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Ocotber 2013
Topic: [ANNOUNCE] 'MineCoin': Minecraft-based Bitcoin 'mining' tournaments. (Read 6338 times)
October 28, 2013, 10:59:49 AM
July 02, 2013, 07:21:12 PM
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When does this take place? How can I follow up on tournament days & times?
Also, how is progress so far? You getting much attention with it?
Also, how is progress so far? You getting much attention with it?
Hey Maco,
- 6th of July, 7.30 pm (PDT). The entry fee is 10 mBTC.
- If you check the front page https://minecoin.co there's a green banner at the top of the page with information on the next game. After you register (free, only need an email) you'll be able to join any upcoming games after you verify your Minecraft username (easy process, no need to input your password or anything like that). Also we place you on our mailing list to let you know when the next game is on.
- We've run a successful beta (gave away > 80 mBTC) and identified a couple of bugs that we've have since fixed and some we're working on. Everything works, we're just making improvements in processing BTC withdrawal requests (we process these manually as a security measure). So our goal is to seamlessly receive a withdrawal request and process it under 12 hours at most.
- We have received some attention, but we certainly need more. I think this is largely trust-dependent. Certainly one of our weaknesses RE trust is that players need to pay the entry-fee before the game starts. We are very interested in implementing the micro-payment channels via Bitcoinj https://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj/wiki/WorkingWithMicropayments, which will resolve this issue. For the moment we just invite everyone to test us our with small entry-fee games like the one coming up on the 6th of July.
Hope to see you in the game!
July 02, 2013, 05:39:03 PM
Sounds like fun. I outta try this later on. Does it require real BTC to participate?
Yeah, the entry fee for the economy game is 10 mBTC. Hope to see you there.
When does this take place? How can I follow up on tournament days & times?
Also, how is progress so far? You getting much attention with it?
July 01, 2013, 03:52:14 AM
You can just use the mailing list, or email me directly ([email protected]). Mailing list is better.
Thanks Mike, we're seriously looking at implementing this as it appears like a perfect fit... particularly with the zero-trust element.
We'll be in touch.
July 01, 2013, 03:50:58 AM
Do we need any sort of custom client for this
No, you can use the vanilla Minecraft client.
July 01, 2013, 03:50:03 AM
Sounds like fun. I outta try this later on. Does it require real BTC to participate?
Yeah, the entry fee for the economy game is 10 mBTC. Hope to see you there.
June 30, 2013, 10:33:25 AM
Beta test was very fun, I've joined the first economy game as soon as I saw it.
June 30, 2013, 06:38:44 AM
Sounds like fun. I outta try this later on. Does it require real BTC to participate?
June 29, 2013, 01:38:10 PM
Do we need any sort of custom client for this
June 29, 2013, 08:45:54 AM
You can just use the mailing list, or email me directly ([email protected]). Mailing list is better.
June 28, 2013, 07:59:31 PM
This might be an interesting use case for the micropayments code we wrote in java for bitcoinj:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/announce-micro-payment-channels-implementation-now-in-bitcoinj-244656
You could get paid for each block instantly rather than having to cash out at the end (zero trust). Also, perhaps you wouldn't need to open an account then.
As Minecraft is also written in Java, you could make a patch to the minecraft.jar file that integrates a Bitcoin wallet directly into the app. Then you could just send coins to your Minecraft instance, log into the server and have it automatically collaborate with the server mod to pay.
Using micropayment channels in both directions, it might be possible to have a new game mode - pay as you go. So you could log in and pay per minute of gameplay, or perhaps just pay a bit whenever a block is mined. So whoever mines the block gets everything and all other logged in players pay "value of block / number of players". If you want to keep the mugging element of the gameplay you can still have a cashout base.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/announce-micro-payment-channels-implementation-now-in-bitcoinj-244656
You could get paid for each block instantly rather than having to cash out at the end (zero trust). Also, perhaps you wouldn't need to open an account then.
As Minecraft is also written in Java, you could make a patch to the minecraft.jar file that integrates a Bitcoin wallet directly into the app. Then you could just send coins to your Minecraft instance, log into the server and have it automatically collaborate with the server mod to pay.
Using micropayment channels in both directions, it might be possible to have a new game mode - pay as you go. So you could log in and pay per minute of gameplay, or perhaps just pay a bit whenever a block is mined. So whoever mines the block gets everything and all other logged in players pay "value of block / number of players". If you want to keep the mugging element of the gameplay you can still have a cashout base.
Hey Mike,
We were talking about this very thing last night after we saw the post via Reddit. We're gonna look at the details this week. Anyone we could correspond with to answer our questions on the bitcoinj side of things?
June 28, 2013, 10:02:03 AM
This might be an interesting use case for the micropayments code we wrote in java for bitcoinj:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/announce-micro-payment-channels-implementation-now-in-bitcoinj-244656
You could get paid for each block instantly rather than having to cash out at the end (zero trust). Also, perhaps you wouldn't need to open an account then.
As Minecraft is also written in Java, you could make a patch to the minecraft.jar file that integrates a Bitcoin wallet directly into the app. Then you could just send coins to your Minecraft instance, log into the server and have it automatically collaborate with the server mod to pay.
Using micropayment channels in both directions, it might be possible to have a new game mode - pay as you go. So you could log in and pay per minute of gameplay, or perhaps just pay a bit whenever a block is mined. So whoever mines the block gets everything and all other logged in players pay "value of block / number of players". If you want to keep the mugging element of the gameplay you can still have a cashout base.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/announce-micro-payment-channels-implementation-now-in-bitcoinj-244656
You could get paid for each block instantly rather than having to cash out at the end (zero trust). Also, perhaps you wouldn't need to open an account then.
As Minecraft is also written in Java, you could make a patch to the minecraft.jar file that integrates a Bitcoin wallet directly into the app. Then you could just send coins to your Minecraft instance, log into the server and have it automatically collaborate with the server mod to pay.
Using micropayment channels in both directions, it might be possible to have a new game mode - pay as you go. So you could log in and pay per minute of gameplay, or perhaps just pay a bit whenever a block is mined. So whoever mines the block gets everything and all other logged in players pay "value of block / number of players". If you want to keep the mugging element of the gameplay you can still have a cashout base.
June 27, 2013, 10:38:39 PM
Damn I missed this 
Please let me know when the next game is!
Please let me know when the next game is!
The next game is happening on the 6th of July, check the original post for details! In the meantime you can practice on the server for free. See you in the game.
June 24, 2013, 09:37:20 PM
Oh well. Maybe next time :-)
June 24, 2013, 07:01:52 AM
Damn I missed this
Please let me know when the next game is!
Please let me know when the next game is!
June 23, 2013, 10:33:24 PM
@Moogle:
Yes the Beta is over, sorry you missed out. You can see the results at: https://minecoin.co/games/leaderboard (1 BitOre = 1 mBTC; we're gonna update this to show BTC today).
We're going to be announcing new tournaments and features in the next few days, I'll post them up here.
Yes the Beta is over, sorry you missed out. You can see the results at: https://minecoin.co/games/leaderboard (1 BitOre = 1 mBTC; we're gonna update this to show BTC today).
We're going to be announcing new tournaments and features in the next few days, I'll post them up here.
June 23, 2013, 08:05:58 PM
Just a placeholder ... the best one to fit was undecided.
You should be happy
that I'm even watching this thread. 
, it means it has a smidgeon of relevance. June 23, 2013, 10:13:13 AM
June 23, 2013, 09:42:38 AM
June 23, 2013, 06:34:26 AM
seems fun 
this still going on or have i missed the boat now?
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