Quote from: PhantomPhreak on February 03, 2014, 12:38:47 AM

Quote from: Bitye West on February 03, 2014, 12:34:01 AM

Quote from: jimhsu on February 02, 2014, 11:55:24 PM

Install bitcoin, install the counterparty client, place an order:

C:\counterpartyd>python counterpartyd.py order
usage: counterpartyd order [-h] --from SOURCE --get-quantity GET_QUANTITY
   --get-asset GET_ASSET --give-quantity GIVE_QUANTITY
   --give-asset GIVE_ASSET --expiration EXPIRATION
   [--fee_required FEE_REQUIRED]
   [--fee_provided FEE_PROVIDED]

GET_ASSET would be XCP and GIVE_ASSET would be BTC if buying XCP. Expiration is in blocks.

Submit, and wait for an order match. Then use btcpay to pay for the order.

There, completely trustless and decentralized.

So if I want to sell 800 XCP for 8 BTC I would place the following order:

C:\counterpartyd>python counterpartyd.py order
usage: counterpartyd order [-h] --from SOURCE --get-quantity GET_QUANTITY
   --get-asset GET_ASSET --give-quantity GIVE_QUANTITY
   --give-asset GIVE_ASSET --expiration EXPIRATION
   [--fee_required FEE_REQUIRED]
   [--fee_provided FEE_PROVIDED]

GET_QUANTITY is 8
GET_ASSET is BTC
GIVE_QUANTITY is 800
GIVE_ASSET is XCP

EXPIRATION is the actual block number I want it to expire at? example: 283905

What do I input for SOURCE, FEE_REQUIRED, AND FEE_PROVIDED?

Code:

$ counterpartyd.py order --help
usage: counterpartyd order [-h] --from SOURCE --get-quantity GET_QUANTITY
   --get-asset GET_ASSET --give-quantity GIVE_QUANTITY
   --give-asset GIVE_ASSET --expiration EXPIRATION
   [--fee_required FEE_REQUIRED]
   [--fee_provided FEE_PROVIDED]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help show this help message and exit
  --from SOURCE the source address
  --get-quantity GET_QUANTITY
   the quantity of GET_ASSET that you would like to
   receive
  --get-asset GET_ASSET
   the asset that you would like to sell
  --give-quantity GIVE_QUANTITY
   the quantity of GIVE_ASSET that you are willing to
   give
  --give-asset GIVE_ASSET
   the asset that you would like to buy
  --expiration EXPIRATION
   the number of blocks for which the order should be
   valid
  --fee_required FEE_REQUIRED
   the miners' fee required to be paid by orders for them
   to match this one; in BTC; required iff buying BTC
   (may be zero, though)
  --fee_provided FEE_PROVIDED
   the miners' fee provided; in BTC; required iff selling
   BTC (should not be lower than is required for
   acceptance in a block)
$

If GET_QUANTITY is the quantity of GET_ASSET you would like to receive

Shouldn't GET_ASSET be the asset you would like to receive (buy)?

It looks to me like the words "buy" and "sell" are mixed up in the above code.