Topic: Skyhook opensource ATM - Opinions? (Read 3793 times)

Yeah, and they are really nice guys too.

If you don't get any takers on your Skyhook box, I'll buy it just to have an extra one (assuming it works ok).  I can't pay anywhere near the 2.8 BTC, tho.

PM me.

I wish someone here in Manila, Philippines would get one of these babies and start running a physical exchange. That'd drive adoption here over the roof!

PS: I'm willing to contribute if anyone here wants to install one here in the Phils.

It came with a pre-made wallet, with the password printed on a piece of paper.

Blockchain.info won't allow me to change the main password ("for security reasons, you have to create a new wallet"), so...that's what I had to do to secure it.  Took awile, since I had already set it all up using the wallet it came with.

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Got mine running now...setup was less difficult than I expected, but still a couple hours (mainly because I used the wallet it came with, which can't be made secure).

I have a twitter feed for it, @bitcoinindy, and some sales graphs, etc: https://sites.google.com/site/kieronbm/home/atm

while i have no used it and never seen it working, i had a Chance to see it without electricity - http://instagram.com/p/xKUH81Qqrn/
Looks allright but no idea if it works - guys that had it have never made it run.

I have been looking for a few different ATM's to sample.

I found this one tonight, which is a fully operational, opensource bitcoin ATM for under $1000 USD.

http://projectskyhook.com/

I am very interested in running a bitcoin atm to be able to introduce new users to bitcoin.

A representative from www.bitcoinatm.com sent me this link regarding the licensing requirements and the definition in court (Texas) of what a money transmitter is and is not.

See here;

http://blog.atlantabitcoin.com/texas-guidance-on-bitcoin-atm-operation-is-kind-of-a-big-deal/

"If the machine never involves a third party, and only facilitates a sale or purchase of Bitcoins by the machine’s operator directly with the customer, there is no money transmission…"


Im about ready to start.  Are there any other good options available that I am not aware of, that are shipping in the immediate future?

Vapor World is the name of a local retail store that has given me permission to install a Skyhook there....

Just watched your vid - good luck on your store! Interesting that your store is similar to the a location I've gotten permission from the owners on ("Vapor World").

For those who might be interested in the skyhook itself, it's located at 3:24.

The ATM looks small, how much cash can it hold? I think it belongs in a cafe or a small shop where people can buy and play around with bitcoin. Cash is emptied at the end of the day. It is never meant to be in the open public.

$999 is still a huge price tag, are they actually profitable? How much bitcoin does the ATM need to sell to break even?  

We are ready to open!  This happens TODAY  October 29th 2014!
We have been working on this shop for months.  We have everything now that we need, except we still do not have a sign for our building.

This campaign is to raise coin for a backlit sign for our building.

We had a sign made, but the landlord would not approve of it.  So now we need to raise $3800 USD to get this sign made and installed.

Some of the features of our business and how it relates to the crypto community.

1.  We accept bitcoin and litecoin for all purchases and we offer a 10% discount for paying with coin or cash.
2.  We offer a Project Skyhook ATM to give access to people in our local community to an easy bitcoin procurement method
3.  We print a newspaper and distribute it to 3 states currently.  We are in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming so far.  Many of our articles are about bitcoin as well as responsible capitalism.  We have articles about many liberty related issues.
4.  We sell CBD infused hemp oil, which I believe we are the first in Idaho to do so  (it is legal)

This is our pre-opening walkthru video that I made tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy-hxEDyDfw

I have put my heart and soul into this.  I have spent most of my savings on opening this.
We would like this to be wildly successful, and we hope that you will back us!

For everyone that backs us, we will send you a discount coupon for our website, and we also accept bitcoin through our website via coinbase.  This coupon will give you 20% off all merchandise in our store!

See what we have added to our store so far (more to come) @  www.clovisstar.com -

 See more at: https://bitcoinstarter.com/projects/1102#sthash.A95KUcEU.dpuf

One thing that I would want improved on the skyhook atm, which would probably be fairly simple to do, is add Litecoin/USD exchanges too.