Topic: CASASCIUS PHYSICAL BITCOIN - In Stock Now! (pic) - page 40. (Read 130386 times)
Public address can be constructed from the private key. Bad news is you have no way to check it without opening it. Still the 25 BTC should be fine. Unlikely you can sell it, or trade it though.
Help! I seem to have rubbed off the public address. Am I screwed?
I also seem to have lost at least one of the characters on a 25 BTC piece...
I also seem to have lost at least one of the characters on a 25 BTC piece...
i ordered some on the 13th, nothing has happened yet.
EDIT: woah, complaining does work!
EDIT: woah, complaining does work!
Sensitive order? Use Tor and pgp and ask me to handwrite the address. The only issue is I will probably have a hard time forgetting your order 
deepceleron's law #6: The amount of beatings required to make someone forget something is much higher than the amount of beatings to make them remember it. 
http://casascius.com has no privacy policy on it. how long are the web site logs kept? does the shipping address for an order get stored? if so, for how long?
1. The web site logs kept until I format the drive running the server... This is a small potatoes project
2. My shipping software remembers your address in the history. So probably matters little how long I try to keep your address.
Sensitive order? Use Tor and pgp and ask me to handwrite the address. The only issue is I will probably have a hard time forgetting your order
http://casascius.com has no privacy policy on it. how long are the web site logs kept? does the shipping address for an order get stored? if so, for how long?
i'm wondering how good are these cons for coinflips
Not bad actually the 1 BTC coins are a bit small but they flip well personally I like the 25 BTC coin size. Some people might consider it a big coin to flip but I like it kindof like a challenge coin.
i'm wondering how good are these cons for coinflips
These look awesome but...
Why would you buy this given the current state of the Bitcoin market/economy?
This might be nice as an investment if there was a good indicator that your investment would give you any kind of return. I don't see good reason to believe this right now.
These would also be nice if I could take them and walk into a store and give them to a merchant to purchase goods. This just isn't possible unless you live around the corner from Meze Grill.
My conclusion: This is novel, awesome looking, and way before it's time, but in this case being 'way before it's time' is not in the interest of the consumer.
Edit: However, if you're an early adopter and have 10,000+ BTC stored in a wallet or exchange, this might be a good way to secure your coins; after all, for you it would be all profit anyway and you can afford for the price to drop. But do you really want to lug around/store 10,000+ of these bad boys? Maybe 100 BTC coins for the big dogs might be a good idea for the time being.
Why would you buy this given the current state of the Bitcoin market/economy?
This might be nice as an investment if there was a good indicator that your investment would give you any kind of return. I don't see good reason to believe this right now.
These would also be nice if I could take them and walk into a store and give them to a merchant to purchase goods. This just isn't possible unless you live around the corner from Meze Grill.
My conclusion: This is novel, awesome looking, and way before it's time, but in this case being 'way before it's time' is not in the interest of the consumer.
Edit: However, if you're an early adopter and have 10,000+ BTC stored in a wallet or exchange, this might be a good way to secure your coins; after all, for you it would be all profit anyway and you can afford for the price to drop. But do you really want to lug around/store 10,000+ of these bad boys? Maybe 100 BTC coins for the big dogs might be a good idea for the time being.
They would be more useful if there were more brick and mortar stores that accepted bitcoin.
Does anyone know how long it takes to get the 10% bitcoin rebate from memorydealers?
They have this on their website
To receive a 10% rebate in Bitcoins pay with credit card, PayPal, or wire transfer and use this coupon code: BTC2012
Not a huge rebate but I am interested in buying some to handout to my friends and this makes the price a bit more bearable.
They have this on their website
To receive a 10% rebate in Bitcoins pay with credit card, PayPal, or wire transfer and use this coupon code: BTC2012
Not a huge rebate but I am interested in buying some to handout to my friends and this makes the price a bit more bearable.
Have you ever thought of creating a No Face Value Coin? One where we can buy it without value (and the face doesn't claim some value) and then we can send whatever we like to the address and give it to others as a gift. Sort of like a bearer bond. I thought of buying some 5 BTC coins for this purpose but I was worried the face value may confuse the recipient, or they may forget it has a higher value (or mix it up with other coins).
He has this (for larger gifts) it is on his web site at https://www.casascius.com near the bottom of the order form it is called the "0-Bitcoin (Non-Denominated) Gold Plated Bar"
They are 5.1 BTC each.
For smaller gifts just use bit checks and put any amount on them and send them.
I have an engraver and will generally engrave the denomination of your choice on request at no charge.
You mean for this one above, right? Is there a photo of the bar somewhere?
I have an engraver and will generally engrave the denomination of your choice on request at no charge.
Have you ever thought of creating a No Face Value Coin? One where we can buy it without value (and the face doesn't claim some value) and then we can send whatever we like to the address and give it to others as a gift. Sort of like a bearer bond. I thought of buying some 5 BTC coins for this purpose but I was worried the face value may confuse the recipient, or they may forget it has a higher value (or mix it up with other coins).
He has this (for larger gifts) it is on his web site at https://www.casascius.com near the bottom of the order form it is called the "0-Bitcoin (Non-Denominated) Gold Plated Bar"
They are 5.1 BTC each.
For smaller gifts just use bit checks and put any amount on them and send them.
Have you ever thought of creating a No Face Value Coin? One where we can buy it without value (and the face doesn't claim some value) and then we can send whatever we like to the address and give it to others as a gift. Sort of like a bearer bond. I thought of buying some 5 BTC coins for this purpose but I was worried the face value may confuse the recipient, or they may forget it has a higher value (or mix it up with other coins).
I always thought the stickers were on the front. Learn something new every day 
Got two 1 BTC coins yesterday! They're nice and small, and look great, especially the sticker on the back!
You might investigate an Alps microdry printer. They don't use inkjet, laser toner, or dye-sub technology (although they do dye-sublimation with a different set of cartridges). The ink is on ribbons, and it is melted directly onto the media (which also lets you print white, foils, etc). I've made iron-ons that look like thick silk-screening and certainly go through the wash many times. Blatant plug: I could be talked out of my printer since I don't use it much.
Do you have any print samples that would show off how cool such a thing is? I remember googling that item long ago and always thought it looked interesting. If you sent them to me (to my address on my website) and I could talk my wife into wanting it for her graphic design business, I might have an interest.
It is an interesting machine, it prints all of one color, then sucks the page back in and prints the next color. Can be finicky and slow to do a 7-color print job though...
You might investigate an Alps microdry printer. They don't use inkjet, laser toner, or dye-sub technology (although they do dye-sublimation with a different set of cartridges). The ink is on ribbons, and it is melted directly onto the media (which also lets you print white, foils, etc). I've made iron-ons that look like thick silk-screening and certainly go through the wash many times. Blatant plug: I could be talked out of my printer since I don't use it much.
I remember color thermal printers in the 1980s. Would they (if they still) work? You might investigate an Alps microdry printer. They don't use inkjet, laser toner, or dye-sub technology (although they do dye-sublimation with a different set of cartridges). The ink is on ribbons, and it is melted directly onto the media (which also lets you print white, foils, etc). I've made iron-ons that look like thick silk-screening and certainly go through the wash many times. Blatant plug: I could be talked out of my printer since I don't use it much.
Do you have any print samples that would show off how cool such a thing is? I remember googling that item long ago and always thought it looked interesting. If you sent them to me (to my address on my website) and I could talk my wife into wanting it for her graphic design business, I might have an interest.
I wouldn't use it for physical bitcoins though, since I solved that problem with series 2. The hologram factory did the overprinting on the series 1 hologram from a firstbits file I gave them, and they used ink that's fairly removable with friction and/or light solvents. The series 2 hologram has the firstbits behind the hologram, showing through a window, and can't be damaged without damaging the hologram.
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