My first contest : win a hardware wallet, a steelwallet and satoshis !

[Becassine]

Hello,

After so many years on this forum trying to understand sometimes complicated threads, but explained with so much kindness, I'm super happy to be able to propose a contest : I'm lucky to have a quality sponsor with the swiss company Shiftcrypto which offers two prizes : a bitbox02 (1st prize) and a Steelwallet (2nd prize). Since I'm shamelessly copying some of the rules of the pie contest (with the kind permission of RickDeckard), I'll add satoshis according to (almost) the same rules.

There will be 3 spots for the winners. In addition to the great prizes reserved for the top two thanks to our sponsor, a prize pool of satoshis will reward the top 3. The way the prizes will be distributed is pretty simple - first place will win 50% of the available prize pool, second place will win 30% and third place will win 20%. If I am the only one contributing, the satoshis will go to 3rd place.
Everyone is free to contribute to the pot, and if you choose to do so, I kindly ask you to post the amount here in the thread and I will update the table below. At the end of the contest, I'll do the math (with help because I suck at math) and indicate how much should be sent to whom and by which user.

Once again, Jayce volunteered to help create the signatures and even refused to let me replace the 3rd prize with a contribution for his work...
He had already done some great signatures for the pie contest, so of course I wanted to ask him... (or her ?)

And the code for the beautiful signature made by Jayce :

Code:

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Our Sponsor and the prizes in details:



1st prize: a bitbox of your choice (2 models available). Value 139 euros.



2nd prize: a steelwallet. Value : 65 euros.

You can check the website of our sponsor and reviews in different languages. Shiftcrypto will take care of the shipping costs for the winners.

Who can participate and vote?

Full Members (and more) who have acquired a minimum of 10 merits in the last 3 months for their brilliant participation in the forum.

Signature of the contest:

So this is jayce who so kindly volunteered to make a signature. Feel free to share the contest in the locals.

Rules:

Shiftcrypto gave me carte blanche to come up with the rules for the contest, which are as follows:

The goal of the game is to give the bitcoin rate in Swiss francs on Bitcoin Pizza Day on May 22.

The bitcoin rate on that day will be the one from Coinmarketcap: since there is a low and a high rate, the participant who gets closest to the high rate will be the winner and the highest decimal place will win. In the event of a tie, the first participant to post its estimate will win.
You have until May 6 (Paris time) to vote, until then you can edit your posts, after that it will not be possible anymore.

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║	Becassine	║	very généreux donateur PowerGlove	║	généreux donateur	║	généreux donateur	║
╠	══════════	╬	══════════	╬	══════════	╬	══════════	╣
║	0,0003	║	0.002	║	xxx	║	xxx	║
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As I don't know how to code, I used the table from Stalker22. If there are a lot of donors  , I will try to add columns following his model.

For Jayce and his beautiful designs

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║	Becassine	║	Generous Design Lover PowerGlove	║	Design Lover	║		║
╠	══════════	╬	══════════	╬	══════════	╬	══════════	╣
║	0,00073	║	0,001	║	xxx	║	xxx	║
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[Becassine]

Details about rules :

Vote

You can vote until May 6th, Paris time, 23:59:59. Paris time : https://time.is/fr/Paris

Shipping

Shiftcrypto takes care of the worldwide shipping costs (isn't that great?). I think the winners will receive a password from me (I haven't thought of it yet, a sentence in French?) and the contact information of Shiftcrypto. They will then give their delivery address directly to Shiftcrypto. (Or we will find another solution.)

Currency

The price of bitcoin on Bitcoin Pizza day will be given in Swiss Francs. If all the Fiat currencies disappear by then, well, we'll see. Maybe we'll draw straws.

Multi Accounts

Be nice and fair play, play with only one account.

Errors

I count on the participants to help me to choose the winners because nobody is safe from making a mistake. (To divide the prices in satoshis too)

Jayce

Finally I cracked, I also made a pot for Jayce. It's normal, right?

If my fierce gastronomic competitor wins first prize, he should come bring me a pie

[GazetaBitcoin]

Hey Becassine, thank you for this nice contest! And the prizes are, indeed, amazing  

I feel more than honored to be the first participant and my initial prediction is a price of 41000 Swiss francs! (Yes, I feel bullish )

I congratulate you for organizing your first contest on the forum and I simply have no words for the prizes you obtained for winners! Chapeau for that!

