I see you are already very much into the game so it is do or die position for you. With Full House on turn, I will surely going 'all-in' on this hand. There are very less possibilities to lose from there. Let me count, if other guy is holding AA, KK, QQ, JJ, A10, K10 or 22, only then the other guy has a chance to win if river turns out to be one of A, K, J or 2. Else you are winning this hand. Possibility of that happening is 1 in 1611. Either you have won this hand, or SwC has the most rigged random generator or stars are absolutely not with you.

Not a good day for me. Players were playing extra defensively and I was enjoying that. Won 50-60 hands and increased my chips to 22K.

But then came a player from other table with 8K chips. He was going all in on every second hand. I controlled my urge for some time, even folded AKs. But after few hands, it had become impossible to resist him. At last I callled this all in with 10-10 pocket pair. He was holding 88 pocket pair and 8 was dealt on flop. He won the hand and it's understandable that I didn't have much advantage with 10-10 against 8-8. But then came the worst part, he was still going all in on every second or third hand. Then I got AA and he raised all-in in pre flop. I thought it was good time to get my chips back and I called his all-in bet. Can you guess, he was calling all-in with 78o!! But do you believe what happened next? 8 was dealt among flop cards (I was like ok, not this time, I have AA against 88) but then river was another 8.

So a guy took all my chips in two hands that I stacked in over 100 hands with 88 vs 1010 and 78o vs AA. Winning both times with three of kind (8 ).

Right! I have updated FAQ, here is the excerpt of the same:

One reason was this:

But the most important reason is that I only know MongoDB because that is what I learnt with Node.js. I know some basics of SQL but not sure if I can manage it on my own in production. I have to be dependent on someone. While with MongoDB, I can completely assure maxima security of database. Not to ignore the fact that MongoDB is really cool db system and comes with amazing GUI software - MongoDB Compass which is completely free.


Actually I made a bitcoin related tool following this method too. Just the process was reverse, I coded thing in JS taking help from Python code.

You really think I will need the help of 2 devs and 2 months to code a single page dice game and call it what 'unique'? What you have read was written by me in reference to DogeDraw. I was part of the project which was started as a dogecoin lottery but didn't work out. Then we bent on to work on something big and better. So we have created a platform with 8 multiplayer games and one unique table mode which none other crypto gambling site provide at the moment. However, due to some differences I left the project last month and I am no longer the part of the team. They are planning to launch the site next month and most probably I will be the one who will create ANN and Signature campaign for them on Bitcointalk. But it will just be a paid job and I won't officially be the team member.

As far as this script is concerned. This is truly and purely my work. I written the whole script in just 4 hours - models, routers, controllers, views, everything I typed manually man! Give me some credit. 

I know HTML and CSS since I was 14 years old but I never learnt any programming language before DS's suggestion. It was only after he suggested about JS and Node.js that I took courses for both separately. First I took Node.js course and watched quick YouTube video to understand basics of JS before starting but it didn't help much. So I paused the course and took detailed JS course. Once I finished that, I resumed Node.js course and perfected both.


I am sorry but I didn't understand this. What are you saying?

Thanks Khaled.

I have made server seeds unique to each account so it is not possible to set up that system without logging in.

I agree it's better to keep changing nonce rather than server seed if player doesn't change the client seed but the system I implemented generates server seed synchronously so the new seed is shown to player almost instantly hence it doesn't affect site performance in any way. So it is better to let player have new set of seeds for every game if I can make that happen without affecting performance.

Auto-bets can be done. Not much difficult and maybe half an hour work. Will add to the script in free time.

Also, I don't care about server costs tbh, lol. I do web development as a sheer hobby. Professionally, I am employed in financial field. But tech attracts me so I learn things online. Do you know where it all started? Here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5180284.msg52315553#msg52315553

Darstar_ suggested me to learn Javascript and Node.js to go on with gambling site development and took the suggestion really serious, lol.

I have big hosting plan and it can sustain all of my sites with even 100 times the traffic I am receiving right now. So no problem.

Step 1: Download the MongoDB Community Server from here: https://www.mongodb.com/download-center/community. Select 'ZIP' from 'Package' option.

Step 2: Once downloaded, extract the folder to somewhere permanent, for example in Local Disk (C:).

Step 3: The name of the folder will be something like this: 'mongodb-win32-x86_64-2012plus-4.2.6'. Rename it to something similar like 'mongodb'.

Step 4: Now create a new folder in the same location where you have extracted folder in previous step (Not inside previous folder but in the exact location i.e. Local Disk (C:). This folder will be used to save database so name it something like 'mongodb-data'.

