[ETH] Ethstick - A satirical ponzi game with low limits to reduce risk

[Katatsuki]

4 new payouts + 1 user fee in the last 24h, good job guys

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[DustBluster]

Looking good!  This is still one of my favorite ETH games  

[tk88one]

kat anyway you can clean your rep? i think its affecting new ppl to invest or not. seeing the negative

[Katatsuki]

kat anyway you can clean your rep? i think its affecting new ppl to invest or not. seeing the negative

No idea, maybe if people give me positive feedback it'll neutralise the negative? I also suspect it's having a negative effect... but I have nothing to hide. The negative feedback I have is mostly from actual scammers, the rest are people that didn't bother to check my apps or are nazis against ponzi games, even if they're legit and transparent.

[tk88one]

wow super slow, no new deposits for a while now
is this the beginning of the end?

[DustBluster]

I wouldn't assume it's anywhere near over.  People are learning about Ethereum every day and discovering for the first time what we've been exploring for a while now.  Several exchanges have recently enabled ETH trading and The DAO should be getting the attention of curious outsiders.  You have to be a little patient to receive a 120% ROI without any effort.  There are a lot of people yet to even discover this, give it time 

Ethstick paid out another 6 ETH just a few hours ago 

[Katatsuki]

146 payouts so far, not too shabby 

[Katatsuki]

The website got 500+ new visitors this week after Tech Crunch mentioned an article that talked about Ethstick (sadly the publicity was bad as the author misinterpreted the code, but it's some crazy exposure anyway). He updated his post with my reply to his concerns on Reddit after I contacted him.

For those curious:

http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/22/all-the-cool-kids-are-doing-ethereum-now/
http://vessenes.com/ethereum-contracts-are-going-to-be-candy-for-hackers/

Clarification:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/4jz1mp/ethereum_contracts_are_going_to_be_candy_for/d3b608f

Have a good day everyone, and feel free to chase some more carrots!

[DustBluster]

The website got 500+ new visitors this week after Tech Crunch mentioned an article that talked about Ethstick (sadly the publicity was bad as the author misinterpreted the code, but it's some crazy exposure anyway). He updated his post with my reply to his concerns on Reddit after I contacted him.

For those curious:

http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/22/all-the-cool-kids-are-doing-ethereum-now/
http://vessenes.com/ethereum-contracts-are-going-to-be-candy-for-hackers/

Clarification:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/4jz1mp/ethereum_contracts_are_going_to_be_candy_for/d3b608f

Have a good day everyone, and feel free to chase some more carrots!

Hah, that's funny they used your well written contract as their example, when in fact they simply failed to understand the code.  There are plenty of excellent examples out there of Ethereum contracts with fatal flaws that would make good write-ups, but EthStick doesn't belong on that list.

[Katatsuki]

Hah, that's funny they used your well written contract as their example, when in fact they simply failed to understand the code.  There are plenty of excellent examples out there of Ethereum contracts with fatal flaws that would make good write-ups, but EthStick doesn't belong on that list.

I know, right? It's sad to see people don't even try. If you're gonna write about Ethereum, at least make some proper research and don't talk out of your ass. It's like the guy cared more about page hits than about truth/accuracy.

In other news, there have been some recent problems with the website, but it should be fixed now. The CDN that hosted the connection library was refusing connections for some reason, so I'm now using the file from the server itself.

[Morafranco]

Anyone still playing? 

[DustBluster]

Anyone still playing? 

Looks like it!  Ethereum is young and just beginning to gain major traction, these things could go indefinitely. 

[Katatsuki]

The website's getting expensive to maintain, I'm not sure if it'll continue to be around much longer (same goes for the greed pit) if there aren't new deposits.

Luckily, it isn't needed to participate or check the statistics, as you can do that with the Mist Wallet. The contract isn't affected by any crazy bugs like "The DAO", so it's safe in that sense.

Just wanted to let everyone know I'm still alive

[FalconCrypto]

Hi Kataksuki, are ponzi games legal? In the USA? I was thinking about writing one for Ethereum classic.