Win 0.01 BTC on HashLoot.com!!

[sahabyazdani]

Hello Bitcoin Talk Forum Members,

Every week on Sunday @ 11am ET, I will be holding a draw for 0.01 BTC on the brand new web-site https://hashloot.com!

The game:
Guess the last two digits of the block size for the first block to get mined on the Bitcoin blockchain after Sunday at 11:00 a.m. ET for your chance to win!

Since you need to guess a number between 00-99, you have a 1/100 chance of winning. Once the block has been mined, if your guess is correct, I will send your winnings to the wallet address that you provide.

Each guess costs a minimum of 0.0001 BTC with higher wagers entitling you to a bigger portion of the 0.01 BTC prize pool in case of multiple correct guesses.

If there are no correct guesses, the prize pool will be added to the next's week draw.

The first draw will be on Jan 17, 2020 at 11am ET. Good Luck!

Verify:

I understand that I am new to the forum and talking about a new site, but we all have to start somewhere right? To show that I am serious about this: My name is Sahab Yazdani, the web-site in question has my name in the footer, I've given a signing message for the prize pool wallet address on the web-site, and I am basing the game on an event/outcome on the Bitcoin blockchain that I cannot possibly forge.

If there is any other way that you would like me to show/prove that I am not a scammer, please let me know. If its a reasonable request, I will make sure to follow through.

[Zackgeno96]

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I think you should let escrow handle the fund. Just like what you have said you are new and many people including me won't trust you my Bitcoins with today's price I don't think someone will easily send Bitcoins to someone even for that small amount.

[pungopete468]

I gues we will just have to wait till on the 17th of January for the first draw to take place and see if it really works for everyone before trusting your site, the site is relatively new and at that only time will test it reliability and trust level. Good luck to everyone who will try it out starting from 17th.

Personally I don't trust it. If he's serious about it maybe he could hire escrow and maybe open something like on games and rounds if I could remember there were already some users who already opened this kind of service on games and rounds with escrow unfortunately he wasn't able to get enough players so he just returned the money.

[Chikito]

I gues we will just have to wait till on the 17th of January for the first draw to take place and see if it really works for everyone before trusting your site, the site is relatively new and at that only time will test it reliability and trust level. Good luck to everyone who will try it out starting from 17th.

You have to deposit at least 0.0001 to address 17gXvZv9w2XR8QnmcS1fqHUV7xH7jMGngC, I am not sure you will able to know who the winner if you didn't a participant.

[rhomelmabini]

This may be a good game but how come the winner will be sure he'll get the winning amount from that address? There's no harm on their side if people send amount on that address since if they got a 100 participants they'll just have it in them again. It's just lottery but if there's 50% below who participate they have the more chances to get the winning. We don't know as well if they'll be still open the next week or the coming weeks. Better to escrow the funds OP.

[Lakai01]

Better to escrow the funds OP.

I second this.
Transferring $40 in BTC to a recently created newbie account just like that is probably something very few people will do. 100 participants are not easy to find, even with free raffles here on the Collectibles Board it sometimes takes days until all slots are filled.

[robelneo]

Verify:

I understand that I am new to the forum and talking about a new site, but we all have to start somewhere right? To show that I am serious about this: My name is Sahab Yazdani, the web-site in question has my name in the footer, I've given a signing message for the prize pool wallet address on the web-site, and I am basing the game on an event/outcome on the Bitcoin blockchain that I cannot possibly forge.

If there is any other way that you would like me to show/prove that I am not a scammer, please let me know. If its a reasonable request, I will make sure to follow through.

Anybody can do this, site interface is not good your reputation and transparency is not good it's just a name you don't have a picture or social media link for you to prove that you are real and your name is real, and the fact that you are not offering an escrow, make people suspicious on your motives, you should do better to prove your reputation not just name embedded on your website.

[sunsilk]

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The website works for me.

Until now, there's no last guess that has deposited on the platform. Yes, you are new and gamblers would barely trust you if your website doesn't even have much information about you.

Anybody can do this, site interface is not good your reputation and transparency is not good it's just a name you don't have a picture or social media link for you to prove that you are real and your name is real, and the fact that you are not offering an escrow, make people suspicious on your motives, you should do better to prove your reputation not just name embedded on your website.

I agree about the design. It is what I've noticed and you have to improve it somehow to make gamblers feel comfortable unless you want to start somewhere and accept the suggestion of having the funds being held by any of the forum's escrow.

[bitbollo]

the idea sounds nice, but with such price, send 0,0001 btc isn't anymore just a guess game
You should maybe evaluate for other coins more cheap.
PS: adding or giving your personal name will not provide any form of trust or reputation to your website.

