What are the incentives to use bitassets?

[bytemaster]

No, a bit asset is collaterized with a long and 2 short bitshares.  Every 24 hours or so,  the short bitshares forego their dividends, so both of those bitshares dividends go to the long bitasser holder.  Thus holding a bit asset gives you twice more dividends then holding a noncollaterized bitshare

This was true as of the white paper; however, with the latest design enhancements and simplifications BitAssets now pay 5% no matter what, where as dividends fluctuate based upon demand for transactions on the network.   Your collateral continues to earn dividends; however, the amount of BitAsset you owe grows by 5% no matter what (because it is being paid to the BitAsset holder). 

Thus we can have a very simple and predictable return for BitAsset holders and for borrowers (shorts).   

How can the 5% be known when it depends on the degree to which the service this DAC provides is used?

Dividends depends upon transaction fees.  Shorts pay 5% and Longs earn 5% and the number is hard coded.

[santaclause102]

No, a bit asset is collaterized with a long and 2 short bitshares.  Every 24 hours or so,  the short bitshares forego their dividends, so both of those bitshares dividends go to the long bitasser holder.  Thus holding a bit asset gives you twice more dividends then holding a noncollaterized bitshare

This was true as of the white paper; however, with the latest design enhancements and simplifications BitAssets now pay 5% no matter what, where as dividends fluctuate based upon demand for transactions on the network.   Your collateral continues to earn dividends; however, the amount of BitAsset you owe grows by 5% no matter what (because it is being paid to the BitAsset holder). 

Thus we can have a very simple and predictable return for BitAsset holders and for borrowers (shorts).   

How can the 5% be known when it depends on the degree to which the service this DAC provides is used?

[bytemaster]

No, a bit asset is collaterized with a long and 2 short bitshares.  Every 24 hours or so,  the short bitshares forego their dividends, so both of those bitshares dividends go to the long bitasser holder.  Thus holding a bit asset gives you twice more dividends then holding a noncollaterized bitshare

This was true as of the white paper; however, with the latest design enhancements and simplifications BitAssets now pay 5% no matter what, where as dividends fluctuate based upon demand for transactions on the network.   Your collateral continues to earn dividends; however, the amount of BitAsset you owe grows by 5% no matter what (because it is being paid to the BitAsset holder). 

Thus we can have a very simple and predictable return for BitAsset holders and for borrowers (shorts).   

[Bitcoinfan]

No, a bit asset is collaterized with a long and 2 short bitshares.  Every 24 hours or so,  the short bitshares forego their dividends, so both of those bitshares dividends go to the long bitasser holder.  Thus holding a bit asset gives you twice more dividends then holding a noncollaterized bitshare

[BldSwtTrs]

And does someone who buy Bitshares have to use BitAssets or can he just owns Bitshares and nothing else?

Sure. But the dividends are lower or don't exist (not sure which of both is right) when you hold bitshares. But you profit from the value increase due to adaption...

I thought dividends were in the form of bitshares destruction. So even if someone just holds bitshares he should gain as much dividends as someone holding BitAssets, no?

[santaclause102]

And does someone who buy Bitshares have to use BitAssets or can he just owns Bitshares and nothing else?

Sure. But the dividends are lower or don't exist (not sure which of both is right) when you hold bitshares. But you profit from the value increase due to adaption...

[BldSwtTrs]

And does someone who buy Bitshares have to use BitAssets or can he just owns Bitshares and nothing else?

[bytemaster]

The more I think about Bitshare, the more I understand it and the more I am excited about it. But one thing still comes to my mind that I am not sure about it.
Why someone would use bitassets to speculate or hedge against something instead of using what already exist to do so?

5% of interest  seems pretty high to me and even if it's good for bitshares holders it may be a barrier for using bitassets. I mean Bitcoin is adopted because it lower the costs of transfering and storing value. It wouldn't work if it would make the cost of doing these things higher. So I guess my question is what are the cost one paye to buy a future on gold on a centralized market place, more or less than 5%?

