. Goodbye, my missed profit. Probably, we've missed a lot of people who just wasn't able to pass through the Captcha ... 
Topic: Bitcoin Pyramid [Beta] - the oldest working pyramid? [OLD THREAD] - page 21. (Read 62461 times)
July 22, 2011, 11:14:49 AM
Sad panda . Goodbye, my missed profit. Probably, we've missed a lot of people who just wasn't able to pass through the Captcha ...
. Goodbye, my missed profit. Probably, we've missed a lot of people who just wasn't able to pass through the Captcha ... July 22, 2011, 11:04:52 AM
When I tried the link on your shiny banner the website would always complain about the Captcha being invalid. So I launched the site again without the referral code and it worked. Sorry.
Thank you very much, now I got it: the link started with "www"-prefix, that caused the problem (sorry, myhoho). I've just added support for links with "www" prefix to prevent this kind of problem in future.
July 22, 2011, 10:59:45 AM
When I tried the link on your shiny banner the website would always complain about the Captcha being invalid. So I launched the site again without the referral code and it worked. Sorry.
Hmmmm... I don't like it
. That is why I have not many referrals despite shininess of my banner 
... But as far as I've got some more referrals recently, now it's fixed, I hope. What about development? Would we see a beta-version soon?
July 22, 2011, 09:59:31 AM
When I tried the link on your shiny banner the website would always complain about the Captcha being invalid. So I launched the site again without the referral code and it worked. Sorry.
July 22, 2011, 07:09:43 AM
Maybe it had to do with referrer 50? I don't know. I consider this bug as "worksforme".
whats wrong with referrer 50
? 
July 21, 2011, 12:05:58 PM
Would like to see stats of how many levels the pyramid has, and how many users are in each level.
Thank you for your feedback! I think it would be nice to see this info for each member since pyramid is a recursive structure (each member is on the top of his/her subpyramid). But amount of levels is not limited and I don't know yet how to implement it effeciently.
Maybe I could just add the following fields to each member:
- member's level (from the top of the pyramid)
- maximum depth of member's subpyramid
- total amount of members in member's subpyramid
(and update them upon member creation)
That seems to be easier. Do you think that would be enough?
sounds good.
July 21, 2011, 05:08:18 AM
I just got a new referral from the future:
Created: 2011-07-21 13:21:19
Server time: 2011-07-21 10:50:20
Maybe not a big deal, but it seems like something that should be on the to-do list.
Created: 2011-07-21 13:21:19
Server time: 2011-07-21 10:50:20
Maybe not a big deal, but it seems like something that should be on the to-do list.
Thank you! (that one was easy to fix
) July 21, 2011, 04:53:57 AM
I just got a new referral from the future:
Created: 2011-07-21 13:21:19
Server time: 2011-07-21 10:50:20
Maybe not a big deal, but it seems like something that should be on the to-do list.
Created: 2011-07-21 13:21:19
Server time: 2011-07-21 10:50:20
Maybe not a big deal, but it seems like something that should be on the to-do list.
July 21, 2011, 04:26:56 AM
Would like to see stats of how many levels the pyramid has, and how many users are in each level.
Thank you for your feedback! I think it would be nice to see this info for each member since pyramid is a recursive structure (each member is on the top of his/her subpyramid). But amount of levels is not limited and I don't know yet how to implement it effeciently.
Maybe I could just add the following fields to each member:
- member's level (from the top of the pyramid)
- maximum depth of member's subpyramid
- total amount of members in member's subpyramid
(and update them upon member creation)
That seems to be easier. Do you think that would be enough?
July 20, 2011, 08:55:27 PM
Would like to see stats of how many levels the pyramid has, and how many users are in each level.
July 20, 2011, 02:31:14 AM
Maybe it had to do with referrer 50? I don't know. I consider this bug as "worksforme".
July 19, 2011, 02:04:01 PM
No, I don't think I did. I could however sign up normally with my referral link, so that seems to be in order.
I like the instant payouts! No "payout" button to click, no "minimum 1 BTC". That's the way a pyramid scheme should be done!
I like the instant payouts! No "payout" button to click, no "minimum 1 BTC". That's the way a pyramid scheme should be done!
Thank you for kind words.
