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Title: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on June 24, 2012, 04:35:53 AM ASIC Raffle III: Win a BitForce SC Single Mining ASIC!
(Previously known as 'BFL Jalapeno Lottery') We raffled away a Jalapeno... Then we raffled away a Jalapeno and some Bitcoins... What Next?... How about a And TWO And a ...AND cash prize alternatives? Yes, that's right, we added ANOTHER BFL SC Jalapeno to the 2nd place prize free of charge! What other competition provider would do THAT?! Consider it done! And it's OVER! Winner: thecluck (Confirmation of Payout (http://forums.microcash.org/index.php/topic/637-asic-raffle-iii-win-a-bfl-bitforce-sc-single-2nd-3rd-win-jalapenos/page__view__findpost__p__7190)) 2nd Place: yonvanom (Confirmation of Payout (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89564.280)) 3rd Place: viperjbm (Confirmation of Payout (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89564.msg1347730#msg1347730)) If you've enjoyed the raffles so far, please participate in the Christmas Raffle and help us to raise $1500 for Opportunity International (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=126922.0), and win a share of 64 BTC of prizes! To buy tickets: PM Luceo with the subject 'ASIC Raffle III' to enter, or contact Luceo on #bitcoin-otc (please check my identification with gribble before sending any Bitcoins - ;;ident Luceo). Special Bulk-Order Offer I: Buy 25 tickets, get 1 free. Alt-Coin Special: I will donate 10% of my operating margin (~2.4 BTC) to the development of the ALT-COIN (Namecoin, Solidcoin or Litecoin) which sells the most tickets, so support your alt-coin and buy in Namecoin (50 sold), Litecoin (187 sold) or Solidcoin (188 sold) today! The Tickets & The Prizes - There will be 1,024 tickets. Each ticket will represent a 1/1,024 chance of winning each of the three prizes. - The winners will be determined by the block-chain to prevent any cheating on behalf of the operator. The first block timestamped after 0:00 UTC on the day after the final ticket is sold will determine the winner. NOTE: At the time that the final ticket is ADDED, there will be a post made in this thread as per previous rounds. This post shall determine the time & date of final ticket sale. This is to avoid any confusion in 'time of last sale'. - The final three characters of the hash of the aforementioned block will determine the first place winner, who will receive a pre-order for a BFL BitForce SC Single (40GH/sec ASIC) or the BTC value thereof. - The next three characters from the end of the hash of the aforementioned block will determine the second place winner, who will receive a pre-order for - The next three characters from the end of the hash of the aforementioned block will determine the third place winner, who will receive a pre-order for a BFL SC Jalapeno (3.5 GH/sec ASIC) or the BTC value thereof. Example To visualise the above, I have color-coded the segments which will determine the prize winners from the hash of the most recent block (http://blockexplorer.com/block/0000000000000166c6987cfd687b0777bd6800a798db1f31b3cab74528bacf43): 0000000000000166c6987cfd687b0777bd6800a798db1f31b3cab74528bacf43 The holder of the ticket which wins on f43 would receive a BFL Single SC, the holder of the ticket which wins on bac would receive a BFL Jalapeno and the holder of the ticket which wins on 528 would receive a BFL Jalapeno. These would be tickets 3d0, 2eb and 14a, respectively (if you don't understand this, scroll down). Further Conditions - Ticket sales are final. No refunds will be offered to any ticket purchasers unless the raffle is cancelled. Conditions for cancellation are as follows: No ticket sales for a period of seven (7) days OR BFL goes out of business or otherwise decides it will not ship these products. The termination period has changed from the old period of thirty days from date the raffle starts because I honestly have no idea how long it will take to sell 1024 tickets. If it looks like the raffle isn't going to happen, the operator will offer refunds at the operator's discretion. - The operator is not affiliated or associated with BFL. If BFL fail to ship or otherwise do not perform up to standards, it will be the duty of the order holder (the winners) to deal with BFL directly. The order will be made in your name, so you will have every ability to contact them. - Winners can either provide the operator with personal details to make the order (name, shipping address, e-mail) or make the order themselves. In the case of the latter, the Bit-Pay payment address will need to be presented in a public domain (for example #bitcoin-otc on freenode) so that payment of the invoice can be witnessed by the community. This is to prevent any dispute as to whether winnings were paid. - The numbers 000 to fff in hex represent the numbers 0-4,096 in decimal. Therefore, each of the 1,024 tickets (0 - 3ff) will represent four of those numbers. The 'winning' numbers have been listed with the ticket numbers so as to avoid confusion. - BFL don't ship everywhere. This is due to awkward US restrictions on shipping cryptography. If you're not sure, contact them before entering, or just take the cash prize. Tickets (Format: Ticket Num (Lower Hash Num - Upper Hash Num)) (IRC) after a name implies the user is a registered FREENODE user. (MC) after a name implies the user is a registered Microcash Forum user. All names without the above are registered Bitcointalk users. Code: 000 (000 - 003). Graet Raffle History & Confirmations ASIC Raffle II (Ended: 4th July 2012) Winner: 1st. de4l, 2nd. server Winning Ticket: 1st. 95, 2nd. 05 Prize: 1st. BFL Jalapeno, 2nd. 6.027 BTC Confirmation: 1st. This Post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89564.msg1009435#msg1009435), 2nd. This Post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89564.msg1010115#msg1010115) Winning Block: #187568 (http://blockexplorer.com/block/00000000000007f9e85e8978c2aa1c0a7cc56210126800bc1a0973511a750595) BFL Jalapeno Lottery I (Ended: 26th June 2012) Winner: Graet Winning Ticket: 20 Prize: BFL Jalapeno Confirmation: This Post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89564.msg990776#msg990776) Winning Block: #186237 (http://blockexplorer.com/block/0000000000000967ec9d11abade90e6bb918bf0bde683c2187e13017b616d829) Frequently Asked Questions What's to stop you running off with our money? The fact that I'm honest, the fact that I love this community, my prior trades, the two previously completed raffles and the simple economic fact that this competition is worth it to run it honestly. What if the price of Bitcoin drops or rises? I reserve the right to change the price for a ticket (this will likely only happen under extreme circumstances). All tickets prior sold will be considered final and will be honored regardless of what happens to the Bitcoin price. Is there a ticket limit? No, you can buy as many as you want (assuming there's that many left). For the alt-coin development donation, how will you calculate the donation and where will you donate? Margin will be calculated as the value of 1,024 tickets in BTC minus the amount the prizes cost. I will not attempt to calculate the value in altcoins as it will depend on the value when they are exchanged, which may be prior to the end of the raffle. 10% of this margin will be donated to a Bitcoin address chosen by coblee (if Litecoin wins), khalahan (if Namecoin wins) or RealSolid (if Solidcoin wins). In the event of a tie (two alt-coins sell the same number of tickets), each will receive 5% of the margin. This margin will NOT accurately represent profit, as some Bitcoins are hedged into USD, some altcoins are moved into Bitcoin or USD, etc. It's too difficult to prove an exact profit figure when dealing with six currencies. However, this will be how the donation is calculated (in practice, this will likely mean the donation value is in excess of 10% of profit). What happens when a winner is decided? The winner will need to claim their prize within ninety (90) days either by: - Responding on the forum, on the username they used to win the prize; - Messaging Luceo on IRC, idented to gribble under the username they used to win the prize. You changed the price, now how do we work out the total intake? 260 tickets @ 0.3 BTC. 295 tickets @ 0.25 BTC. Rest @ 0.3 BTC. Please DO NOT risk BTC which you can't afford to lose. The raffle is supposed to be a fun and recreational activity and not a guarantee of future income. Title: Re: [104 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: mystery2048 on June 24, 2012, 06:46:46 PM I hope I win :)
Title: Re: [100 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: de4l on June 24, 2012, 07:19:42 PM bought 4
Title: Re: [96 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: film2240 on June 24, 2012, 07:35:54 PM How do I enter? I need a BTC address to enter.Please send me via PM.
Edit:I got my 4 tickets now.Wow things are really heating up already with this.I hope I win :) Title: Re: [96 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: AndrewBUD on June 24, 2012, 07:37:09 PM Neat idea... Hope it works out.. I might buy a couple tickets :)
Title: Re: [96 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 24, 2012, 07:39:27 PM Neat idea... Hope it works out.. I might buy a couple tickets :) Thanks ^^ Would be nice to have you onboard. Sooner these sell out, the higher the winner will be on BFL's order list. Title: Re: [92 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Snapman on June 24, 2012, 07:47:07 PM Love the enthusiasm, but this just screams retarded. Selling tickets for an item you don't even own yet? Yippy, i can win a pre-order ticket....
Quote The lottery operator is not associated with Butterfly Labs and will not take any responsibility if Butterfly Labs defaults, fails to deliver to specification or has any delays in shipping. The winner will have the order placed in his/her name and will be able to deal with BFL directly under these circumstances. Meaning if bfl tanks after all this ends and you have your winning ticket, then your shit outta luck. Title: Re: [92 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 24, 2012, 07:50:48 PM Love the enthusiasm, but this just screams retarded. Selling tickets for an item you don't even own yet? Yippy, i can win a pre-order ticket.... Thanks for your input but nobody owns one yet because they don't come out until October, and if I try to buy one in October, judging by BFL's shipping history (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=77796.0), it won't arrive until at least January (and well after the reward halving). Likewise, if I sell one that I pre-order to my own address (I did consider this), I will have to charge somebody for double-shipping, probably double-international-shipping and they'll have to wait an extra 3-4 days to receive the Jalapeno (which could be the difference between mining in an 18TH/s network and in a 22TH/s network). It makes more sense just to sell them a pre-order in their own name near the top of the list. Title: Re: [86 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: deepceleron on June 24, 2012, 08:03:36 PM Love the enthusiasm, but this just screams retarded. Selling tickets for an item you don't even own yet? Yippy, i can win a pre-order ticket.... Quote The lottery operator is not associated with Butterfly Labs and will not take any responsibility if Butterfly Labs defaults, fails to deliver to specification or has any delays in shipping. The winner will have the order placed in his/her name and will be able to deal with BFL directly under these circumstances. Meaning if bfl tanks after all this ends and you have your winning ticket, then your shit outta luck. It would be a better raffle (lotteries can have no winner) if you just won 32BTC and can decide if you want to buy one. That wouldn't have the fancy name attached to the raffle to attract attention though... Title: Re: [84 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 24, 2012, 08:13:20 PM If you want to run a raffle with a BTC prize, you're more than welcome to.
