Take My Bitcoins - New Gameshow

[cysive]

The chatroom is open. http://takemybitcoins.tv/play-live

That's where we get the live contestants from.

-c.

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[Bit_Happy]

Can they please have Ben Stein do this show.  Win Ben Stein's Bitcoins, pleaseeee

Win Ben Stein's Bitcoins...I would love to see that.
Win Ben Stein's Money was a funny show.
It's also where Jimmy Kimmel started on TV.

[dogechode]

Can someone explain what the basic idea of the show is, what contestants do, when it will be airing, etc etc?

[ChuckBuck]

Can someone explain what the basic idea of the show is, what contestants do, when it will be airing, etc etc?

Tried out for it last night, but didn't get picked or typing my answers need to be much faster!   

Every Thursday at 8PM Pacific Time, think you need to be in the chatroom starting around 7:30PM PST.

You have to like them on Facebook, Twitter, and have your webcam on Skype or Google video\voice handy just in case they pick you.

There's side games like Twitter hashtag mashtag, side games within the chat answering questions, and if you make it on the show like 4 or 5 different games, mostly all trivia related.

If you win any of the games, they reach out to you I think, then give you a wallet address so you can claim your BTC prize.

takemybitcoins dude\dudette, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.   

[cysive]

Can someone explain what the basic idea of the show is, what contestants do, when it will be airing, etc etc?

Tried out for it last night, but didn't get picked or typing my answers need to be much faster!  

Every Thursday at 8PM Pacific Time, think you need to be in the chatroom starting around 7:30PM PST.

You have to like them on Facebook, Twitter, and have your webcam on Skype or Google video\voice handy just in case they pick you.

There's side games like Twitter hashtag mashtag, side games within the chat answering questions, and if you make it on the show like 4 or 5 different games, mostly all trivia related.

If you win any of the games, they reach out to you I think, then give you a wallet address so you can claim your BTC prize.

takemybitcoins dude\dudette, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.  

It's dude

And you got almost everything right.

You don't need a web cam.  We can call phone numbers in the United States, or Skype (if you prefer).  And we call Skype in the rest of the world.

You can watch past episodes here and learn how it's done: http://takemybitcoins.tv/past-episodes/

Our last episode was definitely our sharpest, but all our host have been great and funny in their own ways, so I've enjoyed each one.

And don't forget to check our website and follow us on Twitter. We have two social media games running through the week: You can guess how much we will mine by the next show, up to 5 times a day (See the tweet helper button here: http://takembitcoins.tv). And "Take My Meme". This week the subject is "I AM SATOSHI".  Just create a meme (the funnier the better) with I AM SATOSHI on the image, and tweet it to us. The one with the most retweets wins.

See you on Thursday!
 
-C.

[dogechode]

So how many bitcoins (or fractions of a bitcoin or whatever) do contestants win on average?

[cysive]

So how many bitcoins (or fractions of a bitcoin or whatever) do contestants win on average?

All our winners and how much they won can be found here: http://takemybitcoins.tv/winners/

[cysive]

Only 30 minutes left to guess how much we will mine this week for tonight's show at http://takemybitcoins.tv

Guess then watch at 8pm pacific time to see if you won!

-C

[cysive]

We go live in 40 minutes. Win bitcoins!

http://takemybitcoins.tv/play-live

[Bit_Happy]

So how many bitcoins (or fractions of a bitcoin or whatever) do contestants win on average?

All our winners and how much they won can be found here: http://takemybitcoins.tv/winners/

Giving a total of 4 to almost 6 BTC per show.
That's pretty good.

[cysive]

Bitcoin Game Show Gives Away Nearly 20 BTC Since Launch

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-game-show-gives-away-nearly-20-btc-since-launch/

[Bit_Happy]

Bitcoin Game Show Gives Away Nearly 20 BTC Since Launch

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-game-show-gives-away-nearly-20-btc-since-launch/

"Creator, host and executive producer Mike Rotman told CoinDesk that one of the major successes of the show has been the opportunity to educate those unfamiliar with bitcoin about the concept of digital currencies."

Nice, I hadn't thought of that, assumed it was mainly for people who already know.

[cysive]

Bitcoin Game Show Gives Away Nearly 20 BTC Since Launch

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-game-show-gives-away-nearly-20-btc-since-launch/

"Creator, host and executive producer Mike Rotman told CoinDesk that one of the major successes of the show has been the opportunity to educate those unfamiliar with bitcoin about the concept of digital currencies."