Edit: my updated prediction is 30000 CHF.

[Becassine]

Hey Becassine, thank you for this nice contest! And the prizes are, indeed, amazing 

I feel more than honored to be the first participant and my initial prediction is a price of 41000 Swiss francs! (Yes, I feel bullish )

I congratulate you for organizing your first contest on the forum and I simply have no words for the prizes you obtained for winners! Chapeau for that!

Thank you Gazeta, what a pleasure to see you here, my fierce gastronomic competitor 

You can't imagine the time I spent writing the initial post 

PS : You can change your estimate until May 7, maybe bitcoin will explode the forecast?

[GazetaBitcoin]

Thank you Gazeta, what a pleasure to see you here, my fierce gastronomic competitor  

Awwww, I'll take that as a compliment, of course   (And now I'm blushing too!)

You can't imagine the time I spent writing the initial post  

Actually I do imagine! I noticed that it is a very nice organized topic and I understood from first sight that you made some effort for writing it. I, myself, spend also a lot of time when I am writing my topics (and my posts as well), paying a lot of attention to proofreading, punctuation, reading and re-reading (at least) 2 times prior submitting the post -- so yes, I really understand your efforts! And I congratulate you for the way you wrote the topic.

PS : You can change your estimate until May 7, maybe bitcoin will explode the forecast?

Thank you, I noticed that rule! We all hope that we'll assist to a booming price of BTC, especially considering that we are getting closer and closer to another halving (and signs are already here). And, of course, I will take advantage of the rule on May 7th.

I actually have a question here: what does the rule precisely mean?

You have until May 7 (Paris time) to vote, until then you can edit your posts, after that it will not be possible anymore.

Does it mean that voting and editing prediction is allowed until May 7th, Paris time, 23:59:59? Or does it actually mean "until May 7", as in the sense of before May 7, which would imply, in fact, May 6th, Paris time, 23:59:59?

And one more question, this time about shipping of prizes: what method will you use? Will it be free worldwide? Will the winners have to pay for it? Will you use another forum member to do the shipping (for example, in Collectibles board, many contest organizers prefer to give their prizes to MJ for shipping them -- at least, those outside US). Maybe this information would be also considered useful by participants.

P.S.: I may (or may not) come back with a nice surprise.

P.S.2:I advertised your contest in Romanian local board.

Your fierce gastronomic competitor,
Gazeta.

(P.S.3: obviously, if we'd ever have a battle, in real life, inside a kitchen (any kitchen), on anything, I would certainly lose in front of you  )

[PowerGlove]

Nice idea Becassine, and great job organizing such nice prizes!

I predict the high on 2023/5/22 will be 1 BTC = 34360 CHF. (I asked my Norwegian Blue. I think I heard a low squawk when I whispered: "34360?", so that's what I'm going with.)

I'll contribute 2 mBTC to the prize pool. Good luck everyone!

[Becassine]

Nice idea Becassine, and great job organizing such nice prizes!

I predict the high on 2023/5/22 will be 1 BTC = 34360 CHF. (I asked my Norwegian Blue. I think I heard a low squawk when I whispered: "34360?", so that's what I'm going with.)

I'll contribute 2 mBTC to the prize pool. Good luck everyone!

Ouahhhh great thank you ! I change the rules again (for the last time !), if you agree, we could part your generous donation in 2 : a part for the third price and a part for Jayce.

[zenaku]

I predict the high on 2023/5/22 will be 1 BTC = 29160 CHF

[Becassine]

I predict the high on 2023/5/22 will be 1 BTC = 29160 CHF

I'm really sorry but you can't participate, players must have a certain rank in order to avoid people registering at the last moment and leaving just as quickly and bringing nothing to the forum. I hope I can organize other contests so you can participate next time. I give you a merit to encourage you to continue to participate in the forum 

[Woodie]

Nice contest Becassine, what's the last day allowed to put in our predictions?

[dkbit98]

Hey there Becassine!
This is very nice initiative with running this giveaway for BotBox02 hardware wallet and Steel wallet.
Since you are in contact with BitBox team maybe you can invite them to join Bitcointalk forum and create official account here.
We already have Passport HW doing that, and before that Trezor, Keystone and few other hardware wallets joined bitcointalk forum.

[paid2]

Hey Becassine ! 

Super nice to see that you are handling this contest !

I predict the high on 2023/5/22 will be 1 BTC = 31120 CHF

Wish you all good luck !

