although im usually the first to shout scam..

circle has done alot of legitimate things that scams have not.
1. got regulated
2. signed up for credit card processing services
3. got into proper good working relationships with banks
4. advertised formally
6. got proper VC backing
7. having a proper business plan
8. there code does not look like basement dwellers PHP/mysql

that being said. i dont think they are a scam. but i do think that NO one should use them as a bank and keep funds with them for days/weeks/years.. simply use them to buy/sel coin, and get your funds out of there.

the point of bitcoins is not to ned to trust third parties because your suppose to hoard funds yourself, or to research third parties soo much that your not blindedly trusting them.

Since we've started our campaign on Wednesday, we plan to make first payouts on next Wednesday.

We don't have reservation, but in the next 4 days will start the next week of campaign, so we think you'll be able to join with no problem.

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As for the escrow, we've decided to skip this for now. If you don't believe us, just way for the first payouts. Though, you risk to miss the campaign at all, since we're planning to limit the max amount of participants.

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BR,
The PocketDice Team

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I dont think a weekly payment campaign needs an escrow. Dont accept the Tom, Dick & Harry here trying to be an escrow. Use the forum list of escrow instead => https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=276897.0

This is Todd from BuySellAds.

Some facts:

1. This isn't a marketing thing. We have advertisers and publishers from over 80 countries. Paying non-US publishers is a huge pain. Wire transfers cost ~ $35, payouts via PayPal cost up to $10, and checks take FOREVER for publishers to receive via regular mail. So, for us, if a publisher is willing to accept Bitcoin it's a great thing. We'd love it if ALL of our publishers would accept payouts in Bitcoin because it's much easier than the myriad of ways we currently have to pay publishers.

2. The reddit announcement this past week was also not a marketing thing. We have been working with reddit to sell ads to some of their sub-reddits for a while now. We asked them for some inventory in bitcoin related sub-reddits because we're starting to sell quite a bit of Crypto-related inventory for publishers. They said sure, but only if we could accept bitcoin. The good news was that we already had something in process here. So, it was both great timing and a perfect fit. 100% not a marketing thing.

3. The Crypto-currency channel at BuySellAds is *very* new. It's also one of our fastest growing new channels at BuySellAds.

RocketSingh - I'm not sure what we did to piss you off, but it seems like you have a grudge against us. Ease up   We're probably the most authentic ad company out there you will find... and one of the first to embrace Crypto-currency. I agree with you that this really isn't that big of a deal at all - for us it's about doing what we can to improve our software/operations for our customers. If you're here on BitcoinTalk I'd imagine you'd like to see Bitcoin succeed... the more merchants the better...

Thanks for the feedback, guys.
Fixed the trust definition, thanks for that in particular.
As for the escrow, we're researching this issue.

Hehe, I should have mentioned it only returned the profit/loss of those rolls combined to the user. It did simulate (so calculate the lucky number etc) and insert 10.000 rolls in the DB at once though, so with a single query, not repeating an insert query 10.000 times. It also updated the user balance at once too after all the rolls were done.

I bet this will be fast in other languages too.

It's Tor, not TOR.

Tor is most commonly used for anonymous Web browsing, but it can anonymize any TCP traffic. In Bitcoin-Qt, the default proxy settings (127.0.0.1:9050, version 5) in the network options are usually appropriate for Tor. Just run Tor and tell Bitcoin-Qt to use the proxy.

Don’t hide behind your company

After Mt.Gox collapsed a “trust issue” arose throughout the Bitcoin network. People got a slap in the face realizing they can’t go around trusting businesses that weren’t transparent enough with their money. Communicating who you are in a transparent and trustworthy manner is one of the most important aspects of your Bitcoin business. For example take a look at Coinbase’s “about” page.

See how each team member’s photo is vividly displayed linking to their LinkedIn profile? Also there is a clear company address and way of getting in touch. BTCJam is another great example of a transparent “About” page: btcJam about page 2 companies which I believe are not doing so well are BTC-E and a HYIP program called “Bitcoin-Trader”. Both seem to be very obscure about who is actually running their business. There’s nothing less professional than having your business be operated by “a team of professionals”.

