Quote from: junkonator on November 23, 2014, 04:25:39 PM

For ppl buying B.MINE as a replacement for another mining asset this fund has become unattractive. For one it's the obvious reason that without liquidity in B.SELL it's tedious to get MINE only. Buying MINE @ market price costs 0.0091 for 5GH/s where cex costs around .00825 (I'm not too sure whether this comparison is entirely fair though tbh). Adding to that there's the end-game that requires brain power to grasp and adds another obstacle if in a buy-and-forget mind-set.
Buying SELL has become a big gamble since it's unclear if and when there will be dividends in this round at all. Then there are the timing problems you mentioned where you will always overpay when buying B.EXCH even if you buy right after diff-change. The point deprived wanted to make when DMS was first offered was that people were overpaying for mining assets (and creating a way for non-believers to capitalize on this assumption). Because people aren't overpaying any more the raison d'être for BDD in it's current form is no longer valid. I don't think an offer with 5TH/s will solve that. For the next round the changes necessary are not just changing numbers around in the current model but rather a complete overhaul of the fund that represents the "new truth" that mining has levelled out and won't rise at 20% per diff-change any more.
We should start discussing how the fund can be changed for the next round.

Quote from: jjdub7 on November 23, 2014, 08:59:47 PM

Zero "maintenance" "fees" and zero variance on payments for BDD are what makes this asset gold. (Don't know what Maintenance other fund managers are doing, really - hello, Scrpytx?)

Thanks to both of you for the comments. Junkonator, it is important to realize that the real purpose here is to let the market decide what hashing power is worth. People may want a set it and forget it model, which as been offered in the past and continues to be offered today.

It used to be PMBs - the operator would essentially sell 'bonds' at a fixed price and hope that the buyers would be on the losing side of that bet. Now it is mining pass-throughs like PETA and CEX where maintenance fees are a big issue. However, the purpose of BDD is to let the market decide; I'll agree that there are liquidity issues and I will take to heart the idea of offering some changes for the next round.

Period 25, Day 5 Report - November 24, 2014

Balance Post Divs: BTC 202.14165099

Total Units: 19316

NAV/U: BTC 0.01046498