Finally came unstuck.. all good gents
So did you get back your bitcoin?
It seems they are going with maintainance and those problems you had before may be one of the problem they are trying to fix now
Got this
https://www.satoshidice.com/?stage=2We're doing database operations, please come back in an hour!
yep, got it all. cheers.
i feel that it is a trap of sorts, after a big win (understandably) some people would get annoyed and then eventually continue to throw - and then lose it all, simply due to the fact they weren't able to withdraw.
i've personally had enough of provably fair sites (satoshidice, to its credit, has been reasonable); as the entire concept is gamed.
the hash that you are presented, how do you know it hasnt been pre-calculated? very little cpu work to do so.
and for every hash that you see.
i've been toying with an entirely transparent concept for a dice site; where the users can see the guts and all of the site code.. as it runs. no ifs, no buts, no coconuts. using a randomization source that can be independently queried to ensure that that was the given seed/number at this time etc.
not asking for funding, but would this interest people?
about a quarter written.
james