The OpenDime is $50 for a 3 pack so it is cheaper. It's advantage is it just needs USB, no app no special hardware.
Yeah, there's definitely a price advantage with the Opendime, and I don't see the need to "break open" the device as a major disadvantage necessarily (though it certainly would be better if you didn't have to). I'm also curious as to why dkbit98 doesn't like Opendimes; I think they're kind of neat, although now I realize they're not so great for long-term storage.I do like the idea of things like this, but still see it as a limited market. I will probably get one, I have gotten just about every other thing like this over time to play with.
It's times like these when I see neat crypto-related tech that I wish I had more money to blow, because I might be interested in one of these if only as a collectible. I also think the concept of a crypto banknote is a good one, but I agree with dkbit98 that the cost of the banknote itself ought to be less. At the same time I do realize that when such banknotes are as fancy as the one OP is selling, they're not going to be dirt cheap.The biggest disadvantage I see is that while we think some of this tech will be around forever, I can see a future where all USB ports on PCs are USB C and the NFC standards on phones have changed and someone trying to cash one out has to jump through a lot hoops to do it.
That's why one of these would be a great collectible. I'd love to own some of the old computers and storage drives I used to have, simply for the nostalgia and history behind them. Since I already have all the hardware wallets I'll ever need, I wouldn't use a Satodime to store any coins on.And since OP brought up the Tangem (which I'd never heard of), does anyone know if they're legit? I'm not trying to go off-topic, but on Amazon, I see this and scratch my head:
Just a word about the price.
Opendime is cheaper "per unit". But you can buy a single unit on the website. And because you have to break it to recover the private key, that's why CoinKite is selling per bundle.
So at the end, you just pay 25€ (+- 28$) for a reusable, NFC and USB ready, multi-currency supported Satodime. VERSUS 50$ for 3 Bitcoin only non reusable USB only Opendime stick.
I'm not spitting on Opendime. I really love the product and CoinKite is an example for us. Opendime is and will remain the OG in this cryptospace. We build Satodime with the same phylosophy.
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