Hello everyone,
As it is part of running a betting service, sometimes we have to make some decisions that will not please all of our users. This is certainly one of these cases. I agree that the bet description statements are barely satisfied but the bet is actually on "shipping" of a commercial product. To the best of our judgment the pictured device is still an internal development unit within the company premises, even if it is somehow "owned" by a non-employee. As far as I can see even BFL doesn't officially claim shipping. Under these circumstances we can not rule the statement as false. Our decision is currently not final and we will be listening your input for a few days before the final decision. Feel free to raise your opinion.
As it is part of running a betting service, sometimes we have to make some decisions that will not please all of our users. This is certainly one of these cases. I agree that the bet description statements are barely satisfied but the bet is actually on "shipping" of a commercial product. To the best of our judgment the pictured device is still an internal development unit within the company premises, even if it is somehow "owned" by a non-employee. As far as I can see even BFL doesn't officially claim shipping. Under these circumstances we can not rule the statement as false. Our decision is currently not final and we will be listening your input for a few days before the final decision. Feel free to raise your opinion.
Ah ok I feel better.
I cannot see anything but an extremely weak argument being made otherwise. I msg'd this personally to coinjedi, but it's worth posting publicly.
IMO in the future follow the example in this betting thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=135914 where we required 3x verified non-BFL user pix / hash rate test + a power rating of 350Mh/J or more efficient. When betting on a company that has taken 1000's of pre-orders and given the extreme popularity of this forum, multiple independent verification would be easy.
With a company as sneaky and backhanded as BFL, IMO it's on BetsofBitcoin to reject vague wagers.
Further more, I still have no clue how much I stand to win when I make bets there
