Topic: [BETA]Bitfinex.com first Bitcoin P2P lending platform for leverage trading - page 25. (Read 137528 times)
April 15, 2013, 05:36:29 AM
Thanks Raph. I sent you an email regarding the interest issue
April 15, 2013, 05:35:23 AM
Small notice:
Due to the volume of Wire deposit we have, we have updated our bank account detail. This is still a temporary bank account (until we have our own), but that have the authorization to handle more volume.
If you sent your wire to our previous bank account, don't worry, we will still receive the funds and credit your balance. This bank account is still open and working.
Cheers
Raphael
Due to the volume of Wire deposit we have, we have updated our bank account detail. This is still a temporary bank account (until we have our own), but that have the authorization to handle more volume.
If you sent your wire to our previous bank account, don't worry, we will still receive the funds and credit your balance. This bank account is still open and working.
Cheers
Raphael
April 15, 2013, 05:20:30 AM
Hmmm...so Bitcoinica was actually a bucket shop? I didn't know that.
The same person... I have got a candidate..
you can read this http://www.fxcm.co.uk/execution-types.jsp like a example on what type of scenario the house can benefits from trader loses ofc that's not a bucket shop but is just so ppl get more knowledge The same person... I have got a candidate..
April 15, 2013, 05:02:14 AM
Quick question about how the Maximum lending time (days) column works in Lending.
So I have a loan offering open at a certain percentage for 15 days. At the time, I was the only loan open at that percentage. Someone else has just put up a loan for the same percentage, but for 2 days. That seems to have overridden my offer, and the column now shows the maximum days for that percentage to be 2 days. This happens all the time, and is quite confusing. I'm assuming potential lendees see the same information, which gives a misleading take on things. To them, they'd think that the Max they can borrow is 2 days, when really they could take a 15 day loan.
Not sure how to tweak this really. Should you always show the actual Maximum amount of days (so in this case it'd be 15 days, rather than 2), which makes more sense, or should you just show two rows for that percentage, eg:
15 days 10% 40BTC 1
2 days 10% 20BTC 1
What does everyone else think?
I also agree with others that the minimum interest calculation time should be 1 hour (rather than calculating by the minute, but by all means implement that if it's possible). Too often people will take a loan out for 5 minutes then cancel it. That's just annoying
If they were to be charged an hours interest I suspect they'd think more carefully before clicking the button 
So I have a loan offering open at a certain percentage for 15 days. At the time, I was the only loan open at that percentage. Someone else has just put up a loan for the same percentage, but for 2 days. That seems to have overridden my offer, and the column now shows the maximum days for that percentage to be 2 days. This happens all the time, and is quite confusing. I'm assuming potential lendees see the same information, which gives a misleading take on things. To them, they'd think that the Max they can borrow is 2 days, when really they could take a 15 day loan.
Not sure how to tweak this really. Should you always show the actual Maximum amount of days (so in this case it'd be 15 days, rather than 2), which makes more sense, or should you just show two rows for that percentage, eg:
15 days 10% 40BTC 1
2 days 10% 20BTC 1
What does everyone else think?
I also agree with others that the minimum interest calculation time should be 1 hour (rather than calculating by the minute, but by all means implement that if it's possible). Too often people will take a loan out for 5 minutes then cancel it. That's just annoying
If they were to be charged an hours interest I suspect they'd think more carefully before clicking the button Bump
Hello Simon,
Yes the display maximum time is indicative only. However if borrowers wants more and your offer has more than what is displayed, it will be taken.
Yeah I'm thinking about a way to charge more accurately charge interests, that won't be changed immediately though.
Hello everyone,
It's not easy to find out who placed this bet, and no, (s)he's not trying to hedge. It's the same person that doesn't get that Bitfinex doesn't work like Bitcoinica.
Those that understand our model, that see that we do not hedge positions one against each other but back them up with lenders funds should'nt be too worried.
The others can withdraw their money if they are not comfortable.
We won't be insolvent by the end of the month nor the end of the year.
Let me know if you have any questions
Raphael
Bitfinex team
It's not easy to find out who placed this bet, and no, (s)he's not trying to hedge. It's the same person that doesn't get that Bitfinex doesn't work like Bitcoinica.
Those that understand our model, that see that we do not hedge positions one against each other but back them up with lenders funds should'nt be too worried.
The others can withdraw their money if they are not comfortable.
We won't be insolvent by the end of the month nor the end of the year.
