rugatu, Q&A with bitcoins - IPO on: April 20, 2012, 03:02:29 AM
Shouldn't this be reported to the Spanish police?
987  Economy / Securities / Re: [ANNOUNCE GLBSE] Pirate Pass Through Bonds on: April 20, 2012, 03:00:01 AM
I thought the main PPT is only used as "bank" for the insurances, not paying out the earnings from PPT.X auctions? Why would you buy shares at 100 BTC each there that are only used to be distributed in case of pirate's default?

If anything you should be glad that there are people willing to invest and by doing that secure more than the 25% default insurance.


I am only 25% glad.

You are not more glad because they don't want to sell those 100 BTC shares to reduce risk, hence reducing their profits also.

I have to say I was joking about the 25% glad party, I meant to say is I am 75% unhappy.  Kidding aside I think what PPT is doing is great.  One of the great tools of bitcoin is being able to make small and quick investments.
988  Economy / Securities / Re: [ANNOUNCE GLBSE] 1500 PPT.A Pirate Pass Through Bonds on: April 20, 2012, 02:54:15 AM
Ok, I see I used the wrong word.

I should've said "sell more 100BTC shares" instead of "sell those 100 BTC shares".

But, yeah, your statement still stands. You guys had the work, you wish to be the only ones to be rewarded and because of that you don't even want to share the risk. Understandable!

I just hope I and other depositors don't get fucked* because of your greediness...

*booted out of BS&T

Well, we are going to be doing more of those 100 BTC shares, but they are not open market at this stage.  The risk/return ratio isn't set yet and that will take a little while to sort out.

Anyway, on current bidding, bond holders will be making about 26% and our "greediness" will net us 2% and given the reserves set aside (not earning interest in other things), that puts us in a net loss. 

As for screwing up other people's deposits, current information is that it is not very likely.  Would you prefer that as a separate exercise I dump more coins into Pirate's scheme directly? 


Are you stating PPT is insolvent?   Wink

This 2% is not quite true.  PPT is getting more than 2% as they are putting up .32 BTC and receiving 7% on 1 BTC compounded weekly, so that is really a 9.375% return.  This does not include any instant return if shares sell for more than 1.0 BTC.  Money in hand now is better than later.
989  Economy / Securities / Re: [ANNOUNCE GLBSE] Pirate Pass Through Bonds on: April 20, 2012, 01:32:44 AM
I thought the main PPT is only used as "bank" for the insurances, not paying out the earnings from PPT.X auctions? Why would you buy shares at 100 BTC each there that are only used to be distributed in case of pirate's default?

If anything you should be glad that there are people willing to invest and by doing that secure more than the 25% default insurance.


I am only 25% glad.
990  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Out of frustration i built my own trading platform for doing arbitrages. on: April 19, 2012, 05:03:35 AM
How long did it take you? I might attempt something like this, for personal use.

couple of months of work, but the result is quite good.

Don't you just HATE it when you sell your code AND ACCOMPANYING DEBT to a 3rd party, only to continue re-selling the same code under alternate identities.

This is the low of the low and essentially means that the new Bitscalper owner has NOTHING of any worth or trust that this code hasn't already made it's way around the Internet 3 times over.

Nice job.

**Reported to Admin(s).

Also, i haven't sold any code to anybody. I just handed over the whole bitscalper thing to MiningBuddy, you are right, he acquired the debt. Code doesn't mean that much. I was more concerned about which exchanges i was conducting operation in, but that was leaked very soon.

Oh yea the code is not worth that much because it is crap, and the real valuable stuff is the debt...  People like you is why we are forced to have cops in this world.
991  Other / Off-topic / Re: [Announcement] Bitscalper under new management. on: April 19, 2012, 04:51:27 AM

Sounds like MiningBuddy got a bad deal.
992  Economy / Securities / Re: [ANNOUNCE GLBSE] Pirate Pass Through Bonds on: April 19, 2012, 04:32:41 AM
Good news.  Keeps it simple.
993  Economy / Securities / Re: [ANNOUNCE GLBSE] Pirate Pass Through Bonds on: April 18, 2012, 06:59:04 PM
Is the contract terms going to be changed from "contact BurtWagner on the forums"?  TyGrr-Bank was getting some heat from GLBSE for having an empty contract that was determined on the forums.  I just wanted to check that there is not some freeze of accounts after it is issued.