This competition insures the entrants against a shift in Bitcoin price, and essentially incorporates a bet on my behalf that Bitcoin will not shift in value downwards by more than ~7-8% before the end of the lottery. The BFL prices are in USD and converted to Bitcoin at the time of purchase. Do you round up or down? For example 0x03 divided by 2 = ? The last two digits of the hash will be rounded down, therefore 03 will be 1.5 rounded down to 1. 00-01 = ticket 00 wins, 02-03 = ticket 01 wins, etc. Quote from: Luceo In order to ensure that the operator has no ability to manipulate the event, the winning ticket will determined by the first block generated the day after the final ticket is allocated. A reply will be posted in this thread by Luceo when the ticket is allocated, and the time on that post will be accepted as the time of the last sale. The last two numbers of the block hash will be converted to decimal and divided by two, then rounded down. The winning ticket will be the one whos number corresponds to the answer (00-01 = ticket 00, 02-03 = ticket 01 etc. Title: Re: [66 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: danieldaniel on June 24, 2012, 09:47:49 PM If I win the BFL Jalapeņo raffle, I will send 4 Bitcoins to Anduck (in IRC) when I get the merchandise.
^^ We have both signed the above statement (me without the "(in IRC)" and him with danieldaniel). Hope one of us wins... LOL. Title: Re: [66 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: GlooBoy on June 24, 2012, 10:03:44 PM Any Raffle/Lottery that chooses a winner using the blockchain and I'm playing.
Maybe I will finally mine me some BTC. http://www.btclottery.com/images/ads/banner.btclottery.200x50.jpg www.btcLottery.com (http://www.btcLottery.com) Title: Re: [63 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 25, 2012, 12:44:35 AM Great idea! I will pm you with my numbers. Thanks, added. ^^ If we can sell all the tickets in the next 22 hours, someone will be going on the order list within 36! Title: Re: [92 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: mem on June 25, 2012, 02:53:38 AM Love the enthusiasm, but this just screams retarded. Selling tickets for an item you don't even own yet? Yippy, i can win a pre-order ticket.... Its a classic turkey raffle (classic con except this one is even better - the turkey doesnt exist yet). The numbers check out, not a turkey just a loan. OP gets to hold onto 32 btc for a while, pirate savings anyone ? :P Quite possibly illegal in OP's country, raffles of this nature are usually state run / charity operated. Good luck all, but for the record - be very careful trusting new users which such a large amount of BTC. Raffles of this type are completely reliant on the honesty of a single operator. Title: Re: [92 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 25, 2012, 03:18:12 AM Its a classic turkey raffle (classic con except this one is even better - the turkey doesnt exist yet). The numbers check out, not a turkey just a loan. OP gets to hold onto 32 btc for a while, pirate savings anyone ? :P Thanks for your input. I won't be holding onto BTC for long, the order will be made within 24 hours of the lottery closing and the winner will be given the receipt for the order which (s)he will (hopefully) verify here. At rate of current ticket sales I'll be holding less than 32 BTC on behalf of customers for a total of less than 48 hours. As I said in the original post, though, don't do any transactions you're not comfortable with. My entire expected profit is 32 BTC minus cost of a Jalapeno which is ~30 BTC with international shipping at the moment = around 2 BTC. Title: Re: [92 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: mem on June 25, 2012, 03:58:08 AM Its a classic turkey raffle (classic con except this one is even better - the turkey doesnt exist yet). The numbers check out, not a turkey just a loan. OP gets to hold onto 32 btc for a while, pirate savings anyone ? :P Thanks for your input. I won't be holding onto BTC for long, the order will be made within 24 hours of the lottery closing and the winner will be given the receipt for the order which (s)he will (hopefully) verify here. At rate of current ticket sales I'll be holding less than 32 BTC on behalf of customers for a total of less than 48 hours. As I said in the original post, though, don't do any transactions you're not comfortable with. My entire expected profit is 32 BTC minus cost of a Jalapeno which is ~30 BTC with international shipping at the moment = around 2 BTC. I wish you the best of luck and I sincerely hope BFL do not screw around the winner on delivery times. Title: Re: [55 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: NothinG on June 25, 2012, 03:59:36 AM I'll take 8 tickets (any numbers). :)
Title: Re: [92 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 25, 2012, 04:12:25 AM I wish you the best of luck and I sincerely hope BFL do not screw around the winner on delivery times. Appreciate it. I also hope BFL don't screw anyone around with delivering these given the amount of capital they're going to have access to for the next 3-4 months to get these out of the door. Title: Re: [92 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: NothinG on June 25, 2012, 04:16:38 AM I wish you the best of luck and I sincerely hope BFL do not screw around the winner on delivery times. Appreciate it. I also hope BFL don't screw anyone around with delivering these given the amount of capital they're going to have access to for the next 3-4 months to get these out of the door. Title: Re: [42 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 25, 2012, 04:18:42 AM I'm keeping my expectations realistic with BFL. I'll be happy to see my Jalapenos in time for the reward halving.
Title: Re: [28 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: molecular on June 25, 2012, 11:35:00 AM In order to ensure that the operator has no ability to manipulate the event, the winning ticket will determined by the first block generated the day after the final ticket is allocated. A reply will be posted in this thread by Luceo when the ticket is allocated, and the time on that post will be accepted as the time of the last sale. The last two numbers of the block hash will be converted to decimal and divided by two, then rounded down. The winning ticket will be the one whos number corresponds to the answer (00-01 = ticket 00, 02-03 = ticket 01 etc. Sorry if this has been asked before? So which block exactly will be chosen? The first block after 00:00 o'clock of the day after the last ticket sale in what timezone? Title: Re: [28 left] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 25, 2012, 12:05:01 PM In order to ensure that the operator has no ability to manipulate the event, the winning ticket will determined by the first block generated the day after the final ticket is allocated. A reply will be posted in this thread by Luceo when the ticket is allocated, and the time on that post will be accepted as the time of the last sale. The last two numbers of the block hash will be converted to decimal and divided by two, then rounded down. The winning ticket will be the one whos number corresponds to the answer (00-01 = ticket 00, 02-03 = ticket 01 etc. Sorry if this has been asked before? So which block exactly will be chosen? The first block after 00:00 o'clock of the day after the last ticket sale in what timezone? It will be UTC. Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 25, 2012, 12:38:40 PM The final ticket has now been sold (assuming payment is received within the next hour).
The first block of Tuesday 26th June (Time Zone: UTC) will determine the winner in around 11 hours. Thanks for playing and stay tuned, maybe another lottery soon. Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 25, 2012, 12:50:14 PM Just 4 tickets still awaiting payment. :D
Edit: Received. It's confirmed, the block after 00.00 UTC on 26th June will determine the winner, who I will announce here and contact for details to make the order with BFL. Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 25, 2012, 01:03:14 PM If anyone has any suggestions for a second lottery and how to improve it, let me know.
I'm considering increasing the total intake slightly for the next one. I realised Bitcoin price shifting 10% would actually put me into an operating loss with this lottery, and it's moving more quickly than I find comfortable recently (I think it's down about 6% on 36 hours ago). Could potentially recompensate this by doing a 2nd place draw on the second block, for the difference between the intake and the cost of the Jalapeno, less about 2.5 BTC operating fee. This way if Bitcoin remains stable or increases in value, I don't feel like I'm gouging profit or asking punters to take all the risks. What do you guys think? Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: bulanula on June 25, 2012, 01:05:27 PM If anyone has any suggestions for a second lottery and how to improve it, let me know. I'm considering increasing the total intake slightly for the next one. I realised Bitcoin price shifting 10% would actually put me into an operating loss with this lottery, and it's moving more quickly than I find comfortable recently (I think it's down about 6% on 36 hours ago). Could potentially recompensate this by doing a 2nd place draw on the second block, for the difference between the intake and the cost of the Jalapeno, less about 2.5 BTC operating fee. This way if Bitcoin remains stable or increases in value, I don't feel like I'm gouging profit or asking punters to take all the risks. What do you guys think? Can you do a lottery for a SC single or mini rig ? Thanks ! Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 25, 2012, 01:11:42 PM Once a few Jalapeno lotteries run successfully, I'd consider doing one for an SC Single.
I wouldn't feel comfortable doing one for a minirig as I can't cover the prize if I were to somehow lose the BTC. It's also a big jump from asking the community to trust me with 30 BTC to 250 or 5000. Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: film2240 on June 25, 2012, 01:45:55 PM If a person wins,can they get a PM saying they've won.How will the person know they've won after the blockchain has chosen the winner? As the blockchain doesn't say it in plain english (it's just a bunch of numbers).
Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 25, 2012, 01:53:05 PM If a person wins,can they get a PM saying they've won.How will the person know they've won after the blockchain has chosen the winner? As the blockchain doesn't say it in plain english (it's just a bunch of numbers). The winner will get a PM (or IRC query if it's one of the IRC buyers) to say they've won. I'm very much hoping the winner will post back here with their order number. ^^ Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: danieldaniel on June 25, 2012, 05:26:56 PM Woot! Hope I win! :D (I already have a deal set up if Anduck wins, or if I win. :D).
Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: AndrewBUD on June 25, 2012, 08:32:29 PM Pretty cool.. Glad it sold out quickly... Can't wait to see who wins.... Goodluck to all :)
Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: danieldaniel on June 26, 2012, 12:17:09 AM 41. tarrant_01 Congratulations!
Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: GlooBoy on June 26, 2012, 12:22:11 AM The way I see it. Anyone else confirm?
Last 2 digits of block hash: 0000000000000967ec9d11abade90e6bb918bf0bde683c2187e13017b616d829 29 Converted to decimal = 41 http://www.binaryhexconverter.com/hex-to-decimal-converter Divide by 2 = 20.5 and round down if necessary. = 20 And the Winner is:. 20. graet http://www.btclottery.com/images/ads/banner.btclottery.200x50.jpg www.btcLottery.com Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 26, 2012, 12:28:21 AM The winner is graet.
danieldaniel forgot to divide by 2 and so far has told two people who didn't win that they won (tarrant and aethero) :P Graet has been contacted for details and will be on the list for a shiny new ASIC imminently. Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: danieldaniel on June 26, 2012, 12:47:54 AM The winner is graet. ++danieldaniel forgot to divide by 2 and so far has told two people who didn't win that they won (tarrant and aethero) :P Graet has been contacted for details and will be on the list for a shiny new ASIC imminently. Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Graet on June 26, 2012, 02:36:51 AM The winner is graet. danieldaniel forgot to divide by 2 and so far has told two people who didn't win that they won (tarrant and aethero) :P Graet has been contacted for details and will be on the list for a shiny new ASIC imminently. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :D Pm answered Cheers Luceo Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: Graet on June 26, 2012, 04:43:28 AM First thanks to Luceo,
Along with others I was nervous to put BTC with an unknown person but I figured what the hay its a few 0,25BTCs and a chance to be in the cue cheap :) I have found Luceo good to deal with, promptly answering any queries I had in a professional manner. ;D Just got my confirmation email Dear Graeme, Thank you for placing your BitForce Jalapeno order. This is confirmation that your order was successfully placed in our system. If you've chosen an instant payment method and have completed that transaction, then your order is confirmed. If you've chosen a payment method that requires additional information such as a bank wire transfer instructions, please stand by for an email from customer service within the next business day. Kind regards, Customer service team BF Labs Inc. and my receipt from bit-pay Now I guess I wait hehe ;D Cheers Graet Title: Re: [241/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: NothinG on June 26, 2012, 08:25:46 AM Got some more tickets in. :D
I doubt I'll actually win, but it's fun. Title: Re: [SOLD OUT] BFL Jalapeno Lottery - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.25 BTC/ticket) Post by: tarrant_01 on June 26, 2012, 11:38:25 AM 41. tarrant_01 Congratulations! Aww shucks. ;D Title: Re: [234/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: MoonShad0w384 on June 26, 2012, 11:45:44 AM Bamp.
