Quote from: BitDonkey on May 24, 2013, 11:49:51 PM

Interesting game.
I think there are still some kinks to work out. Like right now green bucket shows 0.02, which fell about 4 blocks ago according to the history file. The history file shows subsequent blocks to be no play because green bucket is 0 according to the file.
It showed 0.02 before the green fall (on screen) but paid out like 0.01 just like it represented in history file. (I had/have the red bucket paid in)
Seems like the screen refresh is behind but the history file is probably accurate.
Interesting that when you add to the bucket though the screen shows it almost instantly. FYI I don't see any pending transactions for the green bucket to account for the 0.02 on screen.
Keep up the good times with bitcoin!

Hi BitDonkey! Thanks for the feedback!

The totals shown on the website are for both confirmed and unconfirmed transactions (in order to give good up-to-date estimates on each bucket payout). When deciding how buckets actually pay out, only confirmed transactions are counted. (Otherwise the Satoshi Buckets would be vulnerable to a "man-in-the-middle" style attack, or even a double spend attack.)

This brings us to the green bucket. There is one unconfirmed transaction that has been messing with the green bucket's totals on the website all day long: b00ea9d1b3ba00c593ae1f76e6c522b699044834468e59c37d6dc348c919f903. This transaction hasn't been confirmed yet because the "transactor" didn't pay any transaction fee. From an administrative standpoint, there's little I can do (other than ignore every such transaction manually) since bitcoind doesn't tell me which transactions have paid transaction fees. However, there is a good incentive not to use transactions without transaction fees: it will take forever to be confirmed. Hopefully such transactions will not be common, or I will definitely figure out a way to ignore such transactions on the website.

Quote from: i3lome on May 25, 2013, 12:25:17 AM

Im loving this game, the only problem I have is I cant tell if I still have money in the bucket. I think I give enough time but Im sure I bet on multiple buckets a few times. Great game, maybe just need a little more advertisement. I'll probably link my signature to the page if your fine with that. Love the game been playing for the past 3 days

Hi i3lome! Great to hear you're enjoying the game! There's one way to see if your transactions are still in the buckets: click on the buckets to be taken to a list of transactions done to or done by the buckets. You can use this to check if your address is still in the running. Another way is to see if you've received 0.0005 for every 0.01 bet you made.

I would be super happy if you advertised the game in your signature! The game becomes more interesting if more people play it!