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Would you trade hashrate futures?

Yes
24.7%
No
40.7%
Sure! Well, not actually
16.8%
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3,630 votesFinal results

11:13 PM · May 12, 2020Twitter Web App

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Hashrates are not part of the future #gogreen

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short them into the past on futures

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Hash futures yes

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is there some sort of hedging reason behind why any miner would use this or is it just pure speculation?

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Yup! Miners could use this to hedge their exposure to difficulty changes.

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Yes. Also would love is FTX US would offer futures sometime

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LONG

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image if i own 5% of hashrate and just short 50m$ and turn off my machine for a few hours, easy money?

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Depends on how much impact you had for that $50m of futures--our math implies it probably doesn't work, which is good, but not 100% sure.

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I'll back up the truck to long Sure! Well, not actually" futures. I think it's a very fun idea but hard to imagine more than 1/100 "yes" voters will ever trade it