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Title: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 20, 2014, 08:57:47 pm
Lets analyze and come to a general consensus about what a fair allocation of BTS (the new merged entity) to former holders of BTSX, PTS, and AGS (the merging entities) looks like.

For a summary of this merger, see:
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=10214.0


I think it is important to look at this event as you would the merging together of companies. That is, the value of BTSX, PTS, and AGS are being combined together into a new company, called Bitshares, or BTS.

The new company will initially have roughly the market value of the three companies former values put together, and it will also have the potential of all three companies.  That is, the new 'Bitshares' company will contain the features of BTSX, and will ALSO benefit from the future development that would have gone into VOTE, etc.  It will ALSO be allocated 20% of any future independant DACs that are created.
(Because it acquires the 10%+10% stake in future independent DACs that was previously 'owned' by PTS and AGS).



How does this work?  The first thing that must be agreed upon is the price that the acquiring company (BTSX, as it is the largest by far), is paying for the acquired companies, AGS and PTS.    We must figure out what the fair price is, to make all stakeholders whole.

In order to look at what a fair value is, let us look at the types of stakeholders current are:

1) Pre-Feb 28 Purchasers of PTS or AGS.

These stakeholders bought PTS or AGS before Feb 28.  They received their BTSX, and they now hold some BTSX and some AGS.  If they didnt buy or sell any BTSX, or PTS since then, then they retain the same final value of BTS no matter what, because they are evenly invested between BTSX and AGS/PTS.


2) Post Feb 28 Purchasers of PTS or AGS.

These stakeholders bought PTS or AGS after the BTSX snapshot (at a lower price than those before, since they were no longer getting BTSX out of the deal).

The greater the allocation of new shares in BTS that is given to AGS/PTS, the more they benefit.  If the allocation of shares in BTS to them is low, they lose out.  If it is high, they win.

3) Post Feb 28 purchasers of BTSX.

These stakeholders bought BTSX once it begun trading.

The greater the allocation of new shares in BTS that is given to BTSX, the more they benefit.  If the allocation of shares in BTS to them is low, they lose out.  If it is high, they win.


As we can see from this, pre Feb-28 buyers achieve a fair result no matter what.  (Unless they sold either their BTSX, or their PTS in the meantime, in which case they become like one of the other groups).   It is critical that we find a fair result between post Feb-28 buyers of AGS/PTS, and buyers of BTSX.



Option A: Merge based on market cap at the time of the announcement.

At the time of the announcement, BTSX was worth roughly $50M, and PTS worth roughly $5M, in terms of recent prices.  AGS is essentially the same value as PTS in terms of getting a stake, and therefore this would give it a value of $5M as well.

Therefore, under this plan, we would create a new entity BTS with a $60M market cap (pre-panic sale value), with 2.4 billion shares (as an example). 

2 billion shares would be given to current BTSX holders, 1 for 1, representing the $50M value of BTSX.
200 million shares would be given to current PTS holders, representing the $5M value of PTS.
200 million shares would be given to current AGS holders, representing the $5M value of AGS.


Then, the new 2.4 billion share BTS entity would vote on whether to perform a 'capital infusion' in order to fund marketing efforts, creating and selling additional shares for this purpose. 


It should be clear that anything that gives LESS shares than this to the PTS and AGS holders would be clearly unfair to them, because their market cap compared to BTSX said that they should be worth at least that much.



Option B: Merge based on the traditional social consensus of 10% to PTS, 10% to AGS.

Under this option, a new BTS entity would be created with 2.5 billion shares (as an example).

2 billion shares, or 80% of these shares would be given to BTSX holders.
250 million shares, or 10% of these shares would be given to PTS holders.
250 million shares, or 10% of these shares would be given to AGS holders.

This option achieves the goal of maintaining the social consensus of 10%/10%. 
This option gives AGS/PTS a bit of bonus value relative to the market caps at the time of the announcement.


It should be clear that anything that gives MORE shares than this to the PTS and AGS holders would be clearly unfair to BTSX holders, because it would pay a very large premium to PTS/AGS relative to the stake the BTSX holders are putting in.




It is normal during a merger, for the acquiring entity to pay some amount of premium over the current market value to the acquired stakeholders, in order to get them to agree to the deal.

In our case, if we go with option B, and give 10% of BTS each to PTS and AGS holders, we are giving them a 25% premium over what the market cap 'said' they were worth.  But in doing so we are maintaining the 10%/10% social consensus. 


I think that this (option B above) is a reasonably fair solution to all parties.  While BTSX holders get a slightly smaller piece of the final pie than their market caps would dictate, it is normal to have to pay a small premium in order to acquire another company.  Given that the primary driver of the proposed merger was the fear that VOTE DAC (the part that PTS and AGS would get), would become a competitor to BTSX, and the merger is a way for BTSX to eliminate the competition by bringing everyone togethe,r I believe this premium is fair.


I am primarily a BTSX holder, and have more BTSX than PTS, so this proposal hurts me slightly relative to Option A.  However, I do feel the premium is relatively fair, and is necessary for community unity, and for the preservation of the 10%/10% consensus.

It is convenient that the market caps of PTS and TBSX were such that the 10% figure gets us roughly in the ballpark of a fair settlement value.  It makes it easier for the two sides to agree that at least the settlement is not horribly unfair.




Other considerations:

Proposed 'Lockout period' on PTS/AGS holders new shares, where they cannot sell for a period of time:
This idea was proposed, and I am not sure if people were generally in favor or against it.

I am against it, because it is unfair to PTS/AGS holders.  It would mean that some of the new BTS, given to PTS/AGS, were special shares that were less useful than the others because they cannot be initially sold. 

I believe that we must all be equal in the new entity we are creating, one share is one share!  (Also, this reduces technical complexity, and reduces confusion!)


Proposal for PTS/AGS shares of the new Bitshares to be 'special', and not subject to dilutions that the community votes on.

This idea was proposed, that the PTS/AGS holders new shares do not get diluted.

I am against it, because it is VERY, VERY unfair to BTSX holders.  It would mean that some of the new BTS, given to PTS/AGS, were special shares that are essentially much more valuable than the others, because they are not dilutable.  This would mean that any time the community voted in favor of a capital infusion, it would be entirely the current BTSX holders paying for it, but everyone would share in the benefit!

Again, we must all be equal in the new entity we are creating, one share is one share!   There must be no special privileged shares that the old timer PTS/AGS holders receive, that get special treatment over the others.




A twist on the share counts, to help reduce FUD during the transition:

The 2 billion share count of BTSX is psychologically important to those who have only a minimal knowledge of Bitshares.  (And to many of us who are more invested as well!).

In my above proposals, I had us creating 2.4 or 2.5 billion BTS initially, and then voting on whether to further increase this total for a capital infusion.


However, a better plan would be to keep the number under 2 billion, in order to reduce the amount of FUD that will be focused against bitshares. 

Therefore, I adjust my earlier proposal to the following:


Option C:


New 2 billion share BTS is created, with the following allocations:
1.6 billion shares to current BTSX holders (80%)
200 million shares to PTS holders (10%)
200 million shares to AGS holders (10%)


This helps avoid the initial cries of 'dilution' over the merger.




I further propose the following option, which keeps the share count under 2 billion after the capital infusion:

Option D:

New Bitshares entity is created with 1.8 billion shares currently in existence, with the following allocation:
1.44 billion shares to current BTSX holders (80%)
180 million shares to PTS holders (10%)
180 million shares to AGS holders (10%)


Then, a vote on whether to create 200 million shares for the capital infusion for the marketing efforts, would bring us back to 2 billion total.  This would help to stave off the FUD for a while. 

(This proposal should be modified by bytemaster to reflect the expected size of the capital infusion!)



A final note about the 'capital infusion'

The proposed capital infusion (a nicer term for dilution), will be voted on by the Bitshares holders.  (It won't be forced upon us). 

If we vote yes, it will happen, and if we vote no, it won't. 

I expect that once we reach the point that we will vote on this, that Bytemaster and/or the marketing team will give us details on the size of the dilution, and exactly what we are buying, that is, details on the marketing plan (not just hints). 


I believe it would be good for our ability to sell Bitshares to the crypto community if this dilution were to be of an amount equal to or smaller than the current Bitcoin inflaiton.

That way, we can say: "Yes, Bitshares issues some new shares to pay for a marketing campaign.  BUT, Bitcoin created a lot of new bitcoins to pay for mining!  Bitshares purchased something really useful with its money, AND the amount was less dilution than what bitcoin holders got due to the mining process".   This would be in the order of a 8-10% inflation rate over the next year or so, and then a 4-5% rate after the next bitcoin reward halving in 2016.




Thanks for reading, I hope this was helpful, and I look forward to your thoughts.

It is important that we reach a community consensus on what is generally fair to everyone, so that we can move forward and all BTSX, AGS, and PTS holders can build Bitshares future together.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 20, 2014, 09:15:40 pm
How would the Vote Snapshot fit into this since it was already taken?

(i.e. what if you had 1,000 PTS when the Vote snapshot was taken and have 500 PTS now?)


Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: roadscape on October 20, 2014, 09:21:50 pm
Thank you for this useful overview.

Do we really need to launch a new BTSX?

It would be easy enough do dilute BTSX to add AGS/PTS. Then just rename it to BTS.

The 2 billion cap is only a mental trap, and launching a new DAC with 2 billion shares is more work than accepting that 2B can increase. And accomplishes the same thing.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 20, 2014, 09:23:54 pm
How would the Vote Snapshot fit into this since it was already taken?

(i.e. what if you had 1,000 PTS when the Vote snapshot was taken and have 500 PTS now?)

I think that in Bytemasters proposal, VOTE will not exist, and everything will be part of Bitshares.


