Good point, it's not Mike's site. I was unaware of how much involvement Mike had in creating it. It stands as a great reference.
And yeah, copies of coins are not good. The intellectual property of each coinmaker should be preserved. It's frustrating (to me) that Microsoul has so clearly copied core elements of Casascius coins. At least the Lealana coins have an L for lite coin on their hologram rather than the
BTC. Although those holograms would be the same if they both had "Casascius" on it.
I think the OP is really just saying "send me your design". It should be the responsibility of the coin designer, owner, seller to not infringe on the intellectual property of others, yes? Does the coin minter/presser have an obligation to combat similar designs?
Uberbills is not Mikes site, never has been. It just uses the fullist.txt file that Mike published as a reference for the addresses, and types, and then checks the funding status on the blockchain
Microsouls are similar, granted. But they are not direct copies (ie they dont say casascius on them). I used Casascius as an example. The issue is copying any coin, crypto or none crypto.
The point is that we should not be encouraging exact copying, which is what is being implied here. Yes there may end up being slight imperfections with copies, but as they are pointed out, the next batch of copies gets closer, and becomes increasingly harder to distinguish.
I know that this cannot be stopped, and that people will try and copy. Doesnt mean it should be encouraged or appeased.
