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End of Auction Update

Congratulations zanzibar for winning the auction. Please pay 32.5 BTC for the two blocks you won. The payment address is:

1Nhd5a2knhzY1qVmKi3kDYVdiR2cgqJPdG

On your request, we've also sent you an email with this information.

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We’re holding a end-of-year auction for two very special Bitcoin Blocks that we’ve mined in 2016. This auction is open to users worldwide.

Product A: Block 420,001
Description: This is the second block mined after the block halving in July, meaning that it's the world's second ever 12.5 BTC block!
Address: 16graHKv9fJ22m5jrXub2jhPY4m4SYsS3T
Bitcoins: 12.51263172
Starting Bid: 15.0 BTC
Transaction: https://blockchain.info/tx/78d6bcc28342c7ce5af4a72d35b1fc48a60b18dbd99c9ba9701f96430cc5399e (https://blockchain.info/tx/78d6bcc28342c7ce5af4a72d35b1fc48a60b18dbd99c9ba9701f96430cc5399e)

Update regarding Product A:
This block, number 420,001, also has a very special "coinbase" message that's mined into the block.  You can see the coinbase header message in the TX link above.  Here is the message:
Welcome to 12.5 BTC blocks! BTCC & Bitcoin Forever!

This "Forever" message is both directly hard-coded into the coinbase header of the block, as well as being laser etched onto the back of the physical Titanium block.  

Product B: Block 440,001
Description: This is the block that was mined right after the 16 millionth bitcoin, meaning that it's the world first block to ever hold bitcoins over 16 million!
Address: 16jryvnKowtaJ6Ga4ELS7hACMvXyR3E4RY
Bitcoins: 13.07468474
Starting Bid: 15.0 BTC
Transaction: https://blockchain.info/tx/aecdadc3422b6ea814daf61dde202ab6722e2007fbe364a75da96e52137f7223 (https://blockchain.info/tx/aecdadc3422b6ea814daf61dde202ab6722e2007fbe364a75da96e52137f7223)

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Specifications

The Bitcoin Block is the newest addition to the BTCC Mint collection. The Bitcoin Block was introduced in 2016 to coincide with the second bitcoin block halving.

The Bitcoin Block is a square block, at 80 millimeters wide and 10 millimeters thick. Each block is made of pure titanium, and weighs in at 10 ounces (283 grams).

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Auction Terms

- The auction starts now and ends at 3:00 PM (UTC) on Thursday, December 15th, 2016.

- The starting bid is 15.0 BTC.

- The bid increment is 0.1 BTC.

- In your bids, please specify which block you're bidding for, either A or B.

- Payment is in bitcoin only. Payment details will be posted here in the original post after the auction finishes.

- No sniping! Every bid within 15 minutes of the end of the auction will extend the full auction for another 15 minutes.

- Winners will have 3 days (72 hours) to make payment.

- Shipping is by FedEx, and is FREE. We will ship once payment has been received.  You will get it before Christmas!


Good luck bidding on this early Christmas present!


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15 BTC for product B. Boy this will be a steal if no one else bids

Boy you're trying to bait for someone else to outbid you so you can get a free post.

Not getting much interest here ???

Would love that Block 420,001 - but I feel 15 BTC is a little too much to tie up right now. Good luck to everyone :)

If that was a bid, he will win i guess :D

Looks like a bid to me.

Good luck killyou72!!!

It is pricey.... But who can say that they own the block right after Bitcoin's Second Block Halving ever!
It's a piece of Bitcoin history that you can literally hold in your hands!

You literally cannot buy something like this even if you had planned for it.

And together with block 440,001, it's the perfect pair of Bitcoin History for 2016.  :)

Remember, you can always be rich... and now, you can be famous.

thanks,
Bobby

Not a lot of interest over here, 15 BTC starting bid is to much... You should have start at the block value. Anyway good luck.

The reason we start at 15 BTC is because we sell regular Bitcoin Blocks at that price on our store.

We figure that some of you may specifically want these 2 blocks, which is why we're putting it up for auction.
(If it doesn't auction, then we'll keep it!  :) )

thanks,
Bobby

Product B: 15.1BTC

Only 24 hours before the end of the auction!

Just realized I have the high bid.  Wait, didn't it end?

Hi, the auction ends in six hours.

Just to clarify, the Product A (block 420,001) also has a very special "coinbase" message that's mined into the block:
Welcome to 12.5 BTC blocks! BTCC & Bitcoin Forever!

This "Forever" message is both directly hard-coded into the coinbase header of the block, as well as being laser etched onto the back of the physical Titanium block. 

This this for the coinbase message:
https://blockchain.info/tx/78d6bcc28342c7ce5af4a72d35b1fc48a60b18dbd99c9ba9701f96430cc5399e

Very special and unique!  Welcome to the era of 12.5 BTC blocks.

I'll update the OP to clarify this.

Someone bid on it before you lose your chance!

Auction ends in less than 5 hours!

thanks,
Bobby

Finally got your own personal account, Bobby :D

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Just checked that Block 420,001. Dammit. Stop tempting me :P

Product A - 15 BTC.

