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Topic: BitCrate - break crates, get free Bitcoins - page 4. (Read 18348 times)

legendary
Activity: 3318
Merit: 2008
First Exclusion Ever
I am not certain, but demand MAY increase if you pay out more than half of a penny. Just a guess.
sr. member
Activity: 352
Merit: 250
Firstbits: 1m8xa
I will probably start working on an advertising system very soon with pay per click, impression and day models.

If there is demand, that is.



Payments out, this time I didn't screw up the transaction fee. I really need to rethink how the site is funded if I want to keep it up long-term.
newbie
Activity: 56
Merit: 0
0.002 Rupees - Not too shabby
legendary
Activity: 1400
Merit: 1005


i was a bit lost for words.

That is so perfect in so many ways.
hero member
Activity: 812
Merit: 1000


i was a bit lost for words.
legendary
Activity: 1400
Merit: 1005
I heartily approve of this service and have added it to my ever-growing list of ways to recoup tx fees.
LOL, that's a good way to look at it.
donator
Activity: 1218
Merit: 1015
I heartily approve of this service and have added it to my ever-growing list of ways to recoup tx fees.
sr. member
Activity: 352
Merit: 250
Firstbits: 1m8xa
AMAZING site.
Love the random amount paid out Cheesy
Any chance of renting some advertising space?
Reviewing you for freebitcoins.co.uk and free-bitcoins.net
Yes, send me a PM.

The value of the prizes were lowered after the first 50 payments, 0.015 BTC is no longer the best prize.



In other news, I'm going to send out the first batch of payouts out very soon. (Miners are going to hate me)

18k1X3Lcxd6dF6aykjLzWEGnulfEbD4yS6 was an invalid address, although the site didn't apparently catch that.



First round of prizes have been paid out!

http://blockchain.info/tx-index/3677027/57d1ce4604ef550f138736120acd7d579174ca5d63d793989ed5c7558297e8a6
Looks like it added a whopping fee of 0.602 BTC against my wishes. I'll most definitely go bankrupt soon at this rate. Well, at least miners are happier this time.

I may have to add a minimum payout rate (0.005 BTC? 0.01 BTC?) or get something better than the vanilla Bitcoin client that doesn't get too generous in the name of miner satisfaction.

EDIT :
Ignore all that, I misunderstood how the txfee was set. (It was per kB, not per transaction)
The minimum payout has been removed for now, I'll take a look into it again if it becomes a problem.
full member
Activity: 140
Merit: 100
Yay, I won the jackpot and got 1 Bitcoin ^_^
legendary
Activity: 1316
Merit: 1000
Varanida : Fair & Transparent Digital Ecosystem
Cool one
donator
Activity: 308
Merit: 250
Mind if I post this to the firstbits website as an example how to use the API?
She's all yours!
legendary
Activity: 1400
Merit: 1005
sr. member
Activity: 266
Merit: 250
AMAZING site.
Love the random amount paid out Cheesy
Any chance of renting some advertising space?
Reviewing you for freebitcoins.co.uk and free-bitcoins.net
donator
Activity: 308
Merit: 250
I rewrote it from scratch instead:
http://bitcoincash.com/firstbits_demo/
Enter your Firstbits and click outside of the text field.

resolveAddress.php:
Code:
function firstbits($q) {
$blockchain file_get_contents('https://blockchain.info/q/resolvefirstbits/' $q);
$blockchain trim($blockchain);

// Check if address begins with 1 (very lenient, needs to be improved)
if ($blockchain[0] == '1') {
return $blockchain;
} else {
// Blockchain.info failed, fall back to Firstbits.com
$firstbits file_get_contents('http://www.firstbits.com/api/?a=' $q);
$firstbits trim($firstbits);

// Check if address begins with 1 (very lenient, needs to be improved)
if ($firstbits[0] == '1') {
return $firstbits;
} else {
return 'no_match';
}
}
}

// Get the query via GET.
$q $_GET['q'];

// The function output is stored in $firstbits.
$firstbits firstbits($q);

if (
$firstbits == 'no_match') {
echo 'no_match';
} else {
echo $firstbits;
}
?>
donator
Activity: 308
Merit: 250
I'll try my hands at implementing the Firstbits support tomorrow. Smiley
I have some PHP code, hold on!
sr. member
Activity: 352
Merit: 250
Firstbits: 1m8xa
I just won 0.001 BTC to the donation address.  Cheesy

Would be cool if a person could see "already broken" crates for a specific time period.  So, all the crates that were broken during a given day would show a broken crate with the amount inside of it that was won, then they would all reset at the end of the day.  Or something like that.  That would make it a little more interesting/different from the existing coin-a-day sites.

Would you consider adding firstbits support?  That way, I don't have to worry about whether I am at my home computer or elsewhere - I'll always have an address to put in and use.
That actually sounds kinda neat, need to think how to implement it. I may put up a bounty for some graphics and/or site logo at some point. The site looks pretty bland at the moment.

I'll try my hands at implementing the Firstbits support tomorrow. Smiley
legendary
Activity: 1400
Merit: 1005
I just won 0.001 BTC to the donation address.  Cheesy

Would be cool if a person could see "already broken" crates for a specific time period.  So, all the crates that were broken during a given day would show a broken crate with the amount inside of it that was won, then they would all reset at the end of the day.  Or something like that.  That would make it a little more interesting/different from the existing coin-a-day sites.

Would you consider adding firstbits support?  That way, I don't have to worry about whether I am at my home computer or elsewhere - I'll always have an address to put in and use.
sr. member
Activity: 352
Merit: 250
Firstbits: 1m8xa
I would suggest using Ads Captcha, for both verification as well as extra income.
I've looked at it. They don't allow people under the age of 18.
donator
Activity: 308
Merit: 250
I would suggest using Ads Captcha, for both verification as well as extra income.
sr. member
Activity: 352
Merit: 250
Firstbits: 1m8xa
(I have no idea how much attention the site will get, so I'll most likely adjust the prizes soon)

Is that because you don't know what kind of ad revenues you'll get from the Captcha and/or banner ads yet?
Yes, I can't throw free Bitcoins at people forever, so the site should be able to cover itself in some way. Advertising is planned to be the main source of revenue, but that remains to be seen. I could end up implementing something different than Operation Fabulous, similar to what CoinAd and Daily Bitcoins are using at the moment.

Thanks for adding the site to the list. Smiley
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