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Re: Poll:Did Bets of Bitcoin correctly decide "BFL will not ship ASIC before April"?
by
cpunks
on 03/04/2013, 13:54:56 UTC
When placing bets for money rather than mere fun, I would like people to be especially careful about the conditions they formulate. There is a fine but very real difference between "yes", "no" and "syntax error".

In this case, the title of the bet and the content of the bet resolve to different outcomes. No instructions, knowable to participants at the time of placing their bets, have been provided regarding what should be done in this case.

This leaves room for creative interpretation, which in my opinion, should disqualify the bet itself. I think "draw" is a reasonable decision, just like "when in doubt, do no harm" is a reasonable principle.