Holding BitAssets PAYS you 5% interest.   Shorting BitAssets costs you 5% so the borrowing costs are lower than etrade and the savings yield higher than your bank because there is no middle man.

Is someone who want to borrow BitAssets has to buy BitShares also?

Yes, you need collateral to borrow.

[BldSwtTrs]

The more I think about Bitshare, the more I understand it and the more I am excited about it. But one thing still comes to my mind that I am not sure about it.
Why someone would use bitassets to speculate or hedge against something instead of using what already exist to do so?

5% of interest  seems pretty high to me and even if it's good for bitshares holders it may be a barrier for using bitassets. I mean Bitcoin is adopted because it lower the costs of transfering and storing value. It wouldn't work if it would make the cost of doing these things higher. So I guess my question is what are the cost one paye to buy a future on gold on a centralized market place, more or less than 5%?

Holding BitAssets PAYS you 5% interest.   Shorting BitAssets costs you 5% so the borrowing costs are lower than etrade and the savings yield higher than your bank because there is no middle man.

Is someone who want to borrow BitAssets has to buy BitShares also?

[bytemaster]

The market will introduce a new chain and version 2 of bitshares will use a prediction market to set the rate. 


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Why dont we integrate a prediction market into bts in the first place?

Because it is another moving part and I want to walk before attempting to do more.   I will consider it.

Isn't bts a Prediction market?

It is but I still need to integrate the data into setting an interest rate.

[santaclause102]

The market will introduce a new chain and version 2 of bitshares will use a prediction market to set the rate. 


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Why dont we integrate a prediction market into bts in the first place?

Because it is another moving part and I want to walk before attempting to do more.   I will consider it.

Isn't bts a Prediction market?

[bytemaster]

The market will introduce a new chain and version 2 of bitshares will use a prediction market to set the rate. 


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Why dont we integrate a prediction market into bts in the first place?

Because it is another moving part and I want to walk before attempting to do more.   I will consider it.

[voldemort628]

The market will introduce a new chain and version 2 of bitshares will use a prediction market to set the rate. 


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Why dont we integrate a prediction market into bts in the first place?

[bytemaster]

The more I think about Bitshare, the more I understand it and the more I am excited about it. But one thing still comes to my mind that I am not sure about it.
Why someone would use bitassets to speculate or hedge against something instead of using what already exist to do so?

5% of interest  seems pretty high to me and even if it's good for bitshares holders it may be a barrier for using bitassets. I mean Bitcoin is adopted because it lower the costs of transfering and storing value. It wouldn't work if it would make the cost of doing these things higher. So I guess my question is what are the cost one paye to buy a future on gold on a centralized market place, more or less than 5%?

Holding BitAssets PAYS you 5% interest.   Shorting BitAssets costs you 5% so the borrowing costs are lower than etrade and the savings yield higher than your bank because there is no middle man.

Not sure I follow you.

I trade options frequently and I don't get charged anything but a contract fee. When I go short on margin from a put contract getting exercised I don't get charged a fee other than a trade fee to buy the stock or sell it. I am Just required to have a certain amount in my account but never the full risk amount.

Can you explain what borrowing costs you are talking about? Do you mean lost interest or dividend risk?

Options are different that short sells.    If you borrow stocks or cash to buy or sell on margin you will pay 8.5% for anything less than $25K and over 5% for anything less than $500K with 4% being the lowest borrowing costs you can get from them.

We also have options contracts and these only charge a minimal transaction fee proportional to the bytes used in the blockchain.

That makes sense. I never naked sell stock or borrow to buy.

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Will you be able to leverage and how will the margin requirements be? Will it be a bit for bit ratio or 2 to 1 etc.? 
I love the probabilities of options and am interested in how black-scholes will apply given that volatility is a big factor.  Very interesting. Can't wait.

About the market: will there be established Market makers guaranteeing liquidity or will it just be based on luck to find someone to take he opposite side of the trade?

I am sure market makers will find it profitable to operate on the chain, but we will not be performing that function.

Initial collateral requirements is 2x and maintenance is 1.5x the borrowed assets value.

