Quote from: bitlotto on August 12, 2011, 09:43:59 PM

Quote from: coingenuity on August 12, 2011, 07:21:11 AM

Alright, I guess I'll connect the dots for you. Although, I have to say, the site's pretty clear as far as what the hash does, and the previous round is there for you already, but whatever.

Thank you. Perhaps I'm slow? Wink

I was just curious if your method prevented you from knowing the winner or being able to manipulate it.

Does random.org hide what the string actually is until certain date or do you know the string for who wins the whole time?
Are the numbers used for the order based off of blockexplorer for when they paid? Would 0 be the first ticket and 5 the 6th ticket?

No problem, I'm sure the truth-verification system is confusing for most first-timers. The string/winning numbers are hidden from me and set at the start of the round, so there's no way to manipulate the system. I can change the source code to display the winners if I need to, but the display in my terminal is minimized anyway since there's so much output data, so all of the number-display functionality that was present in dev has been stripped out. I have no competitive edge, even if I was ethically unopposed to participating in RaffleBit(service op shouldn't stand to gain beyond what's disclosed to customers).

In programming terms, yeah...0 is the first ticket, and 5 the 6th. The numbers of the tickets are based on the order in which they appeared in the blockchain, but not based on blockexplorer.

This is what I'm talking about, as far as verbose output, and the priority for space over seeing winning numbers. It also demo's what my actual interaction with the backend of RaffleBit looks like.

Address to play:
1Ga7XzikxLKP9uLEUTpkkiBA9PzTZ2qmEK

Tickets total/sold: 158 / 17
Purchased: 10.759493670886
1.649BTC contributed to 15.326BTC total jackpot
10.76% of all tickets purchased

iterations to make: 17
1FRiyXouam42Gp6K1kSJKxcL2egFeTumTo
1K6LwSi7yVCmzjUjnkMyYpXPXkvKJ7geV
1749vsy9jwHp2A8gX18AQgyyJtiFbdytYX
1JaTuMrkDnTsGMrvREwjnPEAGzswALXdvW
1Lupo4bMPgifk8kjgnghgDardYdvHgKkmC
1HcaeHuoLZ2rkGt9oj5KpcXSR4N5WzKLaz
1DdMq3aTbYvj6AUsHSPu6SmsHeWztihAFj
1C5VZ6rNSVSZNEaFHQvwVULqPfJp8r56w3
1GgsSrzjRywKNiBcJzS2GkAMAZo53CG3Qq
1AdP1P4SP7du9zkLGTEk9XVYAWpEHi6qdo
19TfyhuutTEyWxcTtiGPhAWRjjdyKNRa1w
1LMc82Yy6G3eboD2HSc11JADmgmxWFWtCx
1DdcEt46FxDMBkR5yo5b8CV6kuv1DSoJHC
1AJV5E8BYAFqm5opaeg1UbK7pWZZeSzP2F
1EG3x2hGehfM7t5vCE7femTic1RRmeRXfh
1DiP9Z8B2dRoFmLM3nGABiC1FBNf5fB1tM
1GmqvgKpb3cUb5PKZhRiCcb3eTWyX9gnW1