Hi vdice Dev,
I just tried out the vdice game. I like the game because it is very convenient and simple to Play. It has the potential to make People becoming addicted to it.
However, if you could include some visualization effects, like a Barometer, wheels etc. It could make the game much more attractive. Because now, all we can do is to wait the sudden appearance of a number which tells us whether we win or loose, which is not very entertaining.
Also, to address the high-risk taking Gamblers, it would make much sense to increase the max bet (actually I cannot understand why the Max-Bet is so low). At the Moment, I don't really see how peole can win big amount of ETH with this Max-Limit settings.
Another question: do you have plans to develop something like a weekly lottery game, where you can win a lot of ETH from a Jackpot? This would attract a lot of People.
Last question: your Roadmap, can you be more specific with the time schedules, in Terms of 2017 Q1, 2017 Q2 etc.?
Looking Forward to your answer before I invest.
It is really a nice gambling app, it just Needs to be a bit more entertaining!
Thanks for your compliment.
We think ethereum blockchain gambling is the future too.
Right now we are at Proof-of Concept stage.
To show we can make a great, ethereum blockchain gambling game.
All the focus has been on the software and working with our oracle.
After the ICO we move to Beta-Stage.
Then we focus to vDice as a commercial product and platform.
Included in that move is a redesign of the site. It's very important. Everybody agrees.
Already we've hired the best designers in ethereum. They are working on a really exciting design now.
We have raised $1.5m already! It's incredible.
So much support from the Ethereum community. We are humbled.
So, given the Ethereum competition hasn't launched any product yet, we're so far ahead now on everything!
A lottery is a great idea. I think it would be a huge success too!
Right now we are finishing the code to re-release our popular binary options game:-
https://github.com/jamesgroton/vDice-Contract-Code/blob/master/binary1.7.solThis is like a simplified version of Augur.
We ran it earlier in the year. It was a big success.
Now we are going to re-release it, as something more commercial.
With an oracle it can also be used for things like sports betting.
Otherwise we are also working on decentralized poker.
We have good funding now.
So we can hire more amazing developers and work on lottery too.
Roadmap:
Phase 1: Q1 2017 ETA Feb/March.
Phase 2: Q2 - Q4 2017.
Phase 3: 2018.
Although a lot of these phases will have overlap.
E.g. we are already working on aspects of Phase 3 (vDice as a platform for 3rd party developers). Even though we're still in phase 1.
The Token:The best part is that the vDice token (called 'vSlice) will be tied to the profits of
ALL games.
This is easily done by setting the houseAddress of those contracts to the profitContainer's address.
The way the profits are distributed = the amount of tokens you hold, in proportion to the total supply, and the amount of profit each period.
e.g. 1,000 total tokens, and a token holder owns 10 tokens (amounting to 1% ownership) - and an exact balance of 100 ETH...
when this token holder redeems their profits, they will receive 1% of the profits, or 1 ETH.
Marketing SuccessSince the success of the ICO so many great promoters have contacted us.
These are people from Las Vegas, people on-line with millions of followers, etc...
Real professionals in the betting space love vDice.
They are calling us all the time. They want to help. Many have invested.
This is something very important, apart from the software.
And we look forward to the increased attention and bets that will come from this.