For the bond the bet has basically become, how many days from the issue date will BST reduce its interest rate?  The par value of the bond is 1+0.01*n (unless it changes before issuance), where n is the number of days since the bond was issued.  So you are speculating n while taking into account how much reward you want for taking that risk.

It will be interesting to see what investors feel is the risk premium on this.  I am pretty risk adverse and expect a big reward on a risky asset like this.
994  Economy / Securities / Re: [ANNOUNCE GLBSE] Pirate Pass Through Bonds on: April 18, 2012, 06:21:23 PM
Does anyone know the historic interest rates of BST?
995  Economy / Securities / Re: (TyGrr) TyGrr-Bank 2.5% weekly dividends on: April 18, 2012, 06:09:56 PM
First- Respect is earned, no given. Neither one of you have earned either's respect IMO. Stop demanding that someone respect you.

To get respect you must give respect.

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Second- It is up to your investors to decide on the contract now. You opened your asset to be publicly traded, owned by you and your asset holders. If you didn't want that you should have kept it off the GLBSE.

The contract is determined before the sale of a contract.  If someone buys a contract that says test and does not go searching what this TyGrr-Bank asset is other than reading 'test' should really not be in the business of buying unregulated and pseudoanonymous assets.  Goat has stated he will give 1 week notice of changing the bond's interest rate and wrote exactly how a dissolution of the bonds would take place.

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Third- Both of you, quit the bickering and deal with this spat like a couple of adults. Please do it in private as well, these threads are getting ridiculous.

Agree with this.  There also needs to be a contract between GLBSE and the asset holder which can't be changed at the whim of GLBSE.
996  Economy / Securities / Re: [ANNOUNCE GLBSE] Pirate Pass Through Bonds on: April 18, 2012, 12:03:20 PM

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In the event that BS&T stops payments or changes its terms and conditions so that the intended pass through of interest is either stopped, pays lower interest or at a schedule that does not align with PPT bonds, PPT reserves the right to buy back the currently issued bonds by paying the coupon (currently 1% per day, accrued, simple interest) to current holders.

2.  In the event that interest payments from BST is below your expectations then PPT can buyback the bonds at 1% per day on the initial bond listing price of 1.00 BTC per bond.


The wording was intended to be tighter than simply "below expectations".  It is to cover the event where Pirate stops and winds up the whole thing, or changes the interest rate scheme materially so that we cannot pass through the intended 1%/day rate.  It does not give us the right to issue the bonds on day 1 at a premium and then immediately buy them back.  

Well defaulting is probably taken into account by everyone's risk appetite.
But this thing of early buyout will drag the bond price down during bond auction and also later on secondary market as the probability of change in the conditions of BS&T is high. What about changing it to p*(1+0.01x)/1.28 instead of 1+0.01x where p is the average price in the auction and x number of days since auction. I understand that this would push you to invest more than 1BTC per bond sold into BS&T which I guess wasn't originaly intended. Take it as suggestion that might bring auction prices higher and thus increase your profit.

buy back price = p*(1+0.01*x)/1.28,

where p is 1.00 and x is 0

In the event of BST changing the interest rates lower that triggers the event, the bond buy back price would be:

1.00 * (1 + 0.01*0 ) / 1.28 = 0.78125

Am I missing something here?  This will always have the effect of lowering the bond price because in the case of a drop in the BST the bonds will be called at the p*(1+0.01*x)/1.28 buy back price and the bondholder will always lose money on the bond.

You think 1+0.01x would keep the bond price low, p*(1+0.01x)/1.28 is even lower.

Here is a whole table.  The buy back price is in the matrix for its respective p and x value.