In your case of having 1000 PTS when the VOTE snapshot happene,d but 500 now, then you only get 500 PTS worth of the new BTS.


However, you also have a bunch of USD/CNY/BTC that you got for selling the PTS.  And if you want you could buy some PTS or BTSX now with that money, and get your full share.  (Actually, would will probably get MORE than those of us who held through this recent price dump, if you buy now!) 


Is this process going to be absolutely, perfectly, 100% fair to everyone?  No, it cannot be.  It is impossible, because we all bought and sold various things at different prices at different times.

But it is going to be as fair as it can to as many people as it can.  It uses values approximating current market prices, so it at least gets as close as possible.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 20, 2014, 09:25:45 pm
How would the Vote Snapshot fit into this since it was already taken?

(i.e. what if you had 1,000 PTS when the Vote snapshot was taken and have 500 PTS now?)

I think that in Bytemasters proposal, VOTE will not exist, and everything will be part of Bitshares.


In your case of having 1000 PTS when the VOTE snapshot happene,d but 500 now, then you only get 500 PTS worth of the new BTS.


However, you also have a bunch of USD/CNY/BTC that you got for selling the PTS.  And if you want you could buy some PTS or BTSX now with that money, and get your full share.  (Actually, would will probably get MORE than those of us who held through this recent price dump, if you buy now!) 


Is this process going to be absolutely, perfectly, 100% fair to everyone?  No, it cannot be.  It is impossible, because we all bought and sold various things at different prices at different times.

But it is going to be as fair as it can to as many people as it can.  It uses values approximating current market prices, so it at least gets as close as possible.

Okay, I forgot.  So Vote would get rolled in and you get it to the extent you have BTS.  Well, really you just get it!
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 20, 2014, 09:26:09 pm
Thank you for this useful overview.

Do we really need to launch a new BTSX?

It would be easy enough do dilute BTSX to add AGS/PTS. Then just rename it to BTS.

The 2 billion cap is only a mental trap, and launching a new DAC with 2 billion shares is more work than accepting that 2B can increase. And accomplishes the same thing.

That's what I was thinking too.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 20, 2014, 09:26:54 pm
Do we really need to launch a new BTSX?

It would be easy enough do dilute BTSX to add AGS/PTS. Then just rename it to BTS.

I agree.  This is easier.   I didn't mean to talk about hte technical details of what the new entity would be, but simply the allocations of who would get how much of it.

And we wouldn't have to worry about an exchange not giving the new BTS to those who held BTSX on that exchange!  Which would be a very big deal, given how much value people have in BTSX.

I would assume that Bytemaster would choose how to implement the community decision, regarding creating something new or using existing BTSX.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Pheonike on October 20, 2014, 09:29:40 pm
Just use what is established. It' already setup here and on the exchanges. Just drop the X. Let everyone know the Xperiment part is over BTS is ready.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: matt608 on October 20, 2014, 09:32:20 pm
Others have pointed out its easier to keep it on the current BTSX blockchain in which case this not what we want, but I've written up an option E anyway so I'm posting it:

Option E is combining option D with option A, keeping the total at 2 million while including PTS + AGS + 10% marketing/dev budget but with the original proportions BM stated of the quantity of BTS that PTS + AGS should recieve.  As he pointed out they are getting a liquid asset, BTS, in exchange for their illiquid assets, so that is compensation.  I am open to changing my mind and being convinced it's unfair but having a liquid asset you can actually sell (large quantities of) sounds like a plus.

Option E

New Bitshares entity is created with 1.8 billion shares currently in existence, with the following allocation:
1.5 billion shares, or 80% of these shares would be given to BTSX holders.
150 million shares, or 10% of these shares would be given to PTS holders.
150 million shares, or 10% of these shares would be given to AGS holders.

Then, a vote on whether to create 200 million shares for the capital infusion for the marketing efforts, would bring us back to 2 billion total.

Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Empirical1.1 on October 20, 2014, 09:33:58 pm
I vote for option A.

On the exact day the dilution happens BitSharesX must change it's name to BitShares on coinmarketcap.

It must get a new logo on coinmarketcap that changes at the same moment as well.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Rune on October 20, 2014, 09:36:42 pm
There is no chance we will not simply upgrade and change the name of BTSX. Switching to yet another blockchain would be irrational and no BTSX stakeholder would do that.

Honestly, BM already has this figured out.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: roadscape on October 20, 2014, 09:37:05 pm
Option F (https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=10148.msg132495#msg132495)

1) Drop all other BitShares brands.... rename BitShares X to just BitShares
2) End PTS...  BitShares will evolve to incorporate every possible feature that stakeholders vote on.
3) If there is a clone then it should start out with stakeholders it thinks are best... because BitShares holders are uniting.
4) Add stake holder approved dilution without limit to BitShares X.
5) Bring in all AGS holders and given them a stake in BitShares X that cannot be moved for 6 months... the ratio that this stake should be given should be equal to PTS market cap... so $5 million or 10% dilution of BTSX allocated to these individuals.    This is effectively BTSX buying out our competition. 
6) Bring in one last PTS snapshot also valued at $5 million for another 10% dilution of BTSX... 6 months until funds could be spent... buy out this competition and end PTS.
7) Our team will focus on no other DACs other than BitShares in general and work to make it the most robust and *FLEXIBLE* DAC out there. 


With regards to the 6 month lock-in:

I understand and agree with the statement that "we need to recognize those who have helped fund development after Feb 28th so they don't compete with us."

However, I don't see why or how anybody who participated in AGS or for that matter PTS after the snapshot would have any expectation of getting a stake in BTSX.

The proposal to have a lock-in period of 6 months is at best a hack and at worst arbitrary.

They didn't expect to get a stake in BTSX... but they did in domains, voting, and every other idea we came up with.  If we add those to BTSX you better believe they would expect a cut to be fair.  I picked 6 months because that is how long I think it would be reasonable to expect some of those features in BTS.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: toast on October 20, 2014, 09:37:48 pm
BM and I bounced the number "~16%" for PTS+AGS (+ small for DNS) around because it uses the value at which BTSX seemed to be stable for a long time ($75m for BTSX), also it is halfway between it's current price and ATH.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Shentist on October 20, 2014, 09:37:57 pm
 +5% 10%/10%/80% is great!

as i understand it bitshares vote will also exist, but not with support of bytemaster. what he wants is to create all planed feature then for the BTS chain and want that "Adam" (vote guy?) to agree to join the BTS boat.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 20, 2014, 09:39:24 pm
Well, as someone who has more BTSX than PTS, I prefer option A as well, over those that give a bit more to PTS/AGS.  But I wasnt sure the community would buy this, due to the 10%/10% rule.

I am willing to stomach giving the 20% premium over the market caps to the PTS/AGS people in order to 'buy them out'.  More than this would be unfair for sure.  I would expect the PTS/AGS people to feel that giving them less than 10% is unfair.  It is within this fortunately small range that the negotiation occurs.



Obviously, an option E which is a variant on my Option A but which simply renames BTSX into BTS instead of creating a new chain, and creates shares and gives them to PTS/AGS holders, and closes PTS/AGS, is good with me as well.  I figure that bytemaster can implement the technical details of the agreement however works best, once we all agree on what the fair allocation is.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: matt608 on October 20, 2014, 09:40:21 pm
+5% 10%/10%/80% is great!

as i understand it bitshares vote will also exist, but not with support of bytemaster. what he wants is to create all planed feature then for the BTS chain and want that "Adam" (vote guy?) to agree to join the BTS boat.

I thought vote is going to be running on the same BTS chain.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 20, 2014, 09:42:54 pm
BM and I bounced the number "~16%" for PTS+AGS (+ small for DNS) around because it uses the value at which BTSX seemed to be stable for a long time ($75m for BTSX), also it is halfway between it's current price and ATH.

Yes, I prefer this 16% (or 18% or whatever) number personally (it benefits me slightly).  It more evenly allocates the value based on the market caps at the time.  I made option B because I figured the PTS/AGS people would think this was unfair and would want a bit more. :)
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Shentist on October 20, 2014, 09:47:22 pm
BM and I bounced the number "~16%" for PTS+AGS (+ small for DNS) around because it uses the value at which BTSX seemed to be stable for a long time ($75m for BTSX), also it is halfway between it's current price and ATH.

Yes, I prefer this 16% (or 18% or whatever) number personally (it benefits me slightly).  It more evenly allocates the value based on the market caps at the time.  I made option B because I figured the PTS/AGS people would think this was unfair and would want a bit more. :)

i am BTSX /AGS and no PTS holder - but with the merger you will strip my AGS from the right to get 10% for every chain in the future. on the day of the proposal the BTSX market cap was under 50 million, so how would 75 million be fair?

so maybe you want count PTS before the last snapshot to get back to 10% ?

just to count BTSX on the best possible market cap and PTS to the lowest will not be happen.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 20, 2014, 09:51:47 pm
Will any of these options reduce current BTSX holders shares by number or percentage of the whole or both?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 20, 2014, 09:53:07 pm
i am BTSX /AGS and no PTS holder - but with the merger you will strip my AGS from the right to get 10% for every chain in the future. on the day of the proposal the BTSX market cap was under 50 million, so how would 75 million be fair?

Actually, the newly merged BTS should be the entity that provides shares in future DACs.  After all, WE ARE MERGING PTS AND AGS INTO IT! 

So the social consensus in the future changes from:
10% PTS/10%AGS/80% Dev.
to:
20% BTS/80% Dev.

BTS is not ONLY the new BTSX.  It is also the new 'proto/angel' shares!  Because we are merging!


So you are not stripped of your ability to get 10% of new DACs.

