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I would have given it my full time attention if I knew there was a $2M game like this around. That prize is crazy.

by etatoby 8y ago

Hydraulix989 8y ago
The chances of any one person winning that prize are quite slim.
- foota 8y ago
  I suspect they're less slim than you're suggesting if you're a mathematically inclined person.
- sireat 8y ago
  There were only 180 or so registrations so the chances were quite good assuming people were of roughly equal skill and inclination. The problem was deciding whether there really was the correct private key encoded in the picture. I mean how do you ensure that this is not a wild goose chase? It would be roughly analogous to an anonymous millionaire showing a pot of gold on TV (with respectable jewelers certifying that it really is gold) and then saying it will be buried somewhere in Arizona desert, here's the puzzle with the location. (I believe there are some real life treasure hunts still ongoing based on the above premise) In this case what stopped me from even trying were the discrepancy in the amounts. 0.1BTC and 0.2 BTC and 0.31BTC seemed like reasonable amounts and then the sudden jump to 310 BTC seemed unreal. Yes the guy had the private key to 310BTC but was it in the picture? In fact, how do we know that 'Marc' is not someone affiliated with him/her?
  - droidist2 8y ago
    > It would be roughly analogous to an anonymous millionaire showing a pot of gold on TV (with respectable jewelers certifying that it really is gold) and then saying it will be buried somewhere in Arizona desert, here's the puzzle with the location. Reminds me of the movie "Kumiko the Treasure Hunter" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263614/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263614/
  - Crosseye_Jack 8y ago
    > it will be buried somewhere in Arizona desert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_(book) which then lead into the Hareraiser game which is unofficially the officially worse computer “game” to ever be created. For more info about the affair in video form there is this talk from the Norwich Game Festival a few years back https://youtu.be/ouvi-fwrfIY https://youtu.be/ouvi-fwrfIY
  - grecy 8y ago
    > will be buried somewhere in Arizona desert, here's the puzzle with the location. That's real - it's still out there. https://www.pulselive.co.ke/bi/finance/finance-theres-a-fortune-hidden-somewhere-in-the-rocky-mountains-and-this-millionaire-is-the-only-one-who-knows-where-it-is-id6197727.html https://www.pulselive.co.ke/bi/finance/finance-theres-a-fort...
- crunchiebones 8y ago
  how do the odds of winning this compare to something like the lottery?

I would have given it my full time attention if I knew there was a $2M game like this around. That prize is crazy.

Hydraulix989 8y ago

The chances of any one person winning that prize are quite slim.

foota 8y ago
I suspect they're less slim than you're suggesting if you're a mathematically inclined person.
sireat 8y ago
There were only 180 or so registrations so the chances were quite good assuming people were of roughly equal skill and inclination. The problem was deciding whether there really was the correct private key encoded in the picture. I mean how do you ensure that this is not a wild goose chase? It would be roughly analogous to an anonymous millionaire showing a pot of gold on TV (with respectable jewelers certifying that it really is gold) and then saying it will be buried somewhere in Arizona desert, here's the puzzle with the location. (I believe there are some real life treasure hunts still ongoing based on the above premise) In this case what stopped me from even trying were the discrepancy in the amounts. 0.1BTC and 0.2 BTC and 0.31BTC seemed like reasonable amounts and then the sudden jump to 310 BTC seemed unreal. Yes the guy had the private key to 310BTC but was it in the picture? In fact, how do we know that 'Marc' is not someone affiliated with him/her?
- droidist2 8y ago
  > It would be roughly analogous to an anonymous millionaire showing a pot of gold on TV (with respectable jewelers certifying that it really is gold) and then saying it will be buried somewhere in Arizona desert, here's the puzzle with the location. Reminds me of the movie "Kumiko the Treasure Hunter" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263614/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263614/
- Crosseye_Jack 8y ago
  > it will be buried somewhere in Arizona desert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_(book) which then lead into the Hareraiser game which is unofficially the officially worse computer “game” to ever be created. For more info about the affair in video form there is this talk from the Norwich Game Festival a few years back https://youtu.be/ouvi-fwrfIY https://youtu.be/ouvi-fwrfIY
- grecy 8y ago
  > will be buried somewhere in Arizona desert, here's the puzzle with the location. That's real - it's still out there. https://www.pulselive.co.ke/bi/finance/finance-theres-a-fortune-hidden-somewhere-in-the-rocky-mountains-and-this-millionaire-is-the-only-one-who-knows-where-it-is-id6197727.html https://www.pulselive.co.ke/bi/finance/finance-theres-a-fort...
crunchiebones 8y ago
how do the odds of winning this compare to something like the lottery?