At the moment, there is just no incentive for users to deposit. Their coins would be locked away for months, if not forever; I guess the one who deposits now wouldn't live that long to actually see a return

It's not that I'm negative with this game, it's just that it has already turned unprofitable. Everybody with a pair of eyes (or a screenreader) will notice this.

Now the dilemma you're in is that you promised that this game will stay online and that everybody will - theoretically - get paid if he just waits long enough. But the only way to get new deposits is to start a new round, which would violate the promise.

My suggestion to solve this: keep this instance of the game open and running, and maybe start a new (additional) variant of the game which is round based. Those who do deposit know (well, 90%, I guess) that if they're too late, their coins will be gone and the only option to make it back would be to enter early in the coming round.

Don't get me wrong. I really admire your enthusiasm towards this, even though… well, you see the list of "Transaction confirmed".

Really? I didn't manage to watch the videos that far.
However, this sounds somewhat recursive.

Hey,

also dafür, dass Du selber sagst, dass Du kein Entwickler bist, hört sich das schon sehr strukturiert und sinnvoll an.
Ich finde es auch immer wieder schön zu hören, dass das, was ich als meinen Beruf gewählt habe, anderen als Hobby taugt. Sprich: ja, Spaß an der Sache ist das Wichtigste! Weiter so!

Einer der Cryptsy-Jungs meinte, dass der Artikel vollkommen übertrieben ist, und dass alle Exchanges unter Überwachung stehen und dass das nichts Ungewöhnliches ist.

Was davon zu halten ist, bleibt wohl jedem selbst überlassen. Ich dachte aber, ich leite es mal weiter - der Vollständigkeit halber.

Hmm, maybe he should try and deposit again? 

Mensch, wie viele Deutsch(sprachig)e bekannte Gesichter hier!

Ich habe den Report heute Morgen gelesen und… naja, sagen wir so: ich habe noch nie viel von Cryptsy erwartet, aber das hat mich schon geschockt. Und ich könnte mir vorstellen, dass der Laden zugemacht wird. Will hier allerdings jetzt keine (möglicherweise unnötige) Panik anschieben. Vorsichtig wäre ich aber allemal.

Bin btw beeindruckt von dem, was ich von dem Bot bisher so gelesen habe. Ich habe selber einen kleinen Bot geschrieben (PHP mit dem TYPO3.Flow framework), allerdings mehr als Proof of Concept für private Zwecke. Daher schaue ich mich immer mal in der "Bot-Welt" um.
Darkwinde, hast Du den Bot from scratch programmiert? Oder verwendest Du auch irgendein Framework? Ich frage, weil sich das Ganze so, wie Du es beschreibst, ja schon ziemilch modular anhört, wo sich einige Frameworks sicherlich anbieten.

Gruß & keep up the good work!

Well, if there's some pathetic jerk wanting to tell me how to make millions™ online without really having to do anything, I'd clearly consider that a scam. I mean, just look at this guy. He probably asked his mom for a few bucks to rent the apartment for a few hours, so he can make this movie.

Just think of the movies as some kind of entertainment and you'll be fine.

Plus, if you need to rely on tutorials to build up such a service, I would strongly recommend not doing it at all. This can only cause you troubles.

This site contains two posts which don't have any help in deciding where to invest in a legit way…

Now that's a BCT classic. Someone comes up with a proposal to at least help a little, and you guys end up talking about it, instead of just doing it. 

Did anybody watch the pictures linked?
That's what happens when you're too busy watching Bitcoin charts.

Interesting read, not only because Gleb seems to be that open about what happened.

It reminds me again to never do any business with anyone here. Hell, do most of the guys here even consider to pay when they purchased something?

After all, you still look sympathetic.

How much did this whole endeavour make you? And - maybe I'm overlooking something here - isn't it a bad idea to post pictures here publicly which possibly allow for identification?

Yep. It can be very annoying. There are people who scam for as little as 0.01 BTC, and when it's clear that he scammed, he comes back to the thread, saying "my balls, your face".

Real lowlife scumbags, here. And lots of very intelligent, friendly users. Both at the same place. I always imagine this board as a kind of representation of our society, but somewhat more extreme. That's because of money being involved.

If you're here for the tech, and for Bitcoin itself, I almost recommend staying out of trading at all. It's sad, but the chances of getting scammed are higher than anywhere else.
And if you desperately want to trade here, try to pick one of the old members with very high reputation. But even that's far from a guarantee of not getting scammed.

What an asshole.

Some hints for the next time: don't offer to send first right away. That makes you look vulnerable and prone to be scammed. Second: use escrow. There are lots of users doing escrow (even I would do it, if I'm asked). Some for free and some for a small fee.

Using escrow is a must if there's no trust being established before.

It's not meant to sound smart-assy, just some recommendations for the next time.

There's an open scam accusation on him and still, you're sending money to him? How comes?

This was a truly amazing episode, btw!!

Hmm. Just to make sure everything works flawlessly, did you consult The Doctor? We might ask him for a proper Sonic Screwdriver, just in case something goes wrong terribly.

Also, I have lost a book I gave to someone who moved places before having the chance to give it back to me. I would very much like to have this back. Could you do a stop in 1992 and prevent me from handing over that book to this guy?

Hehe, this is exactly my question.

I'm a web developer by profession, and when working in the company, I used to wear whatever suits the weather. In summer, light clothes, sometimes not even shoes. But since I'm doing home office, I'm glad whenever I manage to wear a pair of trousers. ^^
Just recently, I told my boss that we were doing Skype conversations with a customer where I only wore a shirt and shorts, but no trousers at all, because nobody would notice it, anyway.

Even though 0.1 BTC isn't that much, I would totally recommend against this. 99% of all Altcoins are pure scams and are constructed to rip people off. Even if it works out nicely once or twice, at some point, it'll work out for the other party involved and you get rid of your precious Bitcoin.
I fell prey to cloak, back in the days. I won't blame Bobsurplus - the only reason I failed was because I got greedy. Got decent returns in the first run and I thought "hell, I can repeat this easily", and then, the price fell and fell, and Alty visited the thread less and less often to update people, who got more and more delusional.

If you care to keep your BTC and maybe increase it, I'd stay away from Altcoins as far as possible. What do you think why scammers create them over and over? Because it makes good money for the users? Hell, no.