Bitcoin mining idea
12 messages, 27 to 30 Sep 2015. Started by Neil Haran.
Milly Bitcoin (4), Jeff Garzik (3), Neil Haran (2), Lauri Love, Trevin Hofmann, Jonathan Toomim
Hi,
I have an idea for a gamified bitcoin mining app that I'd like to partner with someone on that is very good with cryptography and knows the bitcoin code base well. I have received interest in this from some, but I'm looking for the ideal candidate to work with. If this is of interest, please email me at nharan81@gmail•com.
Thanks, Neil
Don't solicit interest in advance of content, please. Share your idea first and if people find it cogent and interesting they will volunteer interest/assistance.
On 27 September 2015 at 18:53, Neil Haran via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org> wrote:
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> Hi, > > I have an idea for a gamified bitcoin mining app that I'd like to partner > with someone on that is very good with cryptography and knows the bitcoin > code base well. I have received interest in this from some, but I'm looking > for the ideal candidate to work with. If this is of interest, please email > me at nharan81@gmail•com. > > Thanks, > Neil > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >
My apologies Lauri!
Here is the idea:
I want to build a massive rock paper scissors tournament, the largest the world has ever seen and one that no one can stop. I imagine re-purposing bitcoin-qt to do this.
Imagine a tournament like the World Series of Poker, but for RPS.
Each person plays a best of 5 tournament each round. The players are randomly matched against each other. The number of rounds would effectively be the depth of a binary tree...
So if a million people play in this tournament, you would need to win 20 rounds to win the tournament and the cash prize.
Now, I will supply this cash prize and I have media connections to get coverage for this. I fully believe I could get millions playing in this.
Thanks, Neil
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 6:33 AM, Lauri Love <lauri.love@gmail•com> wrote:
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> Don't solicit interest in advance of content, please. Share your idea > first and if people find it cogent and interesting they will volunteer > interest/assistance. > > On 27 September 2015 at 18:53, Neil Haran via bitcoin-dev > <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have an idea for a gamified bitcoin mining app that I'd like to partner > > with someone on that is very good with cryptography and knows the bitcoin > > code base well. I have received interest in this from some, but I'm > looking > > for the ideal candidate to work with. If this is of interest, please > email > > me at nharan81@gmail•com. > > > > Thanks, > > Neil > > > > _______________________________________________ > > bitcoin-dev mailing list > > bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org > > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > > > > > > -- > [Any text in this message is copyrighted to the full extent of the law > in all jurisdictions with the following license: it may be read and > stored or used to create derivative works by any person or > organization with the following exceptions: all law-enforcement > organizations, all national intelligence services, all corporate > entities that monitize personal information. Any violations of this > license with be prosecuted relentlessly and the highest possible > damages sought.] >
This is quite off topic, so please consider another channel. As long as you have my attention, I previously started a cryptographically secure RPS game as a proof of concept.
https://github.com/thofmann/rock-paper-scissors-protocol-secure/blob/master/readme.md
Unfortunately, I do not have the time to develop it at the moment, but you can message me off the channel if you would like to discuss things further.
Thank you, Trevin Hofmann On Sep 29, 2015 12:47 AM, "Neil Haran via bitcoin-dev" < bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org> wrote:
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> My apologies Lauri! > > Here is the idea: > > I want to build a massive rock paper scissors tournament, the largest the > world has ever seen and one that no one can stop. I imagine re-purposing > bitcoin-qt to do this. > > Imagine a tournament like the World Series of Poker, but for RPS. > > Each person plays a best of 5 tournament each round. The players are > randomly matched against each other. The number of rounds would effectively > be the depth of a binary tree... > > So if a million people play in this tournament, you would need to win 20 > rounds to win the tournament and the cash prize. > > Now, I will supply this cash prize and I have media connections to get > coverage for this. I fully believe I could get millions playing in this. > > Thanks, > Neil > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 6:33 AM, Lauri Love <lauri.love@gmail•com> wrote: > >> Don't solicit interest in advance of content, please. Share your idea >> first and if people find it cogent and interesting they will volunteer >> interest/assistance. >> >> On 27 September 2015 at 18:53, Neil Haran via bitcoin-dev >> <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have an idea for a gamified bitcoin mining app that I'd like to >> partner >> > with someone on that is very good with cryptography and knows the >> bitcoin >> > code base well. I have received interest in this from some, but I'm >> looking >> > for the ideal candidate to work with. If this is of interest, please >> email >> > me at nharan81@gmail•com. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Neil >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > bitcoin-dev mailing list >> > bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org >> > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> [Any text in this message is copyrighted to the full extent of the law >> in all jurisdictions with the following license: it may be read and >> stored or used to create derivative works by any person or >> organization with the following exceptions: all law-enforcement >> organizations, all national intelligence services, all corporate >> entities that monitize personal information. Any violations of this >> license with be prosecuted relentlessly and the highest possible >> damages sought.] >> > > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > >
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> This is quite off topic,
I see a number of people claiming they know what should be posted to this list but those claims appear to be without merit.