...

What would increase the price of the bonds at issuance and thus lower the return to bondholders is if the issuers took on more risk.  The higher the risk then the higher the potential return should be.  The issuers would need to guarantee the daily 0.01 increase in par value up to 1.28 BTC.  If there is a lowering of interest rates by BST then the loss of value by the PPT team would have to be made up with the insurance deposits that PPT keeps.

Other than that I think the current plan is sound.

Sorry, my mistake - I did put the formula down quickly and I didn't check it well.
The idea is that in case of buy back they would pay the auction average price. And in the following 28 days it would always rise by 1/28th of (1.28-p) so it would be 1.28 on the maturity day.
So the correct formula should be:
p+(1.28-p)*x/28
so for x=0 we get p of what?
and for x=28 we get 1.28 I am assuming with a p of 1.00 BTC

This makes more sense now

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997  Economy / Securities / Re: [GLBSE] Dividend Returns - updated weekly on: April 18, 2012, 09:44:16 AM
TyGrr reinvests 50% of its dividends back into new hardware adding value to the company. Can this be reflected in its dividend payments?

Thanks.

No, that is why I added the disclaimer for people to search the forums for specific retained earnings.  I was thinking of putting a Mhash/current price column and/or a total weekly gross/net earnings column but unlike the dividend payment any financial reporting is really just taken on faith and trust.

I think GLBSE should have some standard reporting ability so that evaluation and comparison of securities is easier, but the number of securities that are issued is still low and I don't see why people can't take the time to read all information regarding these securities.
998  Other / Off-topic / Re: Headline in 30 years: Obama goes after bitcoin speculators on: April 18, 2012, 09:33:21 AM
I realise it's just a bit of fun; and I hate getting pulled into treating someone's throw away joke as serious... but (there's always a but)

In order for bitcoin to succeed on the sort of level we'd need to make your future-prediction possible, wouldn't bitcoin have become ingrained in the economic system?  That would suggest that people are no longer "buying" bitcoins on open exchanges, they would getting paid in bitcoins.  In which case, massive price increases would delight them (but probably not their employers).

Also: manipulators get less and less likely the higher the bitcoin price goes.  Eventually, it will only be governments that have enough cash to do so.  If bitcoin truly became a world currency (which is probably not likely in even the most optimistic of bitcoin future-histories) then probably not even governments would be able to manipulate price.  I base that off the fact that the FOREX market trades about $4 trillion worth of currency daily.

It's interesting to wonder what the political response would be to a successful bitcoin though.  Since their first instinct is always "monitor and measure", I would guess that they will require all employers to pay employees using a bitcoin address that has been registered with the government.  It would be pretty trivial to create a tax-office website that accepts "social security number = address" registrations automatically.



The way I see Bitcoin's future is that most people are paid with their worthless fiat currency which is going through high levels of hyperinflation.  People natural instinct in this situation is to buy things.  This is what a consumer and service industry needs and why a lot of economists like inflation.  Another way to avoid the hyperinflation is to buy something that can hold its value.  Thus people in my make believe world go and buy bitcoins on the black market with their hyperinflating fiat currency.  Bitcoin would be illegal for any transactions but it is impossible to regulate them and almost impossible to see that people posses them.  This is not like gold that can be confiscated like FDR did.  The government can only tolerate them and make it as hard as possible to convert from fiat to bitcoin.

Bitcoin like any currency is determined by supply and demand.  The supply of bitcoins is set yet as the dollar loses value people demand bitcoins because it has a set limited supply unlike the local currency.  So if bitcoin can survive the coming war then I believe this future could happen and bitcoin could be the dominant currency between people but not necessarily accepted by the rulers.
999  Other / Off-topic / Re: Headline in 30 years: Obama goes after bitcoin speculators on: April 18, 2012, 08:55:50 AM
So where are the economists now to point out this obvious result of the Bitcoin "experiment"?

speculation == stability

They are scratching their heads at the rise in oil prices while every significant oil producing nation is pointing missiles at one another.
1000  Economy / Securities / Re: [ANNOUNCE GLBSE] Pirate Pass Through Bonds on: April 18, 2012, 07:21:58 AM

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In the event that BS&T stops payments or changes its terms and conditions so that the intended pass through of interest is either stopped, pays lower interest or at a schedule that does not align with PPT bonds, PPT reserves the right to buy back the currently issued bonds by paying the coupon (currently 1% per day, accrued, simple interest) to current holders.