Let me know if you have any questions
Raphael
Bitfinex team
Good work anyway Raphael, btw when is the new insured loan feature popping up? I think 30% is not a bad price to pay for the security of the loans. Will 30% be enough to help you guys secure everything though?Many thanks
When we'll be able to. We really cannot give you an ETA on this. We will discuss it with all associates at the end of this week.
Hmmm...so Bitcoinica was actually a bucket shop? I didn't know that.
The same person... I have got a candidate..
Yep, they hedged positions against one each other. So as soon as the market takes a trend (for example UP), and there is far more long than short, bad things happen.
We on the other hand, backup positions only by lenders funds. So this kind of problem cannot happen.
Actually because most of our trades happens on Mtgox, we could theoretically being short on funds even though there is enough lenders funds on our bank account/wallet. That's why we implemented a check, and if there is less than funds necessary to close all the positions of one side + a percentage of our total funds, then you cannot open or increase a position even if there is enough offers available. That's annoying for traders, but prevent us from running in the situation where we run out of funds. That's what happen sometimes with USD, since most of our users are long and/or want to buy bitcoins.
Bye
Raphael
Bitfinex team
April 15, 2013, 04:45:34 AM
Hello everyone,
It's not easy to find out who placed this bet, and no, (s)he's not trying to hedge. It's the same person that doesn't get that Bitfinex doesn't work like Bitcoinica.
Those that understand our model, that see that we do not hedge positions one against each other but back them up with lenders funds should'nt be too worried.
The others can withdraw their money if they are not comfortable.
We won't be insolvent by the end of the month nor the end of the year.
Let me know if you have any questions
Raphael
Bitfinex team
It's not easy to find out who placed this bet, and no, (s)he's not trying to hedge. It's the same person that doesn't get that Bitfinex doesn't work like Bitcoinica.
Those that understand our model, that see that we do not hedge positions one against each other but back them up with lenders funds should'nt be too worried.
The others can withdraw their money if they are not comfortable.
We won't be insolvent by the end of the month nor the end of the year.
Let me know if you have any questions
Raphael
Bitfinex team
Hmmm...so Bitcoinica was actually a bucket shop? I didn't know that.
The same person... I have got a candidate..
April 15, 2013, 04:41:55 AM
Hello everyone,
It's not easy to find out who placed this bet, and no, (s)he's not trying to hedge. It's the same person that doesn't get that Bitfinex doesn't work like Bitcoinica.
Those that understand our model, that see that we do not hedge positions one against each other but back them up with lenders funds should'nt be too worried.
The others can withdraw their money if they are not comfortable.
We won't be insolvent by the end of the month nor the end of the year.
Let me know if you have any questions
Raphael
Bitfinex team
It's not easy to find out who placed this bet, and no, (s)he's not trying to hedge. It's the same person that doesn't get that Bitfinex doesn't work like Bitcoinica.
Those that understand our model, that see that we do not hedge positions one against each other but back them up with lenders funds should'nt be too worried.
The others can withdraw their money if they are not comfortable.
We won't be insolvent by the end of the month nor the end of the year.
Let me know if you have any questions
Raphael
Bitfinex team
Good work anyway Raphael, btw when is the new insured loan feature popping up? I think 30% is not a bad price to pay for the security of the loans. Will 30% be enough to help you guys secure everything though?Many thanks
April 15, 2013, 04:41:11 AM
Quick question about how the Maximum lending time (days) column works in Lending.
So I have a loan offering open at a certain percentage for 15 days. At the time, I was the only loan open at that percentage. Someone else has just put up a loan for the same percentage, but for 2 days. That seems to have overridden my offer, and the column now shows the maximum days for that percentage to be 2 days. This happens all the time, and is quite confusing. I'm assuming potential lendees see the same information, which gives a misleading take on things. To them, they'd think that the Max they can borrow is 2 days, when really they could take a 15 day loan.
Not sure how to tweak this really. Should you always show the actual Maximum amount of days (so in this case it'd be 15 days, rather than 2), which makes more sense, or should you just show two rows for that percentage, eg:
15 days 10% 40BTC 1
2 days 10% 20BTC 1
What does everyone else think?
I also agree with others that the minimum interest calculation time should be 1 hour (rather than calculating by the minute, but by all means implement that if it's possible). Too often people will take a loan out for 5 minutes then cancel it. That's just annoying If they were to be charged an hours interest I suspect they'd think more carefully before clicking the button
So I have a loan offering open at a certain percentage for 15 days. At the time, I was the only loan open at that percentage. Someone else has just put up a loan for the same percentage, but for 2 days. That seems to have overridden my offer, and the column now shows the maximum days for that percentage to be 2 days. This happens all the time, and is quite confusing. I'm assuming potential lendees see the same information, which gives a misleading take on things. To them, they'd think that the Max they can borrow is 2 days, when really they could take a 15 day loan.
