Quote from: gigavps on September 09, 2012, 02:39:15 AM

Quote from: tmfp143 on September 09, 2012, 01:37:38 AM

So my question is this, what is the psychological effect that is causing people to sell instead of buy? Gigamining pays outstaning dividends (though the yield is dropping slowly) so why aren't people snapping it up like candy? The price is based on demand, not on difficulty, correct?

Hi tmfp143,

Pirateat40 not paying back his lenders in a timely fashion is causing a shift of perception in the entire BTC economy. Those who once felt more secure purchasing assets or lending bitcoins are now becoming more paranoid and are wanting to keep those same bitcoins back in their possession. Bitcoins have also appreciated a great deal in price so I believe these things combined are leading to a credit squeeze. The result is people wanting to sell their Gigamining bonds, even at a loss, to secure the funds in their wallet.

I do believe this is a temporary effect but it remains to be seen how long it will last or how deep it will be.

Best,
gigavps

Exchange rate goes up, hash rate goes up, difficulty goes up, earnings per mhash go down, and price goes down. Not exactly too hard to predict.

I think that a lot of people got used to seeing the high price of Gigamining for a while, and wouldn't sell for less even as demand at those prices fell. It is a clear economic phenomenon that people stick to price. Throw that in with people not wanting to realize a loss, and now being forced to to meet liquidity requirements.

Anyone who listened to that noise about Giga and pirate is crazy. I think YARR's backing needing to be liquidated had a lot to do with this drop too.