Topic: Brie Host October Giveaway (Read 1951 times)
The winners have been declared, find all the info here: https://www.briehost.com/announcements.php?id=3
The October Giveaway entry period is now over. We are processing the remaining entrants and will post the winners very soon. Thank you to all who participated!
We will be processing the last entries and contacting the winners very soon. Once that the winners have claimed their prizes we will post the winning hashes here.
Keep your fingers crossed!
We will be processing the last entries and contacting the winners very soon. Once that the winners have claimed their prizes we will post the winning hashes here.
Keep your fingers crossed!
What're the results? 
I just sign up for an account, 
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Promotion over or still running ?
Today is the last day of the promotion, you can still enter until tonight at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, so get in your entries if you'd like to participate!
Wooooohooooooo
Today is the last day of the promotion, you can still enter until tonight at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, so get in your entries if you'd like to participate!
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The winners will be determined using a provably fair method which will be outlined here
What method ?
I take the entrant's name and add a secret to the end then do an MD5 hash of that
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The winners will be determined using a provably fair method which will be outlined here
What method ?
Your drawing method is not provably fair. As it is, you could have generated a secret that results in a particularly low MD5 hash for you some name (real or fake), and enter the contest later using an alt account.
I'm not saying that you would do anything so nefarious, but you need some element unknown to you to prove fairness. For example, you could use the hash of the first BTC block that is mined after the contest has officially ended.
That being said, this is a nice contest. Count me in.
I'm not saying that you would do anything so nefarious, but you need some element unknown to you to prove fairness. For example, you could use the hash of the first BTC block that is mined after the contest has officially ended.
That being said, this is a nice contest. Count me in.
You are quite right, I love this forum because there are people like you who are smart people and critical thinkers who speak their mind!
I really like your idea of using the first block to be generated after the promotion period. Since the contest is over halfway though and already has got a fair amount of entries, which have already been given their hash/tickets, I feel it would be unfair to change the rules now. Entrants can not be working for Brie Host or any of it's affiliates, and winners must agree to be announced publicly in order to win.
We will absolutely be using the first block after promotion period for the next promotion we run!
How should we describe this promotion? Provably fair (if you trust us)? Provably "fair"? Probably fair?
Our first rule/term/condition might help with the provable bit, since you will be able to speak to the winners yourself, as to ascertain if they are real winners or sock puppets
"You must consent to having your name or handle published on BrieHost.com, on our Twitter, and in the Forums. This is needed to prove the fairness of the promotion. You may choose not to consent however this will disqualify you from any prizes you have won"
Your drawing method is not provably fair. As it is, you could have generated a secret that results in a particularly low MD5 hash for you some name (real or fake), and enter the contest later using an alt account.
I'm not saying that you would do anything so nefarious, but you need some element unknown to you to prove fairness. For example, you could use the hash of the first BTC block that is mined after the contest has officially ended.
That being said, this is a nice contest. Count me in.
I'm not saying that you would do anything so nefarious, but you need some element unknown to you to prove fairness. For example, you could use the hash of the first BTC block that is mined after the contest has officially ended.
That being said, this is a nice contest. Count me in.
How many people have entered so far? Am I still in the lead?
You are currently in first! Does anyone dare challenge the great Mooshire?
How many people have entered so far? Am I still in the lead?
If you can't wait for the contest to end to get your VPS, we are offering 30% off any VPS you order in perpetuity. Use code: QNWJ80O5UC (expires 10/15/2013)
This promotion has been modified and is as global as Bitcoin!
Sounds like a great idea. Are the web hosting plans exchangable for money, or site credit?
Thanks! To keep legal headaches to a minimum we are simply offering the prizes directly to the winner, and only in the US this time.
We are getting ready for a November Promotional Giveaway, so if people like getting cash equivalents then we may be offering it then! Need to do some research on that. If you have more info on giveaways for your local state our country, please share so I can add consideration for you in the next round.
Sounds like a great idea. Are the web hosting plans exchangable for money, or site credit?
Yeah, not giving my address to some random company that I don't know.
Hey, no worries. But remember all companies were once some random company nobody knew
I realize we are just starting right now, and don't have much rep yet. We are looking to change that by making hosting easy, efficient and maybe even a little bit fun.Rest assured, we will not sell or rent your information to anyone. Our privacy policy states "Your data is only shared with or collected by other companies only to fulfill your order or provide services you requested." and we stand by it.
I just sign up for an account, what next's?
Just sign up for an account at https://www.briehost.com/register.php and watch this thread where we will announce the end of the promotion, and announce the SECRET. In the following days we will calculate and announce the winner here as well.
The provably fair part is that you can verify the results for yourself. I have already published the hash of the secret, proving I know it now, and will have to divulge a secret which gives the same hash. Non-winners will be able to to hash the their own entries to make sure that the winners hash is indeed lower than theirs.
This is a bit of a crazy promotion, so please let me know if I should explain anything further!
Yeah, not giving my address to some random company that I don't know.
I just sign up for an account, what next's?
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