Blackjack, craps, roulette, video poker, original slots, 3-card poker, keno, texas holdem and more have arrived for BC!
StrikeSapphire opened the first Bitcoin casino in 2011, with 25 multiplayer games including 9 poker variants, and the only browser-based casino software to let players open six tables of different games in the same window. We started in Bitcoin, and never accepted LiteCoin or any altcoins, but we have constantly been scanning the field for something worthy of our attention.
We've really liked what we've seen thus far with BlackCoin. We like what we see as a separate PoS ethos emerging from the community that could serve as a moderating influence on speculation and even have a positive effect by knocking out other coins that are just pump & dump operations. We're also impressed at BlackCoin's resilience. We really like the basic structure behind BlackCoin and we think it's the only one right now that has a future. Its future might be even brighter than Bitcoin's, to tell the truth. These are early days, but what we see from the BlackCoin community is the same kind of resolve we saw back then, and it's sold us on the importance of being the first casino into this currency.
We're therefore pleased to announce that we have chosen BlackCoin to be our next deposit / withdrawal method beyond Bitcoin. At this point we are still not considering any other altcoins!
Unlike a lot of fly-by-night, anonymously run sites, StrikeSapphire denominates our in-house currency in USD. Our site is not accessible from the US. We also block proxies. We have always operated in full compliance with the law. So unfortunately, BlackCoiners in the States won't be able to join up. However, this means that the BlackCoin community will get the benefit of the best-run Bitcoin casino operating since Year 1, and also effectively a new conduit into both USD and Bitcoin. You cannot, though, use us as a trading house or hedge. If you deposit, you have to play. Long-term holdings will be returned to players.
So far we have only taken Bitcoin for deposit/withdrawal, but having multiple currency deposits is exactly why we have always kept a fiat in-house currency, despite some objections. Note that we do keep a spread on the withdrawals (the difference between Bitstamp bid/ask for BTC, and in the case of BC, 2%).
BlackCoin has a long way to go, but I see a very bright future for it, and I'm very happy with its structure and what I've seen in this community. Our little team are a non-conformist bunch, and everyone thought Bitcoin would be a disaster when we launched with it in July, 2011; and so I'm proud to lead the way into BlackCoin and break new ground on this the same way did then.
Deposits are already up and running, and tomorrow we'll announce the first BlackCoin poker freeroll. 'Til then, enjoy the games!reeroll.
'Til then, enjoy the games, and spread the word!
TESTED AND WORKS!
- WE HAVE BLACKJACK FOR BLACKCOIN NOW BOYSSS! -