What I don't understand is why S.DICE is going to IPO on this penny-ante exchange instead of GLBSE. I think that Mr. E.V.'s ideological fetishes might be putting the business sensibilities in the back seat. Which is dangerous for investors.
I do have many ideological fetishes, that is true
Business is one of them.
I would like to comment on the GLBSE vs. MPEx issue, however. First of all, I love GLBSE, and have good relationships with the people involved there. SD listing on MPEx is in no way a condemnation of the other platform. Second of all, it seems that many Bitcoiners complain when aspects of Bitcoinland become "centralized"... and yet here we have MPEx as a competing platform to GLBSE and people come out and complain that I haven't listed on the "main" platform.
I have many goals in Bitcoinland, and one of them is to enrich and nurture the various services. I do not want GLBSE to be the only equity platform. Launching SD elsewhere furthers this goal, but of course I cannot please all parties. In any case, let it be on the record that I'm a big advocate and supporter of GLBSE, as well. A richer, more diversified equity market is good for all of us, I think.
My concern is how the media will view one of bitcoins largest "companies" listing on a website that also runs gore and possibly prostitution as part of its other business activities. If you think the media gives a bad rap to silk road I can only imagine what sort of hit job they can do on this.
How much investigation did you do about MPEX as listing there implies you support the rest of their activities. Even cryptostocks would have been a better choice if you just wanted to support a different exchange. You just gave the media a free kick at bitcoins expense.
Who are you, again?
