Help With a Betting Mechanism
So, I’ve been struggling with how to make closed-fist betting easier, or at least less wordy, without having the Custodian have to handle private communications for actions or resolution of those actions.
My initial idea was:
* Set the amount you want to bet.
* Hash your bet, but first add a “salt” of your choice so no one could reverse-engineer the hash to figure out what you bet.
* Once all bets are in (for anyone who might participate), reveal the bets by posting the bet and salt. Checking the hash of that against the original hash proves you bet what you said you did.
Wording that correctly has been a challenge. Does anyone have alternatives to this?
Habanero:
You could have the Seeker responsible for the private tracking rotate (thematically they might be the one who spotted the Opportunity), and then let that Seeker place whatever bid they wanted after seeing everyone else’s as an advantage for being the Opportunity-spotter.
Of course that runs into the same issue as last dynasty with inactive players, so maybe you should have to opt-in to spotting Opportunities to combat this