how much does each one of these weigh?
6.6 grams
Topic: High-resolution images of physical bitcoins - page 2. (Read 8245 times)
6.6 grams
after getting home tonite i've had a chance to inspect them even more closely than at work. i missed the point that the holograms on the back are 3D. difficult to appreciate w/o the correct lighting. looks very cool. these are true works of art. i'm just as proud of the fact that they are Casascius coins as they are physical Bitcoins.
@op: how do I check the balance in the blockexplorer?
Uhh. Not really.
The fine print says 'casacius' instead of 'casascius' 
Uhh. Not really.
Yes. Really. Look to the left and right of inner circle.
@ Casascius:
Is this code on the back
the public key?
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Forgive me if this was already discussed, but the address pictured had no value at the time of the original post...now it contains 1 bitcoin...are you loading them as you fill orders? Are the private addresses really destroyed (save the copy in the coin)?
Btw - Like bitbills.com, this is a great idea...and quite frankly, I don't give a crap if you can't spell (or edit, really) and don't know jack about Latin. Getting the product out the door and the ingenuity to get the project up and running is far more important in the real world...a much more important contribution to Bitcoin than some pompous @$$ (not quoted) and his comments.
DrG
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i just received my order. FANTASTIC! Beautiful looking! checked the balance of the first 4 and all had the one btc. i don't need to check any others.
Thank you, Casascius. Very cool.
Thank you, Casascius. Very cool.
For international shipments, I have been thinking of shipping the coins with zero value, but keeping a bitcoin transaction queued up to load the coins either upon delivery confirmation, or automatically after a certain number of days has passed.
The reason for this would be so that I can plausibly declare the coins as having a negligible value, while still having control over maintaining the non-proliferation of zero-value Casascius Physical Bitcoins.
The reason for this would be so that I can plausibly declare the coins as having a negligible value, while still having control over maintaining the non-proliferation of zero-value Casascius Physical Bitcoins.
hide the coins in the binding of some children's books, like they did with cocaine i think it was.
Thanks
But that wouldn't help. I would still have to deal with customs because of the children's books. I don't want to dodge taxes on the bitcoins or anything, I just don't want to deal with the customs office because their bureaucratic process is way too sadistic for my taste. 
Is there any chance the coins will be available through a distributor in europe at some point? I'd buy a couple as presents (and one for myself because they're awesome) but not if I have to deal with customs. The last time I had to was when I bought some merchandising from the U.S. You wouldn't believe the amount of documents I had to send in before I finally received the parcel. And then the postman who delivered the parcel and collected the customs fees didn't have any idea if he needed to do anything special, like letting me sign some extra paperwork, so after a minute or two he just gave me the parcel reluctantly.
hide the coins in the binding of some children's books, like they did with cocaine i think it was.
Is there any chance the coins will be available through a distributor in europe at some point? I'd buy a couple as presents (and one for myself because they're awesome) but not if I have to deal with customs. The last time I had to was when I bought some merchandising from the U.S. You wouldn't believe the amount of documents I had to send in before I finally received the parcel. And then the postman who delivered the parcel and collected the customs fees didn't have any idea if he needed to do anything special, like letting me sign some extra paperwork, so after a minute or two he just gave me the parcel reluctantly.
Very nice casascius!
If the choices are limited to "douchenozzle" and "don't purchase"... Doesn't that make all his customers douchenozzles? Very confusing.
Only to those that fail basic logic. Guess we'll have to put you into that group too.
Anyway, I think I shall buy some eventually - I can't resist a good shiny novelty trinket. But let's just say I have no unrealistic expectations of them actually functioning as advertised, the omens are not good 
. Anyone holding a significant quantity of bitcoins in these before they are thoroughly proved could get burnt.
. Anyone holding a significant quantity of bitcoins in these before they are thoroughly proved could get burnt.Oh, I see - you're being a complete douchenozzle only for the benefit of humanity and bitcoin. How very noble of you. I can't wait to see what 'quest' you take up next, oh Knight of Nimrods.
e: Oh, saw your signature. Are you the idiot who did the faux-latin translations? Congrats, precisely 2 of the words you used make any sense
Actually 'e' is a constant expressed as such: 2.71828. But I'm sure its a simple mistake, like much of your disorganized rambling. Oh, and I express such SORROW my latin signature isn't perfect. In fact, if it pisses you off, I'll just keep it -- a nice momento for douchenozzles to get steamed over.
