[Discussion] Bitcoin Pizza Day on Bitcointalk 🍕

[JollyGood]

The prize fund is generous and for that reason there will be many entries trying to win but there will also be many fake entries, that is for sure as we have seen this happen to nearly every competition in the past. It is akin to a triple foray for account-farmers because if they fail to win any of the prizes they will still hope to receive merits and that does help as they try to rank up. Also, they will try to have their farmed-accounts blend in with genuine members via disingenuous camaraderie.

A photo of a completed yet uncooked pizza in the oven is a good idea as would be multiple photos during the preparation process. It would be interesting to see how the fake entries deal with this. If they get caught out, they will receive negative tags for cheating therefore even the multiple-account (and account-farming) operators will be taking calculated risks when using one or some of their accounts to enter the competition.

Perhaps one of the proof, could be a photo of the pizza in the oven while still raw.

• Post at least 2 photos: [1] Photo of Pizza + username and date [2] Photo of Pizza in the making ➥ Note

[Nanga Parbat]

All member Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day
I hope everyone is enjoying this Bitcoin Pizza Day contest, so happy Bitcoin Pizza Day to everyone, Enjoy my Bitcoin pizza.

[m2017]

• Pizza should be Bitcoin pizza (Bitcointalk style is allowed).

Would adding "Bitcoin" or "Bitcointalk" from cut paper (or something similar) to any baked goods make that pizza a competition entry (as has sometimes been done in past cooking competitions)?

• I reserve the right to decide at my own discretion whether your baked goods are pizza or not.

Well, then you should add a description by what criteria you will evaluate the baked goods as pizza (are olives required? what about mushrooms? composition and thickness of the dough, acceptable ingredients, etc.).  Or will need to send you a piece of it by mail for tasting?

[shahzadafzal]

I always wanted to participate and finally thanks to her <3

Here's my first ever entry for the contest 🍕

Edit: Sorry my bad I forgot to add today's date... pizza is finished however i still have my note

[Ale88]

• I reserve the right to decide at my own discretion whether your baked goods are pizza or not.

Well, then you should add a description by what criteria you will evaluate the baked goods as pizza (are olives required? what about mushrooms? composition and thickness of the dough, acceptable ingredients, etc.).  Or will need to send you a piece of it by mail for tasting?

I think that is should be quite easy to understand what can considered as pizza and what is simply not acceptable. Last year we saw some entries that were not pizza, some them were not even cooked. As long as you have a cooked dough you should be fine. We are all adults, if you go to a restaurant and ask for a pizza I'm pretty sure you don't expect to receive a cold plate with some random ingredients, don't you?

By the way I did the Italian translation.

[BlackHatCoiner]

I can smell a lot of delicious pizzas baking in the ovens right now.

If you're ordering one online, make sure to pay in "sat" instead of "BTC" when typing "10000".  

[m2017]

I think that is should be quite easy to understand what can considered as pizza and what is simply not acceptable. Last year we saw some entries that were not pizza, some them were not even cooked. As long as you have a cooked dough you should be fine.

Clearly formulated conditions of the competition will help avoid different interpretations of these very conditions.

Then it was easier to immediately write like this:

• I reserve the right to ignore any participant for any reason.

We are all adults, if you go to a restaurant and ask for a pizza I'm pretty sure you don't expect to receive a cold plate with some random ingredients, don't you?

In different countries, on plates you will see completely different pastries disguised as pizza (to the horror of the Italians). Therefore, specifically stated conditions are the key to the transparency of the competition.

[fillippone]

We are all adults

This is a pretty big statement my friend.
Last year we had some bad moments I guess (I don't know if you noticed, but I voted last year's contest as the “fail fo the year” event on the BTCA).

I am sure that everything will go smoothly this year.

[laijsica]

Happy Pizza Day !
I thought it was very easy to make but no. It was very difficult. I know it didn't look good then I tryied my best.

I have used to make my pizza as...
Flour
Tomato sauce
Chicken meat
Tomato
Capsicum
Etc

[UchihaSarada]

Another year and another time to talk about Bitcoin Pizza Day.

Can I share my study on Bitcoin Pizza Day here?

Did Laszlo Hanyecz exchange 40000 BTC for 8 pizzas, not 10000 BTC for 2 pizzas?
Laszlo Hanyecz's interview with BitcoinMagazine

To Hanyecz, who told Bitcoin Magazine that he spent something near 100,000 BTC on pizza that year, the purchase was just another drop in the bucket.

“We would just give people bitcoin on the forum,” he said — sometimes 100, sometimes 1,000 BTC at a time.

I can not make pizza but I hope my study can help people to know more about Bitcoin pizza day and how many bitcoins Hanyecz spent for pizzas.

[Filippo Spina]

Thanks Dad, for letting me use your monster of an oven. Also thanks for teaching me how to make bomb pizza! <3

HAPPY PIZZA DAY, YALL!

Love my bitcointalk.org brothers and sisters <3.

I used arugula to make the green price chart to represent the price of BTC going up.
I used olives to write "STONKS" which is from a meme related to enjoying a stock going up in price.
I used mushrooms to make part of the BTC symbol
I used pepperoni to make the BTC. I cooked the pepperoni separately so they would look glossier in the picture.

