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Quote from: MoonShadow on November 03, 2012, 12:14:14 PM

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Quote from: alexanderanon on November 03, 2012, 06:19:17 AM

If this turns out to be vaporware, then color me disappoint. I'll probably head over to the speculation board and post a bunch of bear threads with excessive amounts of caps lock.

lol it's not vaporware, but after me leaking and starting this whole fiasco, Mastercard, my banks, and lawyers begged me to not say a word about this until launch.

For once, I will listen Grin

Stay tuned...

I've been tuned in for some time, as I intend to have one of the first 100 in the world. Roughly eight weeks ago the timeline for release was late October, so can you at least let us know if things are on track, or are there more delays?

Things are still nicely on track.

I never intended to give a timeline when I did, and even when I leaked it I said "possibly 6-8 weeks" which turned into '6-8 weeks' by word of mouth.

Anyone involved in a debit card program knows its impossible to give a timeline.

The good news is that we are still on track and making nice progress.

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Quote from: Mushroomized on November 03, 2012, 12:17:36 PM

_{litecoin too pls}

never ever! Cheesy

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_{litecoin too pls}

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Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on November 03, 2012, 12:07:49 PM

Quote from: alexanderanon on November 03, 2012, 06:19:17 AM

If this turns out to be vaporware, then color me disappoint. I'll probably head over to the speculation board and post a bunch of bear threads with excessive amounts of caps lock.

lol it's not vaporware, but after me leaking and starting this whole fiasco, Mastercard, my banks, and lawyers begged me to not say a word about this until launch.

For once, I will listen Grin

Stay tuned...

I've been tuned in for some time, as I intend to have one of the first 100 in the world. Roughly eight weeks ago the timeline for release was late October, so can you at least let us know if things are on track, or are there more delays?

Yankee (BitInstant)

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Quote from: alexanderanon on November 03, 2012, 06:19:17 AM

If this turns out to be vaporware, then color me disappoint. I'll probably head over to the speculation board and post a bunch of bear threads with excessive amounts of caps lock.

lol it's not vaporware, but after me leaking and starting this whole fiasco, Mastercard, my banks, and lawyers begged me to not say a word about this until launch.

For once, I will listen Grin

Stay tuned...

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If this turns out to be vaporware, then color me disappoint. I'll probably head over to the speculation board and post a bunch of bear threads with excessive amounts of caps lock.

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Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on October 28, 2012, 11:40:19 AM

Quote from: Mushroomized on October 28, 2012, 11:35:43 AM

Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on October 27, 2012, 10:44:18 PM

Quote from: Gyrsur on October 27, 2012, 12:16:50 PM

bad communication!

What bad communication?

Quote from: Mushroomized on October 27, 2012, 09:31:44 PM

I hope yankee responds to my pm about bitcoin-bitcoin transactions ;_;

Sure, I don't see a PM yet, but will be online for the next few hours.

I was asking if there is a way to do bitcoin transactions using the card, not just btc-usd/whatever. Maybe like an RFID tag in the card. Maybe merchants would start accepting bitcoin directly if they saw enough people use the cards

Hmm, thats a good idea. I doubt MS or Visa would allow us to alter their cards, but maybe an RFID sticker?

Throw me any suggestions!

um... have you tried asking your card provider about their contactless product line ? I'll bet a bitcoin they've got one, that'll do your nfc stuff for you. sticker wouldn't be any good unless you connected it up to the chip but that would be *much* harder than just getting their contactless enabled chip (which will also be PCI compliant, at least until you install a bitcoin app on it)

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Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on October 28, 2012, 11:40:19 AM

Quote from: Mushroomized on October 28, 2012, 11:35:43 AM

Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on October 27, 2012, 10:44:18 PM

Quote from: Gyrsur on October 27, 2012, 12:16:50 PM

bad communication!

What bad communication?

Quote from: Mushroomized on October 27, 2012, 09:31:44 PM

I hope yankee responds to my pm about bitcoin-bitcoin transactions ;_;

Sure, I don't see a PM yet, but will be online for the next few hours.

I was asking if there is a way to do bitcoin transactions using the card, not just btc-usd/whatever. Maybe like an RFID tag in the card. Maybe merchants would start accepting bitcoin directly if they saw enough people use the cards

Hmm, thats a good idea. I doubt MS or Visa would allow us to alter their cards, but maybe an RFID sticker?