You would get BTS due to your BTSX shares, and due to your AGS shares.  And then you would get stake in new independant DACs based on those shares, because PTS and AGS would be no more!


At least that is my interpretaiton.  I could be wrong!  Someone please tell me if I am. :)

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just to count BTSX on the best possible market cap and PTS to the lowest will not be happen.

Actually, this is counting BTSX with its recent diminshed market cap, no where near its high at $100M. 
And the PTS market cap went down because you got VOTE and DNS out of it.  (And BTSX, if pre- Feb 28)
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Rune on October 20, 2014, 09:53:40 pm
Will any of these options reduce current BTSX holders shares by number or percentage of the whole?

Yes, but the total market cap will also increase proportionally, so the share price will stay the same. It is just like a merger or acquisition of real businesses.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 20, 2014, 09:54:17 pm
Will any of these options reduce current BTSX holders shares by number or percentage of the whole or both?

They all will.

But you will have a smaller part of a larger whole.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 20, 2014, 09:55:02 pm
Will any of these options reduce current BTSX holders shares by number or percentage of the whole or both?

They all will.

But you will have a smaller part of a larger whole.
By % of the total ? 

Edit: Just wondering what difference will people see ?  In their wallet or in marketcap type numbers?  Will they see less BTSX in their wallet is really the question?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 20, 2014, 09:57:38 pm

By % of the total ?

Thats unclear right now.  We need to get a consensus on the fair percentages for everyone.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: roadscape on October 20, 2014, 10:10:21 pm
Edit: Just wondering what difference will people see ?  In their wallet or in marketcap type numbers?  Will they see less BTSX in their wallet is really the question?

Your balance will remain the same. Market cap will increase by several million. Your balance will increase when you claim your PTS/AGS allocated shares.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 20, 2014, 10:13:33 pm
Edit: Just wondering what difference will people see ?  In their wallet or in marketcap type numbers?  Will they see less BTSX in their wallet is really the question?

Your balance will remain the same. Market cap will increase by several million. Your balance will increase when you claim your PTS/AGS allocated shares.

Okay, thanks.  That's what I thought. Sounds good.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Shentist on October 20, 2014, 10:13:41 pm
i am BTSX /AGS and no PTS holder - but with the merger you will strip my AGS from the right to get 10% for every chain in the future. on the day of the proposal the BTSX market cap was under 50 million, so how would 75 million be fair?

Actually, the newly merged BTS should be the entity that provides shares in future DACs.  After all, WE ARE MERGING PTS AND AGS INTO IT! 

So the social consensus in the future changes from:
10% PTS/10%AGS/80% Dev.
to:
20% BTS/80% Dev.

BTS is not ONLY the new BTSX.  It is also the new 'proto/angel' shares!  Because we are merging!


So you are not stripped of your ability to get 10% of new DACs.

You would get BTS due to your BTSX shares, and due to your AGS shares.  And then you would get stake in new independant DACs based on those shares, because PTS and AGS would be no more!


At least that is my interpretaiton.  I could be wrong!  Someone please tell me if I am. :)

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just to count BTSX on the best possible market cap and PTS to the lowest will not be happen.

Actually, this is counting BTSX with its recent diminshed market cap, no where near its high at $100M. 
And the PTS market cap went down because you got VOTE and DNS out of it.  (And BTSX, if pre- Feb 28)

correct, but you should account that BTSX is aquiring AGS and PTS because bytemaster will not serve more then one master and he said with the planed features VOTE will a tough competitor of BTSX. so i don't need this aquisition because i hold shares in every DAC through my AGS shares, but the BTSX holders need AGS and PTS to refocus bytemaster to only one chain. so you could say , only if AGS and PTS are joining forces with BTSX  - BTS will be formed and bytemasters focus will resettel to BTS.

i did't calculated which allocation will be better for me, because i allready increased my BTSX holding in the past, but we all should consider what AGS and PTS holders is promised and that is 10% of a new chain, and that is a new chain as far as i see it.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 20, 2014, 11:17:26 pm
i did't calculated which allocation will be better for me, because i allready increased my BTSX holding in the past, but we all should consider what AGS and PTS holders is promised and that is 10% of a new chain, and that is a new chain as far as i see it.

This was my proposal B.    It is slightly better for PTS/AGS holders than proposal A, which was a purely market cap based calculation.

By the way, if you had some AGS before, and then bought more BTSX after Fed 28, then you are benefitted more by proposal A than by B.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: mf-tzo on October 20, 2014, 11:32:25 pm
pre - 28th snapshot 0% on new BTS obviously

after 28th snapshot 30% / 10% / 60%  AGS / PTS / BTSX.

The reason I believe in this allocation is because one should take into account the opportunity cost from the lack of liquidity to AGS and one shouldn't take into account the high valuation of BTSX @ $75 mil and the low of PTS @ 5 mil. AGS valuation should be much more than $5 mil imho...
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 20, 2014, 11:40:08 pm
It's amazing how far people are willing to spin things based on their own personal investment.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: mf-tzo on October 20, 2014, 11:47:01 pm
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It's amazing how far people are willing to spin things based on their own personal investment.

Obviously...And this will continue to happen until BM comes with a final proposal and seals the deal in what he thinks is the best way as usual..
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 20, 2014, 11:49:59 pm
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It's amazing how far people are willing to spin things based on their own personal investment.

Obviously...And this will continue to happen until BM comes with a final proposal and seals the deal in what he thinks is the best way as usual..

True!
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: gamey on October 20, 2014, 11:51:05 pm
I was happy with 10/10/80.

The problem with this averaging out stuff is that one can make the argument for PTS.  Then people will say but no, PTS obviously had value shaved off during snapshots and future value leading up to snapshots.  Who really knows?  We can get into nested arguments all biased on what we want.

Try to correlate what the value of BTSX was pre-scare and do that with PTS.  Assume efficient markets.  Then chop it up like that.

or

10/10/80 as simple and straightforward.  It will save a lot of bickering and people will move on.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 20, 2014, 11:51:33 pm
pre - 28th snapshot 0% on new BTS obviously

after 28th snapshot 30% / 10% / 60%  AGS / PTS / BTSX.

The reason I believe in this allocation is because one should take into account the opportunity cost from the lack of liquidity to AGS and one shouldn't take into account the high valuation of BTSX @ $75 mil and the low of PTS @ 5 mil. AGS valuation should be much more than $5 mil imho...

This is kindof ridiculous.
You are basically stealing 10 million dollars from people who bought BTSX, and who bought AGS before Feb 28, and giving it to people who bought AGS after Feb 28.  (Probably because you bought AGS after Feb 28).


Also, you are misrepresenting the proposal as giving a high value of $75M to BTSX, which it does NOT, it uses a low, recent value of $50M for BTSX.



We cannot give allocations that are significantly different than current market caps, because they are very unfair to some holders. 
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 20, 2014, 11:52:43 pm
I was happy with 10/10/80.

The problem with this averaging out stuff is that one can make the argument for PTS.  Then people will say but no, PTS obviously had value shaved off during snapshots and future value leading up to snapshots.  Who really knows?  We can get into nested arguments all biased on what we want.

Try to correlate what the value of BTSX was pre-scare and do that with PTS.  Assume efficient markets.  Then chop it up like that.

or

10/10/80 as simple and straightforward.  It will save a lot of bickering and people will move on.
sounds fine with me.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 20, 2014, 11:56:07 pm
Then people will say but no, PTS obviously had value shaved off during snapshots and future value leading up to snapshots. 

All of the value that PTS had shaved off during snapshots is made up with the fact that they GOT SHARES of DACs.  For example, DNS and MUSIC.


People who just bought BTSX did NOT get MUSIC.  If you just say "PTS should be valued more highly", then you basically give the person who bought PTS both new BTS AND MUSIC, while giving the person who bought BTSX only the BTS. 

That is not fair.  The PTS/AGS people need to get slightly lower amounts of BTS in order to account for the fact that they got other shares in the meantime.


My proposals from the first post are roughly fair.  The 10/10/80 split is the most that should be given to PTS/AGS.  Actually it is kindof unfair in their favor, over the BTSX holders.  A 9/9/82 or 8/8/84 split is actually a lot fairer, based on market cap.  The DNS and MUSIC shares that the PTS holders have makes up for the slightly lower allocation.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: roadscape on October 20, 2014, 11:58:20 pm
10/10/80 as simple and straightforward.  It will save a lot of bickering and people will move on.

 +5%
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 21, 2014, 12:00:01 am
Then people will say but no, PTS obviously had value shaved off during snapshots and future value leading up to snapshots. 

All of the value that PTS had shaved off during snapshots is made up with the fact that they GOT SHARES of DACs.  For example, DNS and MUSIC.


People who just bought BTSX did NOT get MUSIC.  If you just say "PTS should be valued more highly", then you basically give the person who bought PTS both new BTS AND MUSIC, while giving the person who bought BTSX only the BTS. 

That is not fair.  The PTS/AGS people need to get slightly lower amounts of BTS in order to account for the fact that they got other shares in the meantime.


My proposals from the first post are roughly fair.  The 10/10/80 split is the most that should be given to PTS/AGS.  Actually it is kindof unfair in their favor, over the BTSX holders.  A 9/9/82 or 8/8/84 split is actually a lot fairer, based on market cap.  The DNS and MUSIC shares that the PTS holders have makes up for the slightly lower allocation.

Okay, now I agree with you!
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 21, 2014, 12:03:36 am
10/10/80 is slightly more generous than it looks like Bytemaster may have been discussing, which was in the 16-18% range for PTS+AGS (+DNS?).   (That is, his original proposal seems to be more like my proposal A?)

