Author

Topic: [LABCOIN] IPO [BTCT.CO] - Details/FAQ and Discussion (ASIC dev/sales/mining) - page 885. (Read 1079974 times)

full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 100
Now we just hope that with LABCOIN and BTCGARDEN IPO's on the same day, BTCT.CO servers are wearing their very best work gloves.

I would like to thank everyone for their comments in this thread. I totally understand the frustration that many people feel and I hope that people understand that we are only trying to do our best in an 'impossible situation'. I completely understand that not everyone is going to be happy with the solution but hopefully a majority will feel that we at least did our best in solving the problem.

Cheers!
(And now it's time for me to have a drink and a cigarette)
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
this is dumb so the bids over .001 are being taken what is the point of an IPO?

they arent being taken, but they represent a smaller volume than they could if they were @ 0.001

It sounds like they are being taken... someone just said that they are accepting a ratio of it, so please explain how your statement of "they are not being taken" is correct

only the volume of them counts, they add up all the shares @ 0.001 and above to get the ratio, and then all of them are multiplied by that ratio, and everyone gets shares @0.001, but if you have a bid over 0.001, then you "lose" shares, as you could bid for a higher volume @ a lower price.
ajk
donator
Activity: 447
Merit: 250
So its more beneficial to put up a wall right now instead of waiting til 9 PM EST to purchase shares,
legendary
Activity: 994
Merit: 1000
this is dumb so the bids over .001 are being taken what is the point of an IPO?

they arent being taken, but they represent a smaller volume than they could if they were @ 0.001

It sounds like they are being taken... someone just said that they are accepting a ratio of it, so please explain how your statement of "they are not being taken" is correct

Lol, they aren't being taken.  If you bid 100,000 shares and the ratio ends up being 60%, you will end up buying 60,000 shares for .001 and the remaining btc will still be in your account.
hero member
Activity: 700
Merit: 500
Everyone with higher bids are going to want to move your bids to .001, otherwise you are cheating yourselves out of a chance at more shares.  Realistically all bids should be at exactly .001.
For example, if you bid 100,000 shares at .0011 you could move those bids to .001 with 0 risk and bid 110,000 shares for the same btc.

That's my understanding as well. Burnside, could you please confirm this – we then could move all our orders to 0.001
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 100
this is dumb so the bids over .001 are being taken what is the point of an IPO?

they arent being taken, but they represent a smaller volume than they could if they were @ 0.001

+1 as far as I have understood.

TLDR: Bids of 0.001 and over will be pooled for share distribution at IPO price (0.001) and bids below IPO price will be cleared before trading start.
legendary
Activity: 1176
Merit: 1015
Can someone post the clock for share buying pre-IPO cutoff please
legendary
Activity: 1311
Merit: 1000
Hi all, I'm posting this somewhat blind.  (haven't caught up with the last 10 or so pages...)

TheSwede75 and I have talked a bit and here's what we've come up with:

- 3 PM CST/4 PM EST is the cutoff for bidding.  (EDITED!)
- Sometime shortly after that time I will lock the asset.
    - All bids below 0.001 will be thrown out.
    - All bids posted after the cutoff will be thrown out.
- We will then add up all the bids and use the total to create a ratio of number of shares ordered to number of shares available.  (eg, 9,000,000 ordered, 7,000,000 available gives us a ratio of 0.777)
- We will multiply everyone's orders times the ratio and extract a whole number of shares on a per order basis.  The orders will then be filled according to the result at 0.001 BTC.  (regardless of what they actually bid.)
- This will leave some number of shares available due to rounding down to a whole number on every calculation.  We'll figure out a way to deal with these fairly.  Most likely recipients will be chosen at random from the pool of bidders but they will be a very small portion of the overall issue.
- 8 PM CST/9 PM EST we remove the admin lock and everyone can start trading.

