The Bitcoin Jar - social game powered by bitcoin TIPS

[TheBitcoinJar]

==SHORT DESCRIPTION==


Webstite address:
www.thebitcoinjar.com

What is it?
It's a social game an a loyalty program in one.

Who can set up a Jar?
All physical and online businesses worldwide

Stage:
the project has been launched

 

https://i.imgur.com/MM5yepU.png

The Idea

Our project is simple: every business in the world will be able to set up a loyalty Jar at our website to collect bitcoin TIPS. The Jar owner chooses the Jar’s capacity and describes amount of goods or services available for free at his place when the Jar breaks. The Jar breaks when the total value of the bitcoin TIPS exceeds the capacity. Free goods are then ready to be received and the Jar owner is allowed to withdraw all the TIPS. First customers who ask for a prize from the Jar will receive one thing for free unless different rules are established by the Jar owner at the Jar’s subpage. After that the fun starts over again!

The rest

I would like to share with you some of our project’s details to let you understand the project more widely. I also want to inform that The Bitcoin Jar will not store any bitcoins at its website. Bitcoins will be stored on public addresses belonging to the Jar owners. We don’t want to provide wallet service in the nearest future.

Project updates are going to be made at this forum and at our website. Please like us on FB and follow on Twitter. If you have any questions please post them here or contact us directly. We would love to hear the feedback from you!

Beta version

The Jar widget

Each Jar has it’s unique widget which shows the current capacity. Every company will be able to copy the widget’s code and to put in at its website. When a customer clicks on the widget, they will be moved to the Jar’s subpage, where the Jar owner describes the business and the goods that clients can receive when the Jar breaks.


Jar’s capacity

Because of the bitcoin price’s volatile nature, the Jar's owner chooses a capacity denominated  in USD.  It means that the current Jar's balance is expressed as: amount of BTC in the Jar multiplied by bitcoin's current price in USD, divided by the Jar's capacity in USD. [amount x BTC price / Jar's capacity]. Hence, the bitcoin price will have an impact on the current level to which the Jar has been filled up.
   

Jar subscriptions

Until a mobile application is developed, a Jar subscription mechanism will be available. The Jar's subscription is a function that allows anyone to subscribe to the Jars. Customers will only need to type in their e-mail address. When the Jar breaks, subscribers will receive an e-mail with information about the Jar breaking.

Everyone will be able to subscribe to an unlimited number of Jars, but the Jar owners are free to set up a subscription limit [0-X / no limit]. When the Jar subscriptions exceed the limit established by the owner, an e-mail will be sent to random subscribers in the amount set out by subscription limit.


Goods and services

The Jar's owner specifies the amount and the type of goods to be available to customers once the Jar breaks. The Jar must contain only one kind of goods or services, which means that  each of the customers will receive exactly the same goods when the Jar breaks.


Changes in capacity and the type of goods

The Jar owner will be able to change the Jar’s capacity and the type of goods or services offered to customers an unlimited number of times. The new rules will come into effect when the next Jar is set up.


... this is only the tip of the iceberg!

The Bitcoin Jar's Team
Marek Majewski
Founder

[Bit_Happy]

Nice idea.
I'll be interested when you are ready.

[E.exchanger]

I follow the link you share above for the website but it says web page not available i guess you should take a look at this. Iam not using proxy/vpn/tor 

[Initscri]

Are you going to be targeting this more towards being a gaming site? Or is this more or less a way for groups to accept donations in a little more "fun" way?

[TheBitcoinJar]

I follow the link you share above for the website but it says web page not available i guess you should take a look at this. Iam not using proxy/vpn/tor 

Does anyone have the same problem?

Are you going to be targeting this more towards being a gaming site? Or is this more or less a way for groups to accept donations in a little more "fun" way?

It won't be a gaming site. It will be a tool which help businesses to interact with their customers in a very special way. To be more accurate:

customers ----[TIPS]----> business owner ----[REWARD]----> customers

Yes, this is the way to accept bitcoin donations in little more fun way. This project will also make businesses more competitive. When the Jar breaks it means that the business is full of life!

Marek

[maxuser]

Your game remind me of this idea: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=521297.0
I like the way that you provide a game dynamics for tipping and incentivize customers in a fun way.

Will the jar owner display the capacity of the jar in advance or is it unknown for the customer what is the remaining amount before it breaks?
Also It may be good that there is a 1st, a 2nd and a 3rd prize provided by the business owner if he/she want to...

[TheBitcoinJar]

Your game remind me of this idea: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=521297.0

I didin't know this project, but as I see it has much in common with gambling.

Will the jar owner display the capacity of the jar in advance or is it unknown for the customer what is the remaining amount before it breaks?

The customers will see the Jar's capacity expressed in USD and in percentage. It will be visible at Jar's subpage. The Jar owner can request for a change, but the new capacity will come into existence when the new Jar is created.

Example

Anna's Cafe sets up a Jar with capacity equal to 25 USD. Anna wants to give away 10 coffees to first customers. Assuming the bitcoin price is 100 USD and someone sends 0.1 BTC to the Jar --> the Jar is filled up in 40%.

We will add this function - remaining bitcoins amount will be visible at the Jar's subpage.

Also It may be good that there is a 1st, a 2nd and a 3rd prize provided by the business owner if he/she want to...

Of course. It's a nice idea. Business owners may set up their own rules but they have to describe them at the Jar's subpage. But for now, in our opinion it's easier to understand this project when everyone receives the same reward.

Marek

[TheBitcoinJar]

=update=

Hi,

We have added a BLOG to our website. I think I will be able to write something once in a while. For now, we have translated the article which was written about The Bitcoin Jar by BitMe from infocoin.pl. I hope the article will help in understanding our project. Please share the link!

http://www.thebitcoinjar.com/?page_id=397

Work is in progress.

Marek

[TheBitcoinJar]

=update=

New post on our blog!

http://www.thebitcoinjar.com/?page_id=397

31/05/2014

The Bitcoin Jar's platform has already been built, however we are still adding the functionality. Once we have finished it, there will only be left the testing, the webpage layout to work on, and some improvements on the user interface. I can't wait to see it working!

We also received last month a lot of positive feedback from the Polish Bitcoin community, especially from the Polish Bitcoin Embassy (Krucza Street 46, Warsaw) and Lech Wilczyński from InPay, who mentioned The Bitcoin Jar at the infoShare conference in Gdańsk.

Thank you for your support!

The Bitcoin Jar

Marek

[DRK]

Sounds good. The public needs more accessibility and this seems helpful and simplifying.

[Parazyd]

Change the jar image

"The BitcBin Jar"

[TheBitcoinJar]

Thank you for feedback.

The Bitcoin Jar has been launched.

The first company will register soon.

www.thebitcoinjar.com

Marek

[bbit]

I like what you are doing there good job

[Kimax]

I would like an Invitation Code

[monnecon]

Love the interface, good luck with your project!

[TheBitcoinJar]

I would like an Invitation Code

I will send you one if you own a business

[Kimax]

I would like an Invitation Code

I will send you one if you own a business

I'm the owner of WattUp.eu

I just started the Company and planning a huge start in the beginning of 2015

[TheBitcoinJar]

What prizes could you offer to your customers? (has to be at least one prize). Please contact The Bitcoin Jar via our website.