2.  In the event that interest payments from BST is below your expectations then PPT can buyback the bonds at 1% per day on the initial bond listing price of 1.00 BTC per bond.


The wording was intended to be tighter than simply "below expectations".  It is to cover the event where Pirate stops and winds up the whole thing, or changes the interest rate scheme materially so that we cannot pass through the intended 1%/day rate.  It does not give us the right to issue the bonds on day 1 at a premium and then immediately buy them back.  

Well defaulting is probably taken into account by everyone's risk appetite.
But this thing of early buyout will drag the bond price down during bond auction and also later on secondary market as the probability of change in the conditions of BS&T is high. What about changing it to p*(1+0.01x)/1.28 instead of 1+0.01x where p is the average price in the auction and x number of days since auction. I understand that this would push you to invest more than 1BTC per bond sold into BS&T which I guess wasn't originaly intended. Take it as suggestion that might bring auction prices higher and thus increase your profit.

buy back price = p*(1+0.01*x)/1.28,

where p is 1.00 and x is 0

In the event of BST changing the interest rates lower that triggers the event, the bond buy back price would be:

1.00 * (1 + 0.01*0 ) / 1.28 = 0.78125

Am I missing something here?  This will always have the effect of lowering the bond price because in the case of a drop in the BST the bonds will be called at the p*(1+0.01*x)/1.28 buy back price and the bondholder will always lose money on the bond.

You think 1+0.01x would keep the bond price low, p*(1+0.01x)/1.28 is even lower.

Here is a whole table.  The buy back price is in the matrix for its respective p and x value.

Code:
#done in R
# p*(1+0.01*x)/1.28
# p is the average price of bonds sold at issuance
# x is the number of days from issuance

p <- matrix(seq(from=1.00, to=1.28, by=0.01),ncol=1)
x <- matrix(0:28,nrow=1)
z <- p%*%(1+0.01*x)/1.28
colnames(z)<-x # x as column names
rownames(z)<-p # p as row names
z