If the PTS/AGS hholders end up getting 10/10/80, plus MUSIC shares that we BTSX holders didnt get, then you came out ahead. 

if the PTS holders get just under that, console yourselves with the fact that you also got MUSIC and we (BTSX buyers) didnt.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: gamey on October 21, 2014, 12:10:54 am

All of the value that PTS had shaved off during snapshots is made up with the fact that they GOT SHARES of DACs.  For example, DNS and MUSIC.

I believe this assumes that the same people still own PTS as the ones then.

People who just bought BTSX did NOT get MUSIC.  If you just say "PTS should be valued more highly", then you basically give the person who bought PTS both new BTS AND MUSIC, while giving the person who bought BTSX only the BTS. 

That is not fair.  The PTS/AGS people need to get slightly lower amounts of BTS in order to account for the fact that they got other shares in the meantime.


My proposals from the first post are roughly fair.  The 10/10/80 split is the most that should be given to PTS/AGS.  Actually it is kindof unfair in their favor, over the BTSX holders.  A 9/9/82 or 8/8/84 split is actually a lot fairer, based on market cap.  The DNS and MUSIC shares that the PTS holders have makes up for the slightly lower allocation.

And which numbers from what ranges did you decide on were "fair" to calculate this? 




I am not even sure if DNS will continue or die. 

edit-
Actually I just did divide it out..  OH well, there is definitely a premium there at 10/10/80.  Although I think one can make up a lot of arguments in the other direction why PTS/AGS deserve more. 
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Empirical1.1 on October 21, 2014, 12:14:08 am
10/10/80 is slightly more generous than it looks like Bytemaster may have been discussing, which was in the 16-18% range for PTS+AGS (+DNS?).   (That is, his original proposal seems to be more like my proposal A?)

If the PTS/AGS hholders end up getting 10/10/80, plus MUSIC shares that we BTSX holders didnt get, then you came out ahead. 

if the PTS holders get just under that, console yourselves with the fact that you also got MUSIC and we (BTSX buyers) didnt.

Yeah A is what I think will work best. I have a similar % AGS so I won't be too affected regardless.

But I think going beyond A is negative for BTSX & BTSX is the biggest CAP.

Also many BTSX shareholders won't have any AGS or PTS whereas PTS & AGS shareholders are almost guaranteed to already have a position in BTSX.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: gamey on October 21, 2014, 12:20:27 am


THere is a big question here about the value that PTS holders give up when the whole PTS/AGS system is abandoned.  It is value that is being destroyed by the acquisition.  How do you even put that into the equation ?  You guys can just take a BTSX vote, but that isn't the same as a PTS vote.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: mf-tzo on October 21, 2014, 12:22:56 am
What you are missing though is that people gave up all their liquidity to AGS with the expectation that they will recover from many other DACs to come. When BTSX was launched at $20 mil market cap it was a no brainer for someone with liquidity to buy BTSX where others couldn't.

In any case I see your points, I gave my points that AGS shouldn't be treated as PTS and receive a premium for their loss of liquidity.My long term interests are in BTSX anyway and I am pretty confident that the most fair decision will be reached eventually. 
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: roadscape on October 21, 2014, 12:23:28 am
THere is a big question here about the value that PTS holders give up when the whole PTS/AGS system is abandoned.  It is value that is being destroyed by the acquisition.  How do you even put that into the equation ?  You guys can just take a BTSX vote, but that isn't the same as a PTS vote.

I thought the idea was to transfer the remaining value of PTS/AGS into BTS.. not destroy value
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Thom on October 21, 2014, 12:25:38 am
Wow! how things move fast around here.

I listened to the mumble session and have spent the last 6 hours reading. I hold only BTSX and got in about 2 months ago.

But I haven't really seen the X of BTSX materialize. There is no way to trade other cryptos with BTSX unless you use some OTHER exchange. So there's something quite different about the btsX than all other crypto exchanges available today. There's so much discussed and so many ideas I've practically forgotten about BTSX as an eXchange.

I'm generally in favor of BM's proposal. I do have a question about what I'll be invested in after the merger. When I bought BTSX I thought I was investing in the eXchange, which would become worth more as each new DAC was added. I viewed it similarly to how PTS investors view their share "dividends" accrued with each new DAC launched.

I'm not too sure that was an accurate perspective, but that was my viewpoint. I never felt I had an explicit understanding of how a new DAC would add to my BTSX value.  But I was confident in BM's vision and believed the time was right to get onboard. I've been listening to BM since April.

So what will change after the merger? Will I get any Music, Vote, DNS or XYZ DAC shares, or is my gain more through association like my original impression?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 21, 2014, 12:26:33 am
THere is a big question here about the value that PTS holders give up when the whole PTS/AGS system is abandoned.  It is value that is being destroyed by the acquisition.  How do you even put that into the equation ?  You guys can just take a BTSX vote, but that isn't the same as a PTS vote.

I thought the idea was to transfer the remaining value of PTS/AGS into BTS.. not destroy value

Yes, future DACs (the functionality and/or actual separate DACs) will emerge from BTS.  it's not destroyed, only transferred.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: gamey on October 21, 2014, 12:27:39 am
THere is a big question here about the value that PTS holders give up when the whole PTS/AGS system is abandoned.  It is value that is being destroyed by the acquisition.  How do you even put that into the equation ?  You guys can just take a BTSX vote, but that isn't the same as a PTS vote.

I thought the idea was to transfer the remaining value of PTS/AGS into BTS.. not destroy value

People with PTS were expecting a % of DACs going forward.  This % will be severely diluted.  If someone snapshots 20% in the future to BTSX, that is far different than 10% to PTS and 10% to AGS. 

Thats the part of the problem, with the exception of I3 employees it seems like it is all "Team BTSX" and I understand why.  Thats why I'm for it in general, but I don't think PTS/AGS should be lowballed. 
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: toast on October 21, 2014, 12:28:07 am
So what will change after the merger? Will I get any Music, Vote, DNS or XYZ DAC shares, or is my gain more through association like my original impression?

Those will become "apps" (wont' necessarily have an equity) and not a DAC.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: toast on October 21, 2014, 12:28:33 am
People with PTS were expecting a % of DACs going forward.  This % will be severely diluted.  If someone snapshots 20% in the future to BTSX, that is far different than 10% to PTS and 10% to AGS. 


What remaining DACs are there? Just an abstract "any future DACs"?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Empirical1.1 on October 21, 2014, 12:29:20 am
THere is a big question here about the value that PTS holders give up when the whole PTS/AGS system is abandoned.  It is value that is being destroyed by the acquisition.  How do you even put that into the equation ?  You guys can just take a BTSX vote, but that isn't the same as a PTS vote.

I thought the idea was to transfer the remaining value of PTS/AGS into BTS.. not destroy value

Yes I believe that it will add value but the point is that it is subjective, you can't reach consensus on it as PTS doesn't have DPOS.

I would say BTSX has already lost value by losing many of the 'non-dilutionists' whatever decision you take may lose you some support from a small group of AGS/PTS/BTSX. Personally I would rather we err on the side of favouring BTSX.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: fuzzy on October 21, 2014, 12:30:02 am
So what will change after the merger? Will I get any Music, Vote, DNS or XYZ DAC shares, or is my gain more through association like my original impression?

Those will become "apps" (wont' necessarily have an equity) and not a DAC.

This statement makes me want to sell my DNS like yesterday, can we get a little more clarity?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: gamey on October 21, 2014, 12:32:23 am
THere is a big question here about the value that PTS holders give up when the whole PTS/AGS system is abandoned.  It is value that is being destroyed by the acquisition.  How do you even put that into the equation ?  You guys can just take a BTSX vote, but that isn't the same as a PTS vote.

I thought the idea was to transfer the remaining value of PTS/AGS into BTS.. not destroy value

Yes, future DACs (the functionality and/or actual separate DACs) will emerge from BTS.  it's not destroyed, only transferred.

You get more value in the form of BTSX but less from future snapshots which is why people invested in PTS/AGS to begin with.  That whole thing is flushed down to 17% or whatever of what it would have been.  So now PTS gets 17% of 20% instead of 20%.  Thats what PTS loses.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: gamey on October 21, 2014, 12:35:44 am
People with PTS were expecting a % of DACs going forward.  This % will be severely diluted.  If someone snapshots 20% in the future to BTSX, that is far different than 10% to PTS and 10% to AGS. 


What remaining DACs are there? Just an abstract "any future DACs"?

Yes.  Was this not what Dan sold as his vision for donations... from the beginning? All these low barrier to entry DACs?  Has everyone done a 180 on that view now ?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 21, 2014, 12:38:32 am
THere is a big question here about the value that PTS holders give up when the whole PTS/AGS system is abandoned.  It is value that is being destroyed by the acquisition.  How do you even put that into the equation ?  You guys can just take a BTSX vote, but that isn't the same as a PTS vote.

I thought the idea was to transfer the remaining value of PTS/AGS into BTS.. not destroy value

Yes, future DACs (the functionality and/or actual separate DACs) will emerge from BTS.  it's not destroyed, only transferred.

You get more value in the form of BTSX but less from future snapshots which is why people invested in PTS/AGS to begin with.  That whole thing is flushed down to 17% or whatever of what it would have been.  So now PTS gets 17% of 20% instead of 20%.  Thats what PTS looses.

ah, I see.  There is a bit of a difference but that is very hard to calculate.  It seems very theoretical.  You don't know if the value added (new DAC-like functinality/app) to the new whole (BTS) is worth more than the sum of the separate DACS.  Some of them may not have been successful on their own and would benefit from being part of BTS or possibly the reverse I suppose.

Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: gamey on October 21, 2014, 12:43:54 am


Personally I never found the need to get rid of AGS/PTS.  If they're hard to market, then don't market them.  Re-brand it all and make PTS/AGS like products of BItshares and make them an asset.