Not sure how to tweak this really. Should you always show the actual Maximum amount of days (so in this case it'd be 15 days, rather than 2), which makes more sense, or should you just show two rows for that percentage, eg:
15 days 10% 40BTC 1
2 days 10% 20BTC 1
What does everyone else think?
I also agree with others that the minimum interest calculation time should be 1 hour (rather than calculating by the minute, but by all means implement that if it's possible). Too often people will take a loan out for 5 minutes then cancel it. That's just annoying
If they were to be charged an hours interest I suspect they'd think more carefully before clicking the button Bump
April 15, 2013, 04:32:03 AM
Hello everyone,
It's not easy to find out who placed this bet, and no, (s)he's not trying to hedge. It's the same person that doesn't get that Bitfinex doesn't work like Bitcoinica.
Those that understand our model, that see that we do not hedge positions one against each other but back them up with lenders funds should'nt be too worried.
The others can withdraw their money if they are not comfortable.
We won't be insolvent by the end of the month nor the end of the year.
Let me know if you have any questions
Raphael
Bitfinex team
It's not easy to find out who placed this bet, and no, (s)he's not trying to hedge. It's the same person that doesn't get that Bitfinex doesn't work like Bitcoinica.
Those that understand our model, that see that we do not hedge positions one against each other but back them up with lenders funds should'nt be too worried.
The others can withdraw their money if they are not comfortable.
We won't be insolvent by the end of the month nor the end of the year.
Let me know if you have any questions
Raphael
Bitfinex team
April 15, 2013, 04:23:39 AM
...or troll!
April 15, 2013, 02:15:27 AM
Have you seen this?
http://bitbet.us/bet/362/bitfinex-insolvent-by-end-of-april/
Will Bifinex be insolvent by the end of the month.
Weighted No: 153`203
Weighted Yes: 281`621
I guess I should pull my coins out quick
http://bitbet.us/bet/362/bitfinex-insolvent-by-end-of-april/
Will Bifinex be insolvent by the end of the month.
Weighted No: 153`203
Weighted Yes: 281`621
I guess I should pull my coins out quick
That's a little scary.
I hope Bitfinex is ok, the way I see it if the traders are good they are taking money from the exchanges (Gox) and thus it makes sense that it can work, however the crash did lose money for the company (Raph said he covered the lenders with the investors money) However what we do not know is the extent of the damage. They haven't really said much about that.
And I still have outstanding loans at 1500% even though apparently the lenders can swap them out for cheaper ones. If so why aren't the traders using my money closing and getting a loan 4 times cheaper?
Anyway I am confident that Bitfinex will not close down, The crash really exposed a lot of people though. But lets be honest we were all being greedy. I was making at the peak $200 a day from interest gained! You can't expect a risk free investment that can turn $10,000 into $200 a day. So I am still grateful for Bitfinex and the opportunity they have given us.
Guess someone is trying to hedge.
April 15, 2013, 02:08:56 AM
hi, i am trying to trade on margin and am not sure when i will be margin called. i asked support and they sent me this explanation which reads like greek to me
Yes we recently made some change. You will get a margin call if your net value, that is, your trading balance converted in USD + your unrealized loss + your unrealized swap in less than your margin requirements (5%) * the base price of your position * the size of your position.
can someone please explain how margin calls work and what percentages and stuff i need?
imo this can help you https://community.bitfinex.com/showwiki.php?title=Margin+Call Yes we recently made some change. You will get a margin call if your net value, that is, your trading balance converted in USD + your unrealized loss + your unrealized swap in less than your margin requirements (5%) * the base price of your position * the size of your position.
can someone please explain how margin calls work and what percentages and stuff i need?
April 15, 2013, 01:50:13 AM
hi, i am trying to trade on margin and am not sure when i will be margin called. i asked support and they sent me this explanation which reads like greek to me
Yes we recently made some change. You will get a margin call if your net value, that is, your trading balance converted in USD + your unrealized loss + your unrealized swap in less than your margin requirements (5%) * the base price of your position * the size of your position.
can someone please explain how margin calls work and what percentages and stuff i need?
Yes we recently made some change. You will get a margin call if your net value, that is, your trading balance converted in USD + your unrealized loss + your unrealized swap in less than your margin requirements (5%) * the base price of your position * the size of your position.
can someone please explain how margin calls work and what percentages and stuff i need?
April 15, 2013, 01:24:45 AM
That's a little scary.
