I did this based on the suggestion of this BitCoin Wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Address_reuse

My understanding based on reading that article (and others on the same topic) is that its best practice to NOT reuse addresses and to have a unique address per transaction. Am I understanding the article incorrectly?

Thank you for all the feedback. I understand that its hard to trust a new person/site and I appreciate all the honesty and suggestions from everybody

I will add social links to the site tonight, but for the purposes of this forum:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahabyazdani/
GitHub: https://github.com/thegrandpoobah/


Its $4 USD at current conversion rates, but the underlying point is something that I fully expected.

Escrow

Lots of suggestions from the thread about setting up an escrow. It was not something that I was aware of. Thank you all for that suggestion. I will setup an escrow with one of the providers on this forum.

There are a couple people who have already tried the web-site (7 to be specific) who have not paid the wager fee (again, totally expected), but if that trend continues, my thought was to just run this first round without any entry fee to show that I am not trying to scam anybody.

Again, thanks for everybody's feedback!

Hello Bitcoin Talk Forum Members,

Every week on Sunday @ 11am ET, I will be holding a draw for 0.01 BTC on the brand new web-site https://hashloot.com!

The game:
Guess the last two digits of the block size for the first block to get mined on the Bitcoin blockchain after Sunday at 11:00 a.m. ET for your chance to win!

Since you need to guess a number between 00-99, you have a 1/100 chance of winning. Once the block has been mined, if your guess is correct, I will send your winnings to the wallet address that you provide.

Each guess costs a minimum of 0.0001 BTC with higher wagers entitling you to a bigger portion of the 0.01 BTC prize pool in case of multiple correct guesses.

If there are no correct guesses, the prize pool will be added to the next's week draw.

The first draw will be on Jan 17, 2020 at 11am ET. Good Luck!

Verify:

I understand that I am new to the forum and talking about a new site, but we all have to start somewhere right? To show that I am serious about this: My name is Sahab Yazdani, the web-site in question has my name in the footer, I've given a signing message for the prize pool wallet address on the web-site, and I am basing the game on an event/outcome on the Bitcoin blockchain that I cannot possibly forge.

If there is any other way that you would like me to show/prove that I am not a scammer, please let me know. If its a reasonable request, I will make sure to follow through.