Keep Bitshares plan as it is otherwise.  Drop the X,  add democratic stake issuance.  I'm still quite happy.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Empirical1.1 on October 21, 2014, 12:44:57 am
People with PTS were expecting a % of DACs going forward.  This % will be severely diluted.  If someone snapshots 20% in the future to BTSX, that is far different than 10% to PTS and 10% to AGS. 


What remaining DACs are there? Just an abstract "any future DACs"?

Yes.  Was this not what Dan sold as his vision for donations... from the beginning? All these low barrier to entry DACs?  Has everyone done a 180 on that view now ?

Outside a core group of existing BitShares related talent Hackfisher, Toast, Eddie & Cob and perhaps Vote etc. there was really not much in the upcoming pipeline really. The one third party that did honour it LTS didn't do so well. Plus in a few months there'll be Ethereum competing for attention anyway. Personally I think this is a great deal for PTS and my AGS stake.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: GaltReport on October 21, 2014, 12:46:27 am
People with PTS were expecting a % of DACs going forward.  This % will be severely diluted.  If someone snapshots 20% in the future to BTSX, that is far different than 10% to PTS and 10% to AGS. 


What remaining DACs are there? Just an abstract "any future DACs"?

Yes.  Was this not what Dan sold as his vision for donations... from the beginning? All these low barrier to entry DACs?  Has everyone done a 180 on that view now ?

Man outside a core group of existing BitShares related talent Hackfisher, Toast, Eddie & Cob and perhaps Vote etc. there was really not much in the upcoming pipeline really. The one third party that did honour it LTS didn't do so well. Plus in a few months there'll be Ethereum competing for attention anyway. Personally I think this is a great deal for PTS and my AGS stake.

I think Bitshares was "The Big Idea" for most of us.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Method-X on October 21, 2014, 12:54:37 am
People with PTS were expecting a % of DACs going forward.  This % will be severely diluted.  If someone snapshots 20% in the future to BTSX, that is far different than 10% to PTS and 10% to AGS. 

Having a smaller percentage of a very big pie is better than having a large percentage of a very small pie. It's very likely the separate DACs wouldn't amount to much anyway without viral growth / network effect.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: fuzzy on October 21, 2014, 12:55:10 am
People with PTS were expecting a % of DACs going forward.  This % will be severely diluted.  If someone snapshots 20% in the future to BTSX, that is far different than 10% to PTS and 10% to AGS. 


What remaining DACs are there? Just an abstract "any future DACs"?

Yes.  Was this not what Dan sold as his vision for donations... from the beginning? All these low barrier to entry DACs?  Has everyone done a 180 on that view now ?

Man outside a core group of existing BitShares related talent Hackfisher, Toast, Eddie & Cob and perhaps Vote etc. there was really not much in the upcoming pipeline really. The one third party that did honour it LTS didn't do so well. Plus in a few months there'll be Ethereum competing for attention anyway. Personally I think this is a great deal for PTS and my AGS stake.

I think Bitshares was "The Big Idea" for most of us.

But then again...
One never knows what someone like bm will come up with in the future...

But if they are all "apps" now...instead of DACs, then what happens to the shares?  Will they still exist as tokens?  What will this psychologically do to the price of each once they are looked at like assets on a NxT exchange are looked at?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: arhag on October 21, 2014, 01:01:41 am


Personally I never found the need to get rid of AGS/PTS.  If they're hard to market, then don't market them.  Re-brand it all and make PTS/AGS like products of BItshares and make them an asset.

Keep Bitshares plan as it is otherwise.  Drop the X,  add democratic stake issuance.  I'm still quite happy.

The point of this merger is to not divide Dan and team's attention over many different DACs that like it or not will be competing with each other. If I3 is going to focus on one DAC (BTS, formally known as BTSX), then the value of all other DACs will plummet. In fact, we can already see this happening with fall in the price of DNS from the mere possibility of this proposal happening. If the value of all other current and future DACs plummet because of this, then AGS and PTS become worthless. So to be "fair" (whatever that means), the proposal is to at least compensate AGS/PTS holders. The value in having the team focus on a single DAC and driving all the growth to an increase in the value of a token that is diluted to pay for the growth is very large. It is much larger than a few percent adjustment here and there in the favor of BTSX or AGS/PTS.

And for the record: I am okay with bytemaster's original merger strategy. I don't hold PTS. I donated to the AGS campaign both pre-Feb 28 and post-Feb 28. I donated roughly equally amounts (in USD value) pre- and post- Feb 28. And I purchased about 20x more BTSX shortly after genesis compared to the genesis BTSX awarded via AGS.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: roadscape on October 21, 2014, 01:02:35 am
I'm semi-jokingly resentful of the AGS crowd. I overcompensated by picking up PTS.
The only value I got out of it was the Music snapshot, and I donated on top of that.
It sounds like everyone with AGS has had solid returns already.

I feel as though there's a certain negativity towards newcomers.
It's understandable, you were here first.

But Dan's proposal will lead to more success for everyone and level the playing field.
There exists no easy way to slice this issue, some will necessarily lose.

But 3i has more skin in the game than any of us, right? Certainly they will be fair.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Empirical1.1 on October 21, 2014, 01:07:46 am
Wow! how things move fast around here.

I listened to the mumble session and have spent the last 6 hours reading. I hold only BTSX and got in about 2 months ago.

But I haven't really seen the X of BTSX materialize. There is no way to trade other cryptos with BTSX unless you use some OTHER exchange. So there's something quite different about the btsX than all other crypto exchanges available today. There's so much discussed and so many ideas I've practically forgotten about BTSX as an eXchange.

I'm generally in favor of BM's proposal. I do have a question about what I'll be invested in after the merger. When I bought BTSX I thought I was investing in the eXchange, which would become worth more as each new DAC was added. I viewed it similarly to how PTS investors view their share "dividends" accrued with each new DAC launched.

I'm not too sure that was an accurate perspective, but that was my viewpoint. I never felt I had an explicit understanding of how a new DAC would add to my BTSX value.  But I was confident in BM's vision and believed the time was right to get onboard. I've been listening to BM since April.

So what will change after the merger? Will I get any Music, Vote, DNS or XYZ DAC shares, or is my gain more through association like my original impression?

BTSX is an exchange in that it lets you hold the value of cryptos and real world assets in a decentralised way! Within the wallet you can trade BitBTC, BitUSD, BitCNY and BitGold soon many more will be added. Also it's still finalising development and has yet to be marketed. BTSX on its own is an exciting proposition.

What will change after the merger is that more new features will be added to BTSX from other DACs and it will change from BitSharesX to BitShares. It will become a SuperDAC that is the sole focus of key BitShares talent. The downside is that your current position will be diluted so if you owned 10% of BTSX after the merger you will probably own 8-8.5% of the new BitShares.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Tuck Fheman on October 21, 2014, 01:31:49 am
I own BTSX/PTS/AGS.

much confusion. very consolidate. so change.

I can't figure out which option would be better for me personally, much less which is fair for all (or at least a majority).

EDIT : But so far Option B sounds the best.

Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: pariah99 on October 21, 2014, 01:41:21 am
I've been poking around the forum looking for a proposed allocation from I3 but all I can find are hypothetical ones which look like they're just there to illustrate the point of the merger (i.e. 80/10/10 BTSX/PTS/AGS one).  I know that you guys are probably still formulating an equitable plan, but when you do can we have a stickied proposal from the management?  Also, how is I3 planning to have us "vote" for the change?  Is it going to be a single hardfork, or are we going to have different delegates who create different chains based on their preferred allocations?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: bitmeat on October 21, 2014, 01:50:13 am
I prefer option B, even though it hurts me.

In my mind this is not really a dilution!

Tho those who think it is, understand that even though you give up some of the BTSX, you now get 20% of all future DACs, that honor the social contract.

There are also a lot of late comers who thought funding AGS would give them BTSX, not realizing the deadline. This hurts adoption, and leaves a bitter taste for those folks who were "late to the party".

Think of it also as good marketing, since those late adopters, who also funded the development of the toolkit, will now praise the ecosystem.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Felix on October 21, 2014, 01:54:20 am
I cann't understand the reason why AGS/PTS holders have already acquired btsx shares and now will be allocated again by diluting btsx shares!!!
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: bitmeat on October 21, 2014, 02:00:14 am
I cann't understand the reason why AGS/PTS holders have already acquired btsx shares and now will be allocated again by diluting btsx shares!!!

It's not diluting, it's a merger. BTSX is buying out AGS and PTS. I love it!

You as a BTSX holder would also receive dividends on all future DACs. Isn't it great?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Felix on October 21, 2014, 02:44:34 am
I cann't understand the reason why AGS/PTS holders have already acquired btsx shares and now will be allocated again by diluting btsx shares!!!

It's not diluting, it's a merger. BTSX is buying out AGS and PTS. I love it!

You as a BTSX holder would also receive dividends on all future DACs. Isn't it great?
In nature, it is a dilution! Btsx system is the key product for 3I. Even if btsx system doesn't merge AGS/PTS, it will have a good future too.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: pendragon3 on October 21, 2014, 03:54:38 am
THere is a big question here about the value that PTS holders give up when the whole PTS/AGS system is abandoned.  It is value that is being destroyed by the acquisition.  How do you even put that into the equation ?  You guys can just take a BTSX vote, but that isn't the same as a PTS vote.

I thought the idea was to transfer the remaining value of PTS/AGS into BTS.. not destroy value

Yes, future DACs (the functionality and/or actual separate DACs) will emerge from BTS.  it's not destroyed, only transferred.