Step 5: Now head over to your command prompt. Run this command:


Note that the command starts with the location of your folder followed by folder name and then /bin/mongod.exe command. Then provide space for --dbpath flag. Don't provide space after '=' and your database path should start immediately after equals to. You don't have to mention root folder i.e. C:\ in dbpath. So if your database folder is in Users folder which is located in C:\ then your dbpath shall be: --dbpath=/Users/mongodb-data.

Step 6: Console will output lots of data once you but somewhere 8-9 lines from bottom, you will see this output:



If you see this command then your database has been setup accurately and you are ready to run your dice script now.

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Step 1: Open new command prompt window. Don't stop the function in first window or close the first window else mongodb running on your system will stop.

Step 2: If git is installed on your system then run this command in second window:


Else head to https://github.com/web-tricks/dice and download the code in ZIP format and extract where ever you want.

Step 3: Once github is done cloning or you have extracted folder on your computer, open folder in your command prompt. If you clone using command above, you simply have to write 'cd dice' to enter dice folder.

Step 4: Once you enter the dice folder, run 'npm install' command to install all packages needed for the script to run.

Step 5: Once all packages have been installed (it will take 1-2 minutes max), run 'npm run dev' command to run the script locally on your system.

Step 4: If you see the message 'Listening on 3000', it means you have correctly set up the script. The message will be something like this:



Now head to your browser and open: localhost:3000 and you will see the local implementation of your script. Any other doubt, do ask in this thread. Thanks!

If I am understanding correctly then you are saying that you received $5000 as your freelancing fees and then you invested that income in other coin, say ETH, right? Now read the details below carefully. I hope it will help you.

See in this situation, theoretically there are two taxable events arising:

• First when you received freelancer payment, you made the income of $5000 hence tax is payable on $5000.
• Second when you bought ETH, you are now investing as an investor. Imagine you sold ETH for $5500. So any profit you made over and above $5000 i.e. $500 will be taxable as capital gains.
  

This should be correct taxable treatment for your case:

• Suppose exchange rate was $1 = ₹78  on the day when you received freelancer payment. Hence, your income will be 5000*78 = ₹3,90,000. So tax as per normal bracket is payable on ₹3,90,000
• Suppose exchange rate was $1 = ₹75 when you finally sold the ETH. Hence, your profit on investment will be (5500*75) - (5000*78) = ₹22,500. So tax as per capital gains is payable on ₹22,500.

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The above treatment I described is as per normal currency i.e. fiat currency i.e. INR or USD. However, we are dealing here with more complex issue i.e. cryptocurrency. So overall, we can eliminate first taxable event if we like as we are dealing in cryptocurrencies. Consider the following two situations:

Number One: You receive $5000 worth BTC in private wallet (such as MyCelium or Electrum) and then you send BTC to Crypto-to-Crypto Exchange where you haven't done KYC like Binance. Then you exchange ETH to BTC on Binance. Finally, you send those ETH to exchange like WazirX and convert those to INR.

Number Two: You receive $5000 worth BTC in Exchange wallet like WazirX directly. There you convert BTC to ETH and keep ETH on WazirX as well. Finally you sell ETH on WazirX for INR.

Now note: In case of 'Number Two' situation, you have to follow the treatment I described in first half of my post. You should consider your whole trade as two taxable events because you have done KYC with WazirX and they have record of your all transactions. But in case of 'Number One' situation, your first taxable event is completely anonymous so rather than showing whole trade as two taxable events, you can simply show the final conversion i.e. selling ETH for INR as you income and pay tax as per normal bracket on 5500*75 = ₹4,12,500. No need to show capital gain transaction at all.

I hope it clears most of your doubts.

Where SyGambler have been today? Attending his German classes?

PM replied. I have also answered your question in other thread.

Hey Vijay,
Thanks for your questions.

You don't have to pay taxes if you sold BTC for Tether (USDT). USDT also comes under the bracket of cryptocurrencies. Only income which you withdraw to bank is taxable.

For second question, it's up to you. Generally crypto-to-crypto transactions are not traceable so if you did crypto/crypto trade on exchange where you haven't done KYC and it is separate exchange from the one where you convert crypto to INR then you can consider $5000 as your purchase value and pay tax on Sell Amount less $5000. Alternatively, it is up to you if you wanna show two transactions. One bought for $5000 and sold for $3000. Other bought for $4000 and sold for $20000. But since second buying is not from your bank, I would advise you to go with first option and show whole trade as single transaction.

