I predict I will never make any money...

futureofbitcoin

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Quote from: HalFinneysBrain on March 10, 2015, 06:03:52 PM

Hello everyone,

Would anyone like to make a bet, without any escrow or anything, on the direction of the bitcoin price over the next 24 hours?

Anyone who wins against me can give me an address. And I'll TOTALLY send you BTC, and not just abandon this account and laugh at the fact that you made a nonbinding bet and expected me to pay!

Meh, I have a better bet and I really WILL pay, no trolling, no jokes:

If in 2020 bitcoin goes to less than $0.01 per, I'll send you 100 bitcoins.

If in 2020 bitcoin goes to more than $1000, you pay me 100 bitcoins.

waterpile

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Quote from: sgbett on March 10, 2015, 07:02:03 AM

...from bums who welch on bets!

Quote from: ABitNut on January 13, 2015, 06:11:37 AM

Quote from: PolyCoin-Team on January 13, 2015, 06:03:22 AM

Quote from: sgbett on January 13, 2015, 05:55:30 AM

I bet 1 BTC it isn't.

at no point before midnight GMT is it below $200

bitstamp price

What say you?

you got yourself a bet. it is roughly at $230 on bitstamp at the moment. I still have another 12 hours. you are going to lose the bet old man.

Quoted for reference. Current price on BitStamp is 232. Enjoy your bet.

hey polycoin, where's my money you bum!?

there is no point juicing out a guy who has no money left..

freedomno1

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Learning the troll avoidance button :)

Quote from: EvilPanda on March 10, 2015, 09:17:26 AM

He hasn't logged in since 22 February. That's what you get for betting a guy with 70 posts.
I'm sure if he won, he'd be all over the forum bragging and quoting that convo. Now he'll just abandon the account and look to make another bet. Undecided

Not that much forum honor now a days, well except among the older users on here.
If you really want to bet better to put it up on betmoose where it's guaranteed to outcome one way or the other.
Unfortunately you see a lot of those types around, who don't put their money where their mouth is.

readysalted89

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Quote from: Monetizer on March 10, 2015, 06:12:16 PM

Did you really expect him to payout? He was a member with not a lot of credibility who can easily just leave and never pay... In these situations if the bet is serious escrow is a must... Atleast this is a lesson learnt for next time Tongue

The fact he was prepared to use his account to make a bet against a disposable account makes a point. He was showing how certain he was about the time.

Monetizer

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Did you really expect him to payout? He was a member with not a lot of credibility who can easily just leave and never pay... In these situations if the bet is serious escrow is a must... Atleast this is a lesson learnt for next time Tongue

afbitcoins

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Thats nothing, I received an email telling me how to double my bitcoins by sending bitcoin to a specific address. No matter how much I send to it I'm not receiving my double amount, in fact losing my bitcoin ! Shocked

Whats goin on ?

HalFinneysBrain

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Hello everyone,

Would anyone like to make a bet, without any escrow or anything, on the direction of the bitcoin price over the next 24 hours?

I will bet you 1 BTC that the BTC price on Bitfinex will be MORE than 295.00 twenty four hours from this post. If I am right and win the bet, you can send me BTC . If I lose I TOTALLY wont run off and just make a new account, I promise FOR REALZ!

or

I will bet you 1 BTC that the BTC price on Bitfinex will be LESS than 295.00 twenty four hours from this post. If I am right and win the bet, you can send me BTC . If I lose I TOTALLY wont run off and just make a new account, I promise FOR REALZ!

If you want to bet, just say so!

Anyone who loses against me can send me 1 BTC at:
19Egy8EUZ5uHTqKjM5pyKGyhCSUn7RJeCR

Anyone who wins against me can give me an address. And I'll TOTALLY send you BTC, and not just abandon this account and laugh at the fact that you made a nonbinding bet and expected me to pay!

