what does "series 1 'zombie'" mean? Thanks for dating me up.
There was a problem with 1 of the batches. The printed wallet address on the coin did not match the coins private key (a software issue as I recall). This happened for a number of coins, and they were recalled by Gravitate (the coins were still with resellers who had bought in bulk as I remember). Unfortunately for Gravitate funding was made to an address that wasnt 'in the coins', so was effectively burned bitcoins.
Whilst the vast majority of these coins were returned, a few managed to remain in the wild. No digital value, but rare and collectable.
Gravitate - what was the final number of Zombies that were left out there ?
Im working on a register of mintages at the moment along with a new web site but not too many. I am aiming for the register to be complete before the 14th of this month. I did track down most of the zombies as soon as I realised. There is one buyer who has 20 of them and I have asked for them to be returned and I will give him a few free coins for his troubles (and pay postage) but after a year of asking I still haven't had them. So it depends on if I get these back or not but I do expect to get them. I think the buyer is busy and just has not had time yet.
The mistake was a printing one. I used different software to try speed up the process and it ended up that the complete private key was not shown.
All of the coins still out there are guaranteed to be replaced if required but some people want to keep hold of them.
Making these coins certainly has been stormy I must say. First banned on ebay and paypal for selling them (this was from people doing reverse charge backs on me which I can never understand), then the zombie coins, then 6000 Euros worth of coins go missing in customs. But I am still ploughing ahead.
The Chinese lunar coins are underway which I hope will be amazing and appeal to the non- bitcoin community also to spread the bitcoin word. I am attempting a sticker with a clear window in this time and vanitygen for the bitcoin addresses. So exciting coins to come and I hope no more problems.