Hope this one goes as smoothly as the last! :D Title: Re: [201/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 27, 2012, 06:24:12 PM Just over 1/5 sold in 24 hours. Not as fast as the first but hopefully it'll pick up. :P
Title: Re: [192/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: kingkatari on June 29, 2012, 03:59:33 AM god i hope i win........ i only have 7 tickets so far
Title: Re: [192/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: fatigue on June 29, 2012, 04:37:37 AM What happens if nobody buys them all within a month or couple weeks?
Title: Re: [192/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: NothinG on June 29, 2012, 04:48:13 AM What happens if nobody buys them all within a month or couple weeks? Quote from: op (if there are tickets left unsold one month from the opening date of 26th June 2012, the raffle will be refunded) I'm guess this rule wasn't updated, but I'm guessing it's static to 1 month since the start of each round. Title: Re: [192/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: MoonShad0w384 on June 29, 2012, 04:51:25 AM Somebody's bound to buy a shitload of them at some point.
Title: Re: [192/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: Graet on June 29, 2012, 06:38:16 AM Somebody's bound to buy a shitload of them at some point. hope that point is soon ;)the pre-order list is getting longer ;) Title: Re: [183/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: PsychoticBoy on June 29, 2012, 03:07:02 PM Entered the Raffle ;D
Fingers crossed. Greetz Title: Re: [192/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on June 29, 2012, 05:25:24 PM What happens if nobody buys them all within a month or couple weeks? Quote from: op (if there are tickets left unsold one month from the opening date of 26th June 2012, the raffle will be refunded) I'm guess this rule wasn't updated, but I'm guessing it's static to 1 month since the start of each round. 26th June was the start of this round. :( It's selling much slower than the last, idk why. Title: Re: [107/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: GlooBoy on July 04, 2012, 07:39:04 AM I'm taking 6 tix this round. I'm sure you will have no problems selling them.
-bump ;) http://www.btclottery.com/images/ads/banner.btclottery.200x50.jpg www.btcLottery.com Title: Re: [75/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: danieldaniel on July 04, 2012, 08:29:34 PM Just bought 45, a5m0 is buying 30. ;)
Title: Re: [0/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: de4l on July 05, 2012, 12:35:26 AM hey, a5m0 here! I just won this last raffle (thank you danieldaniel for convincing me to buy out the rest :D )
Luceo paid out nearly instantly, happy to have my jalapeno on order! Looking forward to the next drawing. I have also rated him with my -otc nick (a5m0) Title: Re: [0/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: Luceo on July 05, 2012, 12:36:48 AM I've managed to use de4l's IRC name (a5m0) and forum name in the ticket list, but yes, he is the winner.
Thanks to everyone who entered, and stay tuned for news on the next ASIC Raffle. Title: Re: [0/256 Left] ASIC Raffle II - Win a 3.5 GH/s Mining ASIC! (0.15 BTC/ticket) Post by: MoonShad0w384 on July 05, 2012, 07:26:40 AM hey, a5m0 here! I just won this last raffle (thank you danieldaniel for convincing me to buy out the rest :D ) Luceo paid out nearly instantly, happy to have my jalapeno on order! Looking forward to the next drawing. I have also rated him with my -otc nick (a5m0) Congrats! Looking forward to the next round :) Title: Re: [998/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: server on July 05, 2012, 05:59:25 PM Hi, You won our second place prize, a cool 6.027 BTC. Please provide an address for this to be paid out to, and it'll be sent within 24h. ^^ Thanks for playing, and hope to see you in the next one. Luceo. Thanks Luceo for this wonderful surprice, it feels great ! I can't wait to play again, 10 tickets please :) Price received http://blockchain.info/address/1CUanGkv531ZApQoam2P6hp9LMVZZPMf2y Muchas gracias Title: Re: [915/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 07, 2012, 09:21:44 PM Up with a much lower LTC rate.
Title: Re: [870/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on July 11, 2012, 07:52:37 AM Hi Luceo,
just bough another ticket Thanks ! Title: Re: [870/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 11, 2012, 09:01:09 AM Hi Luceo, just bough another ticket Thanks ! Added. Thanks and good luck. ^^ Title: Re: [869/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on July 11, 2012, 09:39:11 PM Bought 4 more tickets
looks like I'm the only one buying atm ;D Title: Re: [869/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 11, 2012, 09:52:36 PM Hey,
Adding those now. ^^ Thanks for being a good customer. Title: Re: [865/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on July 11, 2012, 09:55:25 PM We need more customers !!!
Title: Re: [865/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 12, 2012, 12:53:43 AM We need more customers !!! 10 more sold. I'ma tryin' :D Title: Re: [851/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 14, 2012, 01:41:22 PM Still selling... not fast though. :(
Title: Re: [851/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 14, 2012, 06:04:32 PM The original raffle was a much better/faster sell. You may want to go back to that model after this one. It'll certainly be considered. I think it was also faster because it was higher up the BFL order list. There was a huge incentive to buy fast so that the winner got a good order number. Title: Re: [851/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: psilan on July 14, 2012, 09:40:53 PM Got my 12 tickets. Supporting a cool idea :). GL all.
Title: Re: [829/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: serp on July 15, 2012, 11:17:18 PM I'm in for 10. Go Team.
Title: Re: [824/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 18, 2012, 12:28:47 AM Limited Time Special:
Buy 105 tickets for 27.5 BTC until 1.30 UTC on 18th July 2012. If 100 more tickets are sold between now and 2.30 UTC on 18th July 2012, I will add a BFL Jalapeno to 2nd prize. Title: Re: [823/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: wasta on July 18, 2012, 01:38:54 PM I would like to see some picture's with a paper added with the words "" bitcoinforum and date"" written on it.
Everybody can say he has a single or rig, but I would like to see some proof. To rule out the 2% chance that this is a scam too. No offense, 98% chance you are legit, but I like to be sure. Title: Re: [823/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: bulanula on July 18, 2012, 01:45:01 PM I would like to see some picture's with a paper added with the words "" bitcoinforum and date"" written on it. Everybody can say he has a single or rig, but I would like to see some proof. To rule out the 2% chance that this is a scam too. No offense, 98% chance you are legit, but I like to be sure. You are clueless. SC single and Jalapeno does not exist yet anyway. It is in prototype development stage. Ask BFL for pics. LOL ! Title: Re: [823/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: tarrant_01 on July 18, 2012, 05:32:07 PM Dear BFL,
Please show me sexy sexy pics of your jalapeno. XOXO Title: Re: [823/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: psilan on July 18, 2012, 08:05:20 PM Lolol.
Think you can sell this many tickets? Not going well. Title: Re: [823/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 18, 2012, 11:27:44 PM I would like to see some picture's with a paper added with the words "" bitcoinforum and date"" written on it. Everybody can say he has a single or rig, but I would like to see some proof. To rule out the 2% chance that this is a scam too. No offense, 98% chance you are legit, but I like to be sure. I'd love to take those pictures but as bulanula pointed out, these products don't exist yet. Having said that, you can check the confirmations from previous raffle winners from the first post who all say their goods are paid up (including ozcoin mining pool operator Graet). Title: Re: [823/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 20, 2012, 02:23:04 PM Been selling 1 per day for a few days now. -_-
Title: Re: [822/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: psilan on July 20, 2012, 07:37:43 PM Bail out plan? Bitcoin prize instead? Reduce to a single? (not sc)
1 per day will take years ;-) Title: Re: [822/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: MoonShad0w384 on July 21, 2012, 01:17:00 AM You should consider setting a deadline, and if all tickets aren't sold by then, refund the tickets or something.
I don't think ticket-holders will mind, as the price of BTC has risen since the raffle opened. It does seem better to run raffles with fewer tickets for some reason, even if the tickets cost more. Title: Re: [822/1024] ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 23, 2012, 03:17:41 PM Bail out plan? Bitcoin prize instead? Reduce to a single? (not sc) 1 per day will take years ;-) I can't reduce the prize once the raffle has started... that would be against my own terms & conditions. Everyone feel free to advertise the raffle, that helped last time having PR from other people. The rally isn't helping, I think when the price of Bitcoin stabilises we'll be fine. A refund would be an absolute last resort. It'd be a nightmare to process. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: 2weiX on July 23, 2012, 03:24:06 PM buying a couple... but how?
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 23, 2012, 07:44:07 PM buying a couple... but how? Hi, Just PM me with how many you want and I'll generate an address for you. ^^ Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 24, 2012, 10:38:15 PM Sold 22 yesterday. Maybe renewed price stability is helping regenerate interest!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: psilan on July 24, 2012, 10:44:21 PM I put it in my sig. I'm pretty popular. That must have been it!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: swissmate on July 25, 2012, 01:51:49 PM When is the raffle going to end?
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 25, 2012, 04:39:40 PM When is the raffle going to end? As per previous raffles, the draw will take place the day after the last ticket is sold. Quote from: OP - There will be 1,024 tickets. Each ticket will represent a 1/1,024 chance of winning each of the three prizes. - The winners will be determined by the block-chain to prevent any cheating on behalf of the operator. The first block timestamped after 0:00 UTC on the day after the final ticket is sold will determine the winner. NOTE: At the time that the final ticket is ADDED, there will be a post made in this thread as per previous rounds. This post shall determine the time & date of final ticket sale. This is to avoid any confusion in 'time of last sale'. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 27, 2012, 06:23:25 AM Added Solidcoin as a payment method!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: MoonShad0w384 on July 27, 2012, 06:27:53 AM Added Solidcoin as a payment method! Have fun with that :/ Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 28, 2012, 11:44:48 AM 8 Solidcoin sales already! Watch out Litecoin. ;)
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on July 28, 2012, 11:53:10 AM 8 Solidcoin sales already! Watch out Litecoin. ;) How many tickets left ? Nearing the half way point yet ? Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: AndrewBUD on July 28, 2012, 12:55:57 PM at this rate BFL will rls their singles prior to this selling out :)
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 28, 2012, 01:41:09 PM 8 Solidcoin sales already! Watch out Litecoin. ;) How many tickets left ? Nearing the half way point yet ? About 1/4 sold. Just sold another 17 pending payment. at this rate BFL will rls their singles prior to this selling out :) Well, about 70 sold in the last 5 days so yeah, quite possibly. Not sure if that would be a terrible thing, the ASICs will still be the best mining devices you can get then too. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: TYDIRocks on July 28, 2012, 04:41:55 PM at this rate BFL will rls their singles prior to this selling out :) Wouldn't that be good? You can't be sure BFL is a legit company right now... Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on July 30, 2012, 12:27:13 PM Prices updated to reflect the rally from $6.50 to $8.50.
