Topic: Kialara Physical Bitcoins/HAVEN: Update - page 10. (Read 70678 times)

Hi all, wanted to share that I received my account back. Thank you to those who helped me with that.

Also, I've been working long hours each day this week to fill all of the outstanding moon orders, and have been shipping each day. I will continue assembly tomorrow, and will email each person still awaiting their order tomorrow night with an ETA. More tracking numbers coming also tonight and throughout the day tomorrow.

New update from blog : http://kialara.com/moon-production-updates/

12/19/2017 Update

Today I began shipping the remaining sets, along with the error coins that belong to those sets. I mailed out around 10 orders, and have already emailed tracking info for these orders.

I have around a dozen orders left to fill and will be shipping each day until I am finished. When the sets have all shipped, I will begin shipping singles to a few of you still waiting on those.

As previously disclosed, I returned 130 of the original moon coins because of poor quality. NWTM then re-minted all 130 of these coins using the wrong reverse die. The die they used is the reverse die for my signature series coins… just a blank circle with a recess for a QR code.

Each error coin will be identical, without serials and without public/private keys. They will be the only Kialara pieces released that can be graded by ANACS or similar. I did consider adding serials/keys, but quickly decided against it due to lack of time, the risk of something going wrong with engraving, not wanting non-denominated wallets in circulation, not wanting to make everyone wait even longer, lack of holograms due to only 10% of the ones I ordered being of good quality, and because these were not meant to be in circulation. And if I add serials or keys for one person, then I would need to add them for everyone – so this decision must stand. I acquired these strictly as a small gift, at my own expense, to give to those who have had to wait the longest for their bars. With just 130 of these coins in existence, the only smaller edition I’ve released is my 1BTC golds.

I will finish this update with a message I received from my account executive at NWTM:

“I know this order has been especially challenging and I’m sorry about all the difficulties. It was just a very difficult design with lots of moving parts and then there appears to have been some sort of curse attached to it also (we had so many scrap pieces, the error coin debacle, people out sick that delayed production significantly, etc.). This is the kind of coin that I can tell stories about but it is very beautiful and I loved being a part of it!”

To those still awaiting their order, I will be contacting you each individually this week with an eta.

Best,

Max-

‘To the Moon’ Error Coin: https://imgur.com/vu8DylF

Another update from blog: http://kialara.com/moon-production-updates/
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12/11/2017 Update

All of the remaining re-minted coins arrived today. I’ve already started working on the remaining orders, and will resume shipping early next week. The new coins look great, and I will work to have these in everyone’s hands by Christmas – that’s the goal.

I will reveal the details of the error coins here next Tuesday as they will begin to arrive in peoples hands. That will be my next update… and some of you will be receiving tracking numbers on this same day.

Stay tuned.

Max-
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Got my set, very impressed with the quality.  They are slightly smaller than the others but look great on the shelf. 

Thanks for the link Mitchell, I do hope I froze the account before any harm could be caused to anyone. My password was complex and unique to my other accounts, but I guess not complex enough, and it's been the same since 2014. I've been targeted in other ways, including having my phone number stolen from me earlier this year in a phone-porting attack. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/business/dealbook/phone-hack-bitcoin-virtual-currency.html


Monkeynuts, I did receive some good news today along with the bad. Tomorrow 65 of the moon coins will be shipping to me, and early next week the remaining 30 or so. I'll try to post a new update to my blog this weekend, but I can say now that I will be working all day Saturday and Sunday on assembly.

Conducting this entire release and working with my numerous suppliers has been a marathon, and I'm just happy that it's coming to an end soon. A lot of work from many individuals went into creating each one of these bars, and I'm grateful to everyone who worked together to fix all of the issues that occurred. And when you see the photo of NWTM's enameler at work you can really appreciate the detail that goes into producing these. Much respect for whomever this is:  https://imgur.com/EBHEbnF

Bloody hell, max isn't having much luck

Hey Max, please read Recovering hacked accounts or accounts with lost passwords and message Cyrus with the requested information. He'll be able to help you.

Thank you CanaryInTheMine, yes I locked my account this morning after receiving an email alerting me that I had been compromised. I created this new account to keep an open line of communication here until I recover my account. Please be suspicious of anyone contacting you from anywhere other than this account or previously used email addresses, which are safe.

