Topic: Bitcoin Vending Machine video - awesome!!! - page 2. (Read 3190 times)
eww... it uses a fugly java interface.
+1 frikken awsome!!!
Difficult to say how amazing it is... Since that hardware would be vandalized in a second
However I do actually work for a (different than this video) company creating a "thin client" type alternate payment hardware for vending machines.
Please voice your opinions on how you would like to see bitcoin transactions on a vending machine: (please indicate whether you are replying as a Machine operator/owner or as a customer)
Does the machine owner have to accept bitcoins himself? Or do you want it exchanged into whatever currency he usually gets?
How will the "real world" costs be payed for? Does the machine owner have to float a balance to pay for bitcoin transactions?
Is it acceptable to hold a bitcoin balance with a payment processor that is neither the machine owner, nor a typical exchange?
Thanks for the replies.
However I do actually work for a (different than this video) company creating a "thin client" type alternate payment hardware for vending machines.
Please voice your opinions on how you would like to see bitcoin transactions on a vending machine: (please indicate whether you are replying as a Machine operator/owner or as a customer)
Does the machine owner have to accept bitcoins himself? Or do you want it exchanged into whatever currency he usually gets?
How will the "real world" costs be payed for? Does the machine owner have to float a balance to pay for bitcoin transactions?
Is it acceptable to hold a bitcoin balance with a payment processor that is neither the machine owner, nor a typical exchange?
Thanks for the replies.
To be fair the video designated the whole thing as a Lab Demo. In any event, very, very cool.
Difficult to say how amazing it is... Since that hardware would be vandalized in a second
However I do actually work for a (different than this video) company creating a "thin client" type alternate payment hardware for vending machines.
Please voice your opinions on how you would like to see bitcoin transactions on a vending machine: (please indicate whether you are replying as a Machine operator/owner or as a customer)
Does the machine owner have to accept bitcoins himself? Or do you want it exchanged into whatever currency he usually gets?
How will the "real world" costs be payed for? Does the machine owner have to float a balance to pay for bitcoin transactions?
Is it acceptable to hold a bitcoin balance with a payment processor that is neither the machine owner, nor a typical exchange?
Thanks for the replies.
However I do actually work for a (different than this video) company creating a "thin client" type alternate payment hardware for vending machines.
Please voice your opinions on how you would like to see bitcoin transactions on a vending machine: (please indicate whether you are replying as a Machine operator/owner or as a customer)
Does the machine owner have to accept bitcoins himself? Or do you want it exchanged into whatever currency he usually gets?
How will the "real world" costs be payed for? Does the machine owner have to float a balance to pay for bitcoin transactions?
Is it acceptable to hold a bitcoin balance with a payment processor that is neither the machine owner, nor a typical exchange?
Thanks for the replies.
a friend that lives on another continent could actually keep me alive with this
is it enough to use only first 6 or so characters of an address to describe it uniquely and complete the transaction ?
to read a few first letters into friends phone and he than does the rest.
is it enough to use only first 6 or so characters of an address to describe it uniquely and complete the transaction ?
to read a few first letters into friends phone and he than does the rest.
Yeah I think that works. Try typing in the first six digits of one of your wallet addresses into Blockchain.info (case-sensitive), and it will show your balance.
a friend that lives on another continent could actually keep me alive with this
is it enough to use only first 6 or so characters of an address to describe it uniquely and complete the transaction ?
to read a few first letters into friends phone and he than does the rest.
is it enough to use only first 6 or so characters of an address to describe it uniquely and complete the transaction ?
to read a few first letters into friends phone and he than does the rest.
This deserves front page coverage on every technology website.
We're seeing the future of money - a snack purchased without any government fiat currency, no Federal Reserve, no credit card company, no bank account, and no regulations. A free market purchase, if ever there was one. Warms my heart, and now I'm kinda hungry.
http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2012/01/first-bitcoin-vending-machine.html
I wrote an email to Upstate Networks with some praise - I suggest others do as well. http://www.upstatenetworks.com/contact.htm
Are any reps from that company here on the forums?
We're seeing the future of money - a snack purchased without any government fiat currency, no Federal Reserve, no credit card company, no bank account, and no regulations. A free market purchase, if ever there was one. Warms my heart, and now I'm kinda hungry.
http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2012/01/first-bitcoin-vending-machine.html
I wrote an email to Upstate Networks with some praise - I suggest others do as well. http://www.upstatenetworks.com/contact.htm
Are any reps from that company here on the forums?
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