Re: [spoon-discuss] BNS in the Market

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: 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

Just a note: With the prop I made, it is not possible to trade BNS into or 
out of B Nomic.  Coins, however, are tradeable.  I didn't envision the 
Market allowing you to do conversions (essentially "trade with no-one"), and 
I'm not sure that such is a good thing.  And B Nomic Shillings are just that 
-- B Nomic currency.  While we could export them, it might have a negative 
effect on our economy.

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