Wednesdays are already full days for me with ASICMINER-PT related duties and my day job.  So please be patient today.  Responses to customer service and related requests will unfortunately be delayed significantly so that I can write and test all the code necessary to execute the plan above.

Cheers.

Good job Burnside

and theswede75!
ajk
donator
Activity: 447
Merit: 250
this is dumb so the bids over .001 are being taken what is the point of an IPO?

they arent being taken, but they represent a smaller volume than they could if they were @ 0.001

It sounds like they are being taken... someone just said that they are accepting a ratio of it, so please explain how your statement of "they are not being taken" is correct
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 100
this is dumb so the bids over .001 are being taken what is the point of an IPO?

I will confirm with Ethan Burnside but this is not the intent. Bids of 0.001 AND over will be pooled, only bids below the IPO price will be cleared.
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
Hi all, I'm posting this somewhat blind.  (haven't caught up with the last 10 or so pages...)

TheSwede75 and I have talked a bit and here's what we've come up with:

- 3 PM CST/4 PM EST is the cutoff for bidding.  (EDITED!)
- Sometime shortly after that time I will lock the asset.
    - All bids below 0.001 will be thrown out.
    - All bids posted after the cutoff will be thrown out.
- We will then add up all the bids and use the total to create a ratio of number of shares ordered to number of shares available.  (eg, 9,000,000 ordered, 7,000,000 available gives us a ratio of 0.777)
- We will multiply everyone's orders times the ratio and extract a whole number of shares on a per order basis.  The orders will then be filled according to the result at 0.001 BTC.  (regardless of what they actually bid.)
- This will leave some number of shares available due to rounding down to a whole number on every calculation.  We'll figure out a way to deal with these fairly.  Most likely recipients will be chosen at random from the pool of bidders but they will be a very small portion of the overall issue.
- 8 PM CST/9 PM EST we remove the admin lock and everyone can start trading.

Wednesdays are already full days for me with ASICMINER-PT related duties and my day job.  So please be patient today.  Responses to customer service and related requests will unfortunately be delayed significantly so that I can write and test all the code necessary to execute the plan above.

Cheers.

Everyone with higher bids are going to want to move your bids to .001, otherwise you are cheating yourselves out of a chance at more shares.  Realistically all bids should be at exactly .001.


For example, if you bid 100,000 shares at .0011 you could move those bids to .001 with 0 risk and bid 110,000 shares for the same btc.

exaclty
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
this is dumb so the bids over .001 are being taken what is the point of an IPO?

they arent being taken, but they represent a smaller volume than they could if they were @ 0.001
legendary
Activity: 994
Merit: 1000
Hi all, I'm posting this somewhat blind.  (haven't caught up with the last 10 or so pages...)

TheSwede75 and I have talked a bit and here's what we've come up with:

- 3 PM CST/4 PM EST is the cutoff for bidding.  (EDITED!)
- Sometime shortly after that time I will lock the asset.
    - All bids below 0.001 will be thrown out.
    - All bids posted after the cutoff will be thrown out.
- We will then add up all the bids and use the total to create a ratio of number of shares ordered to number of shares available.  (eg, 9,000,000 ordered, 7,000,000 available gives us a ratio of 0.777)
- We will multiply everyone's orders times the ratio and extract a whole number of shares on a per order basis.  The orders will then be filled according to the result at 0.001 BTC.  (regardless of what they actually bid.)
- This will leave some number of shares available due to rounding down to a whole number on every calculation.  We'll figure out a way to deal with these fairly.  Most likely recipients will be chosen at random from the pool of bidders but they will be a very small portion of the overall issue.
- 8 PM CST/9 PM EST we remove the admin lock and everyone can start trading.

Wednesdays are already full days for me with ASICMINER-PT related duties and my day job.  So please be patient today.  Responses to customer service and related requests will unfortunately be delayed significantly so that I can write and test all the code necessary to execute the plan above.

Cheers.

