Thank you for the thoughtful breakdown! You're right that block hash unpredictability is the backbone of our trustless randomness, no oracle, no middleman, just Bitcoin. On the cadence challenge, we've designed the lottery rounds around block times with intention, keeping it simple and verifiable by anyone. Bitcoin as the foundational layer is the whole philosophy for oir platform. Glad to see others who get it. 🤝

Thanks for the feedback. A scammer would take the sats and disappear. We're still here, fully transparent, and building. See you in 5 years. 🫡

Great question! For context, Powerball takes ~50% off the top, then winners face 37% federal tax plus state taxes, most winners keep less than 35 cents on the dollar. Our 14% stays fully transparent and alligned with the participant's incentives. We think that's the fairest lottery model out there, but we're always open to feedback on how to improve.

Hating on other people's projects is smart, and telling people how to use their money is even smarter. You're the smartest guy on SN. 🫡

Fair question. The betting window closes at block 97 of each round, 3 blocks before the draw. Once that block is reached, no more bets are accepted. The draw block hasn't been mined yet at that point, so nobody, including us, knows what the winning number will be.

You can verify this yourself: playtdt.com/live-bets shows every bet placed in the current round in real time, so you can confirm nothing comes in after the cutoff. And every completed round's block height, block hash, and derived winning number are public at playtdt.com/stats, check any of them against a block explorer.

Indeed, thank you for your questions 🤝

The draw is roughly every 16-17 hours. We'd keep this version at 100 blocks. As activity increases, the longer window lets the prize pool build up, which means bigger payouts for winners. For a 10 or 1 block game there are many challenges, some blocks get mined within 1 minute, and sometimes blocks get mined 2 or even 3 consecutively which makes it difficult to manage game rounds.

Exactly. The whole game is built on mining culture, block hashes are the source of truth, and players are basically betting on the output of proof of work. You got it.

Good question! Yes, exactly. The 14% only applies when there's a payout. So if you match 2 digits you win Tier 7 (1% of the prize pool) , say, 500 sats, you'd receive 430 sats. If nobody wins in a round, zero fees are taken and the entire pot rolls forward to the next round. We don't make money unless players win.

Howdy! Mighty fine saloon you got here, partner.