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Topic: ApopheniaBTC - Bet and solve the challenges to win BTC. - page 36. (Read 58234 times)

newbie
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Yes. I knew that it was wrong Wink But thanks for the payback.
hero member
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Vanity of vanities; all is vanity...
Sorry for this. The text on the bottom right corner is just the name of the site that I put on every picture so that when they are linked outside the site, people will know where they come from.

I sent you back your bet to the payback address you had entered, removed the bet from the system (since no one else had bet after that) and placed a check so that no one bets again on this answer in the future.

Nocube was it you that bet on it?
newbie
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"What does the text say?"

It clearly says "apopheniabtc.com".  Wink



nope  Cry
legendary
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"What does the text say?"

It clearly says "apopheniabtc.com".  Wink

hero member
Activity: 640
Merit: 500
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity...
As long as Tritonio knows the solution, there's always the possibility of cheating. Using an escrow to pick the picture would only shift the problem. The picture could be picked, provably fair?, out of a pool by a progam, but then you have to prove, that noone has access to the solution but the program. Can you trust the programmer?

I trust Tritonio and will continue to play.

Exactly. As long as I have access to the server, which I don't think can ever be avoided, there will always be trust "issues". Actually even if we were picking pictures from a pool randomly and even if I didn't have access to the server, someone would have to fill the pool manually (photos are not automatically grabbed from the internet to avoid cheating by TinEye or Google image search) and that someone will have a huge advantage guessing the pictures. Escrows again won't help, you'll just have to trust them instead of me and it makes the whole system more complex to administer. Undecided
newbie
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As long as Tritonio knows the solution, there's always the possibility of cheating. Using an escrow to pick the picture would only shift the problem. The picture could be picked, provably fair?, out of a pool by a progam, but then you have to prove, that noone has access to the solution but the program. Can you trust the programmer?

I trust Tritonio and will continue to play.
hero member
Activity: 640
Merit: 500
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity...
Interesting and original concept, finally something different from all other gambling sites.
i just have one question, what guarantees you're not passing the solution to someone you know, or yourself knowing the solution, put the correct answer and grab the current amount in the pot?

Thank you csw.

Nothing, really, and I don't see any way to make this "provably fair". I'll have to build up trust in the community over time. You can talk to other players, or check that winnings are being to actual people. For example Boelens above won a pot of 0.14BTC you can talk to him about how many times he played etc if that means something for you. (edit: I just saw that Boelens had already answered to you about this)

The initial idea was to allow players to upload their own challenges but trust issues would be even worse there. The I though about the players suggesting new challenges but again there are trust issues. In the end I decided that the best that can be done is to have only one entity that needs to be trusted (me). People already do that in many cases. TV trivia games for example. You can never know if the channel has agreed with your opponent to tell him the answers and then split the winnings. Yet people do spend time and in most cases money to go on such games.

If anyone has any idea how to make it easier to trust that I ain't cheating, tell me. I mean other than closing me into a room with no mean of communication. :-) Another idea would be to force people to come out and claim their prize so that other players know that they are real people but that would be very aggressive in my opinion and most people wouldn't accept that (I, for one, would not). But I really appreciate people voluntarily coming out and publicly saying they won. (Like Stunna did while I was typing this message  Grin)
legendary
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Primedice.com, Stake.com
Won the graveyard one! my first win so far =p
hero member
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Interesting and original concept, finally something different from all other gambling sites.
i just have one question, what guarantees you're not passing the solution to someone you know, or yourself knowing the solution, put the correct answer and grab the current amount in the pot?

I got a big pot of 1.45 BTC correct, and I am in no way related to OP. I doubt this would happen.
csw
newbie
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Interesting and original concept, finally something different from all other gambling sites.
i just have one question, what guarantees you're not passing the solution to someone you know, or yourself knowing the solution, put the correct answer and grab the current amount in the pot?
hero member
Activity: 640
Merit: 500
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity...
I uploaded a picture with text. Let's see how this goes. Wink
newbie
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I will do that now nocube, thanks for the tip. (EDIT: it's done)

Fine. Smiley
hero member
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I will do that now nocube, thanks for the tip. (EDIT: it's done)

BTW I am thinking about starting posting pictures according to a 6 day rotation schedule:

Day 1: Hintless!
Day 2: Movie or game (I'll be asking for the title)
Day 3: Object, place, animal or plant (I'm asking for how we call it)
Day 4: Person (I'll be asking for a real or a character name) *
Day 5: Random, with hint.
Day 6: Text (I'll type some random word on the picture with some random font, and the first to find what it says wins) **

* I need some opionions on this one. Three cases:
I put Freeman playing God in the picture and:
1. I am asking for a character name OR I am asking for a real name.
2. I am asking for a name and I accept both real and character names as correct answers
3. I am asking for a name but I only accept one of the two as a correct answer.

I think 1 is the best. 3 is more luck based and 2 doesn't allow for clever pictures. I mean it would be fun to have to guess the character every now and then instead of the name so that if someone recognizes actors easily he won't have an advantage when asked to guess the character's name. What do you say? 1 or 3? 3 is more luck based. 1 is probably the best IMO.

** This has never been done until now so I might consider today day 6 and start the rotation but I need to hear some opinions first.

I like the rotation idea, Day 6 sounds like a lot of fun! And yes, case one would be bets, otherwise there could be quite annoying situations.
hero member
Activity: 640
Merit: 500
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity...
I will do that now nocube, thanks for the tip. (EDIT: it's done)

BTW I am thinking about starting posting pictures according to a 6 day rotation schedule:

Day 1: Hintless!
Day 2: Movie or game (I'll be asking for the title)
Day 3: Object, place, animal or plant (I'm asking for how we call it)
Day 4: Person (I'll be asking for a real or a character name) *
Day 5: Random, with hint.
Day 6: Text (I'll type some random word on the picture with some random font, and the first to find what it says wins) **

* I need some opionions on this one. Three cases:
I put Freeman playing God in the picture and:
1. I am asking for a character name OR I am asking for a real name.
2. I am asking for a name and I accept both real and character names as correct answers
3. I am asking for a name but I only accept one of the two as a correct answer.

I think 1 is the best. 3 is more luck based and 2 doesn't allow for clever pictures. I mean it would be fun to have to guess the character every now and then instead of the name so that if someone recognizes actors easily he won't have an advantage when asked to guess the character's name. What do you say? 1 or 3? 3 is more luck based. 1 is probably the best IMO.

** This has never been done until now so I might consider today day 6 and start the rotation but I need to hear some opinions first.
newbie
Activity: 28
Merit: 0
I've just entered an incorrect return address and the system accepted it. You should validate the input.
hero member
Activity: 640
Merit: 500
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity...
Really unique idea.

Imo sites like this show the power of btc.

Anyone with an idea can turn it real asap

Thanks Micon. :-)

Yes bitcoin really opens new doors in games. Imagine this site with PayPal: it would need user accounts, I would be risking chargebacks, there would be a minimum deposit (probably something like 10 euros) and a minimum withdrawal amount too (if you don't want to pay half of it in fees). Right now anyone can come and play 0.25 euros in a picture and possibly receive his winnings in 15 minutes without ever creating an account, never giving any personal data, even using Tor if he wants!


legendary
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FPV Drone Pilot
Really unique idea.

Imo sites like this show the power of btc.

Anyone with an idea can turn it real asap
sr. member
Activity: 252
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Coinlancer.io ICO | Oct 14th
Got the .005, cheers mate!
hero member
Activity: 672
Merit: 500
Congratulations Boelens. :-D

That's the biggest pot that has been given up to now.

I'll be posting a new picture in a few minutes. :-)

This one will have a hint.

Although I think the hintless picture experiment was a success. Many people bet on it so I guess they liked it. It's way harder to find what it is but most importantly you need a little more luck too. I guess I'll post a hintless pic every now and then.
I GUESSED JAMES BONDS I DESERVE A SECTION OF THE POT

Lol, poor you. I can give you 5mbtc if it makes you happy =P.

it actually would make me happy thank you.

Alrighty then, there you go =P.

Also, thanks for adding new pictures, I'll enjoy guessing these!

I GUESSED JAMES BONDS I DESERVE A SECTION OF THE POT

I know... :-| And you found that quite early too. I was expecting either you or someone else to start trying specific movie titles at that point but none did.
Tough luck this time for you. :-| Did you know which movie it was?

(BTW it's not prohibited to team up with other users and share the rewards)

Oh and a new pic is up...

I actually did this for the James Bond one, went on Skype and we narrowed it down, shared half with him.
hero member
Activity: 640
Merit: 500
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity...
I GUESSED JAMES BONDS I DESERVE A SECTION OF THE POT

I know... :-| And you found that quite early too. I was expecting either you or someone else to start trying specific movie titles at that point but none did.
Tough luck this time for you. :-| Did you know which movie it was?

(BTW it's not prohibited to team up with other users and share the rewards)

Oh and a new pic is up...
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