Satoshi Buckets - A game with a winning strategy! 1 BTC GIVEAWAY, 0.3 BTC LEFT.

[fmota]

GIVEAWAY STARTS NOW!

HOW TO ENTER: Play Satoshi Buckets. Each round you play in gives you a chance to win.

HOW IT WORKS: Every day, one backer wins ฿0.1 randomly!

CAVEAT: This giveaway will be administered manually, so please be patient with the payouts!

The address performing the giveaway is 1Ftr7B5U4DVsCh1q2mh3XLmH25XeeU7P9F, for the record.

This is awesome!

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[bitshy]

Also, every time you win you keep going onto the next round. So at the end of the day, a single bet can count multiple times in the giveaway!

[bitshy]

Warning: The red bucket on blockchain.info is temporarily out of sync with the actual red bucket. So ignore whatever blockchain.info says right now. This was caused by a floating point rounding error, and it has been fixed moving forward. The current sync issue should just resolve itself with time.

[counter]

"Every round one bucket falls, if all buckets have at least ฿0.025"

all buckets have atleast 0.025 but no buckets fell is there any reason why am I missing something?  The rounds just keep restarting and the chance percentage keeps going up.

[bitshy]

"Every round one bucket falls, if all buckets have at least ฿0.025"

all buckets have atleast 0.025 but no buckets fell is there any reason why am I missing something?  The rounds just keep restarting and the chance percentage keeps going up.

Sorry about the inconvenience! Sometimes one of the bets takes a long time to confirm.

The site tallies up all the bets, including the unconfirmed ones. Once every bucket has a confirmed ฿0.025, one bucket falls. But if some bet takes a long time to confirm, it won't be part of the round, so a round won't trigger.

First giveaway day results are coming right up!

[bitshy]

FIRST GIVEAWAY DAY RESULTS!

There were 13 fallen buckets on June 11, 2013, in the GMT time zone. In total, there were 68 entries in the giveaway. The last block hash of any fallen bucket was 00000000000000c3201f1711f70ef1560aa987be5a797bd42a702c09312200c6, which, when divided by 68, gives us a remainder of 10. That means the 11th entry wins.

So who was the winner?

CONGRATULATIONS 13ExrYxnpaSKbVVXFLuX5kYPXSWBr6L6yf, YOU WIN 0.1 BTC!

Here's the proof that I've sent the 0.1 BTC.

All of the details:

Last block hash:

00000000000000c3201f1711f70ef1560aa987be5a797bd42a702c09312200c6

Transactions considered:
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Address list:

1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1D4NXs4RUmtxtXs2iSZQEVv4n6McHYggsK
1GuRHgqsRj35f8AR2gwapAwjDRUVgNm6BR
12rDi3sxfS9SRuUdwXuZAEdHEPtC24c438
1PiEx5xZWbpq1avYLEfPvd8Uyj4LeygYie
18WXEwq4yRMmpA5HpRg1FstdAD2coHiDF5
1Q4byFT2LHu1WobfFQ6gTiU9SfneEWDmtH
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1KUgCGv7vUWupYPafh42isKtHmw3fXyZM6
1PiEx5xZWbpq1avYLEfPvd8Uyj4LeygYie
13ExrYxnpaSKbVVXFLuX5kYPXSWBr6L6yf
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1KUgCGv7vUWupYPafh42isKtHmw3fXyZM6
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1McdmTBdRJbRoCHaN6H8MjtJHhVtidSYb9
1PZ59PZp4g3bG6CnYj93XuSK9VmiSALsBu
1KUgCGv7vUWupYPafh42isKtHmw3fXyZM6
13ExrYxnpaSKbVVXFLuX5kYPXSWBr6L6yf
1PiEx5xZWbpq1avYLEfPvd8Uyj4LeygYie
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1KUgCGv7vUWupYPafh42isKtHmw3fXyZM6
1McdmTBdRJbRoCHaN6H8MjtJHhVtidSYb9
1PZ59PZp4g3bG6CnYj93XuSK9VmiSALsBu
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
13BDX2Vbe4w9K4gZACZaWoD98kUxKb1Qzg
1KUgCGv7vUWupYPafh42isKtHmw3fXyZM6
1McdmTBdRJbRoCHaN6H8MjtJHhVtidSYb9
1PZ59PZp4g3bG6CnYj93XuSK9VmiSALsBu
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1624bdzpDg8uupuSCZP93YHFZw169d8PUr
1Fcf2HiHhaVYwHxU2RGi4bWpfaz6ARiQs2
1GLadosEkeAsLReqS3yQ51E1R3wVtbJCDF
1J1YxPuhWEQ5DXGPAiZZb2aDUcp4GDkvgi
1KUgCGv7vUWupYPafh42isKtHmw3fXyZM6
1McdmTBdRJbRoCHaN6H8MjtJHhVtidSYb9
1PZ59PZp4g3bG6CnYj93XuSK9VmiSALsBu
1KUgCGv7vUWupYPafh42isKtHmw3fXyZM6
1624bdzpDg8uupuSCZP93YHFZw169d8PUr
1Fcf2HiHhaVYwHxU2RGi4bWpfaz6ARiQs2
1GLadosEkeAsLReqS3yQ51E1R3wVtbJCDF
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1J1YxPuhWEQ5DXGPAiZZb2aDUcp4GDkvgi
1McdmTBdRJbRoCHaN6H8MjtJHhVtidSYb9
1PZ59PZp4g3bG6CnYj93XuSK9VmiSALsBu
1J1YxPuhWEQ5DXGPAiZZb2aDUcp4GDkvgi
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1D4NXs4RUmtxtXs2iSZQEVv4n6McHYggsK
1BdHQJKjQBn3eKpLWBNNw9kqURrPDRopeY
1624bdzpDg8uupuSCZP93YHFZw169d8PUr
1Ee7wYSE3ZfkNnyRsK7D9KVe8iWUFytChL
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1BdHQJKjQBn3eKpLWBNNw9kqURrPDRopeY
1J1YxPuhWEQ5DXGPAiZZb2aDUcp4GDkvgi
1D4NXs4RUmtxtXs2iSZQEVv4n6McHYggsK
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1J1YxPuhWEQ5DXGPAiZZb2aDUcp4GDkvgi
1JANv7Vos6h8vgntDtkCQJJCUkd6Bs4MVH
1A2FH6cxgCqafxj4HaZTEAnkkgHv93vqX6
1BdHQJKjQBn3eKpLWBNNw9kqURrPDRopeY
1D4NXs4RUmtxtXs2iSZQEVv4n6McHYggsK
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1BdHQJKjQBn3eKpLWBNNw9kqURrPDRopeY
1JANv7Vos6h8vgntDtkCQJJCUkd6Bs4MVH
1A2FH6cxgCqafxj4HaZTEAnkkgHv93vqX6
13xTFcfjBehShU7g3baUawpSAh5rjtqDBw
13ExrYxnpaSKbVVXFLuX5kYPXSWBr6L6yf
1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a
1BdHQJKjQBn3eKpLWBNNw9kqURrPDRopeY

Winner:

13ExrYxnpaSKbVVXFLuX5kYPXSWBr6L6yf

Giveaway Transaction:

https://blockchain.info/tx/07c57e96bf21892765de67db467e3ae80b94105eaeb3344c7026dcc276b25f7d

[counter]

Oh alright that makes sense, thanks for explaining that.  Interesting game and look forward too playing again.  Great job and all the best with the site.

[bitshy]

Oh alright that makes sense, thanks for explaining that.  Interesting game and look forward too playing again.  Great job and all the best with the site.

Thank you! And good luck. :-)

[bitshy]

A little bit of math about the giveaway:

There were 68 entries yesterday. Each 0.005 BTC bet was worth about 2.5 entries on average. Each 0.005 BTC bet gave you around 4% chance to win the giveaway. That means that each 0.005 BTC bet gives you 4% chance to earn 0.1 BTC -- that's 0.004 BTC expected value -- beyond what you already earn from playing Satoshi Buckets.