[ajiz138]

Interesting contest, Becassine.

Estimating the highest price on the date 2023/5/22 = 30,849 CHF

There is always luck everywhere.
Good luck everyone.

[Becassine]

Hey there Becassine!
This is very nice initiative with running this giveaway for BitBox02 hardware wallet and Steel wallet.
Since you are in contact with BitBox team maybe you can invite them to join Bitcointalk forum and create official account here.
We already have Passport HW doing that, and before that Trezor, Keystone and few other hardware wallets joined bitcointalk forum.

You are right. I couldn't find a Bitbox account on this forum. I will send the staff an invitation. Maybe the staff is just watching ?

[zenaku]

I predict the high on 2023/5/22 will be 1 BTC = 29160 CHF

I'm really sorry but you can't participate, players must have a certain rank in order to avoid people registering at the last moment and leaving just as quickly and bringing nothing to the forum. I hope I can organize other contests so you can participate next time. I give you a merit to encourage you to continue to participate in the forum  

Thank you
It's okay not to be able to compete and the reason is understandable, however I leave my contribution.
Maybe make me a little more visible.
I wish everyone luck, and the winner could share some price prediction tips.
We could even talk about the new maximo (ath) ahahahah (I already calculated it, another thing is that it is true)
A hug!

[PowerGlove]

Ouahhhh great thank you ! I change the rules again (for the last time !), if you agree, we could part your generous donation in 2 : a part for the third price and a part for Jayce.

No need to split it up; I've noticed that jayce always does a really great job and is very generous with his time, so I'm happy to contribute an extra 1 mBTC to the "jayce appreciation" side pot.

[GazetaBitcoin]

Ouahhhh great thank you ! I change the rules again (for the last time !), if you agree, we could part your generous donation in 2 : a part for the third price and a part for Jayce.

Thank you for updating the rules, Becassine, for explaining precisely until when voting / editing votes can be done and also for informing us about the free shipping! Now everything is clear.
I am also very glad knowing that jayce will get a slice of a pie some money for his contribution

However, regarding that,

If my fierce gastronomic competitor wins first prize, he should come bring me a pie

I think you made a slight error: you wrote the above rule with strikethrough font instead of bold It was supposed to look like this:

If my fierce gastronomic competitor wins first prize, he should come bring me a pie

[Becassine]

Hello,

Even though this is a serious contest with very serious prizes, you understand that humor is serious too.

I must say that Jayce insisted once again that he don't want to be paid for his beautiful work: I had to reassure him that Bitcoin is not a currency according to Madame Lagarde. It's just "funny business". And that's what we want: fun.  

English is not my mother tongue, so excuse me if I make mistakes.

Ouahhhh great thank you ! I change the rules again (for the last time !), if you agree, we could part your generous donation in 2 : a part for the third price and a part for Jayce.

No need to split it up; I've noticed that jayce always does a really great job and is very generous with his time, so I'm happy to contribute an extra 1 mBTC to the "jayce appreciation" side pot.

Great ! (I hope not to put wrong in the conversion)

[jayce]

This is a cool contest, Becassine! Thank you for asking me to prepare the signature design. I'd like to join which my prediction is 37,323 CHF.

Following the format by PowerGlove;
I predict the high on 2023/5/22 will be 1 BTC = 37,323 CHF

Good luck guys!

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I must say that Jayce insisted once again that he don't want to be paid for his beautiful work: I had to reassure him that Bitcoin is not a currency according to Madame Lagarde. It's just "funny business". And that's what we want: fun.  
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Actually I still prefer to not get paid if possible, but yeah Lagarde, she has a point Hopefully this contest could be run regularly and there would be more sponsorship. Good luck Becassine!

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Thank you for updating the rules, Becassine, for explaining precisely until when voting / editing votes can be done and also for informing us about the free shipping! Now everything is clear.
I am also very glad knowing that jayce will get a slice of a pie some money for his contribution
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Thanks GazetaBitcoin. Though I really don't mind to get a slice of pie instead, from each of 37 participants in the previous contest. That's something I absolutely can't reject

No need to split it up; I've noticed that jayce always does a really great job and is very generous with his time, so I'm happy to contribute an extra 1 mBTC to the "jayce appreciation" side pot.

Thank you for your kind words and generous donation, PowerGlove! I always feel that you are one of the coolest guys here in the forum

[libert19]

I'll go with 27000 CHF