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[joksim299]

Veridu Verification Required

[andreasan]

Veridu Verification Required

Anonymity might be fine for dice games, sports books and casinos but it just doesn't work for poker. Veridu enables us to tackle collusion and multi-account abuse which are big factors that hinder bitcoin poker's growth. There are too many people simply cheating. We appreciate your feedback with the Veridu process to help us improve the service.

lol I entered both facebook and twitter account on veridu but it wasnt enough, no way I´m gonna give my paypal account.

You can see what information you are allowing access to for PayPal, nothing to do with payments information if that was your worry.

Folks, to clear this up

In terms of verification, the only thing our partner Veridu forwards to us is:
Are they over 18? Yes or No
Are they likely to be a clone account? Yes or No
If yes to 2, then which accounts are they likely to be a clone of.
No names, countries, regions, genders, or anything else.

[andreasan]

anyone tried them yet? is it legit?

They're based in Costa Rica and their company's name is "Escrupulos"

I don't trust it.

edit: they do have a nice site!

are you seriuos? can you post a link to that information??

There is nothing hidden for the public. All information is clearly laid out in the Partner's Manifest including company names, the people behind the company, etc.

http://www.bitnpartners.eu/pdf/bitnplay_manifesto.pdf

[sed]

Questions:

How is using google going to verify age?  I don't have my age in my google account.

Is this going to be a windoze binary that you download or is it going to be in the browser?  Or something else?  Open source?  Android?

[andreasan]

How is using google going to verify age?  I don't have my age in my google account.

Thanks for the questions.

You may not have your age in your Google account but other data from it can be used to match against the data from another account, that does have your age. The algorithm works with probabilities, so e.g. your Google account can help increase the likelihood that you are who you said you are on your LinkedIn, which may be a better indication of your age.

Is this going to be a windoze binary that you download or is it going to be in the browser?  Or something else?  Open source?  Android?

HTML5 in the browser for now, with a Windows application on the roadmap. Feedback is the best guide to product development, so we start minimal and see how the users react.

[sed]

Thanks for the interesting replies.

With respect to age verification, many folks, me included, don't have facebook, don't have linkedin, don't do any of this social media stuff and especially not stuff that asks for personal info.  Will folks like me simply not be allowed to play?

HTML5 in the browser is great, IMO.  It's cross platform and paranoid users like me don't have to worry about infected binaries because javascript already runs in a sandbox.

[ticoti]

it looks really good

what's the date? I'd like to test it 

[slm06]

it looks really good

what's the date? I'd like to test it 

ticoti, I've signed up and it looks like the first tournament will be a freeroll on the 1st of Feb. I didn't have to send any BTC to anyone, I just signed up and registered for the freeroll.

[FanEagle]

I strongly wished my facebook account was good enough, nope. Sorry but, if it takes like google, facebook twitter, linkedn and stuff.. paypal too... :|

[philiveyjr]

I strongly wished my facebook account was good enough, nope. Sorry but, if it takes like google, facebook twitter, linkedn and stuff.. paypal too... :|

Huh?? U need all those accounts to verify?? 

[calci]

has there been a decision to remove the current payment system which requires so many verifications to register an account and play on the site?

[FanEagle]

I strongly wished my facebook account was good enough, nope. Sorry but, if it takes like google, facebook twitter, linkedn and stuff.. paypal too... :|

Huh?? U need all those accounts to verify?? 

I wish they were joking about the verify an age id...
if they really wanted to say oh hey, instead of giving us your id, just give us all your accounts so we can check if your age is true.
Sure, if someone wanted to fake all that is still possible and looks like verifiable age.

[joksim299]

Used all accounts I have and not enough data to verify my age.

[darkmule]

Used all accounts I have and not enough data to verify my age.

This shit is a fucking joke.  Next they'll want a goddamn blood sample.

[sherbyspark]

Have you guys heard from the site owner in the last 3-4 days ? .Would like to know whats the plan regarding the verification process.
Would be nice to simplify it.

[andreasan]

Have you guys heard from the site owner in the last 3-4 days ? .Would like to know whats the plan regarding the verification process.
Would be nice to simplify it.

@sherbyspark Can you be a bit more specific with your particular the issue? We expect that for users that are active on social networks it should take 2-3 of the available options to verify. If someone isn't that active it may take more. We'll tweak and make the process as simple as possible but we won't sacrifice integrity. Lack of anarchistic collusion and multi-accounts is what sets us apart from other Bitcoin poker solutions.

[hasiramasenju]

no free roll tournament? for you promo site

[andreasan]

no free roll tournament? for you promo site

You can register for the freeroll that will run on the launch date while there are still slots available. The winner gets 100% Rakeback for life, which is a pretty big prize. Upon launch we will start with SNGs 24/7. We will gradually be adding more promos freerolls with cash prizes in phases.

To give an update:

Since announcing 2 weeks ago we have over 200 new users and about a 50% verification rate fail rate (excluding the users that choose not to verify). We know that using social media isn't the best solution for everyone, but it makes for a forthright playing environment than cannot be achieved by other Bitcoin poker alternatives. But we are working with the Veridu team to make the process easier and more efficient. The users that failed to verify will get an email to try again once the latest changes have been implemented.

[sed]

I haven't even tried this site because apparantely they're doxing everyone in every way before you can play.  That's pretty much the opposite of my kind of place.  It's too bad though, I *do* like playing bitcoin poker.

[andreasan]

For those who wanted to see game footage, there is a preview in our teaser, it's on reddit:

http://redd.it/2smp6o

Only a few days left though anyway. If you had problems with verification in the past, we have made some updates so it's worth giving it another go.