Much thanks, you've really given me quite a few laughs along the way. Perhaps you should consider a future career as forum jester?
Take care,
TraderTimm
It could work.... I have a stupid question... if a physical coin was spent... does that mean that coin is now toast?
You'll still have a piece of metal that says "2011 vires in numeris 1 bitcoin" but the hologram on the back will be damaged in a very obvious manner.
It could work.... I have a stupid question... if a physical coin was spent... does that mean that coin is now toast?
.. he could transfer some or all of the value of the unredeemed coins into an address controlled by him. It would take a while - maybe years - for anyone to even notice, you'd have to try and redeem it yourself. And even if you did notice, how could you prove it was him and not someone else who had access to your coin in the intervening time? You couldn't even prove that you hadn't already redeemed it yourself. The whole concept is taking everything that is good and secure about bitcoin and shitting all over it.
That said, great idea for a novelty memento, I'm sure they will sell like hot cakes for that reason alone
That said, great idea for a novelty memento, I'm sure they will sell like hot cakes for that reason alone
I have PGP-signed all of the bitcoin addresses I have used so far in the coin project and thrown the whole thing in a pastebin (link in my original Casascius Bitcoin thread). If a large number of my coins suddenly got spent all at the same time - especially if those physical coins are still intact - it would be pretty darn easy and bulletproof to prove it had to be me. That and the fact that I go by my real name and address and am hardly insolvent... you guys have pretty sound recourse against me if I were to pull crap like that.
That's pretty slick, and I like the pictures, but I'm curious why you don't show a picture of a broken open coin anywhere? I know I was left wondering what they look like inside after reading the description.
The only one I took during my shoot didn't turn out and I'll have to reshoot it. (there is a low resolution one on the original posting about casascius bitcoins though)
Here it is
I just bought ten more of these magnificent coins. I also just imported my first privkey.
I am ready to confirm that these coins are legitimate. Expect a Youtube video once I receive them.
I am ready to confirm that these coins are legitimate. Expect a Youtube video once I receive them.
the printer knows what the numbers are...printer or whoever created the coins...
casascius "printed" the holograms himself and created the key pairs on an air gapped computer. only he knows. and i trust him.
DOH! If only I had real bitcoins to spend on stuff like this >.<
It'd be worth every cent.
It'd be worth every cent.
the printer knows what the numbers are...printer or whoever created the coins...
It's really funny, isn't it? It's as if everything built on top of it has been given the exact opposite amount of care originally put into the bitcoin concept.
Proof of work? The double-spending problem solved? A distributed P2P ledger? Brilliant! Now please tell me the quickest way I can give money to a stranger to hold them somewhere in the cloud for me...
Shit, they got stolen. Well, I guess the whole point is to keep them on my _own_ machine, so that I'm in control of my own financial destiny. Fuck Bernanke! It's like I keep telling my friend Steve...
Shit, they got stolen. Ooh, shiny physical Bitcoins! See, just read the number right here where it says, "Casascius"-- I mean, "Casacius"-- wait...
This leads me to think the whole thing is an elaborate social experiment. "Satoshi" whoever she/he/they may be, released bitcoin and have just sat back and watched events unfold. If she/he/they were still participating I'd expect to see an ounce of brilliance shining somewhere from the last two years.Proof of work? The double-spending problem solved? A distributed P2P ledger? Brilliant! Now please tell me the quickest way I can give money to a stranger to hold them somewhere in the cloud for me...
Shit, they got stolen. Well, I guess the whole point is to keep them on my _own_ machine, so that I'm in control of my own financial destiny. Fuck Bernanke! It's like I keep telling my friend Steve...
Shit, they got stolen. Ooh, shiny physical Bitcoins! See, just read the number right here where it says, "Casascius"-- I mean, "Casacius"-- wait...
I'm sure he's a straight-up guy, but hypothetically what is to stop casascicus storing all the private keys? At any point in the future - tomorrow, five years, thirty years... he could transfer some or all of the value of the unredeemed coins into an address controlled by him. It would take a while - maybe years - for anyone to even notice, you'd have to try and redeem it yourself. And even if you did notice, how could you prove it was him and not someone else who had access to your coin in the intervening time? You couldn't even prove that you hadn't already redeemed it yourself. The whole concept is taking everything that is good and secure about bitcoin and shitting all over it.
That said, great idea for a novelty memento, I'm sure they will sell like hot cakes for that reason alone
how much does each one of these weigh?
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