freshmonkey (OP)
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June 03, 2011, 10:36:26 AM |
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I wanted to pass along a potential solution to the ethical issue of JavaScript miners. Create a game, like Sudoku, which pays the user a small amount of BTC (e.g., 0.00000001 BTC) for solving a puzzle or completing a level. The user, in return for being allowed to collect a small amount of BTC, would allow the site to run a JavaScript miner in the background. (The user would be fully aware.) The miner would only be run when the game was being played. Any thoughts?
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gigitrix
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June 04, 2011, 01:47:28 AM |
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People would cheat it. And there's no way you can send transactions small enough, or gain enough profit. I've built sudoku solvers myself, it's trivial.
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June 04, 2011, 01:54:16 AM |
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1. get c++ sudoku solver
2. solve sudokus in 10 seconds
3. get 0.00000006 btc in one minute
4. BECOME RICH! (0.0000036 per hour) :p
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June 04, 2011, 02:41:25 AM |
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Re: Cheating
Cheating could be minimized to the point where it would be negligible. Thus, I would not be terribly concerned about that issue.
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freshmonkey (OP)
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June 04, 2011, 02:43:32 AM |
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People would cheat it. And there's no way you can send transactions small enough, or gain enough profit. Is there currently a limit on how small transactions can be? (For give me, I'm new to Bitcoin.) I was under the impression that transactions can be passed along for free, unless one uses a processing service or seeks priority processing, down to 8 decimal places. Thanks. |
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gigitrix
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June 04, 2011, 03:01:23 AM |
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Re: Cheating
Cheating could be minimized to the point where it would be negligible. Thus, I would not be terribly concerned about that issue.
No. No it could not. Trust me on this. |
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June 04, 2011, 03:32:57 AM |
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Re: Cheating
Cheating could be minimized to the point where it would be negligible. Thus, I would not be terribly concerned about that issue.
No. No it could not. Trust me on this. +1 |
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freshmonkey (OP)
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June 04, 2011, 03:37:36 AM |
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Re: Cheating
Cheating could be minimized to the point where it would be negligible. Thus, I would not be terribly concerned about that issue.
No. No it could not. Trust me on this. I'm not following. Why do you think cheating could not be minimized? |
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June 04, 2011, 03:40:37 AM |
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I'm not following. Why do you think cheating could not be minimized?
Cheating is like an intellectual game. At some point you might just end up with a sudoku grid that hardly as readable as a captcha. |
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freshmonkey (OP)
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June 04, 2011, 04:08:54 AM |
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I'm not following. Why do you think cheating could not be minimized?
Cheating is like an intellectual game. At some point you might just end up with a sudoku grid that hardly as readable as a captcha. Users create accounts. Captcha. Limits on games played per day. Limits on new accounts created by all users in day. Statistical analysis to observe for bot play. There is a point at which the financial rewards for the cheater outweigh the amount of effort required to cheat. So, as I said before, cheating is minimal in my concerns. The other issue raised by gigitrix could be a problem. |
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June 04, 2011, 04:11:36 AM |
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Users create accounts. Captcha. Limits on games played per day. Limits on new accounts created by all users in day. Statistical analysis to observe for bot play. There is a point at which the financial rewards for the cheater outweigh the amount of effort required to cheat.
So, as I said before, cheating is minimal in my concerns. The other issue raised by gigitrix could be a problem.
Well, go for it, if you're confident that you can handle these issues it might be a nice opportunity. My gf plays sudoku on her iphone whenever she gets a chance : there is a market  |
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