I said I'd only change them in extreme circumstances and this seems fairly extreme. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: MoonShad0w384 on July 30, 2012, 01:05:56 PM I've bought 10 more.
Also, bump. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 01, 2012, 10:36:00 PM Nearly at the 33% mark. Keep 'em orders coming!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 06, 2012, 11:37:21 AM So close to 33%!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Graet on August 07, 2012, 03:49:02 PM over 33% yet/me hopes momentum builds and the rest of the tix sell soon :D
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: ErebusBat on August 07, 2012, 03:52:02 PM What happens at 33%?
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on August 07, 2012, 04:23:58 PM Luckily it will be a while before the first ASIC will be delivered by BFL, we probably have another 6 months :D
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Graet on August 07, 2012, 04:39:54 PM What happens at 33%? ErebusBatit means 1/3 of the tickets are sold :) DutchBrat yeah, but if we get in the que in 6 months we will still have a 6month wait from then :P Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 09, 2012, 08:04:31 PM Half of all tickets now sold!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on August 09, 2012, 09:55:18 PM Woohoo !!!
Those Solicoin fans must really like Bitcoin ;-) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 10, 2012, 08:35:18 AM I think most alt-coin users also use Bitcoin. ^^
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on August 10, 2012, 11:42:27 AM yeehaw!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on August 13, 2012, 06:18:54 PM Prices updated to reflect the rally from $6.50 to $8.50. I said I'd only change them in extreme circumstances and this seems fairly extreme. So is a rally to $11.50. :) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 13, 2012, 08:41:40 PM 2 days isn't a rally, it's a bubble. :P
Reducing ticket prices further would be a huge risk and a massive bet against Bitcoin price collapsing. I've already made that mistake with Solidcoi (price there is just frightening). I'm not going to make it again. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: memvola on August 13, 2012, 10:29:06 PM Reducing ticket prices further would be a huge risk and a massive bet against Bitcoin price collapsing. Since there is a big gap between Bitcoin exchange rate and the ticket prices, you could maybe purchase an option to sell the coins at the current BTC/USD exchange rate and reflect the price of the option to the ticket price and still reduce it. Do I make sense? Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 14, 2012, 06:56:38 AM Reducing ticket prices further would be a huge risk and a massive bet against Bitcoin price collapsing. Since there is a big gap between Bitcoin exchange rate and the ticket prices, you could maybe purchase an option to sell the coins at the current BTC/USD exchange rate and reflect the price of the option to the ticket price and still reduce it. Do I make sense?I don't know if anybody is offering such an option at the moment, it's certainly something I could offer. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on August 14, 2012, 08:00:13 AM How many people have bought 25 tickets?
Graet Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 14, 2012, 08:39:19 AM How many people have bought 25 tickets? Graet Sujiram did a list of the 5 biggest holders over at the MC forums (http://forums.microcash.org/index.php/topic/637-asic-raffle-iii-win-a-bfl-bitforce-sc-single-2nd-3rd-win-jalapenos/page__pid__6952#entry6952): TOP5 gamblers: Cluck - 135 Graet - 105 viperjbm - 26 Serp - 20 DiCE1904 - 17 I don't have time to check if his numbers are right, but I can confirm the order is. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 2weiX on August 14, 2012, 08:41:28 AM derpderp i'm a-blindin from all the colorfulness in the OP.
how much is a ticket these days? Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on August 14, 2012, 09:02:53 AM derpderp i'm a-blindin from all the colorfulness in the OP. how much is a ticket these days? Only a Quarter (BTC) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: psilan on August 17, 2012, 07:57:08 PM Redesign the first post. Make it look completely different, and you will renew interest :-).
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on August 17, 2012, 10:55:06 PM Redesign the first post. Make it look completely different, and you will renew interest :-). maybe turn all the purple into black Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: tiberiandusk on August 17, 2012, 11:28:30 PM Solidcoin still exists?
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 17, 2012, 11:45:40 PM Bitcoin price not moving $5 in a day tends to help interest. 8)
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 19, 2012, 06:15:27 PM Tickets back up to BTC0.3. Price drop leaves me no alternative.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: osoverflow on August 21, 2012, 02:32:02 AM We should use only one alt-coin, I think, dividing efforts in various cryptocurrencies is weaken all of them.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on August 21, 2012, 03:30:50 AM We should use only one alt-coin, I think, dividing efforts in various cryptocurrencies is weaken all of them. you do that Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 21, 2012, 05:08:22 AM We should use only one alt-coin, I think, dividing efforts in various cryptocurrencies is weaken all of them. You have 2 altcoin addresses in your sig. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on August 21, 2012, 05:17:27 AM We should use only one alt-coin, I think, dividing efforts in various cryptocurrencies is weaken all of them. You have 2 altcoin addresses in your sig. To be fair NMC is like a pimple on the side of BTC's left shoulder Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: osoverflow on August 21, 2012, 04:38:51 PM We should use only one alt-coin, I think, dividing efforts in various cryptocurrencies is weaken all of them. You have 2 altcoin addresses in your sig. Yes, I know. But I don't know which currency is going to be the winner. Which one do you think is the best? Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: osoverflow on August 21, 2012, 08:31:46 PM I think the (private) ASIC pose a great risk for BTC, while it seems that LTC is not vulnerable for that. Do you think that the butterflylabs ASIC devices could compete with private ASIC mining in time?
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 22, 2012, 12:05:26 PM I don't think ASICs are a bad thing for Bitcoin, personally. The Jalapeno is an affordable device which every Bitcoiner should have sitting on his/her desk to improve network security.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 2weiX on August 22, 2012, 12:21:15 PM I don't think ASICs are a bad thing for Bitcoin, personally. The Jalapeno is an affordable device which every Bitcoiner should have sitting on his/her desk to improve network security. +1hundredthousand Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: osoverflow on August 22, 2012, 09:33:18 PM yes, I think so... but while we are waiting for the jalapenos to reach us, someone could be using another ASIC technology to take over the net....
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: molecular on August 26, 2012, 07:45:23 AM I don't think ASICs are a bad thing for Bitcoin, personally. The Jalapeno is an affordable device which every Bitcoiner should have sitting on his/her desk to improve network security. +1hundredthousand true so far. drawback is the 1th devices big miners will have sitting in the basement which are much more cost effective... still a good thing, imho. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on August 27, 2012, 07:09:28 PM well, can always change this to the winner wins HALF of a BFL SC Single...or whatever proportion the amount of bets would get, and they pay the rest
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: ErebusBat on August 27, 2012, 09:44:04 PM well, can always change this to the winner wins HALF of a BFL SC Single...or whatever proportion the amount of bets would get, and they pay the rest What if the winner doesn't have the balance?Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on August 27, 2012, 09:47:28 PM well, can always change this to the winner wins HALF of a BFL SC Single...or whatever proportion the amount of bets would get, and they pay the rest What if the winner doesn't have the balance?tough luck. get a loan or sell their stake in it Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 28, 2012, 09:29:35 PM Terms of the raffle will not be changed without 100% agreement of every ticket holder. As that's totally unrealistic, just assume they will not change.
30 more tickets sold today! Keep the orders coming. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: ErebusBat on August 29, 2012, 12:32:47 AM well, can always change this to the winner wins HALF of a BFL SC Single...or whatever proportion the amount of bets would get, and they pay the rest What if the winner doesn't have the balance?tough luck. get a loan or sell their stake in it Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on August 29, 2012, 06:38:24 AM 12 more tickets up!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Jine on September 05, 2012, 04:48:41 PM Will all tickets of this actually ever be sold? It's taking for eeeveeeer.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: ErebusBat on September 05, 2012, 05:02:33 PM Will all tickets of this actually ever be sold? It's taking for eeeveeeer. A couple of months after ASICs finally hit.Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on September 05, 2012, 05:14:43 PM I remember something about refunding the tickets if one hasn't been sold in 1 week
So people: stop buying 1 lot tickets... either buy them ALL or buy NONE !!! ;D Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: AmDD on September 05, 2012, 07:15:07 PM This has been going on awhile... I wanna win a Single!!!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 2weiX on September 05, 2012, 07:50:17 PM This has been going on awhile... I wanna win a Single!!! this and then some. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on September 06, 2012, 04:58:43 AM This has been going on awhile... I wanna win a Single!!! this and then some. Only 2 1/2 months Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: AmDD on September 06, 2012, 10:57:51 AM This has been going on awhile... I wanna win a Single!!! this and then some. Only 2 1/2 months maybe if we just keep this thread on the first page people will see it and buy them up. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 06, 2012, 12:03:23 PM This has been going on awhile... I wanna win a Single!!! this and then some. Only 2 1/2 months 2 1/2 months is the age of the thread, not the 3rd raffle. The 1st and 2nd were run in this thread too. Think the third raffle started in mid July, 2-3 days after the second ended. Still been going on a while but I guess that's normal when dealing with >$1000 transactions (I had expected it to be faster, but I didn't expect the Bitcoin rate to go from $8 to $12 to $15 to $7 back to $10). Anyway, few more tickets up, slow sales partially because I've been away and not advertizing (sorry), keep 'em coming. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Enigma81 on September 07, 2012, 09:46:43 AM Doing my part.. I bought three..
Enigma Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: squid on September 07, 2012, 10:14:25 AM keeping an eye on this thread ^^
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: osoverflow on September 07, 2012, 07:12:07 PM I'm tempted to buy a fpga from btcfpga.com.... they seem to ship fast the product hehehehehe, but I think it is to late for fpga's mining.
Do you think that BFL is going to ship the asic on october, as they said? Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on September 08, 2012, 11:01:41 PM I'm tempted to buy a fpga from btcfpga.com.... they seem to ship fast the product hehehehehe, but I think it is to late for fpga's mining. Do you think that BFL is going to ship the asic on october, as they said? Probably December or January... Interested why the BTCFPGA only has ONE review...$1,000 for a product with approx. same Mhash as BFL's $600 product Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: osoverflow on September 10, 2012, 07:22:57 PM Great! so I have more time to save BTC for at least 3 jalapenos :)
I think, based on price and MH/s of jalapenos, that every jalapeno will be equal to 1 GPU. So if right now I'm mining with 2 GPUs at 350MH/s with 2 jalapenos at 3.5GH/s I'm going to produce the same BTC in the same time, so the ASIC is a 10x multiplication for the GPUs Do this make sense for you? I'm tempted to buy a fpga from btcfpga.com.... they seem to ship fast the product hehehehehe, but I think it is to late for fpga's mining. Do you think that BFL is going to ship the asic on october, as they said? Probably December or January... Interested why the BTCFPGA only has ONE review...$1,000 for a product with approx. same Mhash as BFL's $600 product Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 12, 2012, 09:22:28 PM Up with a few more sales, slowly but surely we're getting there!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on September 13, 2012, 08:49:09 AM How many left ????