Product A - 15.1 BTC

Just less than 30 mins left for this auction!

latest bids:

Product A:  15.1 BTC  (by StarenseN)

Product B:  15.1 BTC  (by Michail1)


Remember: No sniping near auction end time, so auctions gets automatically extended until 15 mins after last successful bid.

thanks,
Bobby

Product A: 15.2 BTC
Product B: 15.2 BTC

And the timer starts over.

Yes, the auction ends ~11 more minutes from now.

Product A: 15.3

B  for 15.3

A : 15.4

Product A: 15.5
Product B: 15.4

Crikey.

I guess I have 10mins to watch and decide further.

Appears that the thread should have been locked from edits to keep the time frame correct for bids that are being changed after submitting.  :)
Note for the next time an auction is done.  :)

Didn't see any edited bids myself, but agree that they should be locked.

Thank you both for the good suggestions; we'll look into how to do that properly for auctions next time.

(I hope we're okay for this auction, right?)

thanks,
Bobby

A: 15.6

Product A: 15.7
Product B: 15.4

Product B: 15.5 BTC

Product A: 15.7
Product B: 15.6

sorry :(

Only two edits to price.  He changed the amount in order to correctly bid above prior bids, but in editing, the post keeps the original time.  It would have only changed the outcome if someone bid slightly outside the 15 min posting time.

For this auction, so far, yes, it is completely fine.  

I didn't edit, I deleted the wrong bid (where both bids were invalid in fact). And only after I submitted 2 valid bids.

Sorry for this!

Editing is shown on the timestamp and it does in fact NOT change the timestamp!

PS: Gonna edit to post to demonstrate. Just hover over the timestamp to see it.

PPS: forgot, if edited in the first 5 minutes, it doesn't show up as edited at all. but timestamp remains

Agreed, nothing shady has happened from what I can see.

That said, good luck gents, but I am out.

Just to be clear... I am not accusing anyone of wrong doing.  While watching, I could clearly see that you were trying to make your bid valid as other bids came in.
I'm sure we can all agree on that easily.

5 min rule - correct, doesn't show.  This is why I said it could have only been an issue is someone bid slightly after the 15 min rule as the real time wouldn't be correct after a potential edit.  Everything self corrected though as the price continued to climb.

I MUST leave now, so can't bid.  Good luck.

A : 15.8

Product A: 15.9
Product B: 15.6

Is this still going? I'll bid 16btc for product A

Product A: 16.1
Product B: 15.6

It's still going Zanzibar :D You had ~2mins. GL :)

Will Bid 16.5 for Product A and 16 for Product B

I am out, but if he doesn't pay I am obviously willing to take the blocks at my bid :)

Congrats zanzibar! This was fun to participate in.

Congrats Zanzibar. You're the auction winner of BOTH blocks!

Thanks,
Bobby

Great, thanks.  :)

Just got to a computer.
Have to admit that I wouldn't have gone that high anyway.

I would have bet TwinWinNerD would have taken it.  Good thing I don't gamble.

Congrats Zanzibar.

Of course, if he doesn't pay, then TwinWinNerD highest bid before Zanzibar started is:

Possibly better for me, in this case, if the auction restarts.  :)

Also, have to admit that I thought Prod B would have gone higher cause of the loaded number of bitcoins.  I like the engraving of Prod A though.

It won't, I have plenty of BTC and I'm a collector. :)

I can hope.  :)

Again, congrats.

Thanks friend, appreciate it. I'm assuming others can confirm BTCC_Official as having come through on shipping items for completed auctions, etc..

I can't personally say for auctions; however, for their store, I have purchased quite a bit and trust they will deliver.  I did want the auction since they would be able to ship directly to me as opposed to having a re-shipper from outside of the USA.
I believe your 30+ coins are safe from a scam (assuming you pay them directly (not to some random newly created account for the scammers that may try to get you)).

Yes, that is why I bid, only way for me to get these in the States. I've asked them to email me directly from their BTCC email to confirm.

I am willing to vouch for both BTCC_Official and bobbyclee. You won't have any issue, and will receive your items. Congrats again ;)

Thanks, appreciate it, can never be too cautious with these amounts.

Thanks for participating in the auction everyone. Congratulations to the winner zanzibar! We'll post payment details in the original post shortly.

Thanks Tendai, I did email you a quick question. Will get payment to you asap.

Payment sent:
Tx: 8c5f4735f116a7943b595ef585299f9dcffd054fa73387b16110071fa74aaa6f

Those are 2 very nice pieces you have won there congrats.  These are likely to command a mint in the coming years and as we get through a couple halving events.

Thanks, like most of my collection, I'll likely not sell them but rather gift them to my children, at which point I hope BTC will be a mainstream store of value!

Very well said!  I fully agree.  :)

btw, "bobbyclee" is my new username.  In most cases, I'll be posting from that personal account in the future.
Official BTCC events/auctions/announcements, will obviously still come from "BTCC_Official" account.

I'm posting here as "BTCC_Official" so that people know that "bobbyclee" is indeed me:
Bobby Lee, Co-founder and CEO of BTCC.

thanks,
Bobby

Thanks Bobby, I'll be looking out for your other auctions in the future.