Re: [spoon-discuss] BNS in the Market

[Glotmorf <nomicmorf@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Craig <ragnarok@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> OK, now that that's there (and while waiting
> for my message to show up
> >> >> in
> >> >> Thermo), I come to the market and convert all
> but one of my Coins into
> >> >> 1000
> >> >> BNS each. I'd better protect these puppies
> while I can.
> >> >
> >> >This post has been sent to both the market and B
> Nomic, as both an
> >> >example of the hazards of free trade, and a
> request for any ideas of
> >> >how B can fix its ruleset.
> >> >
> >> >The problem we have now is that if we legally
> recognize the Market,
> >> >we're violating our Bank rule - it stipulates
> that there exist exactly
> >> >5,000,000 BNS, but the Market stipulates that
> Craig's got 1000 more.
> >> >How do we reconcile this?
> >>
> >> 2000, actually, and I've since gotten another
> 1000. However, I think that
> >> protecting the stability of interaction is
> essential. Thus, if anyone
> sees
> >> this as dangerous, I will turn them back into
> three Coins.
> 
> >[[ I think we need to rerwrite the Coins <-> BNS
> conversion to use the
> banks
> >on B Nomic and Thermo, instead of just magically
> transmuting it. That
> should
> >solve the problem. In the meantime, I'll CFI it. ]]
> 
> >I submit the following CFI:
> >{{
> >When Thermodynomic Coins are converted into BNS,
> the new BNS comes from the
> B
> >Nomic Bank.
> >}}
> 
> Just my two cents: The BNS are not yet in B Nomic.
> If I could create BNS in
> another game, they would not need to come from your
> Bank. So, IMO, the Bank
> does not lose the BNS until and unless they are
> brought into B Nomic through
> the Market. Of course, I don't understand your Bank
> laws well enough to know
> what ought to happen then, but I don't think you
> have to worry for now.

The general idea is that BNS in B Nomic is a zero-sum
currency -- the more one player gets, the less there
is for everyone else.  That's why I was concerned that
Coins on Thermo appear to be conjurable...it means BNS
can theoretically be drained out of B Nomic, which may
inflate the value of BNS here.

-- Glotmorf


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