Quote
CONFIRMED BETS: 5.33 BTC
only 5.33
What is the return on 1 Bitcoin if Bitfinex does NOT close by the end of April?
April 14, 2013, 11:57:58 PM
That's a little scary.
Quote
CONFIRMED BETS: 5.33 BTC
only 5.33
What is the return on 1 Bitcoin if Bitfinex does NOT close by the end of April?
April 14, 2013, 11:46:47 PM
That's a little scary.
Quote
CONFIRMED BETS: 5.33 BTC
only 5.33
April 14, 2013, 11:31:07 PM
Have you seen this?
http://bitbet.us/bet/362/bitfinex-insolvent-by-end-of-april/
Will Bifinex be insolvent by the end of the month.
Weighted No: 153`203
Weighted Yes: 281`621
I guess I should pull my coins out quick
http://bitbet.us/bet/362/bitfinex-insolvent-by-end-of-april/
Will Bifinex be insolvent by the end of the month.
Weighted No: 153`203
Weighted Yes: 281`621
I guess I should pull my coins out quick
That's a little scary.
I hope Bitfinex is ok, the way I see it if the traders are good they are taking money from the exchanges (Gox) and thus it makes sense that it can work, however the crash did lose money for the company (Raph said he covered the lenders with the investors money) However what we do not know is the extent of the damage. They haven't really said much about that.
And I still have outstanding loans at 1500% even though apparently the lenders can swap them out for cheaper ones. If so why aren't the traders using my money closing and getting a loan 4 times cheaper?
Anyway I am confident that Bitfinex will not close down, The crash really exposed a lot of people though. But lets be honest we were all being greedy. I was making at the peak $200 a day from interest gained! You can't expect a risk free investment that can turn $10,000 into $200 a day. So I am still grateful for Bitfinex and the opportunity they have given us.
April 14, 2013, 10:03:40 PM
Cool... Bitfinex starts to be percieved as relevant
April 14, 2013, 07:43:58 PM
Have you seen this?
http://bitbet.us/bet/362/bitfinex-insolvent-by-end-of-april/
Will Bifinex be insolvent by the end of the month.
Weighted No: 153`203
Weighted Yes: 281`621
I guess I should pull my coins out quick
http://bitbet.us/bet/362/bitfinex-insolvent-by-end-of-april/
Will Bifinex be insolvent by the end of the month.
Weighted No: 153`203
Weighted Yes: 281`621
I guess I should pull my coins out quick
April 14, 2013, 07:29:54 PM
Hi again,
So, today's interest is slightly lower than it ought to be (not by half like last time though). Yesterday I had the exact same three loans open, and received $118 in interest. Today I had the same three loans open (ie, they weren't closed), plus I also had some BTC loaned out for about 15 hours or so. Somehow today's interest is $113, and I didn't appear to get any BTC interest at all.
So yes, it's only $5 difference, but my point is that in this case there shouldn't be any difference at all (or if there is, it should be in my favour due to the BTC loans).
Again, just a heads up so you can take a look at the calculations and get them sorted out. I know you guys are under pressure lately, but if people don't get paid the expected amount then that's a pretty major thing that'll cause loss in confidence in the site and eventually people will start to move away.
Let me know if you need any more info to help out
So, today's interest is slightly lower than it ought to be (not by half like last time though
). Yesterday I had the exact same three loans open, and received $118 in interest. Today I had the same three loans open (ie, they weren't closed), plus I also had some BTC loaned out for about 15 hours or so. Somehow today's interest is $113, and I didn't appear to get any BTC interest at all.So yes, it's only $5 difference, but my point is that in this case there shouldn't be any difference at all (or if there is, it should be in my favour due to the BTC loans).
Again, just a heads up so you can take a look at the calculations and get them sorted out. I know you guys are under pressure lately, but if people don't get paid the expected amount then that's a pretty major thing that'll cause loss in confidence in the site and eventually people will start to move away.
Let me know if you need any more info to help out
April 14, 2013, 06:54:56 PM
Damn, congrats on these 1800% loans! 
I switched to VIR for today, to actually lend out my money instead of having it lying around. As Monday is approaching and there should probably be some money arriving at exchanges, I now decided again to put in some higher rates for any returned loans... let's see if the market is ready for 3-4% a day interests for lenders again.
I switched to VIR for today, to actually lend out my money instead of having it lying around. As Monday is approaching and there should probably be some money arriving at exchanges, I now decided again to put in some higher rates for any returned loans... let's see if the market is ready for 3-4% a day interests for lenders again.
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