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The original Bitcoin code included functions related to playing Poker

ArtTimeInvestor 5y ago
Look at line 1573 for example or search for "poker".
spansoa 5y ago
Many game devs loved Bitcoin when it first came out, because they had a proper currency they could use in their games instead of something made in-house.
- smcnally 5y ago
  That’s logical and sensible. Blockchain Poker[0] has been live for a few years and is compelling for using proper currency — BTC, BCH, BSV — instead of something site-specific. [0]https://blockchain.poker/ https://blockchain.poker/
jeffwask 5y ago
It makes sense. The big crackdown on online poker hit in 2011 but it was easy to see coming. Replacing money with crypto in gambling applications would have been a decent idea for driving early adoption.
em3rgent0rdr 5y ago
Specifically just GUI code. Seems the code was just copy-pasted from the wxWidgets GUI code for a Poker Lobby Dialog: CPokerLobbyDialogBase::CPokerLobbyDialogBase(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString& title, const wxPoint& pos, const wxSize& size, long style) : wxFrame(parent, id, title, pos, size, style) All the Poker references are in lines 1573 to 1731 (https://github.com/trottier/original-bitcoin/blob/master/src/uibase.cpp#L1573-L1731 https://github.com/trottier/original-bitcoin/blob/master/src...).
- londons_explore 5y ago
  Find who wrote that code originally, and you may discover the real Satoshi Namamoko...
marbu 5y ago
This is GUI code present in the very first commit https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/4405b78d6059e536c36974088a8ed4d9f0f29898 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/4405b78d6059e536c3... just to be removed few days and commits later: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/85c33b960211722e2183e90b2fa0460f5fe52467 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/85c33b960211722e21...
reidjs 5y ago
I always thought it was strange when people try to argue crypto has no utility and it’s value is purely speculative. I can’t imagine a future in which online gambling isn’t fueled predominantly by crypto.

Look at line 1573 for example or search for "poker".

Many game devs loved Bitcoin when it first came out, because they had a proper currency they could use in their games instead of something made in-house.

smcnally 5y ago
That’s logical and sensible. Blockchain Poker[0] has been live for a few years and is compelling for using proper currency — BTC, BCH, BSV — instead of something site-specific. [0]https://blockchain.poker/ https://blockchain.poker/

jeffwask 5y ago

It makes sense. The big crackdown on online poker hit in 2011 but it was easy to see coming. Replacing money with crypto in gambling applications would have been a decent idea for driving early adoption.

em3rgent0rdr 5y ago

Specifically just GUI code. Seems the code was just copy-pasted from the wxWidgets GUI code for a Poker Lobby Dialog: CPokerLobbyDialogBase::CPokerLobbyDialogBase(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString& title, const wxPoint& pos, const wxSize& size, long style) : wxFrame(parent, id, title, pos, size, style) All the Poker references are in lines 1573 to 1731 (https://github.com/trottier/original-bitcoin/blob/master/src/uibase.cpp#L1573-L1731 https://github.com/trottier/original-bitcoin/blob/master/src...).

londons_explore 5y ago
Find who wrote that code originally, and you may discover the real Satoshi Namamoko...

marbu 5y ago

This is GUI code present in the very first commit https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/4405b78d6059e536c36974088a8ed4d9f0f29898 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/4405b78d6059e536c3... just to be removed few days and commits later: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/85c33b960211722e2183e90b2fa0460f5fe52467 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/85c33b960211722e21...

reidjs 5y ago

I always thought it was strange when people try to argue crypto has no utility and it’s value is purely speculative. I can’t imagine a future in which online gambling isn’t fueled predominantly by crypto.