-Fil <3

[babo]

this year we really fought to have an honest pizza contest, with clear rules and so that everyone has the same chance

but something is still missing


psychological subjection, if theymos makes a pizza, many will be tempted to vote for theymos' pizza even if it's not the most beautiful pizza

to have voters who vote objectively, in my opinion, we need to publish the pizzas anonymously so people can really vote for the one they like

[Real-Duke]

to have voters who vote objectively, in my opinion, we need to publish the pizzas anonymously so people can really vote for the one they like

That's a very good idea. Otherwise, the sympathy factor will always play a part in the vote and end up distorting the result. But how would this be possible without a lot of effort? It can't the right way that we send the pictures of our pizza to icopress by PN

Does anyone have any ideas?

[Solosanz]

psychological subjection, if theymos makes a pizza, many will be tempted to vote for theymos' pizza even if it's not the most beautiful pizza

to have voters who vote objectively, in my opinion, we need to publish the pizzas anonymously so people can really vote for the one they like

Someone can argue it doesn't have to be beautiful, what matter is the taste (even though they didn't even take a bite)

But I understand with your point and you're correct, however the rules say you need to post your username + date on your pizza, even it's not posted by the user, people can still know who make it.

If people don't mind with the hassle, anyone who want to join need to post in this thread, then @OP or someone else could message each user about the special code that need to be written on a piece of paper, then post it along with the pizza. So, this could prove the authenticity of the participant than just uploading the pizza without any proof.

Although, someone can still abuse it by sending personal messages to his friends/followers/gangs in social medias to vote his pizza.

[Becassine]

Hello,

I can't choose between a classic pizza or a calzone, is it possible to make 2 pizzas for the contest ?

Thank you

[RickDeckard]

Great to see this year edition of the bitcoin pizza day is happening directly on the forum, perhaps it will achieve more users this way, congratulations! Really looking forward to see what the community is able to cook for this year edition.

I think that is should be quite easy to understand what can considered as pizza and what is simply not acceptable. Last year we saw some entries that were not pizza, some them were not even cooked. As long as you have a cooked dough you should be fine.

We are all adults, if you go to a restaurant and ask for a pizza I'm pretty sure you don't expect to receive a cold plate with some random ingredients, don't you?

In different countries, on plates you will see completely different pastries disguised as pizza (to the horror of the Italians). Therefore, specifically stated conditions are the key to the transparency of the competition.

This also happened a lot in both edition of the Pie baking contest that I organized. I reckon that one dessert, in this case, may have different meanings in certain parts of the world, but even though users were warned in the second edition of what kind of pies we were looking for, some still submitted their own interpretation of it (which didn't got into the final voting phase).

In this particular case the rules are straightforward. If users are still unsure what kind of entry is being considered, what better way to get their doubts clarified than looking at the original pictures[1] that inspired the contest?  
[1]https://web.archive.org/web/20110430160344/http://heliacal.net/~solar/bitcoin/pizza/

[GazetaBitcoin]

I proposed this topic for being translated inside AOBT group

I come back with some very good news here My proposal made inside AOBT group was approved and OP was translated already in 11 languages! I thank to all translators for their efforts! Also, as you see, the translations were made very fast, and with highest priority.

• [PRIORITY]🍕 Bitcoin Pizza Day on Bitcointalk by icopress: [SPA] [PID] [FIL] [IDN] [GER] [POL] [UKR] [RUS] [ITA] [ARA][ROM]

icopress, if you wish, you can add now all these translations to OP

[Filippo Spina]

this year we really fought to have an honest pizza contest, with clear rules and so that everyone has the same chance

but something is still missing


psychological subjection, if theymos makes a pizza, many will be tempted to vote for theymos' pizza even if it's not the most beautiful pizza

to have voters who vote objectively, in my opinion, we need to publish the pizzas anonymously so people can really vote for the one they like

Good point.

I'm trying to find a counterargument and honestly...😂 Idk.

I think this is mostly about having fun anyway than winning the prize money.

[Z-tight]

psychological subjection, if theymos makes a pizza, many will be tempted to vote for theymos' pizza even if it's not the most beautiful pizza

to have voters who vote objectively, in my opinion, we need to publish the pizzas anonymously so people can really vote for the one they like

Publishing the pizzas anonymously would require more effort in coming up with the best way to do it, and in my opinion it is going to reduce the fun in the contest. While i don't think Theymos would participate, but if he does, and he gets the most votes, then he will be one of the winners, there is no need to complicate things.

[Filippo Spina]

psychological subjection, if theymos makes a pizza, many will be tempted to vote for theymos' pizza even if it's not the most beautiful pizza

to have voters who vote objectively, in my opinion, we need to publish the pizzas anonymously so people can really vote for the one they like

Publishing the pizzas anonymously would require more effort in coming up with the best way to do it, and in my opinion it is going to reduce the fun in the contest. While i don't think Theymos would participate, but if he does, and he gets the most votes, then he will be one of the winners, there is no need to complicate things.

And knowing him, he might just donate the prize money to a trustworthy charity organization. He might also use it to help the forum. $2500 in @theymos hands isn't exactly a bad outcome if he were to win.

What if he likes pizza lol?

You made a very good point @Z-Tight, about overcomplicating things, ya know?

Have they ever been anonymous in the past?

Too much work to make bitcointalk pizza contest submissions anonymous!  

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