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Main => Technical Support => Topic started by: cryptosig on January 14, 2016, 11:50:11 pm

Title: How do I get my interest on long held assets
Post by: cryptosig on January 14, 2016, 11:50:11 pm

I held assets since bitshares 1 and I had periodically collected the interest on that. Now that I have switched over to bitshares 2 how do I collect the interest?

Title: Re: How do I get my interest on long held assets
Post by: speedy on January 14, 2016, 11:57:33 pm

In BitShares 2, shorters dont pay interest for shorting. It was kind of arbitrary and gave the longs even more of an advantage.

Instead we are moving to the much better solution of the Bond market, i.e. p2p lending. Anyone can lend their assets (including BTS) for an interest rate and collateral they choose.

No idea on the bond market's ETA. Its the most eagerly anticipated feature around here, but it seems to have been shelved for now in favour of MAS.

Title: Re: How do I get my interest on long held assets
Post by: Akado on January 15, 2016, 12:08:54 am

Quote from: speedy on January 14, 2016, 11:57:33 pm

No idea on the bond market's ETA. Its the most eagerly anticipated feature around here, but it seems to have been shelved for now in favour of MAS.

I'm not sure about that. I think that's the idea most people got (me too at first) but I don't think it's true. We've seen the community express a deep desire for Prediction Markets which we already seem to have (we just need a better interface) and Bond Markets.

Also don't forget Maker. I'd say after stealth one of the next features would be Maker or Bond Markets. Meanwhile we can use prediction markets to bet on that  :P