<p>ASICMINER management (generally friedcat on Bitcointalk) keeps records of all ownership of shares in their database. The only way to confirm ownership is either through friedcat's acknowledgment or by receipt of dividend payments. Share owners' bitcoin addresses are tied to their shares for dividend payouts.</p>

<p>If a share owner wants to transfer his ownership to someone else, he must provide friedcat with the new bitcoin address. With auction sales, this is typically done through a third-party escrow service for the safety of both buyer and seller.</p>

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2013-05-24T06:51:16.330Z
2013-05-24T06:51:16.330Z
Reed G. Law
<p>ASICMINER sends 1 satoshi per share to the address that holds it. If you have 100 shares, you will be sent 100 satoshis every week.</p>

<p>This is not effected by the coin dust limitations, nor miner fees, because ASICMINER mines their own blocks.</p>

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2013-05-24T20:36:15.563Z
How does one distinguish one of these transactions sending 1 satoshi per share as an "official" ASICMINER transaction (vs some random transaction trying to look like one).  Are they all sent from some well know address?  If so, which address?  Are the transactions cataloged somewhere?
Erv Walter
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2013-05-24T07:47:20.960Z
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apscience
<p>My understanding is that ownership of ASICMINER shares (direct ownership, that is; not passthroughs) is recorded somehow in the blockchain, itself.</p>

<p>How does that work, exactly?  How can I confirm that a person claiming to have 300 shares available for sale actually owns 300 (or more) shares?   I also see people saying they "received their satoshis transaction" (in addition to their dividends payment).  I suspect that is somehow related, but that can hopefully be clarified in an answer as well.</p>

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How does ASICMINER use the blockchain to record share ownership?
Erv Walter
# How does ASICMINER use the blockchain to record share ownership?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-05-22)

My understanding is that ownership of ASICMINER shares (direct ownership, that is; not passthroughs) is recorded somehow in the blockchain, itself.

How does that work, exactly? How can I confirm that a person claiming to have 300 shares available for sale actually owns 300 (or more) shares? I also see people saying they "received their satoshis transaction" (in addition to their dividends payment). I suspect that is somehow related, but that can hopefully be clarified in an answer as well.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-05-24. Score: 2

ASICMINER management (generally friedcat on Bitcointalk) keeps records of all ownership of shares in their database. The only way to confirm ownership is either through friedcat's acknowledgment or by receipt of dividend payments. Share owners' bitcoin addresses are tied to their shares for dividend payouts.

If a share owner wants to transfer his ownership to someone else, he must provide friedcat with the new bitcoin address. With auction sales, this is typically done through a third-party escrow service for the safety of both buyer and seller.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-05-24. Score: 1

ASICMINER sends 1 satoshi per share to the address that holds it. If you have 100 shares, you will be sent 100 satoshis every week.

This is not effected by the coin dust limitations, nor miner fees, because ASICMINER mines their own blocks.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: How does one distinguish one of these transactions sending 1 satoshi per share as an "official" ASICMINER transaction (vs some random transaction trying to look like one).  Are they all sent from some well know address?  If so, which address?  Are the transactions cataloged somewhere?  

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