by impostervt on 3/1/13, 12:21 PM
I gave it a shot with 0.1 BTC. Funds were available to start using a few seconds after I sent them. Went up a bit, got a 10, decided to cash out. Funds can't be withdrawn until the initial transfer has been confirmed 6 times (standard w/ bitcoins).
Fun, simple. GJ.
by stwe on 3/1/13, 11:50 AM
http://bitino.com/about/ says I have to keep my game URL private otherwise people can steal my BitCoins, but there is no HTTPS? No deal.
by joosters on 3/1/13, 1:11 PM
"Bitino is a games company based in London."
Then you are breaking the law. UK-based gambling companies have to ensure that customers are over 18. Running a gambling game that uses anonymous payments goes against this principle!
by phreeza on 3/1/13, 11:45 AM
This mixing of algorithms and gambling in the provably fair section got me wondering: Couldn't one set up a kind of market for randomness? Basically you could buy and sell a variance in exchange for an expected value, and people that agree on a trade send bitcoin (or whatever) to a third party, which then draws and pays out the corresponding amount to each party.
It would make for some moderately interesting math, I wonder if there would be an interest in such a service? Basically casinos could then wrap this marketplace and have people gamble, with their expected gains being at a sort of market optimum.
by jerguismi on 3/1/13, 11:10 AM
I don't really understand why "provably fair" would be so big deal. The house is winning always, no matter what. But I don't gamble myself, so perhaps I don't uderstand that world that well.
by DanBC on 3/1/13, 1:20 PM
Is any of the equipment based in England? You might want to check the Gambling Commission website to check if you need a licence.
by npguy on 3/1/13, 12:46 PM
by zumth on 3/1/13, 12:58 PM
I'm wondering about the security of the generators and hashes you use. SHA-256 is to my knowledge fine, however the Mersenne twister used by Python isn't (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_twister, although there may be modifications in Python). You have little plaintext, so I can't really find anything obvious, but given the nature of the site, you may want to use something cryptographically secure.
by bitino on 3/1/13, 11:05 AM
nothing like getting on the front page of HN when you are no way ready for it.
by Xcelerate on 3/1/13, 1:53 PM
I was saving the private URL's (e.g.
http://bitino.com/uQWyylFetc...) to go back to and withdraw my cash later. (My browser cookies clear upon exit). The pages show the correct bitcoin balance, but they're not letting me withdraw! It says I haven't played a game, so even when I go ahead and play another, it still says "You haven't played yet!"
Could you fix this ASAP because I actually put a decent amount of money in this...
by EwanToo on 3/1/13, 12:09 PM
On initial glance, and I may be a million miles off here, it feels like the history section which shows payouts is rather redundant.
It seems like there's nothing to stop the casino inserting their own played games (either real but fixed, or entirely faked) to "adjust" the balance of historical payouts in one direction or another?
The concept of the public seeds is clever though
by scottlilly on 3/1/13, 12:57 PM
by duqee on 3/1/13, 12:48 PM
I like the idea, but I could not even see the menu! I had this annoying video overlaying the menu:
http://pbrd.co/Z60dPK
It seems like it stuck in place.
by bitino on 3/1/13, 10:40 AM
by michaelochurch on 3/1/13, 1:46 PM
Flagged. Bitcoin is a scam designed to make money for early adopters.