Betting on dinosaurs was Re: [extropy-chat] Formulating a bet

[Hal Finney]

Rafal writes:
> I am willing to bet that:
>
> 1) In no more than 20 years the T.rex genome will be sequenced.
>
> 2) In no more than fifty years a T.rex or another dinosaur will be cloned and
> hatched.
>
> Any takers?

The FX idea futures game has had a claim since 1996 about whether a
dinosaur will be recreated by 2050.  For about the last 6 years it
has been trading in the 40-50 percent range.  I haven't seen too much
price movement with this recent news, but it is certainly a fascinating
discovery.

Hal