Re:Show HN: Anonymous Bitcoin Lottery
by tzs on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @03:49PM
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I'm curious--how many here would work on this kind of project? I'd love to from an engineering point of view. It would be quite fun.
However, I suspect it will be a net detriment to its typical user, and don't see any real benefits to counteract that, so would have trouble working on such a thing due to the moral issues. People who like to gamble and are able to do so responsibly already have plenty of easy outlets in which to indulge their hobby. It seems to me that this service will disproportionally attract people who have a gambling problem, and I'd feel quite troubled helping with that.
However, I suspect it will be a net detriment to its typical user, and don't see any real benefits to counteract that, so would have trouble working on such a thing due to the moral issues. People who like to gamble and are able to do so responsibly already have plenty of easy outlets in which to indulge their hobby. It seems to me that this service will disproportionally attract people who have a gambling problem, and I'd feel quite troubled helping with that.