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August 26, 2015, 01:08:08 AM Last edit: August 26, 2015, 03:06:30 AM by Peter R |
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I am donating 50,000 bits to this experiment (0.05 BTC). These bits will be divided between 5 lucky participant (chosen at random) if everyone can come to consensus and win!
Here's how the game works:
- It takes 100% consensus on the "100%" option to have a 100% chance of winning - ...90% consensus on the "90%" option to have a 80% chance of winning - ...80% consensus on the "80%" option to have a 60% chance of winning … - ...50% consensus on the "50%" option to have a 0% chance of winning - You may change your vote as many times as you like
The poll will close when either:
(a) consensus has been reached on any one of the options AND at least 40 votes were cast. (b) Poll closes August 28, 2015, 01:08:08 AM UTC with no consensus.
If the poll closes with consensus, then I will make a comment in this thread that the poll is officially closed and note the current block height as reported by blockchain.info. We will pick a random number from the block at a height 2 blocks above this one. A random number will be calculated like:
rand = 100% (hash of coinbase TX) / 2^256
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rand < % chance of winning
Then five people will win 10,000 bits each. To pick the winners, I will hash all of the bitcoin addresses with SHA256 and select the five addresses with a hash closest to the hash of the coinbase TX from above.
OTHER RULES: Post your Bitcoin address in a comment. This might be a little messy so I have the right to call off the experiment if the number of votes is vastly different than the number of bitcoin addresses posted. I also have the right to adjust the rules if I realize I screwed something up!!
LASTLY: If consensus has been reached and I don't notice it, someone please post a comment along with a screen shot.
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Peter R (OP)
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August 26, 2015, 01:30:06 AM |
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I don't see why I can't participate in my own game: 1BWZe6XkGLcf6DWC3TFXiEtZmcyAoNq5BW
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BitProdigy
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August 26, 2015, 01:32:13 AM |
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1BnAprNUBWyzawRgqusgoP5TgsmbDVdXmH 1 vote for 90%!
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Peter R (OP)
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August 26, 2015, 01:40:19 AM |
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Here's how I see it:
It would be fairly easy to get 50% consensus but then the payout is nil. We should all pick something > 50%.
It would be almost impossible to get 100% consensus (esp. considering trolls) although the payout is highest. We should all pick something < 100%.
Where is the sweet spot? Hopefully this experiment tells us something.
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August 26, 2015, 01:43:14 AM |
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Here's how I see it:
It would be fairly easy to get 50% consensus but then the payout is nil. We should all pick something > 50%.
It would be almost impossible to get 100% consensus (esp. considering trolls) although the payout is highest. We should all pick something < 100%.
Where is the sweet spot? Hopefully this experiment tells us something.
Perhaps clarification would help. I'm not sure what you mean by 100% chance of winning? If we get 100% consensus on the 100% option, what does "100% chance of winning" mean?
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Peter R (OP)
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August 26, 2015, 01:46:19 AM |
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Here's how I see it:
It would be fairly easy to get 50% consensus but then the payout is nil. We should all pick something > 50%.
It would be almost impossible to get 100% consensus (esp. considering trolls) although the payout is highest. We should all pick something < 100%.
Where is the sweet spot? Hopefully this experiment tells us something.
Perhaps clarification would help. I'm not sure what you mean by 100% chance of winning? If we get 100% consensus on the 100% option, what does "100% chance of winning" mean? It means that the 50,000 bits will be paid out for sure. If, instead, there is 90% consensus on the "90%" option, then the 50,000 bits will be paid out with a probability of 80% (i.e., there's a 20% chance that no one will get the money).
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August 26, 2015, 01:50:36 AM |
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I'm picking 90%. My addy: 16mT7jrpkjnJBD7a3TM2awyxHub58H6r6Z
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August 26, 2015, 01:52:18 AM |
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I'm picking 90%. My addy: 16mT7jrpkjnJBD7a3TM2awyxHub58H6r6Z
Peter change your vote to 90%!!
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Peter R (OP)
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August 26, 2015, 01:54:35 AM |
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I'm picking 90%. My addy: 16mT7jrpkjnJBD7a3TM2awyxHub58H6r6Z
Peter change your vote to 90%!! I don't know. I think there will be trolls that try to screw up the experiment and 90% will be too hard to achieve. Or people that just forget to come back and change their vote. I think you guys should change to 75%!! We still get a decent pay out with 75% consensus.
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August 26, 2015, 01:57:35 AM |
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I'm picking 90%. My addy: 16mT7jrpkjnJBD7a3TM2awyxHub58H6r6Z
Peter change your vote to 90%!! I don't know. I think there will be trolls that try to screw up the experiment and 90% will be too hard to achieve. Or people that just forget to come back and change their vote. I think you guys should change to 75%!! We still get a decent pay out with 75% consensus. What would the incentive of the trolls be? They stand to have a chance at winning free bitcoin if they help achieve consensus, and the chance is greater if they help achieve 90% consensus. They have no incentive to block consensus. Come over the light side and join us at 90%!
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August 26, 2015, 02:01:11 AM |
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I'm picking 90%. My addy: 16mT7jrpkjnJBD7a3TM2awyxHub58H6r6Z
Peter change your vote to 90%!! I don't know. I think there will be trolls that try to screw up the experiment and 90% will be too hard to achieve. Or people that just forget to come back and change their vote. I think you guys should change to 75%!! We still get a decent pay out with 75% consensus. What would the incentive of the trolls be? They stand to have a chance at winning free bitcoin if they help achieve consensus, and the chance is greater if they help achieve 90% consensus. They have no incentive to block consensus. Come over the light side and join us at 90%! Hahaha true. Rational trolls would still vote to help achieve consensus. But are trolls rational? But yourself in the shoes of a troll. They want to cause chaos! I will stick to 75% for now but may change my vote later. Remember, we need at least 40 votes in total. At 90% we can only have 4 dissenters. At 75% we can have 10 dissenters and still win bitcoins.
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August 26, 2015, 02:03:31 AM |
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Currently @ 90% - 18JwWGyMqgvkr7XbnUo23aAyHjR2bw2TDJ
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August 26, 2015, 02:04:47 AM |
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Currently @ 90% - 18JwWGyMqgvkr7XbnUo23aAyHjR2bw2TDJ
Oh yes we are on our way to free Bitcoins!
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August 26, 2015, 02:30:52 AM |
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once we vote on the top we can't change it?
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August 26, 2015, 02:32:48 AM |
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You can Remove Vote and then vote again.
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August 26, 2015, 02:33:48 AM |
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Saying that you don't trust someone because of their behavior is completely valid.
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August 26, 2015, 02:36:41 AM |
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once we vote on the top we can't change it?
yes you can change it, select "remove vote".
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Peter R (OP)
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August 26, 2015, 02:44:34 AM |
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You 90%-ers will never get consensus at that level. Come down to 75% for the good of us all!!
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August 26, 2015, 02:56:58 AM |
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ok I'm at 90% then. if I win send my coins to Sean's outpost
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Peter R (OP)
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August 26, 2015, 03:02:38 AM |
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ok I'm at 90% then. if I win send my coins to Sean's outpost
Why not come to 75% and bring everyone else at 90% with you? This way we can overcome the dissenters with trollish votes at 50 and 55%!
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