Topic: [INFO]-Crypto Stamps- Collectable Blockchain postage stamps - page 35. (Read 31216 times)

Liebe Fans der Crypto stamp!

Ich möchte mich für Euer überwältigendes Interesse bedanken und darf euch sagen: Die Österreichische Post hört Euch! Folgende drei Punkte haben wir uns daher überlegt:
1) Sicherheit: Aufgrund der von uns gewählten Verpackung ist weitestgehend sichergestellt, dass es zu keinen Manipulationen, wie insbesondere das Auslesen des private keys  der Crypto stamp kommt.  
Wir wussten, dass ihr analytisch vorgeht, aber: Wow!, waren wir beeindruckt, als unsere Crypto stamps mit chirurgischer Präzision zerlegt wurden. Das ist für uns ein Ansporn, an der Sicherheit weiter zu arbeiten und der dritten Auflage noch weitere Sicherheitselemente hinzuzufügen.
2) Gas Fee: Auch für uns ein leidiges Thema, da sie im ETH-Netzwerk momentan sehr hoch ist. Wir haben unsere Kanäle aktualisiert, um auch weniger affine User*innen darauf aufmerksam zu machen.
Eine kleine Wiedergutmachung haben wir uns auch überlegt: All jenen, die im Onchain Store im Zeitraum von 25. Juni bis 22. Juli 2020 keine Crypto stamp ergattern konnten, aber trotzdem Kosten für die Gas Fee hatten, werden wir diese einmalig aus Kulanz ersetzen. Dieser Betrag wird  in ETH automatisch den jeweiligen Wallets per Onchain Transaktion in den nächsten Tagen gut geschrieben.
3) Feedback! Jetzt seid ihr dran: Wir wollen gemeinsam mit euch die Crypto stamp 3.0 gestalten. Wie schauen eure Ideen aus? Was wünscht ihr euch von der dritten Auflage? Was können wir besser machen? Wir laden euch daher am 07.08.2020 ab 14.00 Uhr zu einem Austausch auf Microsoft Teams Live Events ein. Save the date - der Einladungslink folgt.
Am Schluss noch ein paar persönliche Worte: Die entscheidenden Produktionsschritte haben am Höhepunkt von COVID-19 stattgefunden; keine einfache Situation, wie ihr euch sicher vorstellen könnt. Umso mehr freuen sich mein Team und ich, dass wir die Crypto stamp 2.0 trotz aller Auswirkungen auf Produktion, Lieferketten und Co. umsetzen konnten. Ich hoffe, etwas von unserer Freude ist auch bei euch gelandet. Vielen Dank nochmals für Euer großes Interesse an der CS 2.0, wir wissen das sehr zu schätzen. Liebe Grüße & bis bald Stefan Nemeth

What timezone? Thanks!

The Golden Unicorn sale will start at 08:00 tomorrow morning. Only one piece can be ordered per person/address. In addition to that there will be several Golden Unicorn raffles in the future. The next one starts tomorrow exclusively for OnChain-Hodlers.


Source: https://crypto.post.at/

The Golden Unicorn sale will start at 08:00 tomorrow morning. Only one piece can be ordered per person/address. In addition to that there will be several Golden Unicorn raffles in the future. The next one starts tomorrow exclusively for OnChain-Hodlers.
Source: https://crypto.post.at/

The strictly limited stamps with a total issuance of 999 items have a nominal value of 50,000 cent. The speciality of this golden Crypto stamp is the 1 gram gold bar from Münze Österreich AG (Austrian Mint), which has been incorporated into the stamp. Our first raffle in the newsletter community has started and more exciting raffles will follow, a total of 500 Crypto stamps “Golden Unicorn“ will be raffled off. Each Thursday, there will be a new possibility to win one of the exclusive Golden Unicorns.

On July 23, 2020, a new chance to win starts for all OnChain users: We raffle among all participants who created a collection on crypto.post.at which contains at least one Crypto stamp and everyoen who bought Presale Crypto stamps in the OnChain store. The lucky winners don't have to do a lot for this, other than to regularly check their collection to confirm the win. The raffle ist done via random selecton and all participants have the same chance to win. Stay excited for more raffles to come!