Everyone with higher bids are going to want to move your bids to .001, otherwise you are cheating yourselves out of a chance at more shares.  Realistically all bids should be at exactly .001.


For example, if you bid 100,000 shares at .0011 you could move those bids to .001 with 0 risk and bid 110,000 shares for the same btc.
ajk
donator
Activity: 447
Merit: 250
this is dumb so the bids over .001 are being taken what is the point of an IPO?
member
Activity: 106
Merit: 10
Hi all, I'm posting this somewhat blind.  (haven't caught up with the last 10 or so pages...)

TheSwede75 and I have talked a bit and here's what we've come up with:

- 3 PM CST/4 PM EST is the cutoff for bidding.  (EDITED!)
- Sometime shortly after that time I will lock the asset.
    - All bids below 0.001 will be thrown out.
    - All bids posted after the cutoff will be thrown out.
- We will then add up all the bids and use the total to create a ratio of number of shares ordered to number of shares available.  (eg, 9,000,000 ordered, 7,000,000 available gives us a ratio of 0.777)
- We will multiply everyone's orders times the ratio and extract a whole number of shares on a per order basis.  The orders will then be filled according to the result at 0.001 BTC.  (regardless of what they actually bid.)
- This will leave some number of shares available due to rounding down to a whole number on every calculation.  We'll figure out a way to deal with these fairly.  Most likely recipients will be chosen at random from the pool of bidders but they will be a very small portion of the overall issue.
- 8 PM CST/9 PM EST we remove the admin lock and everyone can start trading.

Wednesdays are already full days for me with ASICMINER-PT related duties and my day job.  So please be patient today.  Responses to customer service and related requests will unfortunately be delayed significantly so that I can write and test all the code necessary to execute the plan above.

Cheers.


Based on current bids, everyone who has bid BTC0.001 or greater will receive 71.14% of their order.
sr. member
Activity: 420
Merit: 250
Hi all, I'm posting this somewhat blind.  (haven't caught up with the last 10 or so pages...)

TheSwede75 and I have talked a bit and here's what we've come up with:

- 3 PM CST/4 PM EST is the cutoff for bidding.  (EDITED!)
- Sometime shortly after that time I will lock the asset.
    - All bids below 0.001 will be thrown out.
    - All bids posted after the cutoff will be thrown out.
- We will then add up all the bids and use the total to create a ratio of number of shares ordered to number of shares available.  (eg, 9,000,000 ordered, 7,000,000 available gives us a ratio of 0.777)
- We will multiply everyone's orders times the ratio and extract a whole number of shares on a per order basis.  The orders will then be filled according to the result at 0.001 BTC.  (regardless of what they actually bid.)
- This will leave some number of shares available due to rounding down to a whole number on every calculation.  We'll figure out a way to deal with these fairly.  Most likely recipients will be chosen at random from the pool of bidders but they will be a very small portion of the overall issue.
- 8 PM CST/9 PM EST we remove the admin lock and everyone can start trading.

Wednesdays are already full days for me with ASICMINER-PT related duties and my day job.  So please be patient today.  Responses to customer service and related requests will unfortunately be delayed significantly so that I can write and test all the code necessary to execute the plan above.

Cheers.


Please respond and confirm that this means there is no point in a pre-cutoff bid above 0.001 as you are looking at nothing other than the number of shares requested in a given bid.  

full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
Hi all, I'm posting this somewhat blind.  (haven't caught up with the last 10 or so pages...)

TheSwede75 and I have talked a bit and here's what we've come up with:

- 3 PM CST/4 PM EST is the cutoff for bidding.  (EDITED!)
- Sometime shortly after that time I will lock the asset.
    - All bids below 0.001 will be thrown out.
    - All bids posted after the cutoff will be thrown out.
- We will then add up all the bids and use the total to create a ratio of number of shares ordered to number of shares available.  (eg, 9,000,000 ordered, 7,000,000 available gives us a ratio of 0.777)
- We will multiply everyone's orders times the ratio and extract a whole number of shares on a per order basis.  The orders will then be filled according to the result at 0.001 BTC.  (regardless of what they actually bid.)
- This will leave some number of shares available due to rounding down to a whole number on every calculation.  We'll figure out a way to deal with these fairly.  Most likely recipients will be chosen at random from the pool of bidders but they will be a very small portion of the overall issue.
- 8 PM CST/9 PM EST we remove the admin lock and everyone can start trading.

