My opinion is every coin should be loaded with an amount by the creator with some amount around 0.00001 btc that way the Firstbits will almost always pull up the full public address, problem solved.
Yeah that's a good idea. But some have been investigated for money transmission. This is why smoothie doesn't sell funded items anymore. He has the buyer fund the items. But I totally agree. If everything got a tiny amount just to add to blockchain. This would never happen. But also why a master public address list is also useful. Because so many coins never get funded.
I would just love to see a master list for the coins. My guess they're all on a thumb drive somewhere. It is just a inconvenience to do. But when talking about a decade of work and you just let the coins become paper weights? When you could probably make the list in a hours time. Idk the situation but I bet if I hit up almost any other current coin creator. They could produce a list. Since this situation, it seems this is a constant recurring problem. It sucks.
Why isn't smoothie held to the same standards as other makers? I did notice he didn't sell out his new coins yet. Seems to be a sign of sorts.
as far as I know - he never sold funded items. People always funded the coins themselves - directly to the coins address.
My understanding is this:
Smoothie builds all the coins - for "FUNDED" you pay the funding to the coin directly (not to smoothie) before it ships. for "BUYER FUNDED" you pay the funding to the coin directly (not to smoothie) after you receive it.
Thus the only difference between "FUNDED" and "BUYER FUNDED" for Lealana coins is when is the coin funded - before or after you have it.
As for not selling out all the new coins - these issues with addresses could be part of it and the price could be the other part.
it was near $400 for a 1 oz silver coin not including funding. That is over 20 times spot price of silver - now, yes there is the name Lealana - well known and typically well liked and sought after. And there is numismatic value - true.
But it seems like all these new makers and even the old makers - the past 3-4 years are trying to charge what you would normally see for prices on items after several flips/resales. Like they are trying to get the first half dozen flip profits right out of the gate.
Completely their choice but that will also drive away a lot of business.
