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Money is no object to HFT firms when it comes to reducing latency. A recent technique involves laying optic fiber cables with hollow interiors, so that the inte
by ericjang 9y ago
Money is no object to HFT firms when it comes to reducing latency. A recent technique involves laying optic fiber cables with hollow interiors, so that the internal refraction of light spends more time in a vacuum and less time slowed down by the pesky glass medium.
- carterehsmith 9y agoAlso, radio towers; because, the fiber (or whatever) cables usually zigzag following the roads or utility poles; meantime, the two radio towers can exchange radio waves traveling in a straight line.
- sgt101 9y agoWhich is why the regulators really need to get sharper with them vs. what they are doing to the economy. They are front running, destroying value and spending the money on a whole load of tat - a massive case of misallocation of capital. They need to be shuttered.
- paulddraper 9y agoHFT, or Bitcoin?
- hchenji 9y agovery interesting!! Do you have a source for this? Would like to read up on it
- mhurd 9y agoMay be of interest: https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2017/05/lines-radios-and-cables-oh-my.html https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2017/05/lines-radios-and-cab...