The list states the subject is "Development discussion list for Bitcoin protocol and its implementation." That is a pretty broad description that appears to encompass a number of topics that are claimed to be "off-topic" by people who seem to be making up their own rules. One guy even contacts people and threatens to have the list moderated if you don't follow his rules even though it appears he has no such authority and there are no official rules he can reference.
Maybe there should be a more precise description if the discussion is to be limited in some way beyond the "official" description.
Russ
This is off-topic for this list.
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Neil Haran via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org> wrote:
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> Hi, > > I have an idea for a gamified bitcoin mining app that I'd like to partner > with someone on that is very good with cryptography and knows the bitcoin > code base well. I have received interest in this from some, but I'm looking > for the ideal candidate to work with. If this is of interest, please email > me at nharan81@gmail•com. > > Thanks, > Neil > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > >
On 9/29/2015 5:07 PM, Jeff Garzik via bitcoin-dev wrote:
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> This is off-topic for this list.
You like to go around pretending you are in charge and telling people what to do. You have no such authority and your time is probably better spent reviewing your company's Bitcoin handling and security procedures instead of trying to bully people all the time.
Russ
Making statements about a developer's personal character is also off-topic for this list.
On Sep 29, 2015, at 3:58 PM, Milly Bitcoin via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org> wrote:
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> On 9/29/2015 5:07 PM, Jeff Garzik via bitcoin-dev wrote: >> This is off-topic for this list. > > You like to go around pretending you are in charge and telling people what to do. You have no such authority and your time is probably better spent reviewing your company's Bitcoin handling and security procedures instead of trying to bully people all the time. > > Russ > > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
On 9/29/2015 7:02 PM, Jonathan Toomim (Toomim Bros) wrote:
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> Making statements about a developer's personal character is also off-topic for this list.
If that were true then probably 20-30% of the posting here would be off-topic. lol.
Russ
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Milly Bitcoin via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org> wrote:
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> On 9/29/2015 7:02 PM, Jonathan Toomim (Toomim Bros) wrote: > >> Making statements about a developer's personal character is also >> off-topic for this list. >> > > If that were true then probably 20-30% of the posting here would be > off-topic. lol.
Yes - that is the reason why a discussion list is being created, as an outlet for off-topic discussions. The consensus of the developers that created this bitcoin-dev list a short time ago is of being turned off due to the off-topic noise, impacting productivity.
Since 2011 and bitcoin-development, the list was always intended to focus on the highly technical bits of the core software, and avoid wandering into never-ending philosophical discussions. Example: http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2011-June/thread.html
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> > > Russ > > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev >
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> Since 2011 and bitcoin-development, the list was always intended to > focus on the highly technical bits of the core software, and avoid > wandering into never-ending philosophical discussions. Example: > http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2011-June/thread.html
What happened years ago is not really relevant as Bitcoin has changed and the stakeholders have expanded. What is relevant is the actual description. Whatever you want to discuss it should be clearly described when people sign up.
Russ
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 8:07 PM, Milly Bitcoin via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation•org> wrote:
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> What happened years ago is not really relevant as Bitcoin has changed and >> the stakeholders have expanded. What is relevant is the actual >> description. Whatever you want to discuss it should be clearly described >> when people sign up. >> >
This email's quote excised the "short time ago" bit, which is the other 1/2 of the context.