             0         1         2         3        4         5         6         7         8         9        10        11      12        13
1    0.7812500 0.7890625 0.7968750 0.8046875 0.812500 0.8203125 0.8281250 0.8359375 0.8437500 0.8515625 0.8593750 0.8671875 0.87500 0.8828125
1.01 0.7890625 0.7969531 0.8048437 0.8127344 0.820625 0.8285156 0.8364063 0.8442969 0.8521875 0.8600781 0.8679688 0.8758594 0.88375 0.8916406
1.02 0.7968750 0.8048437 0.8128125 0.8207813 0.828750 0.8367188 0.8446875 0.8526563 0.8606250 0.8685938 0.8765625 0.8845313 0.89250 0.9004687
1.03 0.8046875 0.8127344 0.8207813 0.8288281 0.836875 0.8449219 0.8529688 0.8610156 0.8690625 0.8771094 0.8851563 0.8932031 0.90125 0.9092969
1.04 0.8125000 0.8206250 0.8287500 0.8368750 0.845000 0.8531250 0.8612500 0.8693750 0.8775000 0.8856250 0.8937500 0.9018750 0.91000 0.9181250
1.05 0.8203125 0.8285156 0.8367188 0.8449219 0.853125 0.8613281 0.8695313 0.8777344 0.8859375 0.8941406 0.9023438 0.9105469 0.91875 0.9269531
1.06 0.8281250 0.8364063 0.8446875 0.8529688 0.861250 0.8695313 0.8778125 0.8860938 0.8943750 0.9026563 0.9109375 0.9192188 0.92750 0.9357813
1.07 0.8359375 0.8442969 0.8526563 0.8610156 0.869375 0.8777344 0.8860938 0.8944531 0.9028125 0.9111719 0.9195313 0.9278906 0.93625 0.9446094
1.08 0.8437500 0.8521875 0.8606250 0.8690625 0.877500 0.8859375 0.8943750 0.9028125 0.9112500 0.9196875 0.9281250 0.9365625 0.94500 0.9534375
1.09 0.8515625 0.8600781 0.8685938 0.8771094 0.885625 0.8941406 0.9026563 0.9111719 0.9196875 0.9282031 0.9367188 0.9452344 0.95375 0.9622656
1.1  0.8593750 0.8679688 0.8765625 0.8851563 0.893750 0.9023438 0.9109375 0.9195313 0.9281250 0.9367188 0.9453125 0.9539063 0.96250 0.9710937
1.11 0.8671875 0.8758594 0.8845313 0.8932031 0.901875 0.9105469 0.9192188 0.9278906 0.9365625 0.9452344 0.9539063 0.9625781 0.97125 0.9799219
1.12 0.8750000 0.8837500 0.8925000 0.9012500 0.910000 0.9187500 0.9275000 0.9362500 0.9450000 0.9537500 0.9625000 0.9712500 0.98000 0.9887500
1.13 0.8828125 0.8916406 0.9004687 0.9092969 0.918125 0.9269531 0.9357813 0.9446094 0.9534375 0.9622656 0.9710937 0.9799219 0.98875 0.9975781
1.14 0.8906250 0.8995313 0.9084375 0.9173438 0.926250 0.9351563 0.9440625 0.9529688 0.9618750 0.9707813 0.9796875 0.9885938 0.99750 1.0064062
1.15 0.8984375 0.9074219 0.9164062 0.9253906 0.934375 0.9433594 0.9523437 0.9613281 0.9703125 0.9792969 0.9882812 0.9972656 1.00625 1.0152344
1.16 0.9062500 0.9153125 0.9243750 0.9334375 0.942500 0.9515625 0.9606250 0.9696875 0.9787500 0.9878125 0.9968750 1.0059375 1.01500 1.0240625
1.17 0.9140625 0.9232031 0.9323438 0.9414844 0.950625 0.9597656 0.9689062 0.9780469 0.9871875 0.9963281 1.0054687 1.0146094 1.02375 1.0328906
1.18 0.9218750 0.9310937 0.9403125 0.9495313 0.958750 0.9679687 0.9771875 0.9864062 0.9956250 1.0048438 1.0140625 1.0232813 1.03250 1.0417187
1.19 0.9296875 0.9389844 0.9482812 0.9575781 0.966875 0.9761719 0.9854688 0.9947656 1.0040625 1.0133594 1.0226562 1.0319531 1.04125 1.0505469
1.2  0.9375000 0.9468750 0.9562500 0.9656250 0.975000 0.9843750 0.9937500 1.0031250 1.0125000 1.0218750 1.0312500 1.0406250 1.05000 1.0593750