Cheesy

...actually I wont pay any BTC to anyone, this is clearly a joke and if you didnt understand that you completely fail at sarcasm.

ajareselde

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Satoshi is rolling in his grave. #bitcoin

There was never a chance for him to pay, he just accepted the bet so that he can take money from you if hes right, but he would of never honored the bet himself, its obvious.
There were alot of these kinds of people on btc-e chat, betting and asking when theyre right , and leaving chat and ignoring when they loose.
Escrow everything when dealing with non trusted people, let this be a lession.

cheers

redsn0w

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#Free market

Quote from: Ghostface on March 10, 2015, 03:31:42 PM

Quote from: EvilPanda on March 10, 2015, 09:17:26 AM

He hasn't logged in since 22 February. That's what you get for betting a guy with 70 posts.
I'm sure if he won, he'd be all over the forum bragging and quoting that convo. Now he'll just abandon the account and look to make another bet. Undecided

This is why you use escrow for these sorts of bets. It's never official until you shake on it ie send money to escrow) but he was likely never serious anyway.

... or maybe the use of oraclize, with a sort of "bet" on blockchain using a multiSig address. This is the thread here in the forum(italian language, because it is an italian project) : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/oraclizeit-smart-contracts-today-958619

Without conivolge any escrow user.

Ghostface

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Quote from: EvilPanda on March 10, 2015, 09:17:26 AM

He hasn't logged in since 22 February. That's what you get for betting a guy with 70 posts.
I'm sure if he won, he'd be all over the forum bragging and quoting that convo. Now he'll just abandon the account and look to make another bet. Undecided

This is why you use escrow for these sorts of bets. It's never official until you shake on it ie send money to escrow) but he was likely never serious anyway.

sgbett

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Thanks everyone don't expect this to change anything just "outraged" and so obviously the only course of action is to whine on bct Wink

okthen

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Not cool, polycoin!
Well I hope we have a big fat bubble incoming that makes you forget about thay bitcoin, sgbett

HalFinneysBrain

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If you didnt make the bet on a blockchain with a smart contract, it wasnt a real bet.
For the same reason money isnt real money unless its on a blockchain. Wink

Brewins

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he will just sell the account and give someone else the burden of the bet

dothebeats

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Cashback 15%

Quote from: EvilPanda on March 10, 2015, 09:17:26 AM

He hasn't logged in since 22 February. That's what you get for betting a guy with 70 posts.
I'm sure if he won, he'd be all over the forum bragging and quoting that convo. Now he'll just abandon the account and look to make another bet. Undecided

Most probably. Cheesy

If ever OP encountered another bet like this, remember the name man. Remember that he/she still has their time to escape and never to pay the bet again.

manis

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Quote from: EvilPanda on March 10, 2015, 09:17:26 AM

He hasn't logged in since 22 February. That's what you get for betting a guy with 70 posts.
I'm sure if he won, he'd be all over the forum bragging and quoting that convo. Now he'll just abandon the account and look to make another bet. Undecided

I am sure he would have made multiple bets at different levels using his alts.
Maybe he didn't get any of those right. Tongue

redsn0w

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#Free market

Quote from: EvilPanda on March 10, 2015, 09:17:26 AM

He hasn't logged in since 22 February. That's what you get for betting a guy with 70 posts.
I'm sure if he won, he'd be all over the forum bragging and quoting that convo. Now he'll just abandon the account and look to make another bet. Undecided

Yes of course this is obvious. Maybe it would have been better to use an escrow and everyone of you have deposited 1 btc in the escrow's address. However maybe give him a "last chance" maybe he will get back before the end of the month.

EvilPanda

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Small Red and Bad

He hasn't logged in since 22 February. That's what you get for betting a guy with 70 posts.
I'm sure if he won, he'd be all over the forum bragging and quoting that convo. Now he'll just abandon the account and look to make another bet. Undecided

matt4054

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Quote from: oda.krell on March 10, 2015, 09:09:26 AM

Meh. People have no class. If you enter a bet, you honor it, simple.

Honor fails where anonymity prevails Roll Eyes

NeuroticFish

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Heh, it's just Member, no escrow... what did you expect?
Even if you give him a negative feedback, a brand new account is much much cheaper than 1 BTC.

Instead, you are L e g e n d a r y. Quite a lot to lose.

Very unfair bet actually for your side.

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