For those that want to hedge their bets: Starting July 23 at 8:00, the sale of 500 golden unicorns starts in the Austrian Post's online shop. The order amounts are strictly limited - per person, account or address, only 1 item can be ordered. All orders for more than one Golden Unicorn will be disregarded.

I will present mine the average of my purchase:

I bought 17 of each
I already checked 12 of each :  black virtual color on 24 postage stamps Crypto = 50%
The other 50% are in the other colors.
To complete the 20 variants, I am missing 4 (three red and one yellow).
I'm overjoyed, I'm lucky that in the remaining ones that need to be checked (5 of each) I will get at least the yellow that is missing. If an excellent red comes.
I have some 5 digits with only letters.

When you say pre-sale, do you mean you redeemed the NFT stamps? Sorry, but I recall the presale being ETH only. Am I losing it? 

Nice cards, hope mine are cool glad to know I can scan without opening seal now lol

so I have received my June 25th order (my pre-order has yet to arrive)

We can't look past this any further.

Austria Post Crypto Stamp 1 (CS1)
Austria Post Crypto Stamp 2 (CS2)
These both should be considered "Breached" straight from the manufacturer. After market sales depend solely on the integrity and honor of the seller. If you do not care about the Non-Fungible Token(NFT) or online portion of collecting these stamps then you are fine.

CS1 was found(allegedly) to have been gamed by insiders/post office workers due to the ability to scan the forward facing and uncovered QR code to determine rarity. Anyone that had an inkling about rarities and cryptocurrency hype could have easily pocketed Blues/Yellows/Reds and sent out the more common Blacks/Greens to consumers. Hard to have concrete physical proof of this happening but the upgraded security to the CS2 (inside packaging with a tamper proof sticker) proves that this was recognized as a security flaw.

The attempt to fix this issue with the release of CS2 has still proven insufficient and can be bypassed by anybody with just one hand and a light squeeze. The tamper proof sticker does nothing to stop this from happening. I was able to squeeze the packaging and carefully remove the card from its slotted position inside. I was then able to retrieve the seed phrase and once again squeeze the package open and slide the card back into the slot. Little to no damage done to the packaging or stamp itself.. nothing a few hours in between two heavy books wouldn't fix.


Now lets get to the major breach of not just CS2, but also CS1.


Both intact, I tried to show the serial to maintain authenticity through this story of pictures.

I took the previous two pictures inside but have moved into a pitch dark storage room for the next few. This is NOT needed for the effect shown on the CS2 stamp, moreso the CS1 stamp proves superior here but is still vulnerable to a flashlight and dark room. (This took me around five minutes, if I were a more nefarious actor I could have done a much cleaner job.)

CS1


CS2


As you can see in a dark room with a flashlight the seed words and QR codes are visible. With a better flashlight and some contrast adjustments(Photoshop) these could be a lot more crisp and legible. CS1 proves superior with the scratch n' sniff label over it but still doesn't hold up to a dark room and a flashlight.

I am unsure who created the actual physical portion of CS1 for Austria Post - will edit if/when I find this information.

The physical CS2 were made by a company named Variuscard and commissioned of course by Austria Post. Security testing appears to have been non existent.
Advice - If you ever want to avoid problems like this and work with the community, read THIS thread and you'll see how it should be done. (There is a lot of talent you would not expect in the Bitcointalk Collectibles community.)

As this post is about the physical portion of the cards being breachable by anyone that has ever come into possession of them I won't get into the OnChain Shop mess going on right now as that would be labelled as a fail rather than a breach. Special nod to Capacity Blockchain Solution GmbH and the Ethereum Network for that.

To sum up. Any and all CS1 and CS2 out there should be considered breached. If you bought straight from Austria Post then you're probably(maybe) alright. The sales that take place on eBay and in the Collectibles board here should be scrutinized and the character of the seller should be taken into account. If you only care about having the card in your possession and don't want to play with MetaMask/Ethereum/High Gas Fees then there is nothing to worry about. Both CS1 and CS2 are absolutely beautiful pieces to have in your physical collection.

Note: If you can do anything with the QR/Seed Phrase pieces I've used in this post, go ahead as they're now part of my compromised collection.