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shackra

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Quote from: foggyb on May 22, 2011, 12:35:03 AM

No! Not a usb stick!

What we need is an MP3-player-ish Bitcoin dispenser Fallout style. ;^)

It should have a LCD display to show balance/transfer status etc, and two dispensers should have syncing ability (wired or wireless).

Another requirement would be dual flash chips and/or memory cardslot for redundancy.

Obviously this would take some development by a company with deep pockets.

better idea, have a version in java of the bitcoin official's client for cellphones (like for my Nokia 2730 Classic, for example) wich you have a bitcoin address and you can charge it with some money, so, you go to a..... idk, a Cafe, for example, and plug the bluetooth on to receive the bitcoins address of the Cafe and pay what you eat...

anyway, there exist the Bit bills too! Cheesy

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No! Not a usb stick!

What we need is an MP3-player-ish Bitcoin dispenser Fallout style. ;^)

It should have a LCD display to show balance/transfer status etc, and two dispensers should have syncing ability (wired or wireless).

Another requirement would be dual flash chips and/or memory cardslot for redundancy.

Obviously this would take some development by a company with deep pockets.

shackra

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Quote from: MoonShadow on May 22, 2011, 12:02:10 AM

Quote from: thefiatfreezone on May 21, 2011, 11:40:43 PM

Quote from: Basiley on May 21, 2011, 11:30:21 PM

proprietary OS-powered device ? RIM ? PIM ? security ? hardly.

? what about Android .. isn't that Open?

Yes, android is a version of Linux. Notice that none of the open source programmers here have released anything bitcoin related for the closed source OS's for smartphones.

a version of Linux? hmm... yeah, just the Linux Kernel, as far i know, Linux is not a OS.

and with http://bitbills.com you no get viruses or trojans :-|

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Quote from: thefiatfreezone on May 21, 2011, 11:40:43 PM

Quote from: Basiley on May 21, 2011, 11:30:21 PM

proprietary OS-powered device ? RIM ? PIM ? security ? hardly.

? what about Android .. isn't that Open?

Yes, android is a version of Linux. Notice that none of the open source programmers here have released anything bitcoin related for the closed source OS's for smartphones.

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Quote from: Basiley on May 21, 2011, 11:30:21 PM

proprietary OS-powered device ? RIM ? PIM ? security ? hardly.

? what about Android .. isn't that Open?

Basiley

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Quote from: thefiatfreezone on May 21, 2011, 11:01:29 PM

so ... if you had you wallet.dat file on a USB stick, you would not mind putting it into a strangers computer, knowing full well they could easily have a virus or spy ware that copies your information instantly???

Have you never heard of a personal mobile device, blackberry, etc .. will some security? ... just connect to your 'bank' where ever you keep your wallet and securely send/recieve BTC when/where you want???

proprietary OS-powered device ? RIM ? PIM ? security ? hardly.

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repeat:

Quote from: shackra on May 20, 2011, 08:05:42 PM

you know the Bitbills? http://bitbills.com/

they are more cheaper... try it!

:-|?

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so ... if you had you wallet.dat file on a USB stick, you would not mind putting it into a strangers computer, knowing full well they could easily have a virus or spy ware that copies your information instantly???

Have you never heard of a personal mobile device, blackberry, etc .. will some security? ... just connect to your 'bank' where ever you keep your wallet and securely send/recieve BTC when/where you want???

Basiley

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as long as it use flash-memory SSD, my answer was "No!"
when FRAM[produced by Ramtron], RRAM[TSMC ?Panasonic? Samsung ? in this year end/2012/Q1], MRAM[some Russian and EU fabs] storage used - i will buy one-two, probably.

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Quote from: Jaime Frontero on May 21, 2011, 09:38:53 PM

don't use thumbdrives.

use SD or microSD cards. buy a bunch without labels.

and you can print up logos on an inkjet using sticky-back, high-gloss paper.

Do both, and let people buy whichever one they want. I can see the advantages of an SD card, but I don't always have a card reader handy, so would prefer a USB stick.

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don't use thumbdrives.

use SD or microSD cards. buy a bunch without labels.

and you can print up logos on an inkjet using sticky-back, high-gloss paper.

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Quote from: MoonShadow on May 20, 2011, 06:34:01 PM

Even better would be one of those usb drives in the form factor of a credit card, so that you can actually keep it in your wallet.

http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/flashkus/
this would fit into a wallet Wink

That thing would be awesome in a postcard mailer form factor. Talk about a real postalnet.

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I'd be willing to make this happen in the UK but I don't have the money, I'd need to take pre-orders. Unfortunately I haven't done any trading in BTC yet so I can't prove I'm legit. I could charge something like 5BTC each but I'd need to get the coins, exchange them for pounds, order the cards once I have money for 10 orders, then ship them all out. During all this you'd pretty much just have to trust me.

I could show you eBay feedback though, if that helps at all. Tongue

I've found a company in the UK that will do credit card sized USB sticks with a minimum order of 10 so it's doable, but I think the trust issue is going to stop this one before it happens.

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Quote from: SgtSpike on May 20, 2011, 08:25:32 PM

Quote from: Gareth Nelson on May 20, 2011, 07:50:10 PM

There's plenty of companies who'll put a custom logo on a USB stick for you, but they do it in batches of 100, so for single users it's not cost-effective.
However, if you want the advantage of a removable medium that can be stored in your physical wallet the logo is just showing off Wink

Don't bother copying wallet.dat to the harddrive - that increases security risks needlessly. Stick windows, linux and mac builds of the client on a USB stick with all the settings also on the USB stick using relative pathnames - you can skip having all 3 platforms if you only use one of them. Personally i'd stick an encrypted filesystem image and a script for decrypting it on there and manually decrypt+mount it as needed, though right now I have no need for moving my wallet.dat around.

Oh, that's an excellent idea. Then you can just plug it in and run it on any computer.

I like. Cheesy

Agreed, I've love to have something like this and I'd pay around 10-20 USD for one. Bonus points for making it thin enough to fit in a wallet.

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Quote from: Gareth Nelson on May 20, 2011, 07:50:10 PM

There's plenty of companies who'll put a custom logo on a USB stick for you, but they do it in batches of 100, so for single users it's not cost-effective.
However, if you want the advantage of a removable medium that can be stored in your physical wallet the logo is just showing off Wink

Don't bother copying wallet.dat to the harddrive - that increases security risks needlessly. Stick windows, linux and mac builds of the client on a USB stick with all the settings also on the USB stick using relative pathnames - you can skip having all 3 platforms if you only use one of them. Personally i'd stick an encrypted filesystem image and a script for decrypting it on there and manually decrypt+mount it as needed, though right now I have no need for moving my wallet.dat around.

Yeah, maybe see how many ppl would actually want a BitCoin USB stick

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Quote from: Gareth Nelson on May 20, 2011, 07:50:10 PM

There's plenty of companies who'll put a custom logo on a USB stick for you, but they do it in batches of 100, so for single users it's not cost-effective.
However, if you want the advantage of a removable medium that can be stored in your physical wallet the logo is just showing off Wink

Don't bother copying wallet.dat to the harddrive - that increases security risks needlessly. Stick windows, linux and mac builds of the client on a USB stick with all the settings also on the USB stick using relative pathnames - you can skip having all 3 platforms if you only use one of them. Personally i'd stick an encrypted filesystem image and a script for decrypting it on there and manually decrypt+mount it as needed, though right now I have no need for moving my wallet.dat around.

Oh, that's an excellent idea. Then you can just plug it in and run it on any computer.

I like. Cheesy

shackra

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you know the Bitbills? http://bitbills.com/

they are more cheaper... try it!

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There's plenty of companies who'll put a custom logo on a USB stick for you, but they do it in batches of 100, so for single users it's not cost-effective.
However, if you want the advantage of a removable medium that can be stored in your physical wallet the logo is just showing off Wink

Don't bother copying wallet.dat to the harddrive - that increases security risks needlessly. Stick windows, linux and mac builds of the client on a USB stick with all the settings also on the USB stick using relative pathnames - you can skip having all 3 platforms if you only use one of them. Personally i'd stick an encrypted filesystem image and a script for decrypting it on there and manually decrypt+mount it as needed, though right now I have no need for moving my wallet.dat around.

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It would be neat if it was packaged with some sort of autorun batch file to automatically encrypt and copy the wallet file from the typical storage location in the appdata folder. That way, you just plug it in, run the batch file (or it'll autorun if you're on an older version of Windows), and you're done!

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I looked into this (briefly) and for small scale production it ended up being cost prohibitive. More power to you if you can find someone who can produce them cheap enough though!

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