Throw me any suggestions!

optional RFID stickers that can be placed on the card that can be used in conjunction with the RFID thingies some payment terminals have. Using software that is run on one of the businesses machines it will convert the USD amount to BTC, and send a request to the address on the RFID tag. Somehow you verify this (pin on the terminal?) and the btc is sent.

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Yankee (BitInstant)

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Quote from: Mushroomized on October 28, 2012, 11:35:43 AM

Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on October 27, 2012, 10:44:18 PM

Quote from: Gyrsur on October 27, 2012, 12:16:50 PM

bad communication!

What bad communication?

Quote from: Mushroomized on October 27, 2012, 09:31:44 PM

I hope yankee responds to my pm about bitcoin-bitcoin transactions ;_;

Sure, I don't see a PM yet, but will be online for the next few hours.

I was asking if there is a way to do bitcoin transactions using the card, not just btc-usd/whatever. Maybe like an RFID tag in the card. Maybe merchants would start accepting bitcoin directly if they saw enough people use the cards

Hmm, thats a good idea. I doubt MS or Visa would allow us to alter their cards, but maybe an RFID sticker?

Throw me any suggestions!

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Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on October 27, 2012, 10:44:18 PM

Quote from: Gyrsur on October 27, 2012, 12:16:50 PM

bad communication!

What bad communication?

Quote from: Mushroomized on October 27, 2012, 09:31:44 PM

I hope yankee responds to my pm about bitcoin-bitcoin transactions ;_;

Sure, I don't see a PM yet, but will be online for the next few hours.

I was asking if there is a way to do bitcoin transactions using the card, not just btc-usd/whatever. Maybe like an RFID tag in the card. Maybe merchants would start accepting bitcoin directly if they saw enough people use the cards

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Quote from: Gyrsur on October 28, 2012, 07:38:53 AM

Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on October 27, 2012, 10:44:18 PM

Quote from: Gyrsur on October 27, 2012, 12:16:50 PM

bad communication!

What bad communication?

this bad communication: are you able to give a launching timeline for this new debit card?

No, we said "possibly 6-8 weeks" originally. There are many factors that are in play that delay things.

Considering this is the first ever card of its kind, it's not as easy as pushing a button.

We never gave an official timeline (my comments on IRC were not official nor definite) and we cannot.

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Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on October 27, 2012, 10:44:18 PM

Quote from: Gyrsur on October 27, 2012, 12:16:50 PM

bad communication!

What bad communication?

this bad communication: are you able to give a launching timeline for this new debit card?

Yankee (BitInstant)

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Quote from: Gyrsur on October 27, 2012, 12:16:50 PM

bad communication!

What bad communication?

Quote from: Mushroomized on October 27, 2012, 09:31:44 PM

I hope yankee responds to my pm about bitcoin-bitcoin transactions ;_;

Sure, I don't see a PM yet, but will be online for the next few hours.

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I hope yankee responds to my pm about bitcoin-bitcoin transactions ;_;

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bad communication!

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Quote from: SkRRJyTC on October 19, 2012, 07:09:13 AM

Quote from: ercolinux on October 19, 2012, 04:49:33 AM

So any news on how many weeks still to wait before release?

Maybe 6-8 weeks.

Sure it's not "two weeks"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Money_Pit

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Quote from: SkRRJyTC on October 19, 2012, 09:22:25 AM

Quote from: Mushroomized on October 19, 2012, 08:27:40 AM

This might be a dumb question, but are you going to set up a way to use this for /bitcoin/ transactions too? Maybe some POS software that will allow you to pick "bitcoins" or an RFID tag?

Maybe.

Think about it, you own a coffee shop, some hipsters come in everyday to write their screenplay on their macbooks and pay in bitcoins using this card. Eventually you might ask, whats bitinstant? Then the next thing you know you can accept bitcoin in your shop using the bitinstant card without converting it to USD

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Quote from: Mushroomized on October 19, 2012, 08:27:40 AM

This might be a dumb question, but are you going to set up a way to use this for /bitcoin/ transactions too? Maybe some POS software that will allow you to pick "bitcoins" or an RFID tag?

Maybe.

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This might be a dumb question, but are you going to set up a way to use this for /bitcoin/ transactions too? Maybe some POS software that will allow you to pick "bitcoins" or an RFID tag?

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