Topic: [ANN] Blacknet | IBO for BlackCoin | New code | PoS | No ICO - page 1013. (Read 2510369 times)

Very cool! Nice work!

To put this debate to rest:

Would you agree 1 or 2 experienced, and trusted coders looked at the preloaded software before you sent these cards out? I'm sure rat4 is willing, as will maarx probably be.

Okay, while reading this thread is always amusing (and next Thursday the price of BC will BE AT LEAST 1.6 BRAZILLIAN satoshi, right after my mafia contacts ice the guy who keeps putting up buywalls) I thought I'd do something useful.

So I wrote a little script that allows you to sell a digital product automatically for BC.

A customer goes to your site and clicks the buy button. He is then taken to coinpayments to actually process the payment. Once coinpayments verifies that the funds have been sent, the customer is emailed a download link for your product.

To set it up, you sign up for a merchant account at coinpayments, change some text in the settings file, then upload the script (along with your product file) to your site.

You can read more about it / download it at http://www.storyhack.com/bccp

I also have a live demo where I'm selling my two novels as a bundle, so you can see how it works. http://www.storyhack.com/bc_bundle

Sounds good!  I agree that such a launcher will be helpful to some.

I will definitely be doing a reformat and scratch-load for mine... but that's just because I am paranoid (nothing against you personally) and it's served me pretty well so far through this crypto currency boom, so if it ain't broken... I'm not likely to go around fixing it.

But I also understand that for some... having hand-holding 'baked in' is probably worth it (at least at first).

I want to point out the menu launcher is not open source, that was created in house. However, the wallet is open source and no changes were made to the wallet. Just think of when you insert a CD for the first time for a new graphics card, usually a cool menu pops up and then you are able to make selections..etc..etc. Well it is the same thing. However, the menu is related to everything BC.

Looks very nice, i'll take one! Keep up the good work!!

I would have preferred if the software couldn't be changed unless it is a wallet upgrade.

Pre-ordered mine 

If the software is built upon open source software, like every other BC wallet, then it has to be open source. Right?

Good questions. As I stated previously you can delete all the pre-loaded software and put whatever software you want. The wallet is the official BC wallet and it works the same way, no changes at all. The startup menu is custom and just gives the end user useful BC information. So for example...lets say you bough the card as gift. The person receiving the card might want to buy more BC. They insert the card and the auto menu launches with info on how to buy BC, current prices, news....etc..etc 

They do - in many forms I might add.

Here's just one quick one. http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/custom-casino-chip-usb-flash-drive_1314457605.html?s=p

WOW guys, blackcoincard, maybe BC casino chips ; totally awesome!

Hey, do USB dongles exist in form of casino chips? Maybe we could get a manufacturer for this BC casino-chip-usb 
ps: gonna pre-order that BC card, must have!

Yup...

I agree... having the URL of the site would both look more professional, and would eliminate conflict with changes to the main site and other 'official' BC branded merchandise.  Time change and what's catchy today is tired tomorrow.  Keep it simple, profession and straightforward in branding.  Since there's no 'bank' per se having the site URL would also aid in directing recipients of the cards that require further instruction (i.e. are new to cryptos entirely) to go directly to an authorized source of information.

The questions I have is since the wallet is already loaded on the cards...
1) Can the wallet be encrypted?
2) Can the wallet be backed up in any way?  (i.e. will it appear as a standard USB storage device from which we can backup the wallet.dat).
3a) Can the wallet be replaced with a pre-existing wallet.dat so that coin-age can be maintained if desired.
3b) Can the wallet be replaced if the user is concerned that the private keys associated with it might have been compromised in some way (or just has trust issues like me)?
4) Is the 'launcher' going to have available source code for verification.

I'm not trying to sound critical (and I'm definitely 'in' if for no other reason that to support the cause) but this is a crypto currency after all - and we're a pretty paranoid bunch!  Or at least I certainly am.

EDIT: I see you answered some of these already - but I'll leave them out there as food for thought.

right, just a sweet custom BC USB. I probably would run my own custom cocktail of programs on it.

How big is the USB? 4gb?

No..it is a commercial product. I do not want every coin developer copying and pasting the code, and then recreating what we have done. However, you do not have to run the software included. You can just load the standard wallet alone and lose the custom start up menu, it is your choice. The start menu is just launcher that gives you access to everything associated with BC, it also can auto update the wallet when a new version is released.

take off all the writing on the back, just the map thing, (perhaps make it a tad bigger?)

no need for the writing. It just clutters it up.

I like it, but I would lose the bottom quote, or make it: "Meet Black". (dont put www.BlackCoinCard.com" there) - people will see this card and ask you: what is it, word of mouth will bring it all out..

Looks more professional in my opinion

Accepted worldwide is a bit of overstatement imo for a usb wallet

I agree with changing the slogan.

Maybe a slogan like...

"The Upside of Cryptocurrency"