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nice betting idea with bitcoin have fun betting at weather, how long timing will be for each round when it go for close 2 hours or more and what is amount for minimum bet?
if we find difference in weather result when compare with other weather site like accuweather than which will be count?

Hello, you can bet when you like it, but betting will be closed every 3 hours and you can bet up to 40 minutes before the result,
Maximum: 0.01 BTC - Minimum: 0.0006 BTC
only the data from openweathermap.org is counted, because it offer more than 40 000 individual weather station run by users

for example:
bet closing in 1 minute:
Result in ~40 minutes

or

bet closing in 2 hours and 30 minutes
Result in ~ 3 hours and 10 minutes

If there are user ran weather station you gotta watch out. A player might register a weather station and be able to scam you by providing wrong data.

interesting and unique betting concept your graphics are eye catching and cool, user interface is really friendly and very easy to bet there, free giveaway bets at launch promo will be interesting to attract players for test this nice site on nice betting method.

Edit : my test bet http://weathbet.com/bet_status/id/697b5af60e02c25e217e97e178830adc

Very amazing idea, interesting for try it.
Bet closing in 1 minute and results in 40 minute. So who bet must wait in 40 minute to got they bet lose or win. Right?
I will try it
Good luck

Thank you, and yes you need to wait 40 minutes for the result

Site layout is simple and clean with attractive graphics, i think you must add custom betting option to challenge other players and this kind of addition would be helpful to make fun with friends. i will try this site with little amount to check how it works.

Ok why must wait 40 minute, sorry. That long time just for wait a results. everybody can see process on result bet, i mean transparent

is the search function case sensitive? i entered the correct location and format but i keep gettign an error

No, we had a issue try again it should work

im getting this error now when i tried it again, i click the location in the result but


Error 404 Not found
Error, page not found, please check your URL and try again

The idea is very nice, more fiat betting site (like betfair or more other english sportbook) have a betting to the weather and temperature.
I see "more of 200.000 city" but for italy you have only rome? Or you add later other city?

Ok now the issue is fixed try again, sorry


You can add your own city, just search City,Country on the homepage and click "GO", and you can bet on your own city

Thank you for the feedback, we will add PvP in future


You need to wait 40 minute because the weather change is slowly and short time betting is not possible because it will be too easy to predict


No, we had a issue try again it should work

thank you. now i see it. will place some bets now. goodluck on your site :)


EDIT: i now see this

https://i.imgur.com/nWBsSd1.jpg

Hello, this issue happen when the city have  strange character not recognized for example the "ñ", we are looking to fix this issue
Sorry for the inconvenience

Edit: fixed issue for your city

http://weathbet.com/bet_status/id/697b5af60e02c25e217e97e178830adc

my bet did not got refund as it's status is Draw so that payment is not automated like other gambling site on blockchain, what you mean by 1 confirmation required for payout as when i have sent by now it's have now more than 10 confirmations.

Fantastic work with good eye catching graphics and color combination.There will be no question about the betting system as it is already independent source of which figures which be used to decide the winning and loosing bets.I would surely give it a try to see how everything really works practically.That is good to see some promotion will be run next week.

yes i got this i have suggestion you must provide Txid in bet status and add one more there named with Refund, i think this would be helpful for players to track their payment from this Txid, look at this bet slip when payment made they provide Txid there.

http://www.directbet.eu/BetStatus.cshtml?BetID=184URzjHejwivNmobjjw8LyahPdShSDEkC

This is a very unique idea and the last thing to come to my mind to bet on lol 8)

wow i love the website, looks pretty cool, thats nice :)

it is really very nice idea to place bets on as weather, sice weather is totally random, just look how many times they guess it on the news tv :P

for me is a nice idea, i will try it.

What if I bet on temperature rise early in the morning? It will be 99% win for me as we all know temperature will be only higher. Of course I bet only when you know that there won't be any cloud or rain...

This is a unique betting event.
Is there any place where you can see the current temperature or wind speed?
We do not want disputes regarding the result.

This is a very unique idea and the last thing to come to my mind to bet on lol 8)

Nice to see people coming up with something fresh instead of copypasting same old dice clones.

Wow, this is an amazing idea for a website, I could never think of this stuff...
Hope my town is on there, because the weather never EVER changes, so, it's time to make me some mullah!

Really nice idea and the site is very cool  ;D

In future you can add more altcoin, like dogecoin, litecoin ecc for bet ?