[Simulacra_and_Simulation]

The more I think about Bitshare, the more I understand it and the more I am excited about it. But one thing still comes to my mind that I am not sure about it.
Why someone would use bitassets to speculate or hedge against something instead of using what already exist to do so?

5% of interest  seems pretty high to me and even if it's good for bitshares holders it may be a barrier for using bitassets. I mean Bitcoin is adopted because it lower the costs of transfering and storing value. It wouldn't work if it would make the cost of doing these things higher. So I guess my question is what are the cost one paye to buy a future on gold on a centralized market place, more or less than 5%?

Holding BitAssets PAYS you 5% interest.   Shorting BitAssets costs you 5% so the borrowing costs are lower than etrade and the savings yield higher than your bank because there is no middle man.

Not sure I follow you.

I trade options frequently and I don't get charged anything but a contract fee. When I go short on margin from a put contract getting exercised I don't get charged a fee other than a trade fee to buy the stock or sell it. I am Just required to have a certain amount in my account but never the full risk amount.

Can you explain what borrowing costs you are talking about? Do you mean lost interest or dividend risk?

Options are different that short sells.    If you borrow stocks or cash to buy or sell on margin you will pay 8.5% for anything less than $25K and over 5% for anything less than $500K with 4% being the lowest borrowing costs you can get from them.

We also have options contracts and these only charge a minimal transaction fee proportional to the bytes used in the blockchain.

That makes sense. I never naked sell stock or borrow to buy.

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Will you be able to leverage and how will the margin requirements be? Will it be a bit for bit ratio or 2 to 1 etc.? 
I love the probabilities of options and am interested in how black-scholes will apply given that volatility is a big factor.  Very interesting. Can't wait.

About the market: will there be established Market makers guaranteeing liquidity or will it just be based on luck to find someone to take he opposite side of the trade?

[bytemaster]

The more I think about Bitshare, the more I understand it and the more I am excited about it. But one thing still comes to my mind that I am not sure about it.
Why someone would use bitassets to speculate or hedge against something instead of using what already exist to do so?

5% of interest  seems pretty high to me and even if it's good for bitshares holders it may be a barrier for using bitassets. I mean Bitcoin is adopted because it lower the costs of transfering and storing value. It wouldn't work if it would make the cost of doing these things higher. So I guess my question is what are the cost one paye to buy a future on gold on a centralized market place, more or less than 5%?

Holding BitAssets PAYS you 5% interest.   Shorting BitAssets costs you 5% so the borrowing costs are lower than etrade and the savings yield higher than your bank because there is no middle man.

Not sure I follow you.

I trade options frequently and I don't get charged anything but a contract fee. When I go short on margin from a put contract getting exercised I don't get charged a fee other than a trade fee to buy the stock or sell it. I am Just required to have a certain amount in my account but never the full risk amount.

Can you explain what borrowing costs you are talking about? Do you mean lost interest or dividend risk?

Options are different that short sells.    If you borrow stocks or cash to buy or sell on margin you will pay 8.5% for anything less than $25K and over 5% for anything less than $500K with 4% being the lowest borrowing costs you can get from them.

We also have options contracts and these only charge a minimal transaction fee proportional to the bytes used in the blockchain. 

[Simulacra_and_Simulation]

The more I think about Bitshare, the more I understand it and the more I am excited about it. But one thing still comes to my mind that I am not sure about it.
Why someone would use bitassets to speculate or hedge against something instead of using what already exist to do so?

5% of interest  seems pretty high to me and even if it's good for bitshares holders it may be a barrier for using bitassets. I mean Bitcoin is adopted because it lower the costs of transfering and storing value. It wouldn't work if it would make the cost of doing these things higher. So I guess my question is what are the cost one paye to buy a future on gold on a centralized market place, more or less than 5%?

Holding BitAssets PAYS you 5% interest.   Shorting BitAssets costs you 5% so the borrowing costs are lower than etrade and the savings yield higher than your bank because there is no middle man.

Not sure I follow you.

I trade options frequently and I don't get charged anything but a contract fee. When I go short on margin from a put contract getting exercised I don't get charged a fee other than a trade fee to buy the stock or sell it. I am Just required to have a certain amount in my account but never the full risk amount.

