New SatoshiDICE owner launches Tribute game
The owners of SatoshiDICE are launching a new game, called SatoshiDICE Tribute. The new site will conduct its transactions off the block chain, say the owners. It is still not publicly known who purchased the original SatoshiDICE site from Erik Voorhees in July for 126,315 BTC, but a representative said that the firm was adding enhancements into the new game. It will include session-based accounts and a developer API, they told CoinDesk. "Casinos that haven't integrated bitcoin are really doing their players a disservice. They might as well take down their website and offer bets via....
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Blockchain-based betting game SatoshiDice has been sold for 126,315 BTC, which at the time of writing was worth around $11.47 million. SatoshiDice (S. DICE), which claims to be "the most popular Bitcoin betting game in the universe", was launched by its operator Erik Voorhees in late April 2012. The company's shares have since been traded on MPEx, the Romanian Bitcoin securities exchange. Yesterday evening (17th July), Voorhees announced the sale of the company, stating: "I believe this to be a solid, desirable, and fair outcome for those who have put their trust in S. DICE." This is....
Moreover, it does not appear as if any of the platform's investors have made a complaint about their money being used to pay out winner earnings. Bitcoin and gambling are two peas in the same pod. One of the more popular bitcoin gambling platforms goes by the name of SatoshiDice. However, it appears this service is no longer operational for some unknown reason. One user mentions how the platform also stole investor funds, although that’s not been officially confirmed as of right now. It is never good to see platforms such as SatoshiDice suddenly rebrand without much of a warning. The....
The owner of bitcoin betting site Just-Dice, a rival to SatoshiDice, had a severe moment of panic a few days ago when a user taking advantage of a human error caused him to lose 1,300 bitcoins (around $116,090 at the time of writing). Known only as 'dooglus', the owner revealed on the Bitcoin Talk forum that he had made something of a colossal mistake. What happened was this: a player won a load of bitcoins on the site and asked to withdraw them, dooglus paid out, but forgot to remove the balance from the user's Just-Dice account. The user then gambled - and lost - the bitcoins that were....
Citing legal advice, Bitcoin gaming site SatoshiDice is closing to US players, moving to block all US-based IP addresses from the website. Posting on Bitcointalk and the Bitcoin reddit page, satoshidicepr, an official representative of the site who asked to remain anonymous, said the decision, which is effective as of today, was taken following "extensive legal counsel." "The best way to limit legal risk for SatoshiDice, and thereby protect its stakeholders, is to block US players," the post states. The company adds that the decision does not mean that online gambling is illegal in the US,....
vDice is the world’s 1st live, Fully Decentralized Gambling Platform using the Ethereum and Blockchain Technology. vDice is the leading blockchain-based betting game for the Ethereum network. The site went live on June 13th, 2016. It has processed almost 10,000 bets to-date. It is a classic ‘SatoshiDICE-style’ betting game, implemented as an Ethereum Smart Contract (Dapp), and exists on the Ethereum blockchain. vDice.io is the first platform to introduce Ether Gambling; it is also the first fully Decentralised Betting game, for the world’s first programmable P2P network. vDice.io is a....