Topic: (POLL!) Will Matthew pay out on his 80k BTC bet? (Read 5271 times)

Indeed. If I lose the bet, it would take a bit of time, but not too much. Don't forget it's almost 1am here.

Indeed. If I lose the bet, it would take a bit of time, but not too much. Don't forget it's almost 1am here.

Haha!  Awesome

Anyway, I would expect that it would take some time for Matthew to start working through the payments he owes, but we should expect to start seeing them soon, at least, assuming he intends to pay up.

Haha!  Awesome

Anyway, I would expect that it would take some time for Matthew to start working through the payments he owes, but we should expect to start seeing them soon, at least, assuming he intends to pay up.

One hour on the new deadline.... http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20120910T004920&p0=235&msg=End+of+Matthew%27s+Bet

Bump....

I love the part where people are arguing about why something happened that hasn't happened. Keep the comedy coming! (It's 15 hours left on the bet btw, not 8. This is how lazy the fudding has gotten lately. I am disappoint.)

Thank you everyone for showing a huge amount of integrity to bet for your beliefs instead of just arguing, defaming, accusing, aggravating, etc. Many of you truly believe Pirate is a ponzi, many of you are simply utilizing my offer for hedging, and still others are simply happy to take a 50/50 chance bet on anything. Regardless, we are at the 10,000BTC mark and thus I am locking the thread so that no more bets can be received here.

I still believe there is a very high chance that Pirate is just doing a business which we don't understand, and my sinking gut, although questioning his lack of professionalism, lateness, etc, reminds me that no one is perfect and it may all just be a series of bad coincidences. I hope I am right and that I am able to prove to the community once and for all that what we don't understand is not always a scam. If I happen to be wrong, I'm happy to have enjoyed this entertaining time with everyone, and I've actually made quite a lot of new friends (as you can imagine).

The original OP states that the bet ends 3 weeks after August 19, 2012, 04:49:20 PM, so that means it ends on September 9th, 2012, 04:49:20 PM KST (Korean Standard Time, local to me). I think I had mentioned a slightly longer deadline elsewhere on IRC out of confusion (September 12th perhaps?), but this is incorrect as you can clearly see. The bet will also end if Pirate has provided proof of paying back all (not 99.9%) of his obligated debts and interests per agreements, whichever comes first.

Good luck to everyone and thank you for participating in this monumental lesson for all of us.