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Hi,

I was wondering if the community would be interested in purchasing a usb wallet that has a bitcoin logo either engraved or printed. The usb wallet would be shaped like a credit card. I would need at least 25 people interested because of the minimum order requirement that the manufacture gave me. I'm still waiting for the full quote from the manufacture so I can announce the prices here.

Here is the description and a picture that I received from the manufacture to give you an idea of what the card might look like:

"Alloy USB Card pushes the boundaries of slim design even further. It’s just 2.60mm thick but can be packed with up to 32GB of solid state memory. The stunning metallic finish presents a crisp and professional image and, of course, the Alloy USB Card can be screen printed in colour or engraved if you prefer. With such an elegant modern design, the Alloy USB Card makes for the perfect corporate gift."

http://198.199.70.251/bitcoin.png

The manufacturer is based in the UK so shipping prices to the US might be a issue.

Thanks,

Teka

UPDATE I: PRICING AND SHIPPING

The 8GB version will cost £12.99 or around BTC0.22
UK Customers will get the item shipped by Royal Mail Signed For 2nd Class for free!
USA,Canada Customers and EU will get the item shipped by Royal Mail Airsure and will have to pay around BTC0.14.
All of the postal services stated above will require a signature upon deliver and are insured.

UPDATE II: ENGRAVED VS SCREEN PRINTED

It seems like the community has decided that the logo should be engraved.

UPDATE III: Warranty, Material and Nand Manufacture  

The drives are made using A grade NAND components from Hynix, Toshiba or Samsung and are made out of 100% recycled aluminium (where applicable).The manafacture offers a 10 year warranty as standard.

The warranty does not cover the repair or exchange of products resulting from misuse, accident, modification, unsuitable physical or operating environment, incorrect maintenance by yourself, or failure caused by a product for which Teka is not responsible.Warranty becomes void if equipment is modified, incorrectly used, damaged by accident or neglect, or if any parts are improperly installed or replaced by the user.

Great idea I really like it

I though it was the closest thing we can get to a bitcoin credit card right now.

USB wallet?  Meaning it is a USB memory stick shaped like a credit card, or is there something else to this?

I like it - once you can show us the actual mock up of the Logo and a price indication, I would be looking at several. 32 G is ok. Shipping cost to US/Canada should not be a big issue. Keep us informed.

It's just a simple usb memory stick made out of alloy that shaped like a credit card. The idea is that you can carry it in your wallet and have you bitcoins with you on the go.

I was thinking about using the logo below because it has a very minimalistic design which works in my favor if the community decides that having the   logo engraved onto the card is a better idea then having it screen printed .The manufacture offers these cards in the following capacities 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB so I will definitely try to offer the cards in at least 2 capacities.

http://www.cunewswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Bitcoin-Logo.png

+1 intrested

I love the idea a lot.  A quick googling, and I came up with a DIY project with similar outcomes.

http://www.frank-zhao.com/cache/usbbusinesscard_details.php

Ideally, you could set up an AVR on a board, that once flashed, contained the Private/Public keypairs of a wallet.  Depending on how fancy you want to get, the board could contain 2 buttons that output either the Private or Public Key.  Perhaps some password protection?

Food for thought.

Would you guys mind if the card had my logo on it? I also hope that the poll doesn't stay 50/50 for long.


https://i.imgur.com/kRint71.png

Not exactly matching your expectations, but you might want to keep an eye on our product http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134999.0 - coming soon (really soon now  ;D) and which will protect the private keys as well as the transactions (i.e. you'll be able to set a maximum output, fee, change amount for all transactions, as well as a set of authorized output addresses to process transactions automatically, or manually authorize each transaction).

http://www.btchip.com/btchip.jpg

+2 interested! :P

I have been in contact with my manufacture about the prices and the final price is  £12.99 for 8GB drives.

Are you accepting bitcoins for this?

I will be accepting bitcoins. The project will be launched on https://bitcoinstarter.com/ and it will cost around BTC0.18 or BTC0.28 if you live outside of the uk. The item will be shipped by Royal Mail Signed For 2nd Class if you're in the UK and for US customers it will be shipped via Royal Mail Airsure.

I'm in Ecuador right now.  Think you can ship it DHL?

I can certainly ship it via DHL to Ecuador but they are asking £46 and in case you're wondering UPS is asking £67.

I'm thinking at that price just get an envelope and mail it like a regular letter.  Probably be less than 1GBP

I wished, sadly the royal mail average is around £8 for overseas delivery and it seems like they are asking £7.78 for delivery to Ecuador.

I Would be Interessed , shipping to Germany possible ?

Shipping to Germany shouldn't be a problem.

Count me in.

Continued interest. Make sure you let us all know when it's launched and we can order - why not 32GB. 8GB seems a bit small these days??

I have not read any think but the main post


I would recomend if you wanted this to take off you should make it a raid 1 usb stick

eg any data that gos on the stick is backed up to the card it self after you push the usb stick part back in to the card so if or when the usb stick dies you have a back up of it from the last time you cloced it

it wont help you if u lose the card but may save you from bad usb ports that kill the usb stick or maybe from watter dmg

any way good idea but make it back it up so the size of the credit card is not just wasted space

Teka is it possible to have custom graphics? Like:

A. No
B. Yes, full custom graphics per card.
C. Yes, custom graphics mixed with obligatory graphics (company advertising) per card.
D. Yes, like B but only if you order many cards where each is thus still unique.
E. Yes, like C but only if you order many cards where each is thus still unique.
F. Yes, like B if you order a batch of those same card.
G. Yes, like C if you order a batch of those same card.
H. Yes, some of the above are possible, where the prices are .....
I(?). Other: .....

Shipping will be to the Netherlands.

I would love to offer full custom graphics per card but sadly the answer is f. Shipping is available to most of the EU, Canada and USA.

I will run a poll and if the majority decides that 32GB is the way to go I will change it to 32GB otherwise I think 8GB is the sweet spot between price and size.

so how does one create usb memory stick and running on what os ?

Its basically like backing up your wallet.DAT file.The instructions are available here https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/How_to_set_up_a_secure_offline_savings_wallet and will come with every USB in a text format.

I forgot to mention that drive use A grade NAND components from Hynix, Toshiba or Samsung and a made from 100% recycled aluminium .The drive also comes with 10 years of warranty as standard.

This seems absolutely awesome, but will there be any way to buy just the USB component itself instead of the USB component and the card together?

Will the minimum order of 25 units for you result in only one logo?

I'm not sure what you mean by the "USB component".The minimum order of 25 units is a small problem because as you've said it means that there will only be one logo but if the project gets popular we might be able to negotiate the 25 order minimum.

The project will be available for pre-orders here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=51.0 within the next 48 hours.Paypal and Bitcoin will be accepted.

How are you sure it will last 10 years though?

As stated the manufacture uses very high grade components and all of the products are made out high grade 100% recycled aluminium(where applicable).If something does go wrong the product will be repaired or exchanged by the manufacturer.

This card is now available for pre-orders here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=179727.0

Not true. I imagine this would weight approx 15-20g? http://www.royalmail.com/personal/international-delivery/airmail

Hit stamps then online postage. Ecuador is £1.28 per 20g letter

The cards weigh 30g with all of the conformation they are shipped International Signed For with up to £50 compensation.I'm not losing my rep on this forum over a £17 usb stick.