Comparison to ChanceCoin

[Empirical1]

CHA devs are considering making negative house edge. So as a DAC it will be operating at loss. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing. 

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=528023.msg7694263#msg7694263

I think it makes perfect sense to drive use and is a promotional item.   Certainly a win in the short term and likely to get the coin into the hands of those most interested in gambling.  Get them hooked, then change the house odds on them down the road after wide spread adoption.

Negative house edge seems like a bad idea, I just asked them this question, but maybe I'm not thinking clearly

How often can you make a bet in your system?

If you gave me a 2% edge, I'd make $1000 bets expecting to make $20 on average per bet. If I could make a bet every 15 seconds, I'd be making $80 a minute on average from you guys.  Over the course of just 1 Day, I'd be expected to take $115 000 out of your coin, in exchange for only putting in a meagre $1-20K of my own money into your coin at the beginning to bankroll it, depending on how I fared with variance (with 2% odds in my favour, 100k bankroll and $1000 bets then http://www.albionresearch.com/kelly/default.php)

Is the above right?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=528023.msg7706522#msg7706522

He replied

We would have a limit to prevent this (probably a maximum total wagered with negative edge per block or per 100 blocks). The point is to encourage gambling, not to let someone take down the house.

So I guess if it's possible to implement limits, it's fine. It will certainly work for marketing. Perhaps a low maximum bet and some proof that you're not a bot.

[FreeTrade]

CHA devs are considering making negative house edge. So as a DAC it will be operating at loss. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing. 

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=528023.msg7694263#msg7694263

Hmm - I think it would be very encouraging for bot writers

The aim is new customer acquisition - but how do you tell a new customer's first bet from a bot's one millionth bet?

[bytemaster]

CHA devs are considering making negative house edge. So as a DAC it will be operating at loss. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing. 

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=528023.msg7694263#msg7694263

I think it makes perfect sense to drive use and is a promotional item.   Certainly a win in the short term and likely to get the coin into the hands of those most interested in gambling.  Get them hooked, then change the house odds on them down the road after wide spread adoption.

[vlight]

CHA devs are considering making negative house edge. So as a DAC it will be operating at loss. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing. 

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=528023.msg7694263#msg7694263

[BldSwtTrs]

I stumble upon that on Reddit, it may be relevant to the discussion: http://bitcoin-betting-guide.com/james-cannings-blog/0-house-edge-provably-fair-and-trustless-gambling/

[Stan]

I'm quite impressed with what they've done there and also quite disillusioned that's it's not doing well in the marketplace.

I think this is a good lesson for Bitshares as well. "If we build it, they will come" may well be true and Bitshares X may be special enough that it gets plenty of use from people inside the crypto community. But I think the potential markets for some DAC products may not overlap that much with the crypto community. Each DAC will have a back end of programmers/investors/boosters, but probably also needs a front end user interface and product that really appeals to the right market segment.

That is why I shake my head every time this community rejects an idea to increase and improve the marketing. Hopefully, we won't need a lot of it, but we must be prepared to sell the heck out of these DACs when they come out.

BitShares Music is a great example of a team that is paying attention to the front-end, branding for the target audience and leveraging the expertise of people who know the existing industry.

[donkeypong]

I'm quite impressed with what they've done there and also quite disillusioned that's it's not doing well in the marketplace.

I think this is a good lesson for Bitshares as well. "If we build it, they will come" may well be true and Bitshares X may be special enough that it gets plenty of use from people inside the crypto community. But I think the potential markets for some DAC products may not overlap that much with the crypto community. Each DAC will have a back end of programmers/investors/boosters, but probably also needs a front end user interface and product that really appeals to the right market segment.

That is why I shake my head every time this community rejects an idea to increase and improve the marketing. Hopefully, we won't need a lot of it, but we must be prepared to sell the heck out of these DACs when they come out.

[CLains]

Just goes to show how important frontend will be. Most coins go up on technical hype, and then later get money to grow themselves a nice face.

[santaclause102]

The shitty site doesnt allow me to see it in the english version. With me it says Costs per tx given in USD. That would be 38 USD per tx atm. Do you see something different? Either the graph is ussposed to show the tx fees and they messed s.t. up or takes the dilution into account and is about correct.

Yes, something amiss there alright. I assumed the error was that it was based in cents, not dollars. But looking at recent blocks, number of transactions and total transaction fees . . . it's more like a 10 cent average per transaction. Still high though, and I expect it to get a lot higher.

If you take the dilution into account you have about 28USD/tx (25btc/400tx) but this is probably not what they mean...

[FreeTrade]

The shitty site doesnt allow me to see it in the english version. With me it says Costs per tx given in USD. That would be 38 USD per tx atm. Do you see something different? Either the graph is ussposed to show the tx fees and they messed s.t. up or takes the dilution into account and is about correct.

Yes, something amiss there alright. I assumed the error was that it was based in cents, not dollars. But looking at recent blocks, number of transactions and total transaction fees . . . it's more like a 10 cent average per transaction. Still high though, and I expect it to get a lot higher.

[santaclause102]

How similar is this to CHA?  http://chancecoin.com/  They have a 1% rake and launched recently.

One problem ChanceCoin will have is high transaction fees on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Average transaction cost is 30 to 40 cents at the moment -
https://blockchain.info/charts/cost-per-transaction

You can certainly pay less, but then you may have to wait longer for your transaction to be included. I expect the situation to get worse over time, not better. I believe in a world of multiple competing blockchains, and the Bitcoin blockchain is not where you want to be long term for microtransactions (or even millitransactions).

I don't mean to bash them - it's impressive what they've done, but I'm seeing a few problems with it on closer inspection (this one may be structural) and areas where LottoShares can be competitive.

https://blockchain.info/charts/cost-per-transaction

The shitty site doesnt allow me to see it in the english version. With me it says Costs per tx given in USD. That would be 38 USD per tx atm. Do you see something different? Either the graph is ussposed to show the tx fees and they messed s.t. up or takes the dilution into account and is about correct.

[FreeTrade]

How similar is this to CHA?  http://chancecoin.com/  They have a 1% rake and launched recently.

One problem ChanceCoin will have is high transaction fees on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Average transaction cost is 30 to 40 cents at the moment -
https://blockchain.info/charts/cost-per-transaction

You can certainly pay less, but then you may have to wait longer for your transaction to be included. I expect the situation to get worse over time, not better. I believe in a world of multiple competing blockchains, and the Bitcoin blockchain is not where you want to be long term for microtransactions (or even millitransactions).

I don't mean to bash them - it's impressive what they've done, but I'm seeing a few problems with it on closer inspection (this one may be structural) and areas where LottoShares can be competitive.

[cass]

I'm quite impressed with what they've done there and also quite disillusioned that's it's not doing well in the marketplace.

They lack on design and marketing I guess. Look the website, why to spend time there. Would you visit it again as a player?

. Just compare it to any other successful Bitcoin betting website.

yup standard bootstrap theme ... but guess they have just started...
design could be improved over time when funds are collected ...

[super3]

I'm quite impressed with what they've done there and also quite disillusioned that's it's not doing well in the marketplace.

They lack on design and marketing I guess. Look the website, why to spend time there. Would you visit it again as a player?

. Just compare it to any other successful Bitcoin betting website.

[liondani]

I'm quite impressed with what they've done there and also quite disillusioned that's it's not doing well in the marketplace.

They lack on design and marketing I guess. Look the website, why to spend time there. Would you visit it again as a player?