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on September 13, 2012, 08:50:26 AM Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on September 13, 2012, 08:54:06 AM Duh I should have looked at the OP ! Thanks ;) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: osoverflow on September 14, 2012, 03:46:56 AM I already bought 3, maybe tomorrow another one. I also ordered 3 http://img1.UploadScreenshot.com/images/thumb/9/25614244455.jpg (http://www.UploadScreenshot.com/image/1421714/4202809) with the BTC I generated with my GPUs :)
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on September 14, 2012, 04:10:42 AM I already bought 3, maybe tomorrow another one. I also ordered 3 http://img1.UploadScreenshot.com/images/thumb/9/25614244455.jpg (http://www.UploadScreenshot.com/image/1421714/4202809) with the BTC I generated with my GPUs :) okay you have faith and trust anyone hear from BFL recently? If theycan't DEMO a jalapeno or the other products they're probably not built yet Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Graet on September 14, 2012, 03:46:52 PM I already bought 3, maybe tomorrow another one. I also ordered 3 http://img1.UploadScreenshot.com/images/thumb/9/25614244455.jpg (http://www.UploadScreenshot.com/image/1421714/4202809) with the BTC I generated with my GPUs :) okay you have faith and trust anyone hear from BFL recently? If theycan't DEMO a jalapeno or the other products they're probably not built yet I dont think they would have anything to demo yet buy more raffle tickets people or I'm going to have to again, this is taking too long :D Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 17, 2012, 09:55:48 PM 29 more tickets up.
If anyone doesn't trust BFL, this raffle *does* offer a BTC alternative where you can win the BTC equivelant of the BFL product value on the end-date of the auction. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on September 17, 2012, 10:07:50 PM Now I have enough tickets that I can win all 3, mwuahahaha. :P
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: psilan on September 17, 2012, 10:20:42 PM If it's BTC equivalent, then maybe you can 'call it' and announce some winners!
I've done my best to advertise for you. :) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: stepkrav on September 18, 2012, 01:07:28 AM bought two more. go go go raffle
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: SaltySpitoon on September 18, 2012, 01:09:38 AM Do you accept Nascoins?
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Cranky4u on September 18, 2012, 01:55:05 AM PM sent for 3 tickets
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 18, 2012, 04:19:54 AM Now I have enough tickets that I can win all 3, mwuahahaha. :P You can technically win all 3 with 1 ticket. A hash could end with 555555555 or 554557556, either of these would win all three with ticket 155 (example only). 12 more tickets up so more than 40 sold within the last 24 hours! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on September 18, 2012, 06:53:35 AM Is my math wrong, or has this raffle already taken in enough btc to fund the promised prizes + 10% operating fees, even at $10 per coin?
I'm guessing it was assumed that this thing would never go on so long. Have you considered figuring out some fair way to end early or potentially offering additional prizes? Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on September 18, 2012, 06:55:25 AM Is my math wrong, or has this raffle already taken in enough btc to fund the promised prizes + 10% operating fees, even at $10 per coin? I'm guessing it was assumed that this thing would never go on so long. Have you considered figuring out some fair way to end early or potentially offering additional prizes? not if he converted BTC to USD to hedge in case BTC price went down. managing all these payments is a lot of hassle Were you here for the price change? a ticket used to be 0.25BTC Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 2weiX on September 18, 2012, 08:34:49 AM a service that needs more love is this:
http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/10usd.png http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/100usd.png http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/1000usd.png http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/10000usd.png check out the filenames. this could've been an easy way to always have the right price for one ticket, in case the extimated price + shipping is about 1400 USD, each ticket could've cost http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/1.36usd.png. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: psilan on September 18, 2012, 09:52:32 AM a service that needs more love is this: http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/10usd.png http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/100usd.png http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/1000usd.png http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/10000usd.png check out the filenames. this could've been an easy way to always have the right price for one ticket, in case the extimated price + shipping is about 1400 USD, each ticket could've cost http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/1.36usd.png. That is awesome. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on September 18, 2012, 12:38:14 PM not if he converted BTC to USD to hedge in case BTC price went down. Valid point that I'd not considered. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 18, 2012, 04:09:44 PM There have been a number of hedges into USD along the way, and a number of tickets were given away in specials (buy 100 get 5 free, buy 25 get 1 free, get one for renting a VPS) so I haven't taken anywhere close to enough to cover the raffle prizes.
Additionally as stated a number of tickets were sold at 0.25 BTC rather than 0.3 BTC. The raffle cannot end before 1024 tickets are sold. The draw relies on this because of the way it works, the terms and conditions all purchasers agreed to and accepted state this. There will be no early end, no change to the prizes, no modifying the agreement we entered. Like your idea 2weiX to stabilize pricing but the problem is I'd have to be able to convert those BTC into USD at the time of sale rather than at the time I choose, this would require either some time-intensive programming to use a bot to do so, or for me to have staff awake 24/7. Total value of the raffle is ~$1390 for the single plus ~$180 x 2 for the Jalapenos, plus a margin, so that's $1750 plus margin required intake. I would have to add a greater margin to allow for USD fluctuation, so let's say 5% for that is $1837.50, with my margin of ~7% on top of this, would be around $2,000. 1,024 tickets for $2000 is ~$2 per ticket. If you consider that the raffle opened at $6 per BTC, the original pricing was quite a bit better than this (was more like $1.75). Right now, the tickets are more expensive. Will there be another price drop? Possibly, if the market deems that the current rate is too high and the price remains stable above $10 (worried about the medium term effects of pirate default). Neither of these are feasible on a couple of hundred dollar margin over 2 months. The raffle is going strong, have sold over 50 tickets in 48 hours. Keep the orders coming and thanks for the support. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: squid on September 18, 2012, 04:16:29 PM There have been a number of hedges into USD along the way, and a number of tickets were given away in specials (buy 100 get 5 free, buy 25 get 1 free, get one for renting a VPS) so I haven't taken anywhere close to enough to cover the raffle prizes. Additionally as stated a number of tickets were sold at 0.25 BTC rather than 0.3 BTC. The raffle cannot end before 1024 tickets are sold. The draw relies on this because of the way it works, the terms and conditions all purchasers agreed to and accepted state this. There will be no early end, no change to the prizes, no modifying the agreement we entered. Like your idea 2weiX to stabilize pricing but the problem is I'd have to be able to convert those BTC into USD at the time of sale rather than at the time I choose, this would require either some time-intensive programming to use a bot to do so, or for me to have staff awake 24/7. Neither of these are feasible on a couple of hundred dollar margin. The raffle is going strong, have sold over 50 tickets in 48 hours. Keep the orders coming. So... who gets all the extra money then? A raffle seems like a great idea if you hedge on bitcoin intrinsically increasing in value. Suddenly your modest percentage becomes something much more.. I was tempted in purchasing tickets, but the lack of transparency here makes me lose interest. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: digital on September 18, 2012, 04:22:49 PM There have been a number of hedges into USD along the way, and a number of tickets were given away in specials (buy 100 get 5 free, buy 25 get 1 free, get one for renting a VPS) so I haven't taken anywhere close to enough to cover the raffle prizes. Additionally as stated a number of tickets were sold at 0.25 BTC rather than 0.3 BTC. The raffle cannot end before 1024 tickets are sold. The draw relies on this because of the way it works, the terms and conditions all purchasers agreed to and accepted state this. There will be no early end, no change to the prizes, no modifying the agreement we entered. Like your idea 2weiX to stabilize pricing but the problem is I'd have to be able to convert those BTC into USD at the time of sale rather than at the time I choose, this would require either some time-intensive programming to use a bot to do so, or for me to have staff awake 24/7. Neither of these are feasible on a couple of hundred dollar margin. The raffle is going strong, have sold over 50 tickets in 48 hours. Keep the orders coming. So... who gets all the extra money then? A raffle seems like a great idea if you hedge on bitcoin intrinsically increasing in value. Suddenly your modest percentage becomes something much more.. I was tempted in purchasing tickets, but the lack of transparency here makes me lose interest. Don't even see the point in posting why your not going to participate... Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 18, 2012, 04:27:18 PM There is no extra money, only what people willingly spent on tickets (in their judgement, at the time of purchase, the ticket was worth what they paid for it). Some of this has been converted to USD as a hedge (mostly around $8 and again around $10), some is still sitting in the wallet hoping it increases further.
I'm not a clairvoyant, I don't know if Bitcoin will always increase in value. I know, in fact, that it has a tendency to bounce around, we've seen $7 and $15 both within the past month; we've seen $30 and $2 in little over a year, that's hardly a sure bet on value increasing. If I'd started a raffle in July 2011 and it ran through to September, we'd all be talking about how the Bitcoin had dropped from $30 to around $10, and how my tickets which started off at $1.80 had only netted me enough BTC for $0.60 had I not converted them to USD. I don't feel that there is a lack of transparency. The first post gives you everything you need to do the math. If I were trying to hide something, I probably wouldn't put the number of tickets sold, the price of all the prizes, the value at which each ticket was sold etc. on the front page. If you don't feel that a ticket is worth 0.3 BTC, I suggest you don't buy one at 0.3 BTC. Many people do believe it is worth it, and have bought them. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: squid on September 18, 2012, 04:42:50 PM There is no extra money, only what people willingly spent on tickets (in their judgement, at the time of purchase, the ticket was worth what they paid for it). Some of this has been converted to USD as a hedge (mostly around $8 and again around $10), some is still sitting in the wallet hoping it increases further. I'm not a clairvoyant, I don't know if Bitcoin will always increase in value. I know, in fact, that it has a tendency to bounce around, we've seen $7 and $15 both within the past month; we've seen $30 and $2 in little over a year, that's hardly a sure bet on value increasing. If I'd started a raffle in July 2011 and it ran through to September, we'd all be talking about how the Bitcoin had dropped from $30 to around $10, and how my tickets which started off at $1.80 had only netted me enough BTC for $0.60 had I not converted them to USD. I don't feel that there is a lack of transparency. The first post gives you everything you need to do the math. If I were trying to hide something, I probably wouldn't put the number of tickets sold, the price of all the prizes, the value at which each ticket was sold etc. on the front page. If you don't feel that a ticket is worth 0.3 BTC, I suggest you don't buy one at 0.3 BTC. Many people do believe it is worth it, and have bought them. Sorry I wasn't trying to cause trouble, I had just felt that the listed margin was a bit misleading since it could significantly increase as the value of bitcoin has been increasing steadily from when the auction was started. In the end that margin doesn't really matter since it is a raffle and whatever percentage you take home doesn't matter so long as the prizes are distributed accordingly. I also didn't mean any personal offense to you Luceo as I recognize you are a well known and well respected member of the community. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 18, 2012, 07:31:08 PM I do agree that the listed margin is awkward. It's very hard to state a margin when dealing in USD on one end and BTC at the other, and USD:BTC had been in that $5-6 range for long enough that I felt comfortable that it would stay there, I was wrong and I won't try to second guess margins this way if we do another one.