PLEase be aware that Kialara’s forum account has likely been compromised this morning.  Max has locked it down  until access is restored.
Could be related to 2014 hack.

Another update was posted a few days ago:

12/03/2017 Update

Over the weekend I assembled all of the replacement coins I received from NWTM, and I finished installing them into their housings this evening. On Monday, after I drill the screw heads out of these bars and clean/polish them, all remaining suites will be complete. I emailed the two people whose sets were completed.

This leaves me free to now devote my time to the rest of you. When I do receive the final batch of coins from NWTM, I will work long days/nights to complete the sets and singles a number of you are still waiting on. And soon I will reveal the details of the error coins you will all be receiving for your patience.

Also, I will soon be able to better communicate with each of you on an individual basis as the number of customers still waiting gets to a smaller, manageable size for me.

I will check in with the mint tomorrow and share a new update as soon as I hear anything. I recall them saying the rest of the coins may be completed this week.

On November 22nd I asked NWTM for any photos or proof-of-life they may have of batch two’s progress. They replied:

“Hi Max,

You asked me to send you pics of the minted coins last week and I took the photos but forgot to send them to you.  Here they are (about 130 of them in the 2nd batch).  We mint more than necessary because we always lose some coins to quality control issues and the like.  By now these coins no longer look the same and will have been hand masked and gold plated.”

and shared the following photos that appear to have been taken with some sort of handmade pinhole camera or something. 😉

https://imgur.com/Kl8xZtx

https://imgur.com/99i29ei

https://imgur.com/ADa9IR4

https://imgur.com/9cGs63W

update from blog, sounds like progress.

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12/01/2017 Update

Some good news. All the error coins arrived, and 30 or so re-minted coins arrived and they look great… so I will be able to complete and ship the remaining suites early next week (working on them all day today).

I will be able to complete a couple more sets as well, but still waiting for around 70-80 more coins and the mint tells me they could very possibly ship next week.

I’m happy to see progress being made, and very happy the first batch looks great! I will be working hard to get all remaining orders shipped asap.

I will be shipping the suites out as they are completed even if you are still waiting for additional sets/singles.

Stay posted.

Max-
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I'm looking forward to getting my series.  I heard they are getting closer to shipping.  I'm sure i'll have them before xmas, and can put them up on the shelf next to the others.

Thanks MJ, and appreciated Max

Last i heard the new coins were being sent to him and all was getting closer to final assembly.  I'm sure we'll see a update soon.

Please can you provide an update Max

Last update published on your site, http://kialara.com/moon-production-updates/

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10/27/2017 Update

An nice update from NWTM:

The restrike for the corrected coins was delayed slightly because the mint had to order new silver and make new blanks when we kept the error coins instead of using them for a re-melt. Good news is that the new silver was received, blanks were made and your remakes have all been re-pressed/minted. I’ve seen them personally yesterday and they are correct (first thing I checked). As of now they should be getting gold plated and then enameled. I will keep you informed of more progress when I get it.

Best,

Max-
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Ordered and paid at the end of Feb. Some people got theirs mid September. Its now the start of November. I would very much like to understand when I am likely to see mine

Holy awesome balls those look nice.  I can't wait to receive mine in the mail, whenever they end up shipping as a complete set.  Will look nice next to the rest of my pieces.

Keep up the hard work. Looking forward to all you future works and beginning my collection of your wonderful masterpieces!!!

Hey MJ, For transparency, considering your auction ends tomorrow and to use this as an example, yes one error will be included with suite 13. I have the Two Bitcoin and 500,000 bits bars completed, and I sent back the 100,000 bits coin for a better one. So because this suite is missing one bar, included with the completed three-piece suite will be one additional error coin.

Each error coin(s) is already assigned to its new owner based on what serial was assigned to them pre-delivery of the coins. Because I'm not sharing the details of this error or how many are assigned to who yet, I advise potential bidders not to give too much consideration to the error, but just think of it as a sweet bonus. It was a simple mistake by the mint. They are not physically deformed in any way... in fact it's hard to spot the error at first glance.

When I get the coins from the mint, the suites will be the first to ship, followed by sets and then singles.

Glad to hear things are moving along and a priority has been taken for quality of the remaining bars.  These error bars will definitely be special. 

10/16/2017 Update

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