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by sdouglas 10y ago
Circle's interface is much easier to use than the banking apps and websites I've used. You don't need to enter the sortcode/account number, like you typically need to with the banks. And the fact that it's so easy a
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by sdouglas 10y ago
It seems that they've pivoted to a Venmo-like model. Here in the UK, we don't have single app that has the wide network like Venmo does in the US (there are plenty of apps, just with small networks.) Myself and my friends have fou
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A Guide to White House North(nytimes.com)
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Andreessen Horowitz, Point72 Invest in Crowd-Sourced Quantopian(bloomberg.com)
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400-year-old Greenland shark is the oldest vertebrate animal(theguardian.com)
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by sdouglas 10y ago
By coincidence I just finished reading John Preskill's introductory chapter on Quantum Computing, which mentioned Feynman & Deutsch, and is also surprisingly accessible http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/pres
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Andreessen Horowitz Invests Another $52M in Tanium(recode.net)
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Darktrace, the Cyber Security Startup Backed by Mike Lynch, Raises Further $18M(techcrunch.com)
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Non-official MtGox investigation update and preliminary release(blog.wizsec.jp)
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Ask HN: How can Facebook go down?
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by sdouglas 12y ago
Nice work from the guys at the NYTimes. They seem to have a pretty solid development team. My enjoyment of the graphic was somewhat diminished however by the terrifying thought of undertaking that climb.
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Apple sued over 'shrinking' gadget storage(bbc.co.uk)
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by sdouglas 12y ago
I think this is a really good point. Like the human body, the Internet has it's flaws but in many ways is incredibly well suited to its purpose. An interesting article (which I'm sure many have already read) which discusses how th
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Ask HN: If we could redesign the Internet from scratch, what should it be?
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Comet landing: Organic molecules detected by Philae(bbc.co.uk)
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by sdouglas 12y ago
Hi notahacker, the initial margin deposit is in bitcoin (apologies if we did not make this clear) since lender funds are also in bitcoin. Regarding fixed/floating: if you are borrowing on an exchange such as Bitfinex then for any one c
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by sdouglas 12y ago
Hi imaginenore, are you talking about the situation in which we earn less on our assets than we owe in our liabilities? In this case we would use our capital buffer.
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by sdouglas 12y ago
Great tip, thank you very much for this.
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by sdouglas 12y ago
Hi ascorbic. Thanks for pointing us in the direction of the FCA, it’s good to get as many opinions on this as possible. Yes, we have consulted a lawyer specialising in English financial services regulation, as well as closely reading the FS
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by sdouglas 12y ago
Hi notahacker. It's not just the absolute size of the interest rate. It's also the volatility. Exchanges which offer margin trading have market-determined interest rates, which we have seen swing widely in the past. To be clear I
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by sdouglas 12y ago
Hi aston. As you suggest in your post, the majority of demand for bitcoin borrowing comes from market making traders on bitcoin exchanges. They have a need to borrower for a number of reasons, including going short. You say that currently t
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by sdouglas 12y ago
Hi notahacker, thanks for the well balanced comment. We're incorporated with our surnames but operate under the name TradeMore. Alas, we're not Bitcoin billionaires. You're right on a number of counts, but I disagree slightly
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by sdouglas 12y ago
Thanks very much for this. We were actually aware of this already (specifically, it's an issue with the Fanboy Annoyances feature on Adblock) but we thought that, on balance, so few people would have this specific feature enabled that
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by sdouglas 12y ago
Hi deweller. Yes, in the event that a borrower defaults we will use our own funds to repay you. Obviously, this requires you placing trust in TradeMore, but we will work hard to win this trust. One option is to start lending a small amount
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by sdouglas 12y ago
You're right that among the safest places for your bitcoin is your own wallet. An even safer option is cold storage, using Coinbase, Elliptic etc. But the success of BTCJam and others suggests that individuals are willing to trade-off
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by sdouglas 12y ago
Hi HackerNews, I'm the co-founder of TradeMore and we are excited to share with you our bitcoin lending platform. We allow individuals to lend out their bitcoin and generate a fixed return. For those interested in trading and market m
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Show HN: TradeMore – Generate a return on your Bitcoin(trademoremargin.com)
52 points by sdouglas 12y ago|33 comments
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Robot capable of handling unfamiliar objects unveiled(ft.com)
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