No offense taken, criticism is the only way in which we learn and improve. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on September 18, 2012, 08:21:13 PM Final stretch! Only 1/3rd tickets left.
Either buy or don't buy. All the rules and price and prizes are there, there's no deception, get over it Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: psilan on September 18, 2012, 08:22:50 PM Lets stop talking about USD. I think this is the problem.
If you get any profit out of this you completely deserve it. Will you run another? ;) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 18, 2012, 09:06:34 PM Thanks for the support guys.
There will be more raffles, not sure if I'll be doing BFL-based or preferring things I can buy for a flat BTC price. ^^ Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: osoverflow on September 19, 2012, 06:31:28 AM maybe mtgox coupons ;)
but I think I will prefer more ASIC pieces Thanks for the support guys. There will be more raffles, not sure if I'll be doing BFL-based or preferring things I can buy for a flat BTC price. ^^ Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 19, 2012, 08:05:49 AM Maybe hosting & domain names, who knows? ^^
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on September 21, 2012, 02:21:22 AM maybe mtgox coupons ;) but I think I will prefer more ASIC pieces Thanks for the support guys. There will be more raffles, not sure if I'll be doing BFL-based or preferring things I can buy for a flat BTC price. ^^ Moar ASIC! BFL or that other one I saw that does 27. I think you can sell anything like this. Especially high-dollar items that people might not otherwise be able to afford. Houses, cars.... Anything. Once you have more reputation you can step it up. And get that conversion rate auto-tracker going. That is the most objectionable art at this time; the time it takes to sell all these tickets and the #TC fluctuations. Hope you got my BTC. Sorry it took 4 days for my blockchain to update. Silly thing... I think it might help you to NOT repeat using the same thread. It is confusing and makes people say "WTF? it too THAT long?" whent hey look at the wrong date, not realizing there are 3 raffles here.... Probably making people turn away before they figure out what's really happening. People are stupid and lazy like that. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on September 21, 2012, 10:57:49 PM Simple solution: add a start date for this third raffle near the to of the OP
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 23, 2012, 02:32:40 PM I'm pretty sure I have to use the same thread: One thread per site only (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39621.0).
The start date was mid July 2012 so we've been going around 2 months., the sales were really slow during the climb to $15 and then slowed down again during the Pirate default fallout, they've been getting back to normal recently. It has been a long raffle, but I think that's pretty normal for such a high value competition. Also, few more sold. Keep 'em coming! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: evanesce on September 23, 2012, 03:19:42 PM In for one, thanks!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on September 23, 2012, 03:31:00 PM I'm pretty sure I have to use the same thread: One thread per site only (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39621.0). But you're not a site. And you're not merely advertising. You're actually doing it here. Forced to that creates confusion. I don't think that rule applies... Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 23, 2012, 06:13:07 PM I'm pretty sure I have to use the same thread: One thread per site only (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39621.0). But you're not a site. And you're not merely advertising. You're actually doing it here. Forced to that creates confusion. I don't think that rule applies... If and when I do a num 4, I'll put a start date on the first post. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on September 26, 2012, 09:15:06 AM I'm pretty sure I have to use the same thread: One thread per site only (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39621.0). But you're not a site. And you're not merely advertising. You're actually doing it here. Forced to that creates confusion. I don't think that rule applies... If and when I do a num 4, I'll put a start date on the first post. We waiting for the new forum software (http://betsofbitco.in/item?id=179) to have a little note on posts: "Edited on XX Of Month, Year" Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 26, 2012, 11:28:34 AM I'm pretty sure I have to use the same thread: One thread per site only (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39621.0). But you're not a site. And you're not merely advertising. You're actually doing it here. Forced to that creates confusion. I don't think that rule applies... If and when I do a num 4, I'll put a start date on the first post. We waiting for the new forum software (http://betsofbitco.in/item?id=179) to have a little note on posts: "Edited on XX Of Month, Year" Wouldn't help much because it gets edited every time I add a ticket. ^^ Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on September 26, 2012, 11:35:12 AM I'm pretty sure I have to use the same thread: One thread per site only (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39621.0). But you're not a site. And you're not merely advertising. You're actually doing it here. Forced to that creates confusion. I don't think that rule applies... If and when I do a num 4, I'll put a start date on the first post. We waiting for the new forum software (http://betsofbitco.in/item?id=179) to have a little note on posts: "Edited on XX Of Month, Year" Wouldn't help much because it gets edited every time I add a ticket. ^^ Okay a "majorly edited on:..." as opposed to "minor edit" :) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on September 28, 2012, 11:01:33 PM Slowly but surely! Over 700!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: osoverflow on September 28, 2012, 11:02:47 PM Slowly but surely! Over 700! good! we are almost there. The due date is latest October or November, so we have time! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 01, 2012, 07:50:45 AM Updated for BFL's new numbers!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on October 01, 2012, 08:11:22 AM Updated for BFL's new numbers! what a coinkidink...after the BTCFPGA's bASIC ASIC Bitcoin Mining Devices upped their hashing spec's... Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 01, 2012, 08:40:04 AM I thought it was funny that their revised numbers had the Single *identical* to the Avalon.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on October 01, 2012, 09:52:54 AM I thought it was funny that their revised numbers had the Single *identical* to the Avalon. maybe they are using the same chips Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: kibblesnbits on October 02, 2012, 05:18:54 PM PM'd
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 02, 2012, 08:10:01 PM 6 more tickets up (pending payment). ^^ Slowly getting there!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 05, 2012, 10:27:04 AM And another 8! Only 6 more to 300 left and we're well past 66%!
Edit: Down to 300 remaining and past 70% sold! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 10, 2012, 12:10:05 PM Due to the rise in BTC price, the 2nd prize has been boosted to TWO BFL SC Jalapenos!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on October 10, 2012, 12:20:37 PM Due to the rise in BTC price, the 2nd prize has been boosted to TWO BFL SC Jalapenos! WOWZA! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 12, 2012, 04:05:55 PM Couple more tickets up! Who else?
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 2weiX on October 12, 2012, 06:18:33 PM I'll buy a couple at .2
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on October 13, 2012, 07:25:50 AM I'll buy a couple at .2 i'll sell 2/3rds of a ticket for .2 Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 2weiX on October 13, 2012, 12:48:15 PM I'll buy a couple at .2 i'll sell 2/3rds of a ticket for .2 what you did there i see it ;D Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: psilan on October 14, 2012, 09:09:04 AM Bought 3 more!
Lets get this finished!!!! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 14, 2012, 07:41:28 PM 29 more sold!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on October 14, 2012, 07:53:45 PM Luceo... was just asking you for a deposit addy for 1 more ticket on IRC
But you are 'sleeping' lol Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: segabtc on October 16, 2012, 08:25:04 PM bought 10 myself
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 19, 2012, 08:07:45 PM Up with a couple more sold. Bitcoin prices down so now's a great time to get in.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: MrTeal on October 19, 2012, 08:19:44 PM I didn't see this posted anywhere, but what's the order # of the SC Single pre-order you're raffling off?
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on October 19, 2012, 08:39:08 PM I didn't see this posted anywhere, but what's the order # of the SC Single pre-order you're raffling off? They're not pre-ordered. The order happens after raffle is over. He's not on the list: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89685.0 Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on October 19, 2012, 09:21:18 PM I didn't see this posted anywhere, but what's the order # of the SC Single pre-order you're raffling off? That's a good question. He's not on the list: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89685.0 uh oh It's a terrible question because you can answer it for yourself by reading just a little bit of the very first message of this thread. I could answer it, but you're both being snarky and lazy so I'll let you see how it feels in return... Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on October 19, 2012, 09:30:25 PM Oh, what they hey, I'm feeling generous.
Further Conditions ... - Winners can either provide the operator with personal details to make the order (name, shipping address, e-mail) or make the order themselves. In the case of the latter, the Bit-Pay payment address will need to be presented in a public domain (for example #bitcoin-otc on freenode) so that payment of the invoice can be witnessed by the community. This is to prevent any dispute as to whether winnings were paid. ... Neighborhood fact welfare, at your service... ...still. Read what's going on before commenting about it. Due to export restrictions on cryptography the winner might not be ship-able. People who might want to remain anonymous or just want the money value. The order hasn't been placed yet. Face forward, open eyes. To imply it's a scam when you haven't bothered to read the first message in the thread only exposes your own shortcomings... Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on October 21, 2012, 08:31:43 PM two more for me
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 21, 2012, 08:34:01 PM Covered above. Thanks guys.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on October 21, 2012, 08:36:47 PM Covered above. Thanks guys. Did I only have one ticket before? Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 23, 2012, 08:34:49 PM No, you had 2. You've sent me 1.1 BTC total, 2 at 0.25 and 2 at 0.3.
Seems like my front-page list wasn't right, have added the one from my record now, should be right now. If anyone has the wrong number of tickets PLEASE let me know. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on October 23, 2012, 08:38:52 PM No, you had 2. You've sent me 1.1 BTC total, 2 at 0.25 and 2 at 0.3. Seems like my front-page list wasn't right, have added the one from my record now, should be right now. If anyone has the wrong number of tickets PLEASE let me know. my good. I did count only 3, now I see 4 tickets for me, thanks Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on October 24, 2012, 02:49:39 PM I'd like 10 more tickets.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 24, 2012, 08:41:00 PM Your 10 are up.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Fiyasko on October 27, 2012, 03:57:27 PM Gahhh I just want this raffle to start already! wtfffff
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on October 27, 2012, 04:19:49 PM Gahhh I just want this raffle to start already! wtfffff Buy moar tickets! I did! :-p Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 27, 2012, 05:57:05 PM Gahhh I just want this raffle to start already! wtfffff Me too. Tickets are dollar-cheaper than they've been in weeks. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on October 27, 2012, 11:42:15 PM Gahhh I just want this raffle to start already! wtfffff Me too. Tickets are dollar-cheaper than they've been in weeks. 10% off sale! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 28, 2012, 07:13:41 AM Bitcoin has fallen $2 on $12.50, it's already nearly a 20% off sale without me changing the Bitcoin price.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: evanesce on October 28, 2012, 11:19:43 AM It'll go back up as soon as pirate stops cashing in his stolen coins
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 30, 2012, 03:00:53 PM I expect so, hoping the sales of tickets go back up too! They're starting to dry up.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on October 30, 2012, 06:33:22 PM I'll look at getting a few more tonight when I get home.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on October 31, 2012, 03:11:45 AM Ok, put me in for 3 more tickets via BTC please.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: server on October 31, 2012, 10:47:17 AM Gahhh I just want this raffle to start already! wtfffff Me too. Tickets are dollar-cheaper than they've been in weeks. 10% off sale! Yes, maybe 10+1 for the last 200 tickets ?? Buy 10 tickets -> 1 free ? Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Fiyasko on October 31, 2012, 02:39:38 PM Raffles work very specfically, If he alters a "buy xyz get 1 free" he could Compleatly destroy any profit he mave have.