IN OTHER WORDS, minimum bets are about 80% cheaper thanks to the giveaway. The expected return of a minimum bet is much more than 100%!

These are much better odds than, say, SatoshiDice. (That's why this is a giveaway, not a lottery.)

[bitshy]

There have been some rather huge buckets lately! There was a round with R=0.125, G=0.19, B=0.15. That was the biggest round yet!

If things like this happen more often, I'll raise the minimum round threshold to 0.05 BTC per bucket, to prevent people from winning a large bucket with a much, much smaller bet amount. (This would once again also reduce back and forth transaction fees.)

[bitshy]

SECOND GIVEAWAY DAY RESULTS!

This time there were 32 fallen buckets, for a total of 206 entries in the giveaway.

The last block considered was 00000000000000e787eb22c9315c7306ce44f7f1832bc8595b204922c9d87cd5. Divided by 206, that gives us a remainder of 127. So the 128th entry wins. So...

CONGRATULATIONS 14f6R5rve7t23wRsYmXuALDTPJH19WKUci, YOU ARE THE WINNER!

Winning transaction is here.

More details:

Last block:

00000000000000e787eb22c9315c7306ce44f7f1832bc8595b204922c9d87cd5

Transactions (32):
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eac61b43149ebc7385236b69341a4215e7cca91d80ded1bb94198ded91b05a2d
5b561d9e0a1b938590152cacf81a45cf7b020c67528fcf15cabc2c8ac2f2137a
ba1c6675140909c5704a1651681d74f307a7cf306a33f129cd07c03359faf146
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194af2b7b782381bfdcb2dba02f7b0572430ee9ed0978723d66a71ee83879e12
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5847232cb347de5c875d748c580486fd5864ec2a6ff4019887f1a869d8251034
7a93a5ebbee56ea9592ae79bbcf0fd700a9abc46f9f34d7c8bfd4c390b7ced89
345cf1bcf1c3dfc4479162cbeb496c8f826d0261d84039204aced0c5d3696f61
1117b1512ea2551442cef04dcd5b7965d895552d262f9aaec1720c42955f5f68
cec54f79d761bc93bd7f6a1b01af6d93753605dc362a65e318db57b8f01156a7

Entries (206). (List omitted to keep this post short.)

[fmota]

I didn't win. Maybe tomorrow!

[bitshy]

THIRD GIVEAWAY DAY RESULTS!

This time I went with a slightly different method of selecting the winner, which is a lot easier to administer manually and less error prone. (It also slightly benefits people who enter in smaller rounds over larger rounds. Sorry, but I do think the simplification is worth it.) Essentially, the block hash is now used to pick the winning transaction, and then to select an entry at random from it.

So, the last considered block was 00000000000000e9e6d637cadd9059c0ab1cf11175b8f25722ad00270fd01265. This selects the 19th transaction, 5fda6b83c423cad6fdf692937bc5033bd06fa0cc613120fd88a3ce628287008e, and the first entry from that transaction.

CONGRATULATIONS 1BdHQJKjQBn3eKpLWBNNw9kqURrPDRopeY, YOU WIN 0.1 BTC!

Winning transaction.

Details:

Last Block Hash:

00000000000000e9e6d637cadd9059c0ab1cf11175b8f25722ad00270fd01265

Transactions (32):