Generally speaking, does Google cares about backlinks and Pagerank any longer? I don't think so. Backlinks were extensively used in Google's former algorithm - Pagerank to determine the importance and quality of webpage. But currently just having backlinks from high-traffic websites won't guarantee first page Google listing. In fact, there is higher chance that your article on such high-traffic websites will appear before your actual site. For example: ANN Thread on Bitcointalk appearing before home page of your website.

I am not active in SEO niche from last 2-3 years so I don't have any idea if having link on Bitcointalk will help in Google Search but I think it will if your website is purely bitcoin related because Bitcointalk links have high domain authority on Google in Bitcoin niche.

My question is that, how can blockchain technology guarantee fairness of the lottery games?
I don't think blockchain adds anything significant when it comes to generating true randomness. In blockchain, we hash set of data to produce hashes but it is easily possible to guess the hashes if we know which data going to be hashed.

I would say, not blockchain technology but cryptocurrencies do help in maintaining decentralization of lottery up to certain degree. Let say creating smart contract which will pay to the winner among certain set of ETH Addresses on particular day. But even in that case we have to define event on whose basis result will be drawn and there is no element of randomness if everyone knows how hash gonna drawn out.

As promised, Admin Panel has been added to the script. It can be accessed at site.com/admin.

Sneak Peek:

Features added to Admin Panel at this moment:

• View Total Number of users registered on site.
• View list containing usernames of all registered users on site.
• Edit email, balance and password of any registered user
• Modify the role of any user to 'admin' from 'member'
• View bets made by a particular user

I thought it would be bad idea to open admin panel for everyone on main implementation so I created side-implementation of the script on http://dummy.webtricks.website. Use these login details to access admin panel:

website: http://dummy.webtricks.website
username: admin
password: admin123
after login visit: http://dummy.webtricks.website/admin or click 'Admin Panel' from top

Do tell me if anyone wanna see anything else on script, I will add more features in coming days.

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No Problem! I will create detailed guide on how to run this script on local machine in this thead after few hours. Stay tuned!

Let me make it simple for you. So bitcoin blockchain is nothing but 277GB data containing records of every transaction ever happened on Bitcoin Network since its inception. Now your question is where is it stored, right? So the good news is that anyone can store Bitcoin's blockchain on any device he/she wants. To do so, person needs to run full node. As he does so, whole Bitcoin's blockchain will get downloaded on his system and he will be connected to Bitcoin Network and can independently verify transactions. I don't have exact numbers but last I remember is that 47K nodes are presently running. So you can say up-to date Bitcoin data is present on 47K systems currently. It can be laptop, CPU, computers or even Raspberry Pi.

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Not exactly! Cloud Storage doesn't define centralization or decentralization. It is just a medium to store your data. Only difference is that you are storing your data on someone else's system. It is very much possible to run bitcoin node and store data on cloud. You can buy storage space on cloud services like 'Digital Ocean' and save blockchain there. It doesn't make any difference. Storing blockchain on cloud doesn't make it centralized as far as someone else is also having complete record on his system and can independently verify transactions.

I haven't made admin panel but can add one with some decent features. It will take me around 2 hours to code one I think. Done! I will add admin panel functionality tomorrow, let's make this the most complete free Crypto Gambling Script available online!


Yes! You can surely configure it on windows. Just make sure you have node.js installed on your system. Follow the guide written in README file and it will work just fine on your system. You can make those command with Windows' Command Prompt too.

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If someone thinks I am going to give $4.5M to every person who signs up then such person deserves to be misled. Not to forget the big laughing face at the end of the line. 

I was going through the last 2-3 pages of this thread and sensed some negative vibes among members. It looks like we have lost the main purpose of these tournaments - 'fun', right? Compare the posts from these 8 pages with 40 from first series and you will find how charismatic everyone was sounding in previous series. But here we are discussing about the late registration problem, how some members are just playing to make to championship, how some members knowingly sit out, how some members play defensively to make point and what not! It seems like the purpose has been shift from 'fun' to 'money' and that's why I think we are seeing the drop of 30-40% participants.

Well, I can tell personally for myself that I don't care about any of the above. For me member may come at the first minute or the last, use whatever strategy he can, I have paid over 0.01 BTC to play these series so far just because I enjoy playing and keep on doing so until I am enjoying. So please everybody let's keep these issues aside and let's not think too much and play with peaceful mind.

It's SteveBitcointalk.

Let's do this! Beware! I gonna claim bounty on your head tonight.

I understand it isn't easy to make changes in the things like timings but I still wanna thank you for considering my request for time change and trying to make that happen in upcoming weeks!