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Hello everyone!

Im glad to be apart of the Bitcoin Community! :) I LOVE BITCOINS! :)

Soooo.....I have done a lot of research on Bitcoins I am currently mining at 500 Mh/s with GPU units and I use BitMit.net quite a lot!

I am a graphic designer and my portfolio site is at http://www.carsencustoms.com

See below for the Bitcoin paper wallet design I am working on....I will be releasing the .PSD file as open source within a week to come....Comments and critique and ideas are welcome!! :) Thanks!

Credits to bitcoin.org for Bitcoin logo, everything else done by me (Carsen) :D

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.carsencustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Bitcoin-Paper-Wallet.zip

If you use this and have any sort of Bitcoin to spare, remember that I am homeless....and my BTC address is in my signature....lol

https://i.imgur.com/ICQ29l4.png

https://i.imgur.com/zZCELaY.jpg (https://i.imgur.com/zZCELaY.jpg)

Nice design. I don't think the noisy overlay will be sufficient to protect the private key QR code.

What do you suggest as an alternative? If no alternative, then would you recommend that I just up the noise level on the coin so that it is thicker? I also was going to recommend that this be printed on a bit thicker paper than just average printer paper for best quality...I want to perfect this before I release the .PSD file (Photoshop file). Thanks! :)

Looks nice!

Unfortunately, I don't think I can help too much. I'm not an expert. I was just thinking about how I might crack it and two ideas were obvious. First, assuming that the only way I can access the QR code is to shine a light through it:

1. The noise is colored and the the QR code is B/W. Subtracting the color information from the image should reveal the QR code. I think the noise would work better if it were B/W.
2. Both the noise image and the QR code are aligned. It should be possible to determine the alignment of the two and use that information to determine which values are QR code and which are noise. I don't how to solve that one. Perhaps the noise pixels can be drawn so that alignment cannot be determined.

A suggestion: print noise on both sides of the paper. That would make it more secure and you would only need 2 folds instead of 3.

1. I will try that I will also increase the noise level and randomization
2. I could offset the private key QR code and give the Coin Noise a almost graphical splash to take most of the attention off the center?

Thanks for the ideas and suggestions and compliments!! Much appreciated! :)

Updated Design with last posts suggestions! ^^

https://i.imgur.com/fjuipMB.jpg (https://i.imgur.com/fjuipMB.jpg)

Let me know if you think this would work better for security features..... :D

Pretty cool design!

Oh, also.. having trouble loading your portfolio site. Seems to be down?

Really nice design dude. Good job

This... Is really very cool!

Very nice :)

My portfolio website is back online to all those that tried going to it before, server was down last night, but back online and stable! :)

Regards.

Thanks for the all compliments guys! :D

Hey guys,

This is now available for download as a .PSD file....Comes with two files, one has the wallet on US size paper, other PSD is the actual template.

Please visit my portfolio at http://www.carsencustoms.com it is now back online and I am working on adding this to my projects page.

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.carsencustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Bitcoin-Paper-Wallet.zip

If anyone wants to put some mirrors up for it, that would be greatly apperciated! :) Thanks, hope to see some good changes, if anyone makes any changes or does anything cool with your paper wallet based on my design, please give me credit, and post about it in this thread! :)

-Thanks

Has anyone downloaded it yet? Was hoping to get some interest in this! :) If you download it, please comment here! :)

No I haven't but be if anyone does post here.

I have downloaded it man, and seriously i love this design :)

<3

Really? Why?

What do you mean by "really? why?"

are you trying to make your post count bigger or what?

No, I'm just asking why do you love their design? What aspects of it do you like? Because I don't really see anything amazing though I guess it looks kind of nice.

Nice design, I like it

I like it too!

I use  the currency bills when I sell bitcoins sometimes and I must say I do like your designs. Nice!

"their" no its MY design ;) haha I am one person not a company :P

@escrow.ms - Thanks! :) Im glad you like it! I would love to see some people modifying it and uploading their alternatives :D

Remember im a broke bitcoiner too >> my sig has my address ;)

Thanks again guys for the compliments! :)

Regards.

Is this still alive? Anyone still interested? :) Let me know if you download it or like it! Thanks guys! :)

what about a scratch off instead of a qr code?

Also does anybody have any links to selling re-selling these?

Download, edit it and your done.

@mprep - I know this ;) I created it...haha

@btceic - You could always edit the PSD to have a QR code still printed, just in a different way where its all facing you...Then find a scratch off hologram sticker online somewhere, lots of places sell them for cheap such as amazon.com...I have seen this done and it is possible!

Regards.

Sorry didn't notice the username.  ;D

Found these:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/153262643/25-round-1-inch-hologram-scratch-off?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product_listing_promoted&utm_campaign=supplies_low&gclid=CNvJ3quC-7cCFWIV7AodRB8Akw

https://i.imgur.com/DQCXVtB.jpg

Thinking out loud here:
So print a couple of these out with the private key on them for each bitcoin or mBTC or uBTC and place the sticker on top, sounds easy... am I missing anything?

@mprep - No problems ;)

@btceic - Yes, those would work perfect :) Just make sure that the private key area doesn't exceed 1" or whatever size you are using for the sticker. Yes just change the public address to your public address and same with the private key, usually using something like VanityGen is great to create a custom BTC address with a private key, then just copy and paste, and print, and your set to go with your own Bitcoin Paper Wallet...I just recently got a laminator so its perfect to tighten everything up ;)

Next question, where to find really good paper for these puppies....

Are their any legalities to the types of paper that we can use?

Not that I know of, you should be able to use any paper that your printer will support! :) I would maybe recommend printing on thick glossy double sided paper if you can find some, the thicker the better so that anyone cant just look through the paper ;) Also glossy ink from such as a laser printer looks a lot better as well!