1.21 0.9453125 0.9547656 0.9642187 0.9736719 0.983125 0.9925781 1.0020312 1.0114844 1.0209375 1.0303906 1.0398437 1.0492969 1.05875 1.0682031
1.22 0.9531250 0.9626562 0.9721875 0.9817187 0.991250 1.0007812 1.0103125 1.0198438 1.0293750 1.0389063 1.0484375 1.0579688 1.06750 1.0770312
1.23 0.9609375 0.9705469 0.9801562 0.9897656 0.999375 1.0089844 1.0185937 1.0282031 1.0378125 1.0474219 1.0570312 1.0666406 1.07625 1.0858594
1.24 0.9687500 0.9784375 0.9881250 0.9978125 1.007500 1.0171875 1.0268750 1.0365625 1.0462500 1.0559375 1.0656250 1.0753125 1.08500 1.0946875
1.25 0.9765625 0.9863281 0.9960937 1.0058594 1.015625 1.0253906 1.0351563 1.0449219 1.0546875 1.0644531 1.0742188 1.0839844 1.09375 1.1035156
1.26 0.9843750 0.9942187 1.0040625 1.0139063 1.023750 1.0335938 1.0434375 1.0532812 1.0631250 1.0729688 1.0828125 1.0926563 1.10250 1.1123437
1.27 0.9921875 1.0021094 1.0120313 1.0219531 1.031875 1.0417969 1.0517188 1.0616406 1.0715625 1.0814844 1.0914063 1.1013281 1.11125 1.1211719
1.28 1.0000000 1.0100000 1.0200000 1.0300000 1.040000 1.0500000 1.0600000 1.0700000 1.0800000 1.0900000 1.1000000 1.1100000 1.12000 1.1300000
            14        15        16        17        18        19       20        21        22        23        24        25        26        27   28
1    0.8906250 0.8984375 0.9062500 0.9140625 0.9218750 0.9296875 0.937500 0.9453125 0.9531250 0.9609375 0.9687500 0.9765625 0.9843750 0.9921875 1.00
1.01 0.8995313 0.9074219 0.9153125 0.9232031 0.9310937 0.9389844 0.946875 0.9547656 0.9626562 0.9705469 0.9784375 0.9863281 0.9942187 1.0021094 1.01
1.02 0.9084375 0.9164062 0.9243750 0.9323438 0.9403125 0.9482812 0.956250 0.9642187 0.9721875 0.9801562 0.9881250 0.9960937 1.0040625 1.0120313 1.02
1.03 0.9173438 0.9253906 0.9334375 0.9414844 0.9495313 0.9575781 0.965625 0.9736719 0.9817187 0.9897656 0.9978125 1.0058594 1.0139063 1.0219531 1.03
1.04 0.9262500 0.9343750 0.9425000 0.9506250 0.9587500 0.9668750 0.975000 0.9831250 0.9912500 0.9993750 1.0075000 1.0156250 1.0237500 1.0318750 1.04
1.05 0.9351563 0.9433594 0.9515625 0.9597656 0.9679687 0.9761719 0.984375 0.9925781 1.0007812 1.0089844 1.0171875 1.0253906 1.0335938 1.0417969 1.05
1.06 0.9440625 0.9523437 0.9606250 0.9689062 0.9771875 0.9854688 0.993750 1.0020312 1.0103125 1.0185937 1.0268750 1.0351563 1.0434375 1.0517188 1.06
1.07 0.9529688 0.9613281 0.9696875 0.9780469 0.9864062 0.9947656 1.003125 1.0114844 1.0198438 1.0282031 1.0365625 1.0449219 1.0532812 1.0616406 1.07
1.08 0.9618750 0.9703125 0.9787500 0.9871875 0.9956250 1.0040625 1.012500 1.0209375 1.0293750 1.0378125 1.0462500 1.0546875 1.0631250 1.0715625 1.08
1.09 0.9707813 0.9792969 0.9878125 0.9963281 1.0048438 1.0133594 1.021875 1.0303906 1.0389063 1.0474219 1.0559375 1.0644531 1.0729688 1.0814844 1.09
1.1  0.9796875 0.9882812 0.9968750 1.0054687 1.0140625 1.0226562 1.031250 1.0398437 1.0484375 1.0570312 1.0656250 1.0742188 1.0828125 1.0914063 1.10
1.11 0.9885938 0.9972656 1.0059375 1.0146094 1.0232813 1.0319531 1.040625 1.0492969 1.0579688 1.0666406 1.0753125 1.0839844 1.0926563 1.1013281 1.11
