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Hello everyone

inspired by the Lightning Network Trust Chain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89TSOayiqtA), I came up with the idea to do the same with physical Bitcoin, in order to promote the Kickstarter campaign for DigiPiglets (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nenadfranjic/digipiglets-collectible-piggy-banks-for-digital-money). I talked to and met with eternalgloom, as he was happy to participate and give some advice.

Key Facts:

1. Like a collection basket, the DigiPiglet gets handed from person to person (100 people in total), each putting in at least 5€ ($5,50) in Bitcoin on the  DigiPiglet Public Bitcoin Address (https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1NETDSdHh6Zoot4BohbWP1ZqCapPvHFih9).
2. The person holding the piglet decides who the next trustworthy recipient is.
3. The 99th recipient sends it back to me.
4. I unload the balance and send the money to a Venezuelan Charity Organization (sending it physically would be too risky).
5. If the Kickstarter campaign (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nenadfranjic/digipiglets-collectible-piggy-banks-for-digital-money) for DigiPiglets gets funded, each participant receives a free DigiPiglet. Just link us on any mayor social media site or here on bitcointalk (We're on Twitter (https://twitter.com/DigiPiglets), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/digipiglets/), Facebook (https://facebook.com/digipiglets), Steemit (https://steemit.com/@nate.french))

https://i.ibb.co/KFHDq18/DSC02011-copy2.jpg
The piglet is hollow, the only copy of the private key is inside the piglet. To reach it, you'd have to cut it open

https://i.ibb.co/PrntTrD/IMG-8033-copy2.jpg
DigiPiglet's first recipient

The goal is to do some good for the Venezuelan people, bring Bitcoin back to the minds of people and get some attention to the Kickstarter campaign (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nenadfranjic/digipiglets-collectible-piggy-banks-for-digital-money). The DigiPiglet is one of two prototypes that we've created for this idea. It's made of a squishy material, fun to play around with and serves as a simple piggy bank for Bitcoin.

Thanks to eternalgloom for being the first to receive the DigiPiglet on its journey

What do you guys think? Anybody interested in participating?

DigiPiglets Journey on DigiPiglets.com (https://digