Is it an option to sell just commemorative coins and send the empy holograms with it and we fund the coin?
People can always check in the blockchain if the coin is funded before they buy one. As long as the holograms is intact, there should not be a problem...
That would certainly be risky, because if anyone found a way to remove / reprint the "first 8 bits" on the hologram, they would not need to ever fund the coin; they could just change the address on the back to one that is funded and sell it. Also, it would break the current trusted casascius standard which is that "as long as the hologram is intact, a casascius coin is funded"
scotjam
If anyone found a way to remove / reprint the first 8 bits, it would be a problem regardless of whether it is a Mike-funded or user-funded coin.
And it doesn't break the trust. Mike can still provide the private key behind the hologram, but the user just sends funds to the full address after it arrives.
I think funded coins coming from the man himself is very important.
I was lucky enough to order a silver 1 BTC coin a couple of days before his announcement. It's a beauty. I really hope a way is found for other people to keep on obtaining them in the future.
What about waiting to fund it until it is delivered? Then you're not sending any money through the mail, you're simply sending it electronically after the fact.
