Topic: Peerbet.org - Play without house edge! - page 22. (Read 106577 times)
We have just reached 250,000 games played!
Some bot requested API method "getraffleinfo" too frequently (seems that its creator just put query into infinite loop) that caused server overload. I have set 1 sec limit between attempts for this method.
Now you can group transaction history by type!
To increase overall Peerbet performance I have decided to keep history only for the raffles which have finished within last day. This does not affect transaction history. We are receiving about 10K bets daily and this number steadily increases, therefore without table cleanup it would produce many gigabytes of data per month. I think Peerbet will move towards more decentralization - complete history for each user can be stored locally in the embedded DB, without generating excessive load on the central server. I hope it will be implemented in the Android app we want to release in the not distant future, as well as desktop apps.
To increase overall Peerbet performance I have decided to keep history only for the raffles which have finished within last day. This does not affect transaction history. We are receiving about 10K bets daily and this number steadily increases, therefore without table cleanup it would produce many gigabytes of data per month. I think Peerbet will move towards more decentralization - complete history for each user can be stored locally in the embedded DB, without generating excessive load on the central server. I hope it will be implemented in the Android app we want to release in the not distant future, as well as desktop apps.
We have archived finished raffles older than 7 days. You must notice considerable performance boost!
I detected why response time worsened recently - bots are polling raffle history list too frequently. Therefore we have set 5 sec limit between attempts.
Now you can filter raffles by remaining bet's amount. See in the dropdown menu "Prize value...".
Also we have enabled the script which will delete empty raffles older than 5 minutes.
Also we have enabled the script which will delete empty raffles older than 5 minutes.
Some user pointed me that using 24-bit number for determining number of the winning ticket is not enough and can have some skewness if the raffle have very large number of tickets (>1M). To improve quality of the RNG, I have increased length to 28 bits.
From January 15, 2013, 01:30 UTC following function will be used to determine the winner:
From January 15, 2013, 01:30 UTC following function will be used to determine the winner:
Code:
function getWinningTicket($nonce, $blockHash, $ticketsTotal)
{
$hash = hash('sha256', $nonce . $blockHash);
$randHex = substr($hash, strlen($hash) - 7, 7);
$randDec = base_convert($randHex, 16, 10);
return ($randDec % $ticketsTotal) + 1;
}
Some users had problems with "content-type" of the API responses. Now API will return a header "Content-Type: application/json".
question: how long it takes for a withdraw to get processed?
About 1 second for the instant withdrawals and 24 hours for the standard. 
Nice thing you got there.
question: how long it takes for a withdraw to get processed?
currently joined & playing
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question: how long it takes for a withdraw to get processed?
currently joined & playing
doca
Now we have enabled data sorting for the users' raffle history!
API have been updated. Added method to get deposit address and raffle creation timestamps.
Seems that many newbies don't understand how to get started. I have added a brief instruction to the raffles page.
Step 1. Select a raffle to play from the list or create your own. Use the filter to find raffles with the desired prize value and winning odds. Progress bar shows the ratio of the tickets sold already to the total number of tickets in the raffle.
Step 2. Buy desired number of tickets. Your winning odds are equal to the number of your tickets divided by the total number of tickets in the raffle.
Step 3. When all tickets are sold out, we will pick the number of the winning ticket. If you hold the winning ticket, you will receive 100% of the prize value.
Step 1. Select a raffle to play from the list or create your own. Use the filter to find raffles with the desired prize value and winning odds. Progress bar shows the ratio of the tickets sold already to the total number of tickets in the raffle.
Step 2. Buy desired number of tickets. Your winning odds are equal to the number of your tickets divided by the total number of tickets in the raffle.
Step 3. When all tickets are sold out, we will pick the number of the winning ticket. If you hold the winning ticket, you will receive 100% of the prize value.
Now you can start playing without registration!
Now you can filter raffles by potential winning odds that you could have if would buy all tickets.
Also you can reset the filter with 1 click.
You don't need anymore to manually convert filter values, specified in the mBTC or µBTC, if you have selected them in account settings.
Use payout calculator to convert winning odds to the price multiplier and vice versa.
Also you can reset the filter with 1 click.
You don't need anymore to manually convert filter values, specified in the mBTC or µBTC, if you have selected them in account settings.
Use payout calculator to convert winning odds to the price multiplier and vice versa.
A bug affecting instant games security was fixed. You can play them absolutely safely now!
Number of our users have grown recently and load on the server respectively. We have added another CPU core to the server, may be you have already noticed boost in the performance!
Blockchain.info offline now. Some provably fair games may still have "waiting" status as we are unable to get last Bitcoin block hash. Now I am working to switch to the alternative data provider.
Also instant withdrawals will be unavailable during Blockchain's outage. During this time manual withdrawals will be sent 2 times a day.
Sorry for the inconvenience. We hope Blockchain.info will be back again soon!
UPD. We have temporarily switched to the Blockexplorer data. Pending provably fair raffles drawn!
UPD2. Blockchain.info works normal now.
Also instant withdrawals will be unavailable during Blockchain's outage. During this time manual withdrawals will be sent 2 times a day.
Sorry for the inconvenience. We hope Blockchain.info will be back again soon!
UPD. We have temporarily switched to the Blockexplorer data. Pending provably fair raffles drawn!
UPD2. Blockchain.info works normal now.
Peerbet.org added to betwithbtc.com.
Save your time! Now you can automatically buy chosen number of tickets when you create new raffle!
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