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Economy => Gambling => Topic started by: bitspill on April 23, 2013, 04:38:00 AM



Title: BlockEnd.net - Win Prize if TxID matches block hash.
Post by: bitspill on April 23, 2013, 04:38:00 AM
-- BlockEnd.net Terminated due to lack of participation. --


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - BitLotto Alternative?
Post by: 🏰 TradeFortress 🏰 on April 23, 2013, 04:39:30 AM
I don't think people will want to play on a new gambling site with no trust, considering how a previous and pretty trustworthy one ran.


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - BitLotto Alternative?
Post by: bitspill on April 23, 2013, 04:41:22 AM
I don't think people will want to play on a new gambling site with no trust, considering how a previous and pretty trustworthy one ran.
Thats why I just threw in that edit and emphasized any amount, just toss over a satoshi or two, I have to start somewhere so why not give it a shot ;)


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - Win Prize if TxID matches block hash.
Post by: bitspill on May 02, 2013, 01:08:34 AM
Round 1 ended with no winners.
Round 2 ended with 2 winners.
Round 3 is running until block 235,000

Round 2 results:
Prize (after 0.0015 network fee): 0.0085021 BTC
Approximate USD value: $ 0.97

Winners:
  • 15yPPh667FxTYncUYt4jp2wd7qHewUDV9t
  • 1BtEanKRfhYdcZwduPVBuB4UK4jbtG3C72 -- TheFreeBitcoins.com

Winnings distribution Tx ID: http://blockchain.info/tx-index/fabe613c50ce3ab85e7de53474b101e87038d11a7467fa2c8b8c3c067a985083
Entry/Winnings spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0An3LFDN5AREFdEhmR2xTNnlJbVhwUGJHczZRMXdDZ1E&gid=0


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - Win Prize if TxID matches block hash.
Post by: bitspill on May 18, 2013, 07:20:21 AM
Rounds 3 & 4 both had no winners... Round 5 in progress running to target block 237,000 with a prize pool of 0.065 BTC ($8.12 USD) at the time of writing.

I decided for the fun of it to run through the block chain and count up all the hash endings to see if any where neglected or if it's fairly uniform and the results I found suggest the distribution is fairly uniform and there is an equal chance of winning with any ending to your transaction.

Code:
Blocks ending in 0 = 14740
Blocks ending in 1 = 15022
Blocks ending in 2 = 15045
Blocks ending in 3 = 14989
Blocks ending in 4 = 14847
Blocks ending in 5 = 14631
Blocks ending in 6 = 14755
Blocks ending in 7 = 14837
Blocks ending in 8 = 14739
Blocks ending in 9 = 14536
Blocks ending in a = 14822
Blocks ending in b = 14688
Blocks ending in c = 14884
Blocks ending in d = 14620
Blocks ending in e = 14787
Blocks ending in f = 14773
236715 Blocks analyzed.
Execution time: 00:06:36.5860377


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - Win Prize if TxID matches block hash.
Post by: bitspill on May 20, 2013, 04:54:03 AM
Once more a round goes by winner-less leaving behind a current prize of 0.0656849 BTC rolling over to round 6 which will end at block 238,000.
A spreadsheet containing the entrants can be found at http://blockend.net/index.php/past-rounds/11-round-5


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - Win Prize if TxID matches block hash.
Post by: bitspill on May 26, 2013, 07:12:43 AM
Only 22 blocks remain in Round 6, and there is a 93.75% (15/16) chance we will have a winner this time around.

As it stands right now "5" is the only ending without an entry current prize is 0.0836849BTC ($11.05)
Code:
Current Round Entries
0 = 1
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 2
4 = 3
5 =
6 = 3
7 = 2
8 = 3
9 = 2
a = 3
b = 1
c = 4
d = 1
e = 1
f = 3
Total = 32


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - BitLotto Alternative?
Post by: 001sonkit on May 27, 2013, 09:17:47 AM
I don't think people will want to play on a new gambling site with no trust, considering how a previous and pretty trustworthy one ran.

We have had similar cases here back 1 yrago. *digging out that case, some what like send 0.25 each time*

https://blockchain.info/address/15yTy2CYLk1EEzAzUkTUR2HghPwPLWivGP <--- this one


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - BitLotto Alternative?
Post by: bitspill on May 28, 2013, 03:37:55 AM
I don't think people will want to play on a new gambling site with no trust, considering how a previous and pretty trustworthy one ran.

We have had similar cases here back 1 yrago. *digging out that case, some what like send 0.25 each time*

https://blockchain.info/address/15yTy2CYLk1EEzAzUkTUR2HghPwPLWivGP <--- this one
Not sure what I'm looking at here... So that address sent out and received a lot of 0.25 BTC transactions but where were they going?


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - Win Prize if TxID matches block hash.
Post by: bitspill on May 30, 2013, 08:09:59 AM
Round 6 ended Sunday and the winner was paid Monday
Results - http://blockend.net/index.php/past-rounds/12-round-6
Tx-ID - https://blockchain.info/tx/a062e4aa78c4cb3e41a809468e00fd874f766d144fa19f5d7d7746066d6413c6


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - Win Prize if TxID matches block hash.
Post by: 001sonkit on May 30, 2013, 12:39:46 PM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=104630.0


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - Win Prize if TxID matches block hash.
Post by: bitspill on May 30, 2013, 03:23:42 PM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=104630.0
"There is no way you can lose." And that's when you know that one is a sham.

Otherwise that looks almost exactly like my idea, I can see how you would think I may be taking inspiration and run with the coins


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - Win Prize if TxID matches block hash.
Post by: bitspill on June 01, 2013, 05:14:24 AM
So other than the fear that I will run with the coins are there any other faults or concerns with this concept?


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - Win Prize if TxID matches block hash.
Post by: bitspill on June 06, 2013, 08:00:46 AM
Sadly Round 8 came and went without a single entrant, so to get the next round rolling I seeded it with 0.1 BTC


Title: Re: BlockEnd.net - Win Prize if TxID matches block hash.
Post by: bitspill on July 08, 2013, 08:17:47 AM
-- BlockEnd.net Terminated due to lack of participation --