Re:Google suspended our app, threatened to delete our Google...
by dangero on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @10:14PM
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We don't mine Bitcoin on users resources this is a witch hunt. I have nowhere mentioned mining and our app does not mine. Mining only works with huge ASIC farms mostly in China with cheap power. We are not involved in this at all.
Our app has ads, like many apps do. That's the primary way we make money. We give users loyalty points for playing the game, they can cash those out for a very small amount of Bitcoin that is it.
Re:Google suspended our app, threatened to delete our Google...
by knighthack on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @10:40PM
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Is your "primary" way the only way you make money through the app, or is there a secondary mechanism for making money through it?
Re:Google suspended our app, threatened to delete our Google...
by dangero on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:04AM
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Right now the other source is Coinbase referrals -- they have a referral program for new users that we onboard. You can google it to see how it works.
Re:Google suspended our app, threatened to delete our Google...
by floatingatoll on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @05:17AM
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Is the game skill-based (poker) or luck-based (slot machine RNG)?
Re:Google suspended our app, threatened to delete our Google...
by dangero on Thursday January 30, 2020 @10:27AM
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The game is a mix of skill and luck. The reward is not affected by your game performance —- win or lose you receive the same loyalty points. Thats what makes it neither a game of skill or gambling.
If the answer is “no”, then you’re either running a Bitcoin lottery (which is gambling), a Bitcoin skimmer (which is stealing), and/or a Bitcoin pyramid scheme (which is fraudulent).
From your reply, the answer is lottery/gambling, and from other replies, you did not clearly mark your app as a gambling app. That you’re gambling “points bought with watts” in no way contradicts that.
If I misunderstand which of the three paths your app is taking, or if somehow you’re constructing a fourth path, please correct me in plain and specific language on how you acquire (through mining or currency conversion) the Bitcoin it distributes to end users, and how you are not a lottery system such that each user receives the full value of currency their device is responsible for creating.
EDIT: As a footnote, your article is full of outrage but contains no technical details about your app, which is a common red flag for “we got caught doing something we’re unwilling to describe plainly”.