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Title: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: intron on April 26, 2015, 02:26:45 PM Made this, a small and low-cost btc payment device:
https://i.imgur.com/Kju7lfQ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4JVQAlZ.jpg It has WiFi to connect to the internet and NFC to communicate with a user with a mobile phone. It can be used to handle small payments and to perform a simple task when a payment is received. Cost price can be well below USD 10. Title: Re: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: TheRealSteve on April 26, 2015, 03:15:12 PM Very neat. If the board antenna +chip can be moved up, that would make for a tidy package to build a case around :)
Title: Re: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: intron on April 26, 2015, 03:41:58 PM Very neat. If the board antenna +chip can be moved up, that would make for a tidy package to build a case around :) The board measures 34x74 mm, think a case can be tidy enough:) Title: Re: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: TheRealSteve on April 26, 2015, 05:08:04 PM The board measures 34x74 mm, think a case can be tidy enough:) True - I was just thinking that because you need the vertical height for the bluetooth module anyway, one might as well stack, a la: https://i.imgur.com/gDrh7r4.png Regardless, though - very neat :) Just a design for now, or planning sales? Title: Re: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: intron on April 26, 2015, 07:43:43 PM True - I was just thinking that because you need the vertical height for the bluetooth module anyway, one might as well stack, a la: https://i.imgur.com/gDrh7r4.png
-- I see now. When the performance of the NFC antenna is not degraded it could be done I guess. And it's WiFi btw, not bluetooth:) Regardless, though - very neat :) Just a design for now, or planning sales? -- Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:) Title: Re: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: TheRealSteve on April 26, 2015, 07:48:28 PM And it's WiFi btw, not bluetooth:) Derp :)Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:) Gotcha - would be a neat little addition to ad-hoc point-of-sale terminals without the cost overhead of full-blown bank-sanctioned ones.Title: Re: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: intron on April 26, 2015, 07:54:42 PM Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:) Gotcha - would be a neat little addition to ad-hoc point-of-sale terminals without the cost overhead of full-blown bank-sanctioned ones.And it can do micropayments. Try paying half cent for something using a normal terminal;) Title: Re: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: S4VV4S on April 27, 2015, 07:48:47 AM Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:) Gotcha - would be a neat little addition to ad-hoc point-of-sale terminals without the cost overhead of full-blown bank-sanctioned ones.And it can do micropayments. Try paying half cent for something using a normal terminal;) Hi, this is really cool but..... What can you actually get for half a cent nowadays? In fact, can you actually get chewing gum with 50 cent nowadays? Title: Re: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: intron on April 27, 2015, 11:02:43 AM Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:) Gotcha - would be a neat little addition to ad-hoc point-of-sale terminals without the cost overhead of full-blown bank-sanctioned ones.And it can do micropayments. Try paying half cent for something using a normal terminal;) Hi, this is really cool but..... What can you actually get for half a cent nowadays? In fact, can you actually get chewing gum with 50 cent nowadays? Some juice to charge your mobile phone, or some drinking water, or some air to inflate a tire etc:) It could be a method of making really small payments in the physical world. Title: Re: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: intron on June 01, 2015, 12:27:58 AM Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:) Gotcha - would be a neat little addition to ad-hoc point-of-sale terminals without the cost overhead of full-blown bank-sanctioned ones.And it can do micropayments. Try paying half cent for something using a normal terminal;) Hi, this is really cool but..... What can you actually get for half a cent nowadays? In fact, can you actually get chewing gum with 50 cent nowadays? Make it nine Euro cents then for a popsicle;) https://i.imgur.com/kWz45zf.gif Title: Re: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: TheRealSteve on June 01, 2015, 01:07:54 AM rocket popsicle - yum.
If you go to places like Party City in the U.S., the individual candy stuff (like the chocolate coins) are still just a few cents/piece :) ( unless they've moved to selling by weight by now, which would be the sensible thing to do, though pricing would still apply ) Title: Re: - Nickels & Dimes - a low-cost btc payment device - Post by: SirLolicon on June 01, 2015, 02:38:36 AM Looks great wow! Makes a great way for the bigger audience to accept Bitcoin!
Imagine people walking in the streets with these in their pockets and phones in hand just sending and receiving money! |