8edc4304118381c471abae0d8013de13b8f2a33d590eec45a314a5b104012e44
a9ada3a22e761c1441082630793f9a954441e5b38b08a8b0bcf014f4fade2304
5576d894a875dfd03cbbe067bc6809bea0026e67b2d3f3ab8f2050b01bf8faac
cd3bb4a0a5572f5d34a2102166aaa80acd86e888c49ef7820daf458c88366474
a178a8d5938daa317facd18506cc66afa9487b697c4ab86c015066672b10fd77
1a6e00928692bb9f786889691e4f1bb13cb9aef8433298dc4b919f02db9c70ed
53b0c7c237851316f9cd0820ef568ced459be80949f14225a096bec6042fa091
8382b0ce25c44256254363d4f4066bfeda3c4b05982713ab1d22d0d37fe09511
9907baa7e506dae98f63a3adb5937ea114c5b8e65ff9705cd5f39d9945add1c8
acc0c693cc6f5cbbcdfd3b8323f76fb0a08dfc5a864df2e39cacd5fac543e5b9
1af0fdc51c9685d096e55dffaeca2f024e6ca455cc200e82052e3f5d165fbf74
89f4b9dc9c1be67600f12df17b96ad3e88970a0e46515c8ccb9564ff10877199
5fb78562acc2164b28f07b17ef06f40acf299d295c1b0a4377a3faeb7b143ae6
0e60f60b77b6de5246bb717f85cb02134d25ddafc7feb7ccc5778f2c4c04d992
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1f5cf75f9251334aa6c1390f8ab5695c896afc0a7352186c3dfa581948673ae2
7aec34982cc9e1283604dac6b620b0196ca95e68216e8afb9610b962c488f156
69626ab301b0f3b262e7c56941ee1c91247004c79c6ac65ce2a0d4340efd38bf
5fda6b83c423cad6fdf692937bc5033bd06fa0cc613120fd88a3ce628287008e
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2d5dae7f916efd99c488980c92bb354c208259a1e2d62b1fa30f6c0fd5a66e16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Selection method:

transaction index = (block hash / 256) % number of transactions
winning entry index = block hash % number of entries in chosen transaction
These indices are 0-based, not 1-based.

Winner:

Last block hash chooses 1st entry from 19th transaction.
1BdHQJKjQBn3eKpLWBNNw9kqURrPDRopeY

[bitshy]

Seems like a great idead. Might participate when I have the time.

Yay! :-)

Satoshi Buckets is a lot more fun when multiple people are playing. You see the buckets go up and down in real time.

[mprep]

Seems like a great idead. Might participate when I have the time.

Yay! :-)

Satoshi Buckets is a lot more fun when multiple people are playing. You see the buckets go up and down in real time.

I guess. 

[bitshy]

Satoshi Buckets is back!

Satoshi Buckets was offline for a few days due to a hardware failure (look in the other thread for the drama and the mystery and the details), but it is officially up and running now.

The giveaway continues!

[bitshy]

Coming up: fourth giveaway results. But first, an announcement.

ANN: The bucket minimum per round has been increased to 0.05 BTC.

This will result in smaller transaction fees, and more fluidity (since the minimum bet is now one tenth of the round minimum). This change was instituted at a time when the red bucket had 0 BTC and the green and blue buckets had 0.05 BTC, so nobody was negatively affected. (The expected value of the red bucket went down, but nobody was betting there. The expected values of the green and blue buckets went up.)

FOURTH GIVEAWAY RESULTS

This time, we considered transactions from 14th to the 18th, since there was an interruption of service. There were 33 transactions considered. The last block hash was , so the 22nd transaction was picked, and the 3rd entry from that transaction is the winner.

So ...

CONGRATULATIONS 14dD2jzPSpY4kzVacPbVThk187MCupwLCu, YOU WIN 0.1 BTC!

DETAILS:

Last Block Hash:

00000000000000866d28d8a40cb8744b494ee965ac4020bb89deafb6c24ff60a

Transactions considered (33):
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186c7288257541c7449afb91d7960191e3f053086ec849e58357e0197a554707
b8992e5696f2bf4790aa4030fb0f0b2230a493405e62b2da1e67a97d79dc8492
7eba868111852af16e6906df4e9d69e8111ac1bdf7a5752fd6869b1f03914489
9c64614f2b2f2a2641d929b9c15ee2bb839554b32b43f1e9a037a52e67dd8dbd
06ad4318f49fadc1b9a75d4cee75b62164203a01a198bc62116311438628e181
6d5117c51e2e423aa2923f86a01660f3bf0965824fef0f02772f7b00d257eab9
b5a030046eb149618d32caef23a84abda43798b3d153e0f55f66ee14ff44d5d1
9ea51a0b33cca3aedab1b929e7c5b4aee543241838710111e3e511389bfff93e
3269dedf9e9a58c75f05a76fb4c272236c86ce191883cfd2ff4d6228a189a087
9008a9f1dd05ccc88e91cae62eb5050d0cc2678b8c75b9d55a3d94d7d0282601
1ecba0272985e71941d8ce8fa920a0c4cc996fed3d6f5487033c7fe5e2cbb04a
1045fb6f1adf5a8ab48e3539154cb1c51938103d509b10e2b160e29107071acd
b6ef86087c8c50dfccafc6ceced7797ad984d9111916e3d4bffd3aa1ac45ca7d
941bced30d7809d5b8603d7660ee6d271638d0bf4e1b30c76d40cc8a1c16776a
308b6cda6f3ecb42780af48fd1a268672cc667633922552cc2a9f51cc78a1ef6
ad1f40973eedd10c8dcae62a19ca1b885498b4fd32535c817c3c5aa7356aef03
8d19afe35a427af725300098c4d782c5353ff554d271b4d7406dd85edfc1c6f2
60f6ad4e350d1534c5ecf7400329e8086fff4cbcff5a2a25c5db608fd7f8c141

Winner:

22nd transaction = b5a030046eb149618d32caef23a84abda43798b3d153e0f55f66ee14ff44d5d1
3rd entry = 14dD2jzPSpY4kzVacPbVThk187MCupwLCu

Giveaway transaction:

https://blockchain.info/tx/8efe88a4d73b0045863190574b72d04dc52778f2568b660d536b98306156abc1

[bitshy]

GIVEAWAY DAY #5:

This time there were 19 transactions considered. This is less than the previous days. This is a result of the downtimes, the middle of the week, and the new bucket round minimum. But this sort of means that everyone who participated had a better chance of winning!

CONGRATULATIONS 1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a, YOU WIN 0.1 BTC!

DETAILS:

Last block hash:

0000000000000035d24ae60516a0e661c75bf016c66da9871edb4d3f12c0e067

Transactions (19):
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Winner:

Selected 14th transaction : 48613e55b3376dd8707898981c150afa7ee52e07d3e52c3928ebc7be719754ea
Selected  3rd address     : 1Gk6r3HUmmCiz6Ak9NyMaDpHTwv711Cm7a

[dirty dog]

Hi nice idea but your "next round in" timer is not working properly.
It counts down the all of a sudden it jerks and starts counting back up again.
if I refresh the page the counter is on a totally different number.
I had you open on my iPad and its counter was totally different to my computer.
The counter chance factor rises and rises to over 90 % and then goes back to 50%
 with nothing happening.
Please can you explain what is going on & yes the wagers are all on 0.05 or over.

Thank you

[bitshy]

Hi nice idea but your "next round in" timer is not working properly.
It counts down the all of a sudden it jerks and starts counting back up again.
if I refresh the page the counter is on a totally different number.
I had you open on my iPad and its counter was totally different to my computer.
The counter chance factor rises and rises to over 90 % and then goes back to 50%
 with nothing happening.
Please can you explain what is going on & yes the wagers are all on 0.05 or over.

Thank you

Hi dirty dog. Thanks for the feedback!

The round timer counts the time since the last block, and gives you the time that you can expect a new block. It's independent of when a round is actually triggered or not -- it resets every time a new block is found. As you know, a round is triggered when a new block is found, as long as all buckets have 0.05 BTC or more.

It can happen that the web site says all buckets have 0.05 BTC or more, but a round isn't triggered on the next block. This happens only when one of the transactions doesn't get confirmed in the new block. This transaction will usually get confirmed in the next block, so sometimes there is a one round delay. There isn't much that can be done about this.

There was a bug I found earlier today with rounds not triggering that was caused by a floating point error. (Basically, the server thought there were only 0.04999999 BTC, not 0.05 BTC, so it didn't trigger.) But I fixed that, so there shouldn't be any more problems with rounds getting triggered.