Wednesdays are already full days for me with ASICMINER-PT related duties and my day job.  So please be patient today.  Responses to customer service and related requests will unfortunately be delayed significantly so that I can write and test all the code necessary to execute the plan above.

Cheers.

+1

Chances are, some will move their coins to the other IPO and the ratio will be 1 by the proposed time.


many +1, thanks Burnside and TheSwede75
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 100
Hi all, I'm posting this somewhat blind.  (haven't caught up with the last 10 or so pages...)

TheSwede75 and I have talked a bit and here's what we've come up with:

- 3 PM CST/4 PM EST is the cutoff for bidding.  (EDITED!)
- Sometime shortly after that time I will lock the asset.
    - All bids below 0.001 will be thrown out.
    - All bids posted after the cutoff will be thrown out.
- We will then add up all the bids and use the total to create a ratio of number of shares ordered to number of shares available.  (eg, 9,000,000 ordered, 7,000,000 available gives us a ratio of 0.777)
- We will multiply everyone's orders times the ratio and extract a whole number of shares on a per order basis.  The orders will then be filled according to the result at 0.001 BTC.  (regardless of what they actually bid.)
- This will leave some number of shares available due to rounding down to a whole number on every calculation.  We'll figure out a way to deal with these fairly.  Most likely recipients will be chosen at random from the pool of bidders but they will be a very small portion of the overall issue.
- 8 PM CST/9 PM EST we remove the admin lock and everyone can start trading.

Wednesdays are already full days for me with ASICMINER-PT related duties and my day job.  So please be patient today.  Responses to customer service and related requests will unfortunately be delayed significantly so that I can write and test all the code necessary to execute the plan above.

Cheers.

This is our solution: Like it or not, me and Ethan could not figure out a more 'fair' way of distributing shares. We are fully aware that this is by NO means a perfect solution but it is as close to a 'real world' IPO as possible and with the situation being what it is (Please don't hurt me!).
sr. member
Activity: 420
Merit: 250
Sounds fair.  Looking forward to seeing what happens when trading starts.  Grin  Grin  Grin
sr. member
Activity: 376
Merit: 250
Hi all, I'm posting this somewhat blind.  (haven't caught up with the last 10 or so pages...)

TheSwede75 and I have talked a bit and here's what we've come up with:

- 3 PM CST/4 PM EST is the cutoff for bidding.  (EDITED!)
- Sometime shortly after that time I will lock the asset.
    - All bids below 0.001 will be thrown out.
    - All bids posted after the cutoff will be thrown out.
- We will then add up all the bids and use the total to create a ratio of number of shares ordered to number of shares available.  (eg, 9,000,000 ordered, 7,000,000 available gives us a ratio of 0.777)
- We will multiply everyone's orders times the ratio and extract a whole number of shares on a per order basis.  The orders will then be filled according to the result at 0.001 BTC.  (regardless of what they actually bid.)
- This will leave some number of shares available due to rounding down to a whole number on every calculation.  We'll figure out a way to deal with these fairly.  Most likely recipients will be chosen at random from the pool of bidders but they will be a very small portion of the overall issue.
- 8 PM CST/9 PM EST we remove the admin lock and everyone can start trading.

Wednesdays are already full days for me with ASICMINER-PT related duties and my day job.  So please be patient today.  Responses to customer service and related requests will unfortunately be delayed significantly so that I can write and test all the code necessary to execute the plan above.

sounds sane
Cheers.
Jump to: