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And here I thought it was Bitcoin that had scaling issues. Someone should make a futures market for Bitcoin on the Ethereum block chain settled in ETH just for

And here I thought it was Bitcoin that had scaling issues. Someone should make a futures market for Bitcoin on the Ethereum block chain settled in ETH just for irony.

pmorici 9y ago
Eth is totally fubar right now due to cryptokitties
- mrgordon 9y ago
  Actually the gas prices are way down. Its working fine for me
  - pmorici 9y ago
    Looks like it is clearing up a bit. Had been waiting in excess of 48 hours for a token transfer. wasn't confidence inspiring.
    - 0xdada 9y ago
      You can use https://ethgasstation.info/ https://ethgasstation.info/ to determine the best gas price to use.
michaelchisari 9y ago
It's just the website. Per twitter, "All trading systems are operating normally."
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nerdponx 9y ago
I'm honestly surprised that there aren't more crypto financial instruments that are implemented/valued in other cryptos.
- 55555 9y ago
  The problem is they are heavily correlated in downward movement. They all crash together. So you cant effectively short BTC in ETH because even if you win, you lose.
  - ro_sharp 9y ago
    Take a look at ripple
- billylindeman 9y ago
  bitshares might be of interest to you. It has a handful of derivative assets such as bitUSD,bitCNY,bitBTC..
decentralised 9y ago
The trading that happens on exchanges is done off-chain.