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Topic: The Collectibles Issue - page 3. (Read 383 times)

hero member
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not your keys, not your coins!
January 20, 2023, 06:01:11 PM
#3
Thanks for bringing this to my attention; I rarely browse the Collectibles section. I've honestly never understood why people would want to buy loaded private keys and not sweep them immediately.
I do get the novelty / pleasure of a physical item that also holds value, but pre-loading is not the way to go.

Just look at this thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/info-breached-or-scam-coin-makers-list-3315347
It almost feels like every such company has gone full exit-scam sooner or later.

One idea could be that the collectible is semi-DIY. Such as a one-time stamp or something which lets you engrave your own private key.
legendary
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January 15, 2023, 12:37:13 PM
#2
my opinion is collectibles should be used as collectibles and nothing more then that. Removed loaded coins because there is no way to verify that their private key has not be compromised. The only way would be DIY coins which you load the coin after receiving it with your own private key but that defeats the reason you would want a "1 BTC" coin.
legendary
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Crypto Swap Exchange
January 15, 2023, 11:22:41 AM
#1
I don't know how many here pay attention to the collectibles area but there was an issue this week where one of the makers had kept a bunch of private keys and decided to take everyone's money:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5434506
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/info-scammedpeeled-by-coldkey-5434598
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/krogothmanhattan-losses-from-the-coldkey-scam-5434597

I started a rant about funded things and someone else started a bit calmer topic about how to have people continue to keep making funded collectables while being more secure then just having 1 person make a private key:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/rant-can-we-stop-with-the-coins-wallets-collectables-with-private-keys-5434653
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/idea-removing-trust-from-physical-coin-makers-re-priv-key-generation-5434754

Since a lot of the people who post here in the HW board tend to be more about security and tech then the collectable area was wondering if anyone else had any ideas on how to make it work better / more securely. Any useful input would be appreciated.

Side note, if anyone wants to donate there is a small auction being setup by one of the old school coin makers to help out people who lost BTC:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5434623


-Dave
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