[notblox1]

I will not send any bitcoins and I think nobody send anything so far after I checked their BTC address from website.
This just looks like that scams asking to send 1 btc and they will send you back 10 btc, and posting some name with signed message doesn't mean anything really but let's see what happens on January 17.

archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210110190323/https://hashloot.com/

[sahabyazdani]

Thank you for all the feedback. I understand that its hard to trust a new person/site and I appreciate all the honesty and suggestions from everybody

I will add social links to the site tonight, but for the purposes of this forum:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahabyazdani/
GitHub: https://github.com/thegrandpoobah/

Transferring $40 in BTC to a recently created newbie account just like that is probably something very few people will do.

Its $4 USD at current conversion rates, but the underlying point is something that I fully expected.

Escrow

Lots of suggestions from the thread about setting up an escrow. It was not something that I was aware of. Thank you all for that suggestion. I will setup an escrow with one of the providers on this forum.

There are a couple people who have already tried the web-site (7 to be specific) who have not paid the wager fee (again, totally expected), but if that trend continues, my thought was to just run this first round without any entry fee to show that I am not trying to scam anybody.

Again, thanks for everybody's feedback!

[Swordsoffreedom]

Be aware of this kind of activity. Though 0.0001 BTC is not a big amount but the site is totally new and They don't have any portfolio/TOS/ or gaming license. If they Escrowd the funds Which they gave their words to do then I think it will be credible to everyone. It is good to omit the entry fee for the first round, but since this site does not have a license, I think it would not be wise to deposit on the site without an escrow.

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[Oilacris]

Posting signed message doesnt prove out everything and its true that people will really be mainly be concerning about the funds that would really be accumulated.

This blockchain-type of games arent something new but sending out some satoshis on a specified address wont really be that something that people will really be willing to do so.

Lottery based or guessing numbers or characters would likely result into accumulation since it is hard to predict where prize pool might bulge up depending if there are bettors
to this one and no one can guarantee that you wont really be running off those money.

So in short this do typically lacks of assurance.If funds would be escrowed then they might consider this one but if not then expect that there would be no people
be sending out their satoshis.

[codegnome]

0.01 is still quite a significant amount to win. Although it depends on what you have to do for that. I hope it is not too difficult.
Backing over 1,5 goals could work good in the long run.

[Chikito]

but if that trend continues, my thought was to just run this first round without any entry fee to show that I am not trying to scam anybody.

It's not change anything if you run this week without an entry fee. I am sure the next week you still don't get entry people to paying a 0.0001 for your game if you don't escrow it.

Also, if you want to people trust you why bitcoin address always change?

[sahabyazdani]

Also, if you want to people trust you why bitcoin address always change?

I did this based on the suggestion of this BitCoin Wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Address_reuse

My understanding based on reading that article (and others on the same topic) is that its best practice to NOT reuse addresses and to have a unique address per transaction. Am I understanding the article incorrectly?

[imstillthebest]

everyone else is more concerned on the escrow and other things but why no one complains on the 0.0001btc bet?

 i think that was too much for this kind of guessing game because its hard to predict a two number between 00-99 , the numbers can be repeated right ? like 00 , 11 , 22 ? .

if ill bet my 0.0001btc on the same odds in other casino games i can earn more returns if i win . the bet amounts should be lower if they want to attract smart gamblers .

[toast]

it's pretty clear to me I shouldn't trust this. Even though it's only 0.0001 BTC just imagine if many users wanted to try it they could get good amount of money from that, we are all in doubt about this let's just ignore this kind of service.

[sunsilk]

Escrow

Lots of suggestions from the thread about setting up an escrow. It was not something that I was aware of. Thank you all for that suggestion. I will setup an escrow with one of the providers on this forum.

There are a couple people who have already tried the web-site (7 to be specific) who have not paid the wager fee (again, totally expected), but if that trend continues, my thought was to just run this first round without any entry fee to show that I am not trying to scam anybody.

Again, thanks for everybody's feedback!

Now that you are aware of it, you should do as what you've said and follow our suggestions of hiring an escrow for the funds of your platform to make sure that they're safe.

It's also a good start and nice strategy if you'll do the no entry wager fee with the prize whoever the winner is. The choice depends on you how you'll gain the trust of the community because you're just starting out.

[Raflesia]

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Now that you are aware of it, you should do as what you've said and follow our suggestions of hiring an escrow for the funds of your platform to make sure that they're safe.

It's also a good start and nice strategy if you'll do the no entry wager fee with the prize whoever the winner is. The choice depends on you how you'll gain the trust of the community because you're just starting out.

Yeah that's very important with this escrow, can be trusted by many people, as much as possible in the first round is promotion so that many people can trust.
With current deposit fees, maybe many people ask where the funds are going, especially when the wallet is always changing, what Dromie said above.

So do your best here, don't make you regret it. Your awareness now can increase that this site is legitimate if you have used the trusted escrow on this forum.