(POLL!) Will Matthew pay out on his 80k BTC bet?

[evolve]

Countdown clock: http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20120909T164920&p0=235&msg=Matthew%27s+Deadline

Less than 9 hours....

[Matthew N. Wright]

Where did you get 9 hours from? It's 15.

[evolve]

Uhhh you?

Cross quoted from discussion thread...important part bolded, link to statement included:

 

I love the part where people are arguing about why something happened that hasn't happened. Keep the comedy coming! (It's 15 hours left on the bet btw, not 8. This is how lazy the fudding has gotten lately. I am disappoint.)

Here is your statement:

Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101751.msg1128484#msg1128484

Thank you everyone for showing a huge amount of integrity to bet for your beliefs instead of just arguing, defaming, accusing, aggravating, etc. Many of you truly believe Pirate is a ponzi, many of you are simply utilizing my offer for hedging, and still others are simply happy to take a 50/50 chance bet on anything. Regardless, we are at the 10,000BTC mark and thus I am locking the thread so that no more bets can be received here.

I still believe there is a very high chance that Pirate is just doing a business which we don't understand, and my sinking gut, although questioning his lack of professionalism, lateness, etc, reminds me that no one is perfect and it may all just be a series of bad coincidences. I hope I am right and that I am able to prove to the community once and for all that what we don't understand is not always a scam. If I happen to be wrong, I'm happy to have enjoyed this entertaining time with everyone, and I've actually made quite a lot of new friends (as you can imagine).

The original OP states that the bet ends 3 weeks after August 19, 2012, 04:49:20 PM, so that means it ends on September 9th, 2012, 04:49:20 PM KST (Korean Standard Time, local to me). I think I had mentioned a slightly longer deadline elsewhere on IRC out of confusion (September 12th perhaps?), but this is incorrect as you can clearly see. The bet will also end if Pirate has provided proof of paying back all (not 99.9%) of his obligated debts and interests per agreements, whichever comes first.

Good luck to everyone and thank you for participating in this monumental lesson for all of us.

Current KST: http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/asia/kst.html

Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 9:29:23 AM KST

Looks like about 7 hours and 20 minutes or so by my estimation based on your statement.

[Matthew N. Wright]

This was corrected on IRC by Blitzboom. The thread was posted August 20, 2012, 12:49:20 AM KST. It's 9:44AM. As much as I'd love to go by the first mistaken deadline, the valid point that the thread OP never stated when the bet was over other than 3 weeks, so it is correct to ignore the last post and go by literal time. That means it's over 40 minutes after midnight my time.

[evolve]

Bump....

[freeAgent]

Bump....

We're getting close

[HDSolar]

Bump....

We're getting close

tick tock, tick tock.   

[evolve]

One hour on the new deadline.... http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20120910T004920&p0=235&msg=End+of+Matthew%27s+Bet

[freeAgent]

One hour on the new deadline.... http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20120910T004920&p0=235&msg=End+of+Matthew%27s+Bet

Haha!  Awesome

Anyway, I would expect that it would take some time for Matthew to start working through the payments he owes, but we should expect to start seeing them soon, at least, assuming he intends to pay up.

[Matthew N. Wright]

One hour on the new deadline.... http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20120910T004920&p0=235&msg=End+of+Matthew%27s+Bet

Haha!  Awesome

Anyway, I would expect that it would take some time for Matthew to start working through the payments he owes, but we should expect to start seeing them soon, at least, assuming he intends to pay up.

Indeed. If I lose the bet, it would take a bit of time, but not too much. Don't forget it's almost 1am here.

[sadpandatech]

One hour on the new deadline.... http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20120910T004920&p0=235&msg=End+of+Matthew%27s+Bet

Haha!  Awesome

Anyway, I would expect that it would take some time for Matthew to start working through the payments he owes, but we should expect to start seeing them soon, at least, assuming he intends to pay up.

Indeed. If I lose the bet, it would take a bit of time, but not too much. Don't forget it's almost 1am here.

Local Time: September 10, 2012, 12:18:50 AM

where'd you go. :/

last on just over an hour ago.  boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo  booooo booo

Did you intend to say, "Don't forget, that's almost 1AM here." instead of "it's"?

[flower1024]

One hour on the new deadline.... http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20120910T004920&p0=235&msg=End+of+Matthew%27s+Bet

Haha!  Awesome

Anyway, I would expect that it would take some time for Matthew to start working through the payments he owes, but we should expect to start seeing them soon, at least, assuming he intends to pay up.

Indeed. If I lose the bet, it would take a bit of time, but not too much. Don't forget it's almost 1am here.

would you mind to tell us when you plan to start payments and how long you expect to them to take?


btw. thanks for your nice hedging opportunity

[Scott J]

One hour on the new deadline.... http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20120910T004920&p0=235&msg=End+of+Matthew%27s+Bet

Haha!  Awesome

Anyway, I would expect that it would take some time for Matthew to start working through the payments he owes, but we should expect to start seeing them soon, at least, assuming he intends to pay up.

Indeed. If I lose the bet, it would take a bit of time, but not too much. Don't forget it's almost 1am here.

would you mind to tell us when you plan to start payments and how long you expect to them to take?


btw. thanks for your nice hedging opportunity

This.

[evolve]

20 minutes until polls close. 

[mem]

One hour on the new deadline.... http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20120910T004920&p0=235&msg=End+of+Matthew%27s+Bet

Haha!  Awesome

Anyway, I would expect that it would take some time for Matthew to start working through the payments he owes, but we should expect to start seeing them soon, at least, assuming he intends to pay up.

Indeed. If I lose the bet, it would take a bit of time, but not too much. Don't forget it's almost 1am here.

would you mind to tell us when you plan to start payments and how long you expect to them to take?


btw. thanks for your nice hedging opportunity

hey Matt, isnt it time to put your money where that big mouth of yours is ?

[evolve]

Voting is now locked.....times up!   


The thread will stay open for after bet discussion

[LoupGaroux]

So, I'm standing in my yard, and I am scanning the skies very carefully, but I will damned if I can see a single flying pig up there.

Guess Matty won't be making any bitcoin millionaires today...

[evolve]

Welp the community called it...either of the top two results of the poll fit just fine. It was fun while it lasted guys!

[Uuno]

I don't know all the details about this Matthew case but I guess he didn't pay because he still have that scammer tag :

[sadpandatech]

So, I'm standing in my yard, and I am scanning the skies very carefully, but I will damned if I can see a single flying pig up there.

Guess Matty won't be making any bitcoin millionaires today...

I thought for sure you were going to say that you couldn't see the pigs for all the chem trails. ;p