On that note... Is the # of sold tickets ever going to get above 791? Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on October 31, 2012, 07:30:05 PM Raffles work very specfically, If he alters a "buy xyz get 1 free" he could Compleatly destroy any profit he mave have. On that note... Is the # of sold tickets ever going to get above 791? Pretty sure he's already done some special offers like that, but I don't know how that would affect profit. The numbers will go up as soon as he adds the 3 I just asked for and tells me where to send my btc. :) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on October 31, 2012, 11:50:35 PM Profit is really hard to calculate on a raffle like this.
On the one hand BTC price has gone up dramatically. On the other hand I took 200 ticket sales for SC which has dropped 80%, and I hedged BTC into USD at the wrong time. My total profit looks like it'll end up being about $300, which is more than I bargained for but less than it would be if I sold all the tickets today at the current price. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on November 01, 2012, 04:17:09 AM profit, shmofit, let's get these ticket sold and finish this thing!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on November 02, 2012, 06:19:08 AM If I buy up to 25 over time do I get one free or do I have to purchase 25 all at once?
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 05, 2012, 11:10:24 PM If I buy up to 25 over time do I get one free or do I have to purchase 25 all at once? You have to buy 25 at the same time to get the special. :( Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: stepkrav on November 06, 2012, 02:30:47 AM go go go, we must have this raffle ended before christmas!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: MrTeal on November 06, 2012, 03:02:14 AM go go go, we must have this raffle ended before christmas! Heh, better hope so. Raffle tickets will be a harder sell once the network is 250TH/s. :)Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on November 06, 2012, 05:27:45 AM 229 to go. :)
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 06, 2012, 07:22:43 AM 6 more up!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on November 06, 2012, 03:46:22 PM Awesome. We broke the 800 mark. Home stretch, people.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 07, 2012, 09:38:50 AM Another 11 sold! Keep the orders coming, slowly but surely we are getting there.
Edit: And another 10! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on November 10, 2012, 05:43:59 PM I hate to be a downer, but it doesn't look like it's going to make it... Over 200 left to sell and only a few days remaining...
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on November 10, 2012, 08:07:24 PM I hate to be a downer, but it doesn't look like it's going to make it... Over 200 left to sell and only a few days remaining... soon as bfl products are proven working a the high hashrate I predict some 25 ticket buyers or at least a surge in sales Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on November 10, 2012, 08:44:11 PM I hate to be a downer, but it doesn't look like it's going to make it... Over 200 left to sell and only a few days remaining... It would be nice to finish before, but it doesn't matter when it finishes. It's not like BFL is going to fill the preorders and then stop selling the things... Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on November 10, 2012, 09:31:30 PM I hate to be a downer, but it doesn't look like it's going to make it... Over 200 left to sell and only a few days remaining... soon as bfl products are proven working a the high hashrate I predict some 25 ticket buyers or at least a surge in sales And when is that going to happen? Next year? Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on November 10, 2012, 09:42:29 PM I hate to be a downer, but it doesn't look like it's going to make it... Over 200 left to sell and only a few days remaining... soon as bfl products are proven working a the high hashrate I predict some 25 ticket buyers or at least a surge in sales And when is that going to happen? Next year? December 5th, 2012 Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on November 10, 2012, 09:46:59 PM I hate to be a downer, but it doesn't look like it's going to make it... Over 200 left to sell and only a few days remaining... soon as bfl products are proven working a the high hashrate I predict some 25 ticket buyers or at least a surge in sales And when is that going to happen? Next year? December 5th, 2012 Won't we hit 210000 before then? Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on November 15, 2012, 07:59:16 PM http://serason.com/projects/emccharts/countdown.php
hrmmm... Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on November 15, 2012, 08:13:47 PM http://serason.com/projects/emccharts/countdown.php hrmmm... yes to your question if you didn't figure it out yet :) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 15, 2012, 09:51:04 PM 12 more sold.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on November 15, 2012, 10:28:53 PM http://serason.com/projects/emccharts/countdown.php hrmmm... yes to your question if you didn't figure it out yet :) It was rhetorical, already did the math... Just kinda putting it out there. Folks waiting to buy tickets until testing of ASICs would miss out entirely because the raffle would be a bust by then. 13 days to block 210000. Testing is 20 days away if it doesn't get delayed. I don't know why people are so apprehensive about it. The network adjusts for CPU power... ASIC isn't going to flood the blockchain with 25BTC blocks. Unlike LTC, this is intended to ensure the network has far more computing power than any attacker could muster... ASIC won't affect supply, the 210000 will, and nothing else. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on November 16, 2012, 01:30:25 AM http://serason.com/projects/emccharts/countdown.php hrmmm... yes to your question if you didn't figure it out yet :) It was rhetorical, already did the math... Just kinda putting it out there. Folks waiting to buy tickets until testing of ASICs would miss out entirely because the raffle would be a bust by then. 13 days to block 210000. Testing is 20 days away if it doesn't get delayed. I don't know why people are so apprehensive about it. The network adjusts for CPU power... ASIC isn't going to flood the blockchain with 25BTC blocks. Unlike LTC, this is intended to ensure the network has far more computing power than any attacker could muster... ASIC won't affect supply, the 210000 will, and nothing else. I don't think the raffle would "be a bust" at any point this year or next... Hardware won is hardware. Earlier is better, but later is still a win. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on November 16, 2012, 02:04:54 AM I don't think the raffle would "be a bust" at any point this year or next... Hardware won is hardware. Earlier is better, but later is still a win. The tickets have to be sold before the deciding block pops out. I think it will be hard to keep running it after the blockchain declares the winning numbers.... Kinda like playing the lottery if the wining numbers were announced in advance.... Probably won't work out.... Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on November 16, 2012, 04:24:28 AM For some reason I had it in my head that 210000 was the deciding block. I appologize for being a dumbass.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on November 16, 2012, 09:35:20 AM Doing my part: bought 8 more tickets !
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: pyra-proxy on November 16, 2012, 10:15:51 AM just sent Luceo a message to purchase some of these up :-)
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 16, 2012, 11:39:01 AM I think some people are misunderstanding the deciding block. It's not any specific block so it can't happen before the raffle is over, the deciding block is the first block after 0:00 UTC the day after the final ticket is sold.
Just sold 112 tickets. :) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: DutchBrat on November 16, 2012, 12:13:38 PM I think some people are misunderstanding the deciding block. It's not any specific block so it can't happen before the raffle is over, the deciding block is the first block after 0:00 UTC the day after the final ticket is sold. Just sold 112 tickets. :) Getting close !!! According to BFL (if we may believe them) they will be able to catchup quickly on their backlog, so even ordered today the winner might not get their ASIC much later than the ppl that pre-ordered in July ;) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: camosoul on November 16, 2012, 02:40:36 PM I think some people are misunderstanding the deciding block. It's not any specific block so it can't happen before the raffle is over, the deciding block is the first block after 0:00 UTC the day after the final ticket is sold. Just sold 112 tickets. :) Guilty, it is quite clear in your OP, I was just an idiot... Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on November 17, 2012, 05:07:59 PM I think some people are misunderstanding the deciding block. It's not any specific block so it can't happen before the raffle is over, the deciding block is the first block after 0:00 UTC the day after the final ticket is sold. Just sold 112 tickets. :) Guilty, it is quite clear in your OP, I was just an idiot... Misreading happens. We're all good. :) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on November 17, 2012, 05:09:56 PM Put me in for 5 more please.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 18, 2012, 09:49:13 AM Merrick your 5 are up, so is Lightlord's 1.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 18, 2012, 07:16:45 PM 25 more up. Under 50 less to go!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on November 19, 2012, 04:24:32 AM 25 more up. Under 50 less to go! Dang, any day now we should be all done! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: digital on November 19, 2012, 05:18:18 PM I just grabbed another 26, if my math is right, there should only be 18 tickets left.
Come on peeps, lets finish this today! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 19, 2012, 05:20:04 PM 18 left!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 19, 2012, 06:14:30 PM All gone.
Can anyone known & trusted copy/paste the ticket list? Thanks. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: GlooBoy on November 19, 2012, 06:15:28 PM [11/19-13:05] <gribble> Nick 'Luceo', with hostmask 'Luceo! is identified as user Luceo,
[11/19-12:57] <+Luceo> All raffle tickets SOLD. Can someone known on the forum please copy & paste the ticket list? Thanks. I copied and posted it here: http://glooboy.com/rafflelist.txt Good Luck everyone. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 19, 2012, 06:17:50 PM Thanks GlooBoy.
