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Offline mike623317

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Oh yea, thanks for the links

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Thanks guys, appreciate the clarification.
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It comes from shorts who borrowed the BitAsset into existence and it comes from transaction fees on that asset.

I still find this explanation of interest confusing, and I doubt its helpful for beginners.

I prefer this simpler explanation: shorts are super bullish on BTS, so they are willing to pay interest to whoever takes the opposite side of their trade, which bribes/incentives them not to dump their shares.

Thank you for replying.

So, primarily its from Shorts and some transaction fees. How high are these fees associated with Bitshares? Fractions i would assume.

The bitUSD transaction fee was about half a cent, last time I checked.

In the long run, the lion's share of interest will probably come from the interest paid by shorts. Source: my intuition.

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Agreed, so when shorts are competing, interest on a bitAsset should reflect the average consensus among shorters of how rapidly BTS will appreciate relative to that asset.

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It comes from shorts who borrowed the BitAsset into existence and it comes from transaction fees on that asset.

I still find this explanation of interest confusing, and I doubt its helpful for beginners.

I prefer this simpler explanation: shorts are super bullish on BTS, so they are willing to pay interest to whoever takes the opposite side of their trade, which bribes/incentives them not to dump their shares.

Thank you for replying.

So, primarily its from Shorts and some transaction fees. How high are these fees associated with Bitshares? Fractions i would assume.

The bitUSD transaction fee was about half a cent, last time I checked.

In the long run, the lion's share of interest will probably come from the interest paid by shorts. Source: my intuition.

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It comes from shorts who borrowed the BitAsset into existence and it comes from transaction fees on that asset.

I still find this explanation of interest confusing, and I doubt its helpful for beginners.

I prefer this simpler explanation: shorts are super bullish on BTS, so they are willing to pay interest to whoever takes the opposite side of their trade, which bribes/incentives them not to dump their shares.

Thank you for replying.

So, primarily its from Shorts and some transaction fees. How high are these fees associated with Bitshares? Fractions i would assume.

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It comes from shorts who borrowed the BitAsset into existence and it comes from transaction fees on that asset.

I still find this explanation of interest confusing, and I doubt its helpful for beginners.

I prefer this simpler explanation: shorts are super bullish on BTS, so they are willing to pay interest to whoever takes the opposite side of their trade, which bribes/incentives them not to dump their shares.

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It comes from shorts who borrowed the BitAsset into existence and it comes from transaction fees on that asset.

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I'm trying to explain BitShares to a friend and i need to clarify something.

I think interest earned from holding BitGold or BitUSD comes from other peoples transaction fees because i'm providing liquidity but i'm not sure. Please can someone clarify where the interest comes from if i buy BitUSD and hold it for a few years.

Appreciate peoples help.

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