Can you explain what borrowing costs you are talking about? Do you mean lost interest or dividend risk?

[BldSwtTrs]

The market will introduce a new chain and version 2 of bitshares will use a prediction market to set the rate. 

If a successor chain like this is introduced, will the genesis block recognise the version 1 holders to 100 % at launch date or will you (have to) stick to your published social contract and acknowledge PTS/AGS with 10 %, leaving max 80 % for version 1 holders?

Any chain that inherits a chain that honored AGS and PTS is still valid as this is the means by which chains 'upgrade'.   However, upgrading the chain requires funding and thus will consume *new* capital to build and therefore it should be allocated proportional to those who funded it and thus AGS and PTS should be honored 50/50 in the new chain.  Of course, to get people to move over to the upgraded chain it might be wise marketing to do 33/33/33.   

In other words, I don't have an answer for you just yet other than that all of the above strategies would be legitimate.

Btw, technically PTS doesn't fund the infrascture only AGS does.

So is it possible that someone following this reasoning would honor only AGS and not PTS?

[Markus]

So I gather that anything between 10/10/80 and 50/50/0 is possible, right?

I think you will need to allocate a major share to the holders of the old chain.
Otherwise the mere threat of a chain upgrade will undermine the value of chain version 1.

[bytemaster]

The market will introduce a new chain and version 2 of bitshares will use a prediction market to set the rate. 

If a successor chain like this is introduced, will the genesis block recognise the version 1 holders to 100 % at launch date or will you (have to) stick to your published social contract and acknowledge PTS/AGS with 10 %, leaving max 80 % for version 1 holders?

Any chain that inherits a chain that honored AGS and PTS is still valid as this is the means by which chains 'upgrade'.   However, upgrading the chain requires funding and thus will consume *new* capital to build and therefore it should be allocated proportional to those who funded it and thus AGS and PTS should be honored 50/50 in the new chain.  Of course, to get people to move over to the upgraded chain it might be wise marketing to do 33/33/33.   

In other words, I don't have an answer for you just yet other than that all of the above strategies would be legitimate. 

[Markus]

The market will introduce a new chain and version 2 of bitshares will use a prediction market to set the rate. 

If a successor chain like this is introduced, will the genesis block recognise the version 1 holders to 100 % at launch date or will you (have to) stick to your published social contract and acknowledge PTS/AGS with 10 %, leaving max 80 % for version 1 holders?

[bytemaster]

The market will introduce a new chain and version 2 of bitshares will use a prediction market to set the rate. 


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[heropzy]

I have a question, if many years later, the 5% interest is not suitable for the economy system. Who has the right to change the "5%" since BTS X is Pos and consensus, is it the over 51% shareholder of BTS X?

[bytemaster]

The more I think about Bitshare, the more I understand it and the more I am excited about it. But one thing still comes to my mind that I am not sure about it.
Why someone would use bitassets to speculate or hedge against something instead of using what already exist to do so?

5% of interest  seems pretty high to me and even if it's good for bitshares holders it may be a barrier for using bitassets. I mean Bitcoin is adopted because it lower the costs of transfering and storing value. It wouldn't work if it would make the cost of doing these things higher. So I guess my question is what are the cost one paye to buy a future on gold on a centralized market place, more or less than 5%?

Holding BitAssets PAYS you 5% interest.   Shorting BitAssets costs you 5% so the borrowing costs are lower than etrade and the savings yield higher than your bank because there is no middle man.

[BldSwtTrs]

The more I think about Bitshare, the more I understand it and the more I am excited about it. But one thing still comes to my mind that I am not sure about it.
Why someone would use bitassets to speculate or hedge against something instead of using what already exist to do so?

5% of interest  seems pretty high to me and even if it's good for bitshares holders it may be a barrier for using bitassets. I mean Bitcoin is adopted because it lower the costs of transfering and storing value. It wouldn't work if it would make the cost of doing these things higher. So I guess my question is what are the cost one paye to buy a future on gold on a centralized market place, more or less than 5%?