On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:50:00 -0700 "Ian Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Joshua Boehme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 23 Nov 2008 00:00:16 -0000 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> I PBA-deposit all the assets I recently withdrew in the message titled > >> "Bank run, part 1" (I believe this gets me ^667). > > > > Until woggle's amendment is adopted, I encourage all Comrades to deposit > > large quantities of assets close to midnight. "Surprise" deposits can make > > a scheme like this very, very costly. > > Only on Monday midnights, when the rate for a currency that isn't > entirely withdrawn would go down instead of up. On any other night, > surprise deposits would cause the scam to fail without penalty for > some assets, but it could also increase the ROI for some of the > successful ones. As a result, I think the overall trend would be that > it would make the scam more profitable. > > Surprise withdrawals, OTOH, would ensure the scam's success but reduce > the potential profits. What I am suggesting is trying to time deposits to fall between the withdrawals and the deposits. In such a case, the deposits devalue the assets your are holding as well as prevent the automatic exchange rate increase. Since your margins are already somewhat thin, a shift in rates of a couple of coins per asset... -- Elysion