1.12 0.9975000 1.0062500 1.0150000 1.0237500 1.0325000 1.0412500 1.050000 1.0587500 1.0675000 1.0762500 1.0850000 1.0937500 1.1025000 1.1112500 1.12
1.13 1.0064062 1.0152344 1.0240625 1.0328906 1.0417187 1.0505469 1.059375 1.0682031 1.0770312 1.0858594 1.0946875 1.1035156 1.1123437 1.1211719 1.13
1.14 1.0153125 1.0242187 1.0331250 1.0420312 1.0509375 1.0598437 1.068750 1.0776563 1.0865625 1.0954687 1.1043750 1.1132813 1.1221875 1.1310938 1.14
1.15 1.0242187 1.0332031 1.0421875 1.0511719 1.0601562 1.0691406 1.078125 1.0871094 1.0960937 1.1050781 1.1140625 1.1230469 1.1320312 1.1410156 1.15
1.16 1.0331250 1.0421875 1.0512500 1.0603125 1.0693750 1.0784375 1.087500 1.0965625 1.1056250 1.1146875 1.1237500 1.1328125 1.1418750 1.1509375 1.16
1.17 1.0420312 1.0511719 1.0603125 1.0694531 1.0785937 1.0877344 1.096875 1.1060156 1.1151562 1.1242969 1.1334375 1.1425781 1.1517187 1.1608594 1.17
1.18 1.0509375 1.0601562 1.0693750 1.0785937 1.0878125 1.0970312 1.106250 1.1154688 1.1246875 1.1339062 1.1431250 1.1523437 1.1615625 1.1707812 1.18
1.19 1.0598437 1.0691406 1.0784375 1.0877344 1.0970312 1.1063281 1.115625 1.1249219 1.1342188 1.1435156 1.1528125 1.1621094 1.1714062 1.1807031 1.19
1.2  1.0687500 1.0781250 1.0875000 1.0968750 1.1062500 1.1156250 1.125000 1.1343750 1.1437500 1.1531250 1.1625000 1.1718750 1.1812500 1.1906250 1.20
1.21 1.0776563 1.0871094 1.0965625 1.1060156 1.1154688 1.1249219 1.134375 1.1438281 1.1532813 1.1627344 1.1721875 1.1816406 1.1910937 1.2005469 1.21
1.22 1.0865625 1.0960937 1.1056250 1.1151562 1.1246875 1.1342188 1.143750 1.1532813 1.1628125 1.1723438 1.1818750 1.1914062 1.2009375 1.2104687 1.22
1.23 1.0954687 1.1050781 1.1146875 1.1242969 1.1339062 1.1435156 1.153125 1.1627344 1.1723438 1.1819531 1.1915625 1.2011719 1.2107812 1.2203906 1.23
1.24 1.1043750 1.1140625 1.1237500 1.1334375 1.1431250 1.1528125 1.162500 1.1721875 1.1818750 1.1915625 1.2012500 1.2109375 1.2206250 1.2303125 1.24
1.25 1.1132813 1.1230469 1.1328125 1.1425781 1.1523437 1.1621094 1.171875 1.1816406 1.1914062 1.2011719 1.2109375 1.2207031 1.2304688 1.2402344 1.25
1.26 1.1221875 1.1320312 1.1418750 1.1517187 1.1615625 1.1714062 1.181250 1.1910937 1.2009375 1.2107812 1.2206250 1.2304688 1.2403125 1.2501563 1.26
1.27 1.1310938 1.1410156 1.1509375 1.1608594 1.1707812 1.1807031 1.190625 1.2005469 1.2104687 1.2203906 1.2303125 1.2402344 1.2501563 1.2600781 1.27
1.28 1.1400000 1.1500000 1.1600000 1.1700000 1.1800000 1.1900000 1.200000 1.2100000 1.2200000 1.2300000 1.2400000 1.2500000 1.2600000 1.2700000 1.28


What would increase the price of the bonds at issuance and thus lower the return to bondholders is if the issuers took on more risk.  The higher the risk then the higher the potential return should be.  The issuers would need to guarantee the daily 0.01 increase in par value up to 1.28 BTC.  If there is a lowering of interest rates by BST then the loss of value by the PPT team would have to be made up with the insurance deposits that PPT keeps.

Other than that I think the current plan is sound.
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