Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Contract: Agoran Credit Union

2007-10-01 Thread Ian Kelly
On 10/1/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about: make kopeks zero-sum. Then kopeks can't be a currency. But that might not be so bad. -root

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Contract: Agoran Credit Union

2007-10-01 Thread Zefram
How about: make kopeks zero-sum. Kopeks represent credits and debts, not absolute wealth. You can transfer kopeks away from yourself as long as your kopek total stays above some negative limit (your credit limit) which depends (probably linearly) on the number of VCs you have. Members with a neg

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Contract: Agoran Credit Union

2007-10-01 Thread Ian Kelly
On 10/1/07, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suppose the following system instead: Whenever a new member joins for > the first time, e receives credit for the VCs e had at that time. > Whenever a former member joins, e receives credit for the credit e had > when e left, adjusted for any VC g

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Contract: Agoran Credit Union

2007-10-01 Thread Ian Kelly
On 9/24/07, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 5) Each kopeck has exactly one color. Each color of kopeck is a > currency. Ownership of kopecks is restricted to members. The > Bankor is the recordkeepor of kopecks. > > 6) As soon as possible after a member requests credit, the Bankor

DIS: Re: BUS: Contract: Agoran Credit Union

2007-09-23 Thread Levi Stephen
Ed Murphy wrote: 6) As soon as possible after a member requests credit, the Bankor SHALL create in eir possession, for each color of VC in eir possession, minimum(100*X-Y,0) kopecks of that color, where X is the number of VCs of that color in eir possession, and Y is the number of ko