You get more value in the form of BTSX but less from future snapshots which is why people invested in PTS/AGS to begin with.  That whole thing is flushed down to 17% or whatever of what it would have been.  So now PTS gets 17% of 20% instead of 20%.  Thats what PTS looses.

ah, I see.  There is a bit of a difference but that is very hard to calculate.  It seems very theoretical.  You don't know if the value added (new DAC-like functinality/app) to the new whole (BTS) is worth more than the sum of the separate DACS.  Some of them may not have been successful on their own and would benefit from being part of BTS or possibly the reverse I suppose.


It's not easy to estimate the value that would have accrued to PTS/AGS from stakes in all future DACs. But it can't be ignored. Didn't Bytemaster himself predict a couple of weeks ago that the potential future trillion-dollar valuation of the industry wouldn't just reside in BTSX, but instead be spread out over about a dozen or so different DACs?

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that 10% of the new BTS would be a raw deal for PTS and AGS holders. And BTSX holders may be gaining an unfairly large windfall because they will now have the ability to inherit a stake in all the future DACs, which was previously only available to investors in PTS and AGS.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: amencon on October 21, 2014, 04:18:14 am
THere is a big question here about the value that PTS holders give up when the whole PTS/AGS system is abandoned.  It is value that is being destroyed by the acquisition.  How do you even put that into the equation ?  You guys can just take a BTSX vote, but that isn't the same as a PTS vote.

I thought the idea was to transfer the remaining value of PTS/AGS into BTS.. not destroy value

Yes, future DACs (the functionality and/or actual separate DACs) will emerge from BTS.  it's not destroyed, only transferred.

You get more value in the form of BTSX but less from future snapshots which is why people invested in PTS/AGS to begin with.  That whole thing is flushed down to 17% or whatever of what it would have been.  So now PTS gets 17% of 20% instead of 20%.  Thats what PTS looses.

ah, I see.  There is a bit of a difference but that is very hard to calculate.  It seems very theoretical.  You don't know if the value added (new DAC-like functinality/app) to the new whole (BTS) is worth more than the sum of the separate DACS.  Some of them may not have been successful on their own and would benefit from being part of BTS or possibly the reverse I suppose.


It's not easy to estimate the value that would have accrued to PTS/AGS from stakes in all future DACs. But it can't be ignored. Didn't Bytemaster himself predict a couple of weeks ago that the potential future trillion-dollar valuation of the industry wouldn't just reside in BTSX, but instead be spread out over about a dozen or so different DACs?

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that 10% of the new BTS would be a raw deal for PTS and AGS holders. And BTSX holders may be gaining an unfairly large windfall because they will now have the ability to inherit a stake in all the future DACs, which was previously only available to investors in PTS and AGS.
Yes that was my motivation for my investment in PTS and AGS.

Though I suppose we should be happy we get something, even if it wasn't what we originally invested in.  Plenty of others in this space lose their investments to far worse.

Best case now we take our 6-10% and hope the debit card and the marketing secrets are real.  At this point I don't think the debate and decision over a couple percentage points will matter all that much.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: pendragon3 on October 21, 2014, 05:09:07 am
There is another issue worth pondering that I don't think have been discussed yet.

BM's proposal that bases the allocation on PTS market cap relative to BTSX market cap may be a simple solution, but is it really fair to PTS and AGS? If BTSX and PTS both had equally deep and liquid markets, perhaps market cap would be a suitable basis for relative value. But in fact PTS is and has been a much less liquid market. In the world of finance, it's well-known that illiquid stocks trade at a discount, and rightfully so--they are harder to get in and out of, so they should earn a higher return (and trade at a discount to the fundamental value). How large is the illiquidity discount for PTS? 20%? 30%? More?

So, if one wishes to argue that market cap is a good basis for allocation because it reflects the market consensus about the relative value of PTS vs. BTSX, one also needs to factor in that the PTS market cap understates the true value of Protoshares. Ergo, PTS and AGS should be allocated an extra premium.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Shentist on October 21, 2014, 05:27:58 am
a) we want it KISS in the future (keep it simple and stupid)

merge BTSX + PTS + AGS together

in my opinion it will be in favor of BTSX holders, because BTSX was always only created as an asset exchange and if bytemaster wanted he could move on to new projects. now BTSX will be the only sole entity with bytemasters focus.
AGS + PTS are invested in their assets, because they wanted to take a early risk for the chance of 10% of all DACs I3 will create or a 3rd party will create. with the merger they get diluted a lot, because BTSX was created from 50%/10% AGS/PTS allocation Feb. 28. All people after this snapshot will get only a % of this allocation. It is not AGS + PTS vx. BTSX but early Snapshot Feb. 28 against the rest.

Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: betax on October 21, 2014, 05:31:59 am
Another Option

Option A (or any already mentioned) +

Create a new asset made up AGS + PTS, this asset will used be to honour Third Party DACs.

Third Party DACS will have to honour this new asset with a minimum of 20%.

Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: alphaBar on October 21, 2014, 05:47:37 am
Guys, I am starting to understand what you're saying, and let me tell you - it FEELS SO GOOD. But I just realized that you aren't doing enough consolidating. What we really need to do is give all three a completely EQUAL distribution:

1/3 BTSX
1/3 AGS
1/3 PTS

Forget about the social contract - this is the FAIREST solution because it is EQUAL. You guys decided to make AGS and PTS the same (because equal is fair), but I say DON'T STOP THERE! I know, I know, some of you may say that this is not fair because it changes the value proposition of BTSX. This is totally false! Just like AGS, the social contract is totally optional because we're not a currency, we're a company! Companies can do wutever LOL.

Anyways, today is about EQUALITY. AGS is now magically liquid, yay! Transfer of wealth you say? I say "we're a company, idiot!" To da moon!
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: pendragon3 on October 21, 2014, 06:22:36 am
The way I see it, ending PTS and AGS simplifies and strengthens the incentive structure. From almost the beginning, there was some ambiguity about what exactly Bytemaster and the core team should be maximizing. Like a CEO who maximizes the current stock price, Bytemaster et al. initially set out to focus on maximizing the value of PTS. However, a tension was created between that objective and others when BTSX was launched.

To draw on the corporation metaphor, BTSX was like the first spinoff of PTS/AGS. Corporate spinoffs have their own stock and management team, so they inherit their own incentive structure and should in principle become self-sufficient vehicles for shareholder wealth maximization. In the case of BTSX, though, no alternate management team was available: Bytemaster was and continues to be the only one who can really drive it forward. This gave rise to fears that Bytemaster's loyalties and attention would be divided. By eliminating PTS and AGS, the problem of ambiguous incentives and divided loyalties is substantially reduced. So, I see the cessation of PTS and AGS as an essential part of the merger plan.

The key question then becomes, what allocation would be reasonably fair? One must realize that this merger is not just creating BTSX 2.0. It is creating a "conglomerate" with a much broader scope than just a decentralized bank & exchange. As with traditional mergers, the merging parties all bring something to the table. They "bargain" over the surplus relative to the status quo or default outcome. So, what is the default outcome here? It is what would happen if the merger proposal fell through or were infeasible. I'd argue that what would happen without a merger is that Bytemaster would proceed to develop VOTE into a formidable competitor, with market cap equaling or exceeding that of BTSX. in Bytemaster's words). Thus, by "agreeing" to the merger, PTS and AGS would be surrendering considerable value they would have otherwise gotten in VOTE. That is just one of the reasons I favor a higher allocation to PTS and AGS.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: svk on October 21, 2014, 06:29:32 am
I'm for option B: give 1:1 to current BTSX holders, give 250k each to PTS/AGS.

Although I'll probably lose a little in the short term from it as I have far more invested in BTSX directly after the snapshot than I have in post snapshot AGS/PTS, it only seems fair that we (BTSX holders) should pay a premium to acquire the potential of AGS/PTS.

I do NOT like the idea of a "capital infusion" dilution of 200k shares to pay for marketing, I hadn't seen that mentioned anywhere before and I'm not at all comfortable with big lump sum dilutions to pay for anything. Like BM said on the Mumble, dilution should be used for steady payments through delegate pay, not big lump sums.
 
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: gamey on October 21, 2014, 07:02:13 am
People with PTS were expecting a % of DACs going forward.  This % will be severely diluted.  If someone snapshots 20% in the future to BTSX, that is far different than 10% to PTS and 10% to AGS. 


What remaining DACs are there? Just an abstract "any future DACs"?

Yes.  Was this not what Dan sold as his vision for donations... from the beginning? All these low barrier to entry DACs?  Has everyone done a 180 on that view now ?

Outside a core group of existing BitShares related talent Hackfisher, Toast, Eddie & Cob and perhaps Vote etc. there was really not much in the upcoming pipeline really. The one third party that did honour it LTS didn't do so well. Plus in a few months there'll be Ethereum competing for attention anyway. Personally I think this is a great deal for PTS and my AGS stake.

Upcoming pipeline?   Lets please keep things in perspective.  The toolkit consists of Bitshares X which has not really hit a truly stable release.  How long was Bitcoin live before the first fork ?

Well I looked up something similar.. bitcoin - somewhere in 2009, litecoin - october 2011.  There were probably earlier forks, but you guys act like...  it is all done and wrapped up by I3 DACs.. Very bizarre to me. 

PTS is getting the shaft.  PTS has a commitment and paid funding to finish the toolkit.  I get toolkit will continue, but PTS is gone.  People left in BTSX do not appear to want any possible competitors. 

You guys are buying out PTS and replacing it with a snapshot that is openly anti-fork.

Or are we just making a genesis block written in stone and not transferring that to BTSX ?  THat is what BTSX should give up for paying market price and PTS/AGS giving up all future R&D PTS/AGS paid for to be directed in their interest. 

If PTS owners wanted BTSX, they would have liquidated and have BTSX.

yadda yadda...  just leave it at 10/10/80.   PTS is owed a premium base price.


Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: amencon on October 21, 2014, 08:07:31 am
People with PTS were expecting a % of DACs going forward.  This % will be severely diluted.  If someone snapshots 20% in the future to BTSX, that is far different than 10% to PTS and 10% to AGS. 


What remaining DACs are there? Just an abstract "any future DACs"?

Yes.  Was this not what Dan sold as his vision for donations... from the beginning? All these low barrier to entry DACs?  Has everyone done a 180 on that view now ?

Outside a core group of existing BitShares related talent Hackfisher, Toast, Eddie & Cob and perhaps Vote etc. there was really not much in the upcoming pipeline really. The one third party that did honour it LTS didn't do so well. Plus in a few months there'll be Ethereum competing for attention anyway. Personally I think this is a great deal for PTS and my AGS stake.

Upcoming pipeline?   Lets please keep things in perspective.  The toolkit consists of Bitshares X which has not really hit a truly stable release.  How long was Bitcoin live before the first fork ?

Well I looked up something similar.. bitcoin - somewhere in 2009, litecoin - october 2011.  There were probably earlier forks, but you guys act like...  it is all done and wrapped up by I3 DACs.. Very bizarre to me. 

PTS is getting the shaft.  PTS has a commitment and paid funding to finish the toolkit.  I get toolkit will continue, but PTS is gone.  People left in BTSX do not appear to want any possible competitors. 

You guys are buying out PTS and replacing it with a snapshot that is openly anti-fork.

Or are we just making a genesis block written in stone and not transferring that to BTSX ?  THat is what BTSX should give up for paying market price and PTS/AGS giving up all future R&D PTS/AGS paid for to be directed in their interest. 

If PTS owners wanted BTSX, they would have liquidated and have BTSX.

yadda yadda...  just leave it at 10/10/80.   PTS is owed a premium base price.
I agree completely, I'm actually not "happy" about 10/10/80, but sounds like BTSX only holders wouldn't be happy either, and they say when both sides of a negotiation come away unhappy then it was probably a fair deal.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: emski on October 21, 2014, 08:39:30 am
I've made some analysis here:
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=10225.0 (https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=10225.0)
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: BTSdac on October 21, 2014, 09:05:41 am
I was happy with 10/10/80.

The problem with this averaging out stuff is that one can make the argument for PTS.  Then people will say but no, PTS obviously had value shaved off during snapshots and future value leading up to snapshots.  Who really knows?  We can get into nested arguments all biased on what we want.

Try to correlate what the value of BTSX was pre-scare and do that with PTS.  Assume efficient markets.  Then chop it up like that.

or

10/10/80 as simple and straightforward.  It will save a lot of bickering and people will move on.
sounds fine with me.
also fine with me
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: blahblah7up on October 21, 2014, 09:10:21 am
Is it safe to move funds on and off exchanges right now?  How about claiming unclaimed Genesis funds in BTSX, DNS, etc. right now?

And what will happen generally unclaimed funds (I think BTSX has about 1/3 unclaimed still)?  Technically they are still associated with a Bitcoin address and not a BTSX address? Or are they already on the network somehow?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: santaclause102 on October 21, 2014, 09:11:40 am
16 % would feel quite a bit too little to me subjectively. The problem with the calculation is that something that is traded on coinmarketcap is always valued magnitudes higher than a donation fundraiser.

-> It might be more accurate to merge when DNS / Vote etc are actually trading and are on coinmarket cap. The result would be quite a bit different.

Personally I donated quite a bit to AGS after 2/28 expecting about the same amount of value from BTSX as from all other DACs combined. If post 2/28 PTS/AGS holders now only get 16/20 % that seems very little to me.

Has it been clarified yet what DACs are left and will have an own chain? Play, DNS, ME, else?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: gamey on October 21, 2014, 03:30:28 pm

The problem with these debates is that there is a larger interest in BTSX.  So of course they are for their side, which is BTSX.  Therefore we hear their side the most and people start thinking that is the consensus.

Then from there we vote on BTSX chain how to treat PTS. 

I'll go along with whatever, but it becomes obvious that those of us with an interest in PTS are not being represented that well in these discussions.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: pendragon3 on October 21, 2014, 04:06:55 pm
As I write this, the valuations on Coinmarketcap would seem to imply a naive marketcap-based allocation of about 10% to PTS, 10% to AGS, and 80% to BTSX. Here is a summary of the main reasons why this would be grossly unfair to PTS/AGS:

1. The proposed merger is in essence like an unsolicited takeover, to use the company metaphor, and PTS and AGS are not being given a chance to vote their approval. (I don't call it a "hostile" takeover because there is no management team for PTS/AGS in place to oppose it). Academic studies of large samples of corporate takeovers have shown that unsolicited takeovers typically require substantial premiums, say 40% or more, above the average pre-offer share price.

2. The coinmarketcap valuation of PTS likely understates the true fundamental value of Protoshares (and, by extension, Angelshares). This is because PTS is far less liquid than BTSX. Whether you look at dollar volume of trade or the order book on BTer, the conclusion is the same: PTS has a large built-in illiquidity discount relative to BTSX.

3. The proposed merger would basically discard the original social consensus (and perhaps try to forge a new one). The social consensus is an inherent property of PTS and AGS, and BTSX has certainly derived some value from "free riding" on it. None of what we have now would be possible without the cornerstone laid by PTS and AGS. Getting rid of the social consensus has a price that should also be factored in.

4. The new BTS entity being formed is not just BTSX 2.0. It is a much broader conglomerate that goes beyond banking and exchange. From this perspective, it is more like a merger of equals than a one-sided acquisition. Based on Bytemaster's recent views, we can expect that (1) a separately developed VOTE DAC would achieve a valuation equaling or exceeding BTSX, and (2) in the future, with a trillion dollar industry, the value would be spread evenly among a dozen or so different DACS rather than being concentrated in BTSX.
      So, PTS and AGS should be fully compensated for the substantial value that they are giving up. A simple example may help illustrate. Suppose that, without the merger, eventually BTSX = 100 and VOTE = 100. Suppose conservatively that all future DACS, large and small, would together be 200 (we can exclude DNS and MUSIC since the snapshots already occurred and we're focusing on future valuation). Now suppose that, with the merger, the combined BTS is 250 (there are additional synergies from eliminating competition between BTSX and VOTE). Finally, let's suppose chains inherit 10% (or 20% in the case of BTS).

Scenario A: a merger and a 80/10/10 allocation of BTS:

BTSX gets:  80%*250 + 80%*20%*200 = 232
PTS/AGS get: 20%*250 + 20%*20%*200 = 58


Scenario B: without a merger, VOTE is developed as competitor to BTSX, and PTS, AGS each get 30%:

BTSX gets: 100
PTS/AGS get:  60%*100 + 20%*200 = 100


The gains from the merger in Scenario A should be measured relative to values in the no-merger Scenario B, which is the default/fallback outcome (i.e., what would happen if the merger were not feasible). The relevant issue is, how much do parties gain or lose from choosing Scenario A versus Scenario B? Even if you adjust the numbers a bit, it's clear the 80/10/10 is woefully inadequate to compensate PTS and AGS for moving to Scenario A from Scenario B. And it becomes even more unfair the greater the assumed value of all future DACS.


So, the bottom line is, absolutely the merger should be done. It will yield great benefits in terms of branding, marketing, and incentives. But let's make sure we compensate PTS and AGS fairly and generously for the right to buy them out and eliminate them from the face of the earth.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: matt608 on October 21, 2014, 04:25:14 pm
@pendragon3, well reasoned writeup.  A criticism of your argument is that VOTE doesn't have equal or more market cap than BTSX, it's not even launched. 

Also, if VOTE + BTSX are separate their market cap would consist of many of the same investors so while they may get a bigger piece of VOTE, their BTSX would be worth less due to the competition.  And they receive the benefit of future DACS being united rather than in competition.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: santaclause102 on October 21, 2014, 05:02:33 pm
One practical solution that lets the market decide would be to launch all the DACs (incl. listing on one big exchange at least and a listing on coinmarketcap) that will be merged into BTSX with a landing page for each of the DACs that describes their value propositions and then do the merger based on those valuations.
ATM only insiders see/saw the value in PTS and AGS so the valuation is not super high. This would be different with the set up described above.

Edit: That might not work since there would be no measure for the price if it is known that it will be merged at a unknown percentage into BTSX. Am I thinking that wrong?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: alphaBar on October 21, 2014, 07:37:36 pm

The problem with these debates is that there is a larger interest in BTSX.  So of course they are for their side, which is BTSX.  Therefore we hear their side the most and people start thinking that is the consensus.

Then from there we vote on BTSX chain how to treat PTS. 

I'll go along with whatever, but it becomes obvious that those of us with an interest in PTS are not being represented that well in these discussions.

I really hate to agree with this guy, but whatever +5%
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: bytemaster on October 21, 2014, 10:28:46 pm

The problem with these debates is that there is a larger interest in BTSX.  So of course they are for their side, which is BTSX.  Therefore we hear their side the most and people start thinking that is the consensus.

Then from there we vote on BTSX chain how to treat PTS. 

I'll go along with whatever, but it becomes obvious that those of us with an interest in PTS are not being represented that well in these discussions.

I really hate to agree with this guy, but whatever +5%

We are the single largest holder of PTS by far.  Giving a large stake to PTS and AGS would be massively in our favor.  So you can believe that PTS perspective was considered.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: emski on October 21, 2014, 10:40:55 pm

The problem with these debates is that there is a larger interest in BTSX.  So of course they are for their side, which is BTSX.  Therefore we hear their side the most and people start thinking that is the consensus.

Then from there we vote on BTSX chain how to treat PTS. 