Everyone: Please check the ticket list and make sure everything is right. If anyone has the wrong number of tickets, let me know and I can refund non-allocated ones. I don't believe any numbers are wrong but this raffle is dedicated to utmost transparency. Good luck everyone. Draw will be the first block after 0:00 UTC. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 2weiX on November 19, 2012, 06:23:48 PM w000t
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: digital on November 19, 2012, 06:30:32 PM Call me greedy, but I'm hoping to nab up all three!! :P
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: pyra-proxy on November 19, 2012, 07:00:41 PM ASIC Raffle III: Win a BitForce SC Single Mining ASIC! (Previously known as 'BFL Jalapeno Lottery') We raffled away a Jalapeno... Then we raffled away a Jalapeno and some Bitcoins... What Next?... How about a And TWO And a ...AND cash prize alternatives? Yes, that's right, we added ANOTHER BFL SC Jalapeno to the 2nd place prize free of charge! What other competition provider would do THAT?! Consider it done! ALL tickets sold! Only 0.3 BTC / 100.0 NMC / 80.0 LTC / 500.0 SLC each... To buy tickets: PM Luceo with the subject 'ASIC Raffle III' to enter, or contact Luceo on #bitcoin-otc (please check my identification with gribble before sending any Bitcoins - ;;ident Luceo). Special Bulk-Order Offer I: Buy 25 tickets, get 1 free. Alt-Coin Special: I will donate 10% of my operating margin (~2.4 BTC) to the development of the ALT-COIN (Namecoin, Solidcoin or Litecoin) which sells the most tickets, so support your alt-coin and buy in Namecoin (50 sold), Litecoin (187 sold) or Solidcoin (188 sold) today! The Tickets & The Prizes - There will be 1,024 tickets. Each ticket will represent a 1/1,024 chance of winning each of the three prizes. - The winners will be determined by the block-chain to prevent any cheating on behalf of the operator. The first block timestamped after 0:00 UTC on the day after the final ticket is sold will determine the winner. NOTE: At the time that the final ticket is ADDED, there will be a post made in this thread as per previous rounds. This post shall determine the time & date of final ticket sale. This is to avoid any confusion in 'time of last sale'. - The final three characters of the hash of the aforementioned block will determine the first place winner, who will receive a pre-order for a BFL BitForce SC Single (40GH/sec ASIC) or the BTC value thereof. - The next three characters from the end of the hash of the aforementioned block will determine the second place winner, who will receive a pre-order for - The next three characters from the end of the hash of the aforementioned block will determine the third place winner, who will receive a pre-order for a BFL SC Jalapeno (3.5 GH/sec ASIC) or the BTC value thereof. Example To visualise the above, I have color-coded the segments which will determine the prize winners from the hash of the most recent block (http://blockexplorer.com/block/0000000000000166c6987cfd687b0777bd6800a798db1f31b3cab74528bacf43): 0000000000000166c6987cfd687b0777bd6800a798db1f31b3cab74528bacf43 The holder of the ticket which wins on f43 would receive a BFL Single SC, the holder of the ticket which wins on bac would receive a BFL Jalapeno and the holder of the ticket which wins on 528 would receive a BFL Jalapeno. These would be tickets 3d0, 2eb and 14a, respectively (if you don't understand this, scroll down). Further Conditions - Ticket sales are final. No refunds will be offered to any ticket purchasers unless the raffle is cancelled. Conditions for cancellation are as follows: No ticket sales for a period of seven (7) days OR BFL goes out of business or otherwise decides it will not ship these products. The termination period has changed from the old period of thirty days from date the raffle starts because I honestly have no idea how long it will take to sell 1024 tickets. If it looks like the raffle isn't going to happen, the operator will offer refunds at the operator's discretion. - The operator is not affiliated or associated with BFL. If BFL fail to ship or otherwise do not perform up to standards, it will be the duty of the order holder (the winners) to deal with BFL directly. The order will be made in your name, so you will have every ability to contact them. - Winners can either provide the operator with personal details to make the order (name, shipping address, e-mail) or make the order themselves. In the case of the latter, the Bit-Pay payment address will need to be presented in a public domain (for example #bitcoin-otc on freenode) so that payment of the invoice can be witnessed by the community. This is to prevent any dispute as to whether winnings were paid. - The numbers 000 to fff in hex represent the numbers 0-4,096 in decimal. Therefore, each of the 1,024 tickets (0 - 3ff) will represent four of those numbers. The 'winning' numbers have been listed with the ticket numbers so as to avoid confusion. - BFL don't ship everywhere. This is due to awkward US restrictions on shipping cryptography. If you're not sure, contact them before entering, or just take the cash prize. Tickets (Format: Ticket Num (Lower Hash Num - Upper Hash Num)) (IRC) after a name implies the user is a registered FREENODE user. (MC) after a name implies the user is a registered Microcash Forum user. All names without the above are registered Bitcointalk users. Code: 000 (000 - 003). Graet Raffle History & Confirmations ASIC Raffle II (Ended: 4th July 2012) Winner: 1st. de4l, 2nd. server Winning Ticket: 1st. 95, 2nd. 05 Prize: 1st. BFL Jalapeno, 2nd. 6.027 BTC Confirmation: 1st. This Post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89564.msg1009435#msg1009435), 2nd. This Post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89564.msg1010115#msg1010115) Winning Block: #187568 (http://blockexplorer.com/block/00000000000007f9e85e8978c2aa1c0a7cc56210126800bc1a0973511a750595) BFL Jalapeno Lottery I (Ended: 26th June 2012) Winner: Graet Winning Ticket: 20 Prize: BFL Jalapeno Confirmation: This Post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89564.msg990776#msg990776) Winning Block: #186237 (http://blockexplorer.com/block/0000000000000967ec9d11abade90e6bb918bf0bde683c2187e13017b616d829) Frequently Asked Questions What's to stop you running off with our money? The fact that I'm honest, the fact that I love this community, my prior trades, the two previously completed raffles and the simple economic fact that this competition is worth it to run it honestly. What if the price of Bitcoin drops or rises? I reserve the right to change the price for a ticket (this will likely only happen under extreme circumstances). All tickets prior sold will be considered final and will be honored regardless of what happens to the Bitcoin price. Is there a ticket limit? No, you can buy as many as you want (assuming there's that many left). For the alt-coin development donation, how will you calculate the donation and where will you donate? Margin will be calculated as the value of 1,024 tickets in BTC minus the amount the prizes cost. I will not attempt to calculate the value in altcoins as it will depend on the value when they are exchanged, which may be prior to the end of the raffle. 10% of this margin will be donated to a Bitcoin address chosen by coblee (if Litecoin wins), khalahan (if Namecoin wins) or RealSolid (if Solidcoin wins). In the event of a tie (two alt-coins sell the same number of tickets), each will receive 5% of the margin. This margin will NOT accurately represent profit, as some Bitcoins are hedged into USD, some altcoins are moved into Bitcoin or USD, etc. It's too difficult to prove an exact profit figure when dealing with six currencies. However, this will be how the donation is calculated (in practice, this will likely mean the donation value is in excess of 10% of profit). What happens when a winner is decided? The winner will need to claim their prize within ninety (90) days either by: - Responding on the forum, on the username they used to win the prize; - Messaging Luceo on IRC, idented to gribble under the username they used to win the prize. You changed the price, now how do we work out the total intake? 260 tickets @ 0.3 BTC. 295 tickets @ 0.25 BTC. Rest @ 0.3 BTC. Please DO NOT risk BTC which you can't afford to lose. The raffle is supposed to be a fun and recreational activity and not a guarantee of future income. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: pyra-proxy on November 19, 2012, 07:01:52 PM There you go in all its original glory :-). Good luck all!
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 20, 2012, 12:16:29 AM Well that was a fast block (http://blockchain.info/block-index/319929/000000000000039cb19a4bd8782affe00ab14331bb472113ceb5a9818fec4ec2).
Hash: 000000000000039cb19a4bd8782affe00ab14331bb472113ceb5a9818fec4ec2 ec2 wins a BFL SC Single: 3b0 (ec0 - ec3). cluck (MC) ec4 wins two BFL SC Jalapenos: 3b1 (ec4 - ec7). yonvanom 18f wins a BFL SC Jalapeno: 063 (18c - 18f). viperjbm (MC) The total intake (using simplistic calculation method) was: 295 * 0.25 = 73.75 BTC 729 * 0.3 = 218.7 BTC Total = 295.45 BTC Expected costs (approximated for simplicity using $11.25 exchange rate to account for fees etc) are: Single SC = $1299 = 115.47 BTC 3x Jalapeno SC = $450 = 40.0 BTC Shipping = $150 = 13.33 BTC Total = 168.8 BTC Margin = 126.65 BTC A donation of 12.665 BTC has been made (http://blockchain.info/tx-index/33761179/ce1e8607c0f1cd61c4f9ee0405497a1eb27db2c97ddad746f69d85f568d4e937) to Solidcoin development. Note: This is NOT my real margin. I took 200 ticket sales in Solidcoin which has dropped in value by 90% so that's 60 BTC down right there, in addition I put in a large hedge at 1 BTC = $10. For the sake of transparency I made about 48 BTC on this raffle. Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Merrick on November 20, 2012, 12:18:56 AM Congrats to the winners. Sad that I wasn't one of them. :P
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 20, 2012, 12:25:29 AM Just to confirm I got that Solidcoin address from this thread (http://forums.microcash.org/index.php/topic/633-future-of-microcash/) at the Microcash forum.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: AmDD on November 20, 2012, 12:28:11 AM Congrats to the winners. Sad that I wasn't one of them. :P Well poo. Congrats to the winners! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 20, 2012, 10:20:51 AM Awaiting feedback from winners.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: server on November 20, 2012, 10:32:50 AM Congrats to the winners !!
Thank's Luceo for the months you invested in this raffle to make it a great succes. Maybe the next raffle can be a short one ;) Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 20, 2012, 12:03:15 PM Paid out Cluck, he wanted the BTC rather than the SC Single. His address is 15SzkAcoN3TVMETtGgxiA9QJumbecRMGbF.
Transaction ID is d05cb0f7108b66e5daceab6bde5389fcbc5382763bab52de94639aa2c22b35cc (https://blockchain.info/tx-index/33837620/d05cb0f7108b66e5daceab6bde5389fcbc5382763bab52de94639aa2c22b35cc). EDIT: Confirmation from cluck over at the microcash forum (http://forums.microcash.org/index.php/topic/637-asic-raffle-iii-win-a-bfl-bitforce-sc-single-2nd-3rd-win-jalapenos/page__view__findpost__p__7190). Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 20, 2012, 01:56:21 PM I've got a charity raffle up for the Christmas period, to try to raise around $1500 to create business opportunities for the world's poorest people through Opportunity International. 64 BTC of prizes so you'll have a 50% return and due to the UK government's aid match scheme and partner tenakha being in the UK, 100% of the amount you spend will end up in the hands of those who need it most.
Please give generously: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=126922.0 Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Fiyasko on November 20, 2012, 02:42:57 PM DAAAAAMNN
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: Luceo on November 20, 2012, 04:44:04 PM viperjbm spoke with me on IRC, he too wanted BTC instead of the ASIC.
Code: 16:39:01 --> | viperjbm (~IceChat9@99-102-4-72.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net) has joined #bitcoin-otc Verifying that he was logged in and wasn't a new account registration on freenode: Code: 17:36:05 freenode-tor -- | [viperjbm] (~IceChat9@99-102-4-72.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net): The Chat Cool People Use Transaction link on Blockchain.info (https://blockchain.info/tx-index/33868676/1501257496243a0f2e5cba98f7f656287b833355baf1b7921ef8d30678e9212c). Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: yonvanom on November 21, 2012, 07:07:59 PM Can't believe I won!
I can confirm that Luceo pre-ordered two SC Jalapenos in my name. Many thanks to Luceo for the effort he put into this raffle! Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on December 08, 2012, 11:41:41 PM Congrats to the winners !! Thank's Luceo for the months you invested in this raffle to make it a great succes. Maybe the next raffle can be a short one ;) +1 Another vote for a shorter raffle Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: evanesce on December 13, 2012, 03:59:35 AM Shorter raffle.
Title: Re: ASIC Raffle III: Win a BFL Single SC & MORE! (NMC/LTC/SLC Welcome) Post by: 420 on May 03, 2013, 10:47:04 PM he's been gone over a week. need shorter raffle
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