Nice, I hadn't thought of that, assumed it was mainly for people who already know.

We believe in the network effect. 

-C

[Jakesor]

Great news! Why some people didn't like that it is sponsored by Butterfly Labs. I didn't hear about them

[dogechode]

Great news! Why some people didn't like that it is sponsored by Butterfly Labs. I didn't hear about them

BFL is in hot water right now because they didn't deliver pre-order items for insanely long periods of time, they have been accused of using asics to mine their own coin while others were still waiting to receive their orders, and there was something about the owner/s supposedly using some of the pre-order money to buy a house (it was supposed to be used to develop the cards.) Not sure how much has been proven yet, but there's a lot of shit in the woodpile.

[Bit_Happy]

Great news! Why some people didn't like that it is sponsored by Butterfly Labs. I didn't hear about them

BFL is in hot water right now because they didn't deliver pre-order items for insanely long periods of time, they have been accused of using asics to mine their own coin while others were still waiting to receive their orders, and there was something about the owner/s supposedly using some of the pre-order money to buy a house (it was supposed to be used to develop the cards.) Not sure how much has been proven yet, but there's a lot of shit in the woodpile.

At least they are willing to share. 
Maybe it's a sign the company wants to make big improvements and stick around for the future.

[phillipsjk]

Question: Is there an issue preventing folks from using/downloading Skype?

You do not need a webcam.

-C.

I find the state of VOIP saddening. It *should* be as easy as using e-mail. However, all the major companies involved want to lock you into their platform: which means interoperability suffers.

I tried installing Skype under GNU/Linux. It is not cross-platform like Microsoft claims. It requires Moonlight, the Free version of Silverlight. It is all but unsupported; and never supported DRM. Skype was also not as vulnerable to government wiretapping before Microsoft bought it.

Google talk supports XMPP, but is being replaced by the proprietary Google Hangouts. Edit: http://www.google.com/talk redirects to http://www.google.com/hangouts/

FaceBook uses XMPP to facilitate Instant messaging between their users. However, their server is configured not to communicate with other XMPP servers like Google talk.

I was impressed by Ekiga.net: up until I tried to actually tried to use it. (They store passwords in plain-text and don't sanitize database inputs: It broke such that I could not reset or use my password)

[cysive]

Question: Is there an issue preventing folks from using/downloading Skype?

You do not need a webcam.

-C.

I find the state of VOIP saddening. It *should* be as easy as using e-mail. However, all the major companies involved want to lock you into their platform: which means interoperability suffers.

I tried installing Skype under GNU/Linux. It is not cross-platform like Microsoft claims. It requires Moonlight, the Free version of Silverlight. It is all but unsupported; and never supported DRM. Skype was also not as vulnerable to government wiretapping before Microsoft bought it.

Google talk supports XMPP, but is being replaced by the proprietary Google Hangouts. Edit: http://www.google.com/talk redirects to http://www.google.com/hangouts/

FaceBook uses XMPP to facilitate Instant messaging between their users. However, their server is configured not to communicate with other XMPP servers like Google talk.

I was impressed by Ekiga.net: up until I tried to actually tried to use it. (They store passwords in plain-text and don't sanitize database inputs: It broke such that I could not reset or use my password)

Thanks, phillipsjk.  

Have you tried getting a Google Voice Number? If you can get a U.S. number, we can call that.

Also if you have a smartphone, have you tried Skype on it? I have found it works well on my Android phone.

Remember we call you, and you don't have to get the phone call on the same system you are watching on. But it does have to be either Skype or a U.S. number.

But I understand completely if you don't have a smartphone.

Another idea is to watch in a group and share technology. One of your friends may have Skype or a U.S. Google voice number.

We want to reach everyone, unfortunately we are just as constrained by available technology.

Remember we have Twitter games as well. You don't need a number for that one.

We really hope to see you all next Thursday 8pm pacific. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2014&month=5&day=2&hour=3&min=0&sec=0&p1=137

-C.

[cysive]

Instructional video on this weeks #TakeMyMeme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4_awoChBik

[cysive]

This week's guest host, Bitcoin author Mark Jeffrey https://twitter.com/markjeffrey.

See you all at 8pm PST: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20140508T08&p1=137&p2=85

http://takemybitcoins.tv/play-live

-C