Topic: I run SatoshiRoulette.com (with the help of my code monkey) Ask Me Anything - page 2. (Read 1383 times)

CodeMonkey was when I tasked him with adding PPC as it is a slightly different beast to btc/ltc, but now its a trivial process, in fact even I can do it .

* run create_db.sql ALT_DATA username password
* copy BTC-DATA to ALT-DATA
* modify ALT-DATA/config
* run bulk address changer on ALT-DATA/games
* run super_satoshi.pl /super-satoshi/ALT-DATA

I add about 3 lines to our satoshi_libs.php and the new currency is supported.

Synching the blockchain takes way longer than adding a new commodity  .

It was a luck more than anything, Im a speculator and a nerd from way back (I used to play on the e-gold casino's). I saw bitcoin come along and started mining 2-3 years ago and also bought some off mtgox back when the price was only $5 per coin .

I had been sitting on my pile of coins ever since and enjoying the easy access of bitcoin gambling playing games such as satoshidice. I know CodeMonkey in real life and when he asked me to test his bitcoin coinflip script I did then quickly organized a meeting with him afterwards. I offered him a flat 50/50 split on all profits if he would continue to improve the script to meet my list of wants (done) with myself backing the casino entirely.

I wanted to invest in other start ups but not knowing any of the people behind them in real life and the many many scams perpetuating bitcoin I thought it best to go with someone I trusted and had a history with.


Supporting altcoins has become rather trivial in the last 6 months for us. The engine works of config files which allows us to set rules for each currency eg: txfee, max bet, etc.

Regarding the addition new altcoins we like to observe them for a bit once they are released. I like to see:
* an active community
* Innovation
* Some sanity behind the coin, coins with extremely fast block propagation make for high IO usage on our server, this is acceptable only if the coin is extremely popular. I wouldn't want to see more than 1m / block personally and thats based purely off litecoind and our the engine running litecoin games performances on our server when idle.

There have been cases where we add a coin and its dead for months, this actually happened with PPCoin, our first risky add (low interest at the time).

Speaking strictly for PPCoin, the engine could sit idle for days/ weeks and on a one occasion a month, but then use slowly built up to where we now have a few regular players. The engine rarely idles for more than 1 day before having a few games played.

is there a particular altcoin you would like to see added ? We are always receptive to new suggestions.

My own is rather limited, Monkey has been quite good at teaching me the basics so I can hack away at the frontend (I added the coinflip history for example).

CodeMonkey has extensive experience with C, Perl, Bash and MySQL and some other languages that I cant recall atm. The backend engine which does all the real work is written in perl with several bash helper scripts syncing information between the backend server and the frontend (web server). The frontend is all in PHP (mainly so its more accessible for myself, I like php it blends well with simple to advance webpage design.

Are you annoyed you spent a decent amount of time implementing those other two currencies only to see no traffic

Great website btw, have played quite a lot

How did you approach the problem of raising capital for this venture and collateral for the house in the improbable likelihood of someone exceeding the amount the casino has?

Also, I'd like to understand the process you go through to allow an alternative cryptocurrency to be used on your site.

What is your programming background?

The traffic for LTC is frequently higher its true, PPC is quiet but gets regular traffic.

Litecoin more than Bitcoin? Somebody have invested lots of Bitcoin on Litecoin XD

And I shall try and answer you as honestly as possible

One question we often get asked is what coin is do you see used the most ?

Currently its:
Bitcoin == 40%
Litecoin == 50%
PPCoin == 10%
Terracoin == 0%
Novacoin == 0%