Someday (in non-default based future), Pirate will drop his service and return all deposits. What happens at that point? I assume since you got all the deposits returned to you, you will turn around and buy back all shares @1 btc. Correct?
How big does someone have to be to ask for a direct withdrawal? Is there any price point of GIPPT where you would consider initiating a small pirate withdrawal specifically to buy back shares on GLBSE and cancel out the shares? If you don't do this then I think you are earning interest yourself on value that is no longer present in the market you created... it's an interesting position to be in.
Apologize if these are dumb questions, I like your fund.
Thank you-
Ok, here's where I get to step in.. you're spewing shit. You need to get your facts straight and stop talking so authoritatively about other people's businesses, especially when you clearly don't know what the hell you're talking about.
EIEIO isn't exposed to Pirate. Its a mining farm that does pretty well. There are many, many people on this forum that have sold and either shipped to me or sold to me and met me in person. I have on order with various enterprises a bunch more gear. Go digging on the forums, its documented and timestamped. In fact, ask Maged or Theymos to verify I haven't edited them anytime lately.
I /was/ involved in a PPT with 5 other people, but both INAU and I have sold our shares and are no longer invested in that. That is also documented here on the forums.
I currently run a direct PPT, uninsured, meaning the only funds are funds that people explicitly give to me for that purpose. In addition, I think its been about 98% that have been internal transfers at BS&T which means very little inflows from me on behalf of others into BS&T.
Assuming this bond is backed (in part) by a mining farm, I could still see a default scenario if the BTC price rose sharply and pirate defaulted, as mining farms are mostly valued in USD.