I'll go along with whatever, but it becomes obvious that those of us with an interest in PTS are not being represented that well in these discussions.

I really hate to agree with this guy, but whatever +5%

We are the single largest holder of PTS by far.  Giving a large stake to PTS and AGS would be massively in our favor.  So you can believe that PTS perspective was considered.

PTS and AGS held prior feb28 are not affected by any numbers. They always get the same stake.
PTS and AGS obtained after feb28 are massively devaluated. And this is direct breach of all the promises you and III made.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: gamey on October 21, 2014, 10:41:56 pm

The problem with these debates is that there is a larger interest in BTSX.  So of course they are for their side, which is BTSX.  Therefore we hear their side the most and people start thinking that is the consensus.

Then from there we vote on BTSX chain how to treat PTS. 

I'll go along with whatever, but it becomes obvious that those of us with an interest in PTS are not being represented that well in these discussions.

I really hate to agree with this guy, but whatever +5%

We are the single largest holder of PTS by far.  Giving a large stake to PTS and AGS would be massively in our favor.  So you can believe that PTS perspective was considered.

I was suggesting that the arguments on the forum were all very lopsided in a pro-BTSX manner.  Although my observation is that it has changed and plenty of people defended PTS.  I didn't really mean to say you guys were not giving PTS consideration.  I've ranted enough so I won't say much more.

I'm just mainly pissed about this whole flipping of direction of what Bitshares was supposed to be about.

We've traded complexity in marketing for complexity in the wallet.  So instead of having different brands, we now have a ton of different features on one blockchain inside a wallet. 

Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: blahblah7up on October 21, 2014, 10:42:49 pm
Another thing to consider would be the expectation of the buyer (what they thought they were buying).  BTSX buyers thought they were buying a certain number of BTSX.  That stays the same.  PTS/AGS buyers thought they were buying a percentage.

Really fair would be some sort of moving average payout which maintains that 7% (or whatever is decided to be fair) over time.
Title: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: bytemaster on October 21, 2014, 10:44:36 pm
DNs and vote are mostly ags and pts so 10% it is for all practical purposes.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: emski on October 21, 2014, 10:47:08 pm
DNs and vote are mostly ags and pts so 10% it is for all practical purposes.
10% and devs were supposed to hold 80%. Now these 80% are into btsx. And there will be further dilution. Which is much different than the promises.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: bytemaster on October 22, 2014, 12:06:15 am
DNs and vote are mostly ags and pts so 10% it is for all practical purposes.
10% and devs were supposed to hold 80%. Now these 80% are into btsx. And there will be further dilution. Which is much different than the promises.

The devs 80% was to be removed... didn't clarify that.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: alphaBar on October 22, 2014, 12:12:49 am

The problem with these debates is that there is a larger interest in BTSX.  So of course they are for their side, which is BTSX.  Therefore we hear their side the most and people start thinking that is the consensus.

Then from there we vote on BTSX chain how to treat PTS. 

I'll go along with whatever, but it becomes obvious that those of us with an interest in PTS are not being represented that well in these discussions.

I really hate to agree with this guy, but whatever +5%

We are the single largest holder of PTS by far.  Giving a large stake to PTS and AGS would be massively in our favor.  So you can believe that PTS perspective was considered.

1) You are "gifting" liquidity to AGS at the expense of all other assets, with literally NO discount. Essentially assigning liquidity a value of ZERO.
2) You are killing the sharedrop incentive by transferring a DAC-agnostic asset like PTS/AGS into a superDAC representing a variety of biased interests. This further devalues PTS/AGS.
3) You are violating the social contract of PTS/AGS.
4) You are making decisions based on mixing and conflating the consensus of one group of asset holders with those of another. In fact, I wouldn't even call it consensus, but that's another point entirely.

And when I bring up these very clear points you say "this hurts me more than it hurts you." Really Dan? Entertain me with a semblance of a response, at least.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 22, 2014, 12:23:17 am
The devs 80% was to be removed... didn't clarify that.

Oh,

HOLY FUCK THAT IS A BIG DEAL.

It means that our calculation that DNS should be like 75 satoshi right now...should actually be that DNS should be 300 some satoshi right now.



Ok I sold 80k BTSX and bought DNS with it at 150 sat. 

Either I misinterpreted Bytemaster and just lost a couple thousand dollars, or I was the first one to see him post this and just made a couple thousand dollars.

Information is a big deal!



Bytemaster can you please confirm:  The 3% allocation in BTS that is going to DNS holders is only going to those DNS shares that were already issued, and NOT to the billions of dev shares?

That means that we are only looking at about 1 billion DNS shares getting these new BTS, not 5 billion?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 22, 2014, 12:28:18 am
Anyone? 

Did DNS tank by 50% today for no reason because we misunderstood the allocation?  Should it actually still be around 300 sat?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Ander on October 22, 2014, 12:32:02 am
How many outstanding shares of DNS are there actually, that are going to be converted into 3% of BTS?

Is it the full 5 billion number, or a smaller amount?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Stan on October 22, 2014, 12:35:06 am

The problem with these debates is that there is a larger interest in BTSX.  So of course they are for their side, which is BTSX.  Therefore we hear their side the most and people start thinking that is the consensus.

Then from there we vote on BTSX chain how to treat PTS. 

I'll go along with whatever, but it becomes obvious that those of us with an interest in PTS are not being represented that well in these discussions.

I really hate to agree with this guy, but whatever +5%

We are the single largest holder of PTS by far.  Giving a large stake to PTS and AGS would be massively in our favor.  So you can believe that PTS perspective was considered.

1) You are "gifting" liquidity to AGS at the expense of all other assets, with literally NO discount. Essentially assigning liquidity a value of ZERO.
2) You are killing the sharedrop incentive by transferring a DAC-agnostic asset like PTS/AGS into a superDAC representing a variety of biased interests. This further devalues PTS/AGS.
3) You are violating the social contract of PTS/AGS.
4) You are making decisions based on mixing and conflating the consensus of one group of asset holders with those of another. In fact, I wouldn't even call it consensus, but that's another point entirely.

And when I bring up these very clear points you say "this hurts me more than it hurts you." Really Dan? Entertain me with a semblance of a response, at least.

See if this change of perspective makes you feel a bit better...
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=10293.msg135034#msg135034 (https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=10293.msg135034#msg135034)

PTS and AGS have spawned a child that surpasses their performance by a light year.  I know the feeling.   :)
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: alphaBar on October 22, 2014, 12:41:47 am

The problem with these debates is that there is a larger interest in BTSX.  So of course they are for their side, which is BTSX.  Therefore we hear their side the most and people start thinking that is the consensus.

Then from there we vote on BTSX chain how to treat PTS. 

I'll go along with whatever, but it becomes obvious that those of us with an interest in PTS are not being represented that well in these discussions.

I really hate to agree with this guy, but whatever +5%

We are the single largest holder of PTS by far.  Giving a large stake to PTS and AGS would be massively in our favor.  So you can believe that PTS perspective was considered.

1) You are "gifting" liquidity to AGS at the expense of all other assets, with literally NO discount. Essentially assigning liquidity a value of ZERO.
2) You are killing the sharedrop incentive by transferring a DAC-agnostic asset like PTS/AGS into a superDAC representing a variety of biased interests. This further devalues PTS/AGS.
3) You are violating the social contract of PTS/AGS.
4) You are making decisions based on mixing and conflating the consensus of one group of asset holders with those of another. In fact, I wouldn't even call it consensus, but that's another point entirely.

And when I bring up these very clear points you say "this hurts me more than it hurts you." Really Dan? Entertain me with a semblance of a response, at least.

See if this change of perspective makes you feel a bit better...
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=10293.msg135034#msg135034 (https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=10293.msg135034#msg135034)

PTS and AGS have spawned a child that surpasses their performance by a light year.  I know the feeling.   :)

Stan - even if you could prove that unifying all these assets into a single Bitshares token was good, it is irrelevant to my point. Your proposed allocation is provably unfair because it creates a large transfer of wealth to AGS holders at the expense of everyone else. All of the sudden these "locked up" AGS will be liquid, introducing massive sell pressure on every other linked asset. Liquidity is worth a HUGE and easily quantifiable premium, and in your proposal that premium is being paid solely by holders of PTS (and BTSX). If you address my arguments directly we can make progress.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: voldemort628 on October 22, 2014, 07:05:57 am
So i can claim my stake in the new BTS using my claimed BTSX, AGS (which were already used to claim btsx and dns) , and the newly claimed DNS right?
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: gaba on October 22, 2014, 07:34:03 am
BM and I bounced the number "~16%" for PTS+AGS (+ small for DNS) around because it uses the value at which BTSX seemed to be stable for a long time ($75m for BTSX), also it is halfway between it's current price and ATH.

Maybe the price is "stable" because you pumped it with our AGS donations? You will be remembered as just another crypto-scammers  with lots of broken promises.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Riverhead on October 22, 2014, 10:17:04 am
BM and I bounced the number "~16%" for PTS+AGS (+ small for DNS) around because it uses the value at which BTSX seemed to be stable for a long time ($75m for BTSX), also it is halfway between it's current price and ATH.

Maybe the price is "stable" because you pumped it with our AGS donations? You will be remembered as just another crypto-scammers  with lots of broken promises.

They still hold a lot of AGS. There was no pump.
Title: Re: What does a fair allocation of Bitshares to BTSX/AGS/PTS holders look like?
Post by: Riverhead on October 22, 2014, 10:26:03 am
Anyone? 

Did DNS tank by 50% today for no reason because we misunderstood the allocation?  Should it actually still be around 300 sat?

Good question. Man, this is going to be an interesting chapter when someone makes a PBS special about the birth of BTS :).