FORESIGHT EXCHANGE

Comments: The (Idea Futures) market has moved to http://www.ideosphere.com/, where it is now known as the Foresight Exchange (FX), a name suggested by Sasha Chislenko. Bearish sentiment has set in on both the likelihood of near term e-cash and single stage to orbit (SSTO) technology. It seems that IF investors have determined that e-cash is another example of the information super-hypeway and that the evolution of SSTO from a skunkworks project to a mainstream government project does not ensure swift success. Duane Hewitt duane@lucifer.com/duane@lucifer.com

Symbol	Bid	Ask	Short Description	Change	Capitalization
$vIF	68	70	Real $ Ver. ofIF by 1.1.2000	+1	$4146
Cryo	9	11	Cryonics Catches On by 2000	0	$795
Canc	29	30	Cancer Cured by 2010	0	$6142
Cr56	80	84	56bitciphercracked<1998	-2	$2382
Cybo	39	41	Cyborgs by 2035/12/31	-1	$1653
Cash	25	50	E-Cash implemented before ‘97	-20	$12246
IDEA	20	22	IDEA cipher crackd by 2000	-3	$1148
Immo	20	23	Immortality by 2050	-7	$2734
Mars	41	45	Year of first foot on Mars	-1	$571
MLAW	4	8	Minimalist Legal System wins	-10	$402
Moon	47	50	Moonbase by 2025	-1	$3920
Spce	65	66	Private Space Exploitation	+1	$1757
SSTO	42	43	Single Stage to Orbit	-31	$3358
Stew	9	11	Nanotech Stewart platform	-4	$1368
surg	71	80	unnaural cosmetic surgery	+4	$1596
New MexIX	9	23	US restricts Melatonin by ‘97	N/A	$864

Prices are as of July 18th, 1996

Symbol:

This is the four letter trading symbol that represents the claim. It is similar to the use of trading symbols in normal stock markets.

Bid:

This is the price (or percentage) that someone is willing to pay for YES coupons in the claim.

Ask:

This is the price (or percentage) that someone is willing to sell YES coupons in the claim specified.

Change:

This is the change in the last price since last reported. These figures represent the change in price since March 5th, 1996.

Capitalization:

This represents the number of outstanding coupon pairs on a claim and is a measure of the interest and amount of disagreement there is on the claim.

SEE EXTROPY #16 FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE IDEA FUTURES MARKET.

EXTROPY #17 H2 ‘96

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