OP reduce the round time to make it more interesting as i think 3 hours +40 minutes is so long waiting period so that if you remove the round time and put only 40 minutes waiting time for bet result that would be more interesting, round time making it weird because everybody picking their favorite city for bet not to bet on a single city.

by mistake i sent more than the maximum, i didnt knew that max is 0.01 , please refund it

i sent to  13RygnX3NHoRK9rs567hYpoyzCiYrjKBTw

Refunded https://blockchain.info/tx/98d0b10e099efa3f7d284df37238374130163347ae3082db93a03ef3250c0b80

I thought this was a joke  :o hmmmmmmm
You can see predicted weather on Apple App Store, various news channels & many other places so isn't it very highly sided in the punters favour?
Had a look at the site, looks very impressive, great graphics & I wish you guys all the best with it.
It's not something I'm interested in at all though, I don't understand why anybody would want to bet on the weather.
Sports is my thing but I suppose everybody is different, I'm sure you'll do really well with it guys.

You should check out the openweathermap.org API,because at Cluj-Napoca,Romania(my city) on site says that are 18.9 centigrades and on the openweathermap.org site says that there are 22.3 centigrades. Also on MSN Weather says that there are 25 centigrades...
I'm very confused... :P

yes, i think you are confused

https://i.imgur.com/SfzqPJa.png

I like betting a lot on sports too,but something new to try in the routine is not bad,isn't it?  ;) ;D

Thank you for the feedback, we will have free giveaway bets in the next weeks

Now that I think about it, this must be a bug.  There is no way the air pressure hasn't change at all in 50+ minutes.

Hmmm maybe, I'll wait & see if there are any cool incentives to sign up & play in the future. Have you had a go/bet?
What's it like, I haven't read through everybodies experiences, I just read the OP & had a quick browse on the site which is admittedly very good (nice on the eye).

Just realized the way the bets are verified isn't right. This site uses https://openweathermap.org/ for it's weather data, which supposedly has a network of 40,000 personal weather stations. Personal stations are NOT officially calibrated and often quite wrong. The only legitimate way to do this is use data from official government stations such as the NWS stations here http://mesowest.utah.edu/

Weather betting is a cool concept, but I don't recommend anyone use this site until official data is used for verification. Far too easy for all bets to be marked as losses, they can justify it with data from any personal station in the city that shows you lost, even if that station is taking incorrect measurements and differs from official measurements.

Also openweathermap.org doesn't even show you the station data which is used to verify bets, no way for you to know if you won or lost, or if there's even a weather station in your city. I think their network is actually quite sparse.

I think even if I made the most accurate forecasts I wouldn't receive any Bitcoin in return.

i would like to know where the data source of the site is getting the weather data and all :D however this is a unique and fresh concept and hopefully it catches on as im enjoying it i can see out the window to make sure its provably fair lol

The only legitimate way to bet on the weather is to fix the bet to a single officially calibrated weather station, due to errors in personal weather station calibration and variations in temperature, pressure, and wind across a city.

Limit changed: Maximum: 0.001 BTC - Minimum: 0.0006 BTC
www.weathbet.com/help

To clarify further here is an example from Denver Colorado. Temperatures in the city center are 15-16 C, with lower temperatures of 12-14 C along the outskirts. This is a classic urban heat island. So you can simultaneously win and lose a bet due to the temperature gradient across Denver. Urban heat islands are just one example of something that can cause a temperature gradient across a city, other common causes are lake breeze fronts, sea breeze fronts, outflow boundaries from showers/thunderstorms, and variations in cloud cover. Sometimes you get large-scale cold or warm fronts moving through, which can cause a temperature gradient in excess of 30 C across a single metro area.

http://i.gyazo.com/ae7df00f24a0d3a0f96d70bdc621815c.png

Due to elevation changes pressure varies from 800 to 840 mb across Denver, so betting on it is a fools game if the bet can include any data from Denver and its suburbs.

http://i.gyazo.com/d908d28632dcd773271960af3669779b.png

The only legitimate way to bet on the weather is to fix the bet to a single officially calibrated weather station, due to errors in personal weather station calibration and variations in temperature, pressure, and wind across a city.

The reality is if this was done legitimately like I describe, then the coffers of weathbet would rapidly be drained. There is a lot of skill when forecasting only 3 hours ahead, you could make an extremely accurate prediction based on the diurnal cycle and synoptic weather patterns. Even if you didn't know how to do this you could simply use computer model data or the National Weather Service forecast and be very accurate.

Usually weather challenges are done a few days ahead of time rather than a few hours.

If this site is rebuilt properly then everything can be done with official data while having more than enough uncertainty to be profitable. Bets won't be nearly as instant though, will take days or even weeks to find out the result. I'd be happy to assist in making this site legitimate since I like the concept, feel free to contact me Weathbet admins.

I'm gonna have to give this a try. We did very similar competitions back when I was a meteorology student, this should be like shooting fish in a barrel  8)

https://i.imgur.com/hrrsvay.png (http://weathbet.com)

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If it is betting on the temperature, then I may have a strategy:
The weather at noon are generally hotter and that in night is generally cooler. So if you choose the corresponding temperature change, then you can earn from that.

