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March 07, 2014, 01:11:22 AM |
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BlockRace - The first bitcoin game that's 100% purely on the blockchain Transparent, verifiable, elegant Race to the end of the Block at http://blockrace.co |
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It is a common myth that Bitcoin is ruled by a majority of miners. This is not true. Bitcoin miners "vote" on the ordering of transactions, but that's all they do. They can't vote to change the network rules.
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ReCat
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March 07, 2014, 02:05:01 AM |
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More like CoinStealer
Steals all your coins ASAP
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BTC: 1recatirpHBjR9sxgabB3RDtM6TgntYUW
Hold onto what you love with all your might, Because you can never know when - Oh. What you love is now gone.
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BlockRace (OP)
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March 07, 2014, 01:39:00 PM |
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Nice. Just won 0.04 BTC... Why didn't I think of that?
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Remember remember the 5th of November
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Reverse engineer from time to time
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March 07, 2014, 01:40:13 PM |
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Nice. Just won 0.04 BTC... Why didn't I think of that?
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BTC:1AiCRMxgf1ptVQwx6hDuKMu4f7F27QmJC2
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Joohansson
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March 07, 2014, 01:53:18 PM |
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That is actually a pretty smart concept! You will lose more than you play in the end but the owners will make money, as all gambling.
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March 07, 2014, 01:54:22 PM |
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Nice. Just won 0.04 BTC... Why didn't I think of that?
Forgot to change accounts? Awesome! |
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bitlancr
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March 07, 2014, 02:10:53 PM |
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Nice. Just won 0.04 BTC... Why didn't I think of that?
Forgot to change accounts? Epic Fail. |
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RGBKey
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March 07, 2014, 02:19:56 PM |
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BlockRaceToTheBank
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Joohansson
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March 07, 2014, 02:20:38 PM
Last edit: March 07, 2014, 02:35:52 PM by Joohansson |
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I just had to try this, and won =) I can confirm I sent 0.01 and received 0.02. The pot was 0.06 but two unconfirmed transactions. Site seems legit. But the time counter was strange when I played, it showed the time for the second last block at blockchain.info but now it seems correct. I can't figure out what was happening there but probably a bug.
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March 07, 2014, 02:47:18 PM |
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I check it out and join to play
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BlockRace (OP)
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March 07, 2014, 04:00:57 PM |
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Sorry about that... wanted to get attention to our cool new concept... and in fact, I did play and win 0.04BTC, and in fact, I did not think of this myself (my partners did)... but the point is - nor I (even with my control of the site), nor anyone else, can really cheat here... I would be taking the same risk as anyone else if I send in money, and I have the same chances as everyone else to win. That's how elegant the idea is. Even I can play and I wouldn't have an advantage over the others. Anyway, we're working on more functionality all the time. The clock that Joohansson mentioned is apparently a bug, but you can be sure that the actual time the system uses is taken directly from the blockchain.info API. The time displayed in your browser is client side, and is to give the user indication of the length of the block. All transactions are validated, and the winner is determined by the server. Obviously, all this is on the blockchain, so it's all there for everyone to double-check. We have no intention of cheating, nor the possibility (as funds are released at the end of every round). We're smart enough to realize that if this turns out to be popular, the best bet for us is to keep it honest. So thanks for playing, come back again... you'll see more cool stuff then. Nice. Just won 0.04 BTC... Why didn't I think of that?
Forgot to change accounts? Epic Fail. |
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Kyraishi
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March 07, 2014, 04:09:57 PM |
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Basically a lottery, and the more you send the more chance you have :O
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joksim299
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Bitdice is scam scam scammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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March 07, 2014, 05:14:11 PM |
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Basically a lottery, and the more you send the more chance you have :O
Or more chances of losing more |
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Joohansson
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March 07, 2014, 07:55:13 PM |
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Why are some transactions not confirmed on the first attempt when block is solved?
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BlockRace (OP)
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March 07, 2014, 09:29:57 PM |
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Why are some transactions not confirmed on the first attempt when block is solved?
That's just how bitcoin works. Sometimes it's because the transaction didn't include enough fees and the miner didn't pick it up. It could be because the transaction didn't propogate enough to reach the miner. It could be that it uses an unconfirmed input etc. That's why we add a generous 0.0005 BTC fee when we pay the winning transaction, to get the miners to pick up our transaction, plus the previous transaction, in case it didn't include enough fees. |
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Joohansson
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March 07, 2014, 09:57:00 PM |
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Why are some transactions not confirmed on the first attempt when block is solved?
That's just how bitcoin works. Sometimes it's because the transaction didn't include enough fees and the miner didn't pick it up. It could be because the transaction didn't propogate enough to reach the miner. It could be that it uses an unconfirmed input etc. That's why we add a generous 0.0005 BTC fee when we pay the winning transaction, to get the miners to pick up our transaction, plus the previous transaction, in case it didn't include enough fees. Ok thanks. |
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March 08, 2014, 07:21:43 AM |
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BlockRace - The first bitcoin game that's 100% purely on the blockchain
Was SatoshiDice not 100% blockchain based? |
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March 08, 2014, 09:14:05 AM |
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BlockRace - The first bitcoin game that's 100% purely on the blockchain
Was SatoshiDice not 100% blockchain based? No, SatoshiDice is not 100% on the blockchain, as it uses their own odds generator to determine who wins or loses. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/SatoshiDice (Random Number Generation section). Our game relies simply on the last transaction to enter the next block to determine the winner. No external information other than what's on the blockchain is needed to play the game, and at any moment, one can visit https://blockchain.info/address/1RaceBKYh5saS5D54vbNzPrLjWENviBMR to see the past winners, past prizes, current players, current game state, etc. 100% on the blockchain. That's what this game is  |
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March 08, 2014, 01:49:58 PM |
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Was SatoshiDice not 100% blockchain based?
Yes it was. |
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BlockRace (OP)
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March 08, 2014, 06:12:30 PM |
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Was SatoshiDice not 100% blockchain based?
Yes it was. SatoshiDice is not 100% on the blockchain as it uses their own odds generator to determine who wins or loses... see my response #18 above https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=504694.msg5583689#msg5583689BlockRace does not rely on anything other than tansactions and blocks on the blockchain. Even if we take the site offline, and come back a week later, we can determine the winners and pay them accordingly. Nothing is needed on our part to make this game work, except pay the winner... which is also on the blockchain. |
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