Bitcoin Core is pretty easy to block. I think that just blocking port 8333 would cause serious problems for Chinese users. (There are some nodes on the network that don't use port 8333, but they're rare.) Bitcoin isn't designed to be difficult to block -- that's what Tor is for. It's been possible to run Bitcoin through Tor since version 0.1 AFAIK.

Primedice uses Node.js alongside PostgreSQL. Ember.js (front end) 100% PHP free. We are able to handle a significant amount of load with clustered servers and heavy DB optimization. We completely threw away all the problematic PHP code that was used for PD2.

We were getting a good amount of people a day using the site (Not really going to release that since this is such a low starting bid, to be honest this deal is a steal, if that doesn't show that we don't care about the profit on the sale of site, I don't know what would. We want the site to have a good home and help some budding person get a good start if dice sites are something they want to do). The concurrency was more of a database issue, when we would be going to investments and rolls. We were getting a lot of rolls at once, that were taking down the site, so the php code actually has a limiter on it. With the java code we would be able remove that limiter, as well as we would be able to do investments better and faster.

I am not going to use this form to debate why I choose to move on from the php code to java, it was a decision that was made, when we were 100% sure we wanted to pursuit that, and just as music comes to musicians heads, we found other interest that made us want to build and do those.

The amount of things you are getting for 1 BTC is ridiculous you are getting 2 complete sites, 3 domain names.

We are a private company and start opening the books look like that, isn't something we choose to do now.

Also if my answers before where confusing, it was because I was on a phone now I am at a computer and can write out long descriptions to answer questions.

0. Just-Dice.com - I don't know,

1. PrimeDice.com - EmberJS

2. DiceBitco.in - Angular, probably with Mean

4. PRCDice.eu - I don't want to know

3. Dice.ninja - Python

5. Win88.me - I don't know

6. Rollin.io - Php, it's copy from satoshibet.com, as all-dice

PD and JD must be using hadoop too, I'd like to know what SQL they are using.

We don't release the numbers, but it was a decent amount for a smaller site.



No we used mysql and tomcat proxy thru nginx is great for high concurrency. But this isn't the place to debate that.

Java is better language and gives us the same performance as an exchange.

Not sure , but how do you earn money ? are you using Ads from Google adsense ? using Adblock so can't say rly

Hello all,
I have been newly active on Primedice during the past few weeks. With the closing of JD, I was looking for another honest, off-chain game to continue rolling. Primedice was great and I had a lot of success there until recently.

Earlier today, I deposited 100 BTC into my account to start playing. (I always make it a habit to put my coins back into my wallet after playing on any site.) Usually my account is credited after 1 confirmation and everything is good-to-go. Well initially, things were looking like they usually do, and my account promptly reflected my new balance. Then I place my first bet and I get an "Insufficient Funds" warning at the top. Mind, you this is happening while my balance shows "100.00120000 BTC." I refreshed the page a few times and afterwards, the balance showed pretty much zero again (0.00120000 BTC worth of dust).

Just to be safe, I even tried logging in and out. Nothing. I hit up the Mod on duty in the chat room and he is unable to help. I have sent an email to support so let's see what they say. I am trying to keep calm, but an annual salary worth of BTC has vanished.

Also, here is the TXID for the deposit in question:
https://blockchain.info/tx/e3baf6d62cbd003632204cd40e82c6e40e55c4a50b2d93e89585ec1ca7fffac1

If any of you more technical guys can get forensic with the blockchain info, ANY help is appreciated. Stunna, if my coins are just stuck somewhere on your site, please return them and I'll be on my merry way. In the meantime:

BE CAREFUL WHEN DEPOSITING YOUR COINS HERE!

The real question is: can the content providers (aka the people hosting the ads on their website) receive payment in bitcoin? If they can then this would be a very big deal and could potentially change the advertising market. If they cannot then this means nothing as they would likely be simply be selling the bitcoin via coinbase/bitpay as most other merchants do

I need a signature created for Silverwallets

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=525756.msg5833667#msg5833667

We make physical BTC storage wallets out of....you guessed it Silver!

Please post your ideas and I will select the winner by 9/20/14 (unless I see something I really like and just pick it right away)  

Signatures for: Full Member / Sr Member / Hero Member

EDIT: You can choose either .125BTC or a Silverwallet if you are the winner!