It was a side project for me, and unfortunately I didn't have time to manage all the necessary promotion, marketing etc... to let it take off for real.

If anyone is interested to buy it I'm open to offers, feel free to comment here or write me at: twtia@protonmail.com

I will provide the buyer with all the following material:

• Complete HTML/Javascript/CSS/PHP/MySQL code for TWTIA.com frontend and backend.
• Account credentials for TWTIA.com domain name and anonymous hosting paid with bitcoins (now expired, but it can be renewed upon payment).
• Account credentials for Block.io wallet connected to the site.
• Account credentials for twtia@protonmail.com email address.
• Account credentials for "TWTIA.com" bitcointalk user.

I'm available for any further clarification.

As of now auction time is 6 hours, i.e. there are 4 auctions per day: this should cover all time zones. With more user engagement yes, we could do more than 4 per day.


Interesting... without confirmation you shouldn't be able to get the prize anyway, but I see your point. Maybe requiring 1 confirmation before auction end in order for the bid to be counted could be an interesting twist.

Thank you all guys, your feedback is very much appreciated! 

House margin is 5% (only on the won amount - winning bid is returned entirely). Regarding double spends before paying the jackpot 3 confirmations on all transactions are waited.

On http://twtia.com/ you can see the current highest bid amount. Then on the Blockchain you can see all the details, including address and time of each bid:

https://blockchain.info/address/3HFe9pr52azPQ3s2UUssrAXYubUxuTwtSD

Less than 1 hour 

So as anticipated thanks to community feedback (HostFat expecially ) we changed the way closing time is managed.

Auction duration starts at 6 hours, then first bid extends closing time by 15 minutes, second bid by 5 minutes, and finally all subsequent bids by 60 seconds.

Current auction is expiring today at 18 GMT at the moment, and jackpot is 0.2 BTC... good luck!

http://twtia.com/

Nice game! Well yes of course I could participate and try to get the jackpot... but just like all other participants are trying to do the same  


Thanks for your kind words! We are in the process of adding some additional features to spice up  the game... new version should be ready this coming Friday  

Thanks to you for trusting us and being our "guinea pig" 

Congratulations to 1LTuBEbmRJkbGJWLuUFmHw3d7N7SgrTPqn, our first winner! 0.2009 BTC won with a bid of 0.011 BTC:

https://blockchain.info/tx/b51e52d8685756bbde3f96ceaa9c257409c4dc180d30ceb4ef708942a6726bc8

Jackpot will be seeded again during the next days, and some other great news are coming... stay tuned

Been there, done that... 

All the bids form all participants increase the jackpot. Multiple bids means that if your bid is no more the highest bid at some point in time, you can bid again if you want.


The highest bid is displayed to let participant know which amount they need to outbid in order to win.

Not a wise idea to motivate a woman to use money even more, whether dollars, euros, bitcoins... 

Dull match for now... let's hope for the second half 

Yes, unconfirmed transactions count as bids as soon as they are broadcasted: the time considered for the auction is the "Received time" you can see on blockchain explorers. Just as an example, this specific transaction would be counted as a bid placed on: 2016-06-21 20:37:39

https://blockchain.info/tx/ef330638e69f08504f04709e8237bab69eac5c554228b8ad86925af5b7a119e6

Then the prize is paid to the winner as soon as all the bids included in the jackpot have 3 confirmations.

About 24 hours to first auction closing, 0.2 BTC are still there up for grabs 

Edit privilege please: TWTIA

(want to add my site among Category:Games)

Thanks!

Thanks for sharing, HostFat! It seems an interesting game, let me analyze it and I'll give you some feedback.


Sorry for the inconvenience, the site is up as of now. Hopefully it was a random network outage only.

Basically you bid for a jackpot of money instead of items (like eBay), and the jackpot grows at any bid. All the losing bids add to the jackpot itself, and at the end the higher bid wins.


I understand you concern, however the same concern applies to basically every bitcoin game, service and exchange

Let's put it in these terms: it doesn't make economic sense to develop a game, build the web site, backend scripts, etc... just to steal 100/200$ (maybe) at the first auction, since if you steal and don't honor the rules of the game of course nobody will want to have any business with you.