Questions tagged [auctions]
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Why isn't this dutch auction returning the price or working?
I have set up a dutch auction with the specifics mentioned here:
What is expected in setting up the following dutch auction?
But it keeps reverting and doesn't seem to be returning the price which is ...
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Are the assets instantly transferred in this smart contract?
I am entirely new to solidity and web3 in general so I am not entirely sure how to frame this question but are the NFTs instantly transferred once a user bids in this dutch auction smart contract?
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How to solve linear equations using solidity?
I am setting up a contract which gets initialized with the following parameters:
startDate, endDate, startPrice
The price at any given points is the line connecting the two points a and b where
a*...
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How to automate creating multiple bids for an auction smart contract?
I have created a simple auction smart contract in remix and now I have to do some experiments with it. In my model, it is possible to create the requests and then bid those requests with the Bid() ...
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What is expected in setting up the following dutch auction?
This is quite possibly not a question within the scope of stackexchange but please help out.
I am trying to do an solidity project in which a dutch auction is to be implemented and the auction logic ...
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Do we need a smart contract to implement bidding in NFT Marketplace? If yes do anyone have sample smart contracts to implement the same?
could you please provide solidity smart contracts and links related to the same?
I would like to implement the bidding and auction functionalities for NFT marketplace platform.
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Decentralised Nft AuctionHouse [duplicate]
I’m building a decentralised NFT Auction House for people that already have their ERC721 contracts deployed.
My doubt is - how can I take nft’s from them and list on my marketplace for auction. I don’...
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Timestamp is lower than or equal to previous block
I have a function where a specific time should be passed to run it.
function placeBid(...) {
require(auction.startedAt <= block.timestamp, "not started yet");
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}
say startedAt is ...
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Why does placing a bid on a NFT cost gas, but being reimbursed if outbid doesn't?
When you place a bid on a NFT during live auction, the smart contract interaction sends an outflow of ether to the auction contract for escrow and writes your bid to the NFT's transaction history, ...
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How to add condition in solidity in auction contract one address can bid only one time
function bid(bytes32 _blindedBid)
public
payable
onlyBefore(biddingEnd)
{
// If the bid is not higher, send the money back
// (the failing require will ...
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How long does it take an experienced developer to deploy a simple auction smart contract with front end?
I'm currently vetting eth devs for a nifty personal platform but I'm not a developerand don't have much of a concept for the complexity for time involved for Solidity development. Ballpark estimates ...
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Auction data on-chain or off-chain
Currently I am trying to build a NFT marketplace and I am currently at a point where I need to make a design choice. In my current contract I have the data about the auction on chain. And every bid is ...
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How does the value of an NFT is calculated as a loaning asset?
I’ve been thinking, could it be that the very high NFT prices is an economic trick?
In other words, is this scenario possible:
-Alice have X value
-So, Alice hires Bob off-chain to submit a rubbish ...
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Creating an auction smart contract without storing the ether
I am currently looking into creating a smart contract for a NFT auction. But because of certain legal restrictions we are not allowed to store the ether bid during the auction period (that is what ...
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METAMASK ERROR - ALERT: Transaction Error. Exception thrown in contract code
I've currently working a basic NFT auction marketplace. The application works with two contracts:
(1) - NFT Minting/Repository Contract: that mints the NFT and provides verification to the Auction ...
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Paying the gas cost with the ether stored in the SC
Let's suppose that an entity deploys an SC and wants to perform an allocation (which computationally speaking has a high gas cost). The participants of this delivery (registered persons) must be the ...
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Auction period using block.number
I have something like:
contract example{
uint endBlock;
constructor(uint _elitism) public {
endBlock= block.number + 40; // 10 min of time
}
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What decides about the position in the block? [duplicate]
All these transactions happened within the single block:
Source: https://etherscan.io/defi?q=0x8a40c222996f9f3431f63bf80244c36822060f12#dextracker
Right now it is still possible to get to the initial ...
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Smart Contracts for the Blind Auctions
In blind auctions from solidity documentation what value should I insert under the bid function?Even I inserted string value,integer value under the bid function but it is showing the error as invalid ...
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Conceptual Question: What is the point of making an auction decentralized?
I understand how a blockchain works, I know the pro/cons between a centralized vs decentralized system.
My question is specifically tied to auctions (eg: ascending auctions): what advantages would be ...
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Why do MakerDAO auction keepers overpay for ETH?
Looking at a recent closed auction (https://defiexplore.com/liquidation/ETH/4876), I see that the auction keeper overpaid for too little ETH. Why?
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Gas estimation failed on remix
Cannot deploy the code, it compiles normally on version 0.4.22 with the same compiler version. I have looked at the answer on a similar thread and changed version to 0.5.11, when I try to compile it ...
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ParserError: Expected identifier, got 'LParen' in Remix simple auction using Solidity
The line highlighted in the error is require(bid2 > highestBid2);
The code:
pragma solidity ^0.4.22;
contract SimpleAuction {
address public beneficiary;
uint public auctionEnd;
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How to view ENS name from transaction?
This is ethereum address.
On which there are a bunch of registered ENS names
How can we view the actual ENS names which were registered/won in auctions from this address?
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Is it possible for start and auction and bid for multiple names(ENS) in a single transaction?
For example if I want to register three TLD domains:
example1.eth
example2.eth
example3.eth
Can I make one startAuctionAndBid transaction for all three?
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How best to handle variable pricing during auction/sale
I'm building a contract for running multiple auctions, each selling individual ERC721 tokens from an array of token IDs, and the price increases with each one sold (the properties of the sale is ...
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How can Ethereum be used to prevent fake art sales?
According to this article, some very expensive art pieces are going to be auctioned, and "the auction will be conducted on the Ethereum blockchain. A smart contract will determine the final price for ...
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Data structure to choose for this scenario?
So I just started learning and trying to code this project and learn through the process and I might have landed in a bit of a complex situation. The idea is about "blind lowest bid wins" the product ...
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Specific to Cryptokitties -- Trying to learn how SaleClockAuction works
I'm trying to understand, how the actual process of putting something up for auction works and also how does web3 interact with this auction.
Here are my findings till now:
I think that ...
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How lost bids on ENS are credited back to my wallet ? Is it automatic or is there any manual process?
I have lost few bids on ENS and so far the ethers that I have used for auction is not credited back. So I would like to know if there is any process to get back the ether or is this an automated ...
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Lost ENS name due to auction deadlock?
I started an ENS auction on ropsten, but I forgot to bid.
Now the auction date has passed. The name is listed as not available:
> ethRegistrar.entries(web3.sha3('name'))[0]
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The owner, ...
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Is it possible to get a list of all active auctions on ENS?
On testnet, there is currently a registrar running for first-in-first-served (FIFS) .test domains, which can be directly claimed for 30 days, and the auction registrar for .eth domains, which require ...
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