Quote from: BlackLilac on Today at 05:43:35 PM
Today at 05:43:35 PM
[...]I can't wait until trading starts again[...]

Quote from: BlackLilac on Today at 06:07:08 PM
Today at 06:07:08 PM
MPEx is back online.

At least that didn't take long.

Anyway, status update:

I. Better proxies are back online. Talk to mpex.coinbr.com for all your trading needs. These should be significantly more difficult to take offline than the last crop. While not impossible, we collectively welcome the opportunity to create a third generation so, mr attacker man, hit it.

II. MPEx main website (mpex.co) is not back online yet. One of the reasons is that we have a whole pile of hardware being assembled, much of it "nonstandard" and so there are delays. Specifically in this case some of the RAID 6 controllers - after being late to arrive - failed to pass our tests. When confronted the vendor explained that well...maybe they're "marginal". We're having stuff reshipped but apparently good quality controllers are rare. This is just "a taste of adventure", there are myriad other various issues I won't be delving into, mostly because nobody gave me the list. Otherwise I'd love to.

It would be technically possible to get mpex.co back online as it is, but MP made the call to first get absolutely everything assembled, working and tested and then bring the main site online. Since trade is going on normally as it is, this approach has on top of convenience an added benefit: I don't think a ddos-er has ever been this publicly humiliated before in the history of the Internet, nor do I think anyone has had so much fun fighting a ddos before.

MPEx is one with the interwebs. It doesn't even need a website.

III. Mpexbot available for trade via IRC. To quote:

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<mircea_popescu> also, let me introduce everyone to mpexbot
<mircea_popescu> $help
<mpexbot> mircea_popescu: (help [<plugin>] [<command>]) -- This command gives a useful description of what <command> does. <plugin> is only necessary if the command is in more than one plugin.
<mircea_popescu> $vwap
<mpexbot> mircea_popescu: http://pastebin.com/QhtV1Hu5
<mircea_popescu> anyway : in case our proxies get taken down, you can use mpexbot to check the json for vwap prices and market depth.
<mircea_popescu> you can also issue orders through it, via $post blabla, where blabla is the url of a pastebin where you've uploaded your gpg encrypted clearsigned order
<mircea_popescu> this functionality is disabled currently for administrative reasons, but can be flipped on at will
<mircea_popescu> this ensures us against trade being taken down via ddos, unless someone manages to ddoss frenode.
<jurov> and trades by email are supported automatically?
<jurov> or you do the manually?
<mircea_popescu> trades by email was an absolute lowest level of desperation.
<mircea_popescu> we haven't reached it.
<jurov> ah okay
<mircea_popescu> it's just there as a possibility so people understand that no matter what happens, mpex will trade.
<mircea_popescu> but atm no need for such inconvenience.
<mircea_popescu> any questions ?
<smickles> $help post
<mpexbot> smickles: (post <paste key>) -- Supply a pastebin paste key containing a signed and encrypted MPEx command. Respondes with a pastebin URL with MPEx's response.
<smickles> $post bi232
<mpexbot> smickles: Temporarily disabled by reques of the romanian.

The bot has actually been available since yesterday, when it demonstrated a trade:

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Mar 08 09:00:51 <mircea_popescu>   $post ew4aaH8L
Mar 08 09:00:54 <mpexbot>   mircea_popescu: Server's response: http://pastebin.com/gZhCDu2b
Mar 08 09:02:12 <mircea_popescu>   $depth
Mar 08 09:02:13 <mpexbot>   mircea_popescu: Server's response: http://pastebin.com/7iJS63TY
Mar 08 09:02:51 <mircea_popescu>   ok so! what you folks see here is a historical moment.
Mar 08 09:03:03 <mircea_popescu>   mpexbot is capable of proxing mpex trade server now.
Mar 08 09:03:03 <mpexbot>   mircea_popescu: Error: "is" is not a valid command.
Mar 08 09:03:16 <mircea_popescu>   cute.
Mar 08 09:06:25 <assbot>   [MPEX] [S.MPOE] 1337 @ 0.00075 = 1.0028 BTC
Mar 08 09:06:59 <mircea_popescu>   ok so, im closing the ordering now, because i don't want inconsistencies. this is all testnet stuff.
Mar 08 09:07:09 <mircea_popescu>   but the good news is here to stay. mpexbot.

This is important because it places an absolute limit on inconvenience, which is lower than the previous (trade by email). With the presence of irc bots we know as a proven fact that no matter what happens, as long as someone somewhere can run an irc server, MPEx will be taking orders.

Generally MPEx remains unwaveringly committed to its goals as summarized in the FAQ:

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In case the domain is confiscated or otherwise lost MPEx will move to a different domain, in a different jurisdiction. Should the same happen again, MPEx would move to what will at the time be a solid alternative for a free Internet, be it the TOR network, namecoin or some equivalent DNS or any comparable solution. No government will ever be able to stop the Internet, in general. We're prepared to show this in the particular.

We welcome challenges of those goals with the secure knowledge that no challenge is anything but an opportunity to be seized.