Why the minimum have to be 0.0006 BTC?! I wanted to bet however I have just 0.00047 BTC in wallet :( May you consider lowering the minimum bet?

I have a friend who works in the meteorological centers, I think I can win here. :)

What is other? 22.84 exactely? Becasuse is very hard

#1 Wind Speed
#2 Atmosphere pression 

I have a friend who works in the meteorological centers, I think I can win here. :)

its not good- you change rules when i send bet...ehh...more like max...and what now?my bet waiting all time...not play and not come back to me :P

again by mistake i sent less than the minimum, i didnt knew that min is 0.0006 , please refund it

i sent to  13zLnhZESgcR6d3osMsEyGgitSMfLp3FW4

We take data from all available weather station/organization/airport in the city (default of openweathermap.org API) so you can verify your bet on the official website


your bet was refunded after 5 minutes: https://blockchain.info/tx/a6f357e63808b6b616204b5d2af9c673f356db2e3f06c39e0a6f119e4c40fa88




please provide your deposit bitcoin address used on the website

The deposit bitcoin address is 1FuwNcvRWqqRdqALQ6rL4TLeESGsno6bTb

betting at weather? funny  ;)

We take data from all available weather station/organization/airport in the city (default of openweathermap.org API) so you can verify your bet on the official website


your bet was refunded after 5 minutes: https://blockchain.info/tx/a6f357e63808b6b616204b5d2af9c673f356db2e3f06c39e0a6f119e4c40fa88




please provide your deposit bitcoin address used on the website

TXID my bet : 1948eda4b0fe0d7d04f662ae25f88efc8a6a5903f617ca032fbe0b7caddc39ac i see all my transactions and realy i not get refunded...its not much,only i likes clear situations ;) . remember - if all ok, ppl come back to you and you earning more and more...
i wish you lucky and i hope - i come back to bets weathbet!

Refunded https://blockchain.info/tx/078c4ad290f7506a0b7e57c6459bf7b5aa7d481a6b9f13c1a1ed492502c75087

Anyone who loses a bet should post the details here, including the time and date. I will verify against official data whether you should have won or lost.

Aside from the big changes you need to make to the data used, it is also important that you list all the bets that have taken place so users can check for themselves the fairness of weathbet before gambling.

If you have only 9 minutes BTC transfer time, it is not enough from Blockchain  ??? Any idea what to do ?

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Does finding a typo in your site have a reward?
Anyway, you mentioned 'Air Pression' on your site, while the correct spelling is 'Air Pressure'. Please fix it.
BTW if there is a reward then my address: 17sy7mX9t8CsnYM39bs4pQ3aVtgeanyu63

Yes, however we are monitoring the weather stations

lol,this is crazy
how could be verified the results? cause there are many differences between some sites and other when they say and predict results

lol,this is crazy
how could be verified the results? cause there are many differences between some sites and other when they say and predict results

I can bet only on a list of cities or I can add my city for example and bet on it? Can you bet on the weather of a whole country (for example in the majority of USA weather will be sunny)? Thank you

I will bet on weather condition at 14:00, and receive my win or loose at 14:40. Am I right or not ?  ;) 

Hello, you can bet when you like it, but betting will be closed every 3 hours and you can bet up to 40 minutes before the result,

for example:
bet closing in 1 minute:
Result in ~40 minutes

or

bet closing in 2 hours and 30 minutes
Result in ~ 3 hours and 10 minutes

i send 0.01 bitcoin on this adress 1hEX9yNT8oouyVMxcfuE9a5KiG7uBDAkz , and still waiting. ( sender wallet 1K4QU2bzkrJ1vQ5WZmsaAL7FNRDCMpSsWn ). my bet is still waiting

I do not understand the weathbet.com current bet time - let say, current time from Europe/Minsk time is 15:19 according to weathbet.com webpage, then you can bet with notice - "Betting option regarding the weather condition at 17:10" and in confirm your bet - you see "Event hour is 16:10". If you place your bet in current time - Europe/Minsk time 15:19, event hour will be in 16: 10, you will receive your bet win in 16: 50. But then what did that notice mean previously -  "Betting option regarding the weather condition at 17:10" ?

Changed max/min: Maximum: 0.001 BTC - Minimum: 0.0006 BTC
http://www.weathbet.com/help#maxmin

oh...why max bet not 0.01 ?

You ignored everything I suggested to make weathbet legit, I wasted my time :(

Your loss, won't ever get big if it stays like this.

Will this work for us in London, UK? I have a real interest in weather prediction since a young age so this would be of real interest to me.