PS: I couldn't reproduce the problem with Firefox 5, nor with Opera 11.5 (Windows 7). I can get a captcha error only if I type it wrong or if I open the page in several tabs of a single browser.
July 19, 2011, 01:14:15 PM
I've seen the problem, but wouldn't this solution negatively affect those who have "real" (not self-registered) zero deposit referrals as well?
This solution would decrease profits of zero deposit members (hence it would also decrease direct profits received from zero deposit referrals). But still free members would be able to earn some profit for them and their sponsors (and to reinvest it). On the other hand members who deposited something would have more chances to win random payments. I think that would be good for the whole scheme.
The other solution could be just to tolerate what is happening and to hope that not all the members use "greedy" strategy and there will be always a sense in having referrals
July 19, 2011, 12:52:14 PM
I've seen the problem, but wouldn't this solution negatively affect those who have "real" (not self-registered) zero deposit referrals as well?
July 19, 2011, 12:28:41 PM
Currently each member receives 50% of income of his/her referrals.
Since membership is free, some members build a sequence of zero-accounts thus reducing the profit of their sponsors, which is not quite fair.
I propose to change the rules and to implement the following algorithm:
Thus newcomers without bitcoins will be able to start earning bitcoins for free, and at the same time people who have bitcoins will not be too interested in making many zero-accounts. I expect that this measure will increase the profits of those who deposit something.
What do you think, is it worth of implementing?
Since membership is free, some members build a sequence of zero-accounts thus reducing the profit of their sponsors, which is not quite fair.
I propose to change the rules and to implement the following algorithm:
- When member deposits newDeposit btc, his/her sponsor will receive max( min(0.5*newDeposit, 0.01), min(depositedBySponsor, 0.5*newDeposit) ) btc and the remainder will go to random member(s).
- When member's balance hits the threshold (currently 0.021 btc), his/her sponsor will receive max( min(0.5*balance, 0.01), min(depositedBySponsor, 0.5*balance) ) btc, 0.5*balance will go to member's withdrawal address, and the remainder will go to random member(s).
Thus newcomers without bitcoins will be able to start earning bitcoins for free, and at the same time people who have bitcoins will not be too interested in making many zero-accounts. I expect that this measure will increase the profits of those who deposit something.
What do you think, is it worth of implementing?
July 19, 2011, 10:33:08 AM
Couldn't sign up with referral link, Captcha is supposedly wrong (Opera 11.5 and Firefox 5). Worked like a charm without any link, but I fear that my referrals might try the same "trick" and it won't work.
Oh, by the way, regarding Captchas...
Oh, by the way, regarding Captchas...
Thank you for information! I am trying to reproduce it. Are you sure you don't open Bitcoin Pyramid in several tabs ? (their captchas may interfere)
I like the instant payouts! No "payout" button to click, no "minimum 1 BTC". That's the way a pyramid scheme should be done!
July 19, 2011, 10:22:39 AM
Just made a deposit. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.
July 19, 2011, 10:21:59 AM
Couldn't sign up with referral link, Captcha is supposedly wrong (Opera 11.5 and Firefox 5). Worked like a charm without any link, but I fear that my referrals might try the same "trick" and it won't work.
Oh, by the way, regarding Captchas...
Oh, by the way, regarding Captchas...
Thank you for information! I am trying to reproduce it. Are you sure you don't open Bitcoin Pyramid in several tabs ? (their captchas may interfere)
July 19, 2011, 10:19:13 AM
oops, eyes got caught on the rest of the statistics missed the first line, when i was half awake.
...or maybe I implemented it after you looked at it
July 19, 2011, 02:27:24 AM
could the stats page include the number of users, and how many have deposited.
Like this?
It seems anodyne is right: maybe it is worth of changing the rules to encourage more deposits.
For example, to limit the sponsor fee the same way as random fee is limited and to send the remainder to random users (so that nobody is interested in creating long sequence of zero-accounts before making a deposit).
The drawback of this approach is that it doesn't ecourage people without money to join and advertise the pyramid for free. Bitcoin Pyramid could be a good entry point to bitcoin world for newbies, similar to Bitcoin Faucet (and that is our common interest to make Bitcoin Pyramid and bitcoin currency popular).
oops, eyes got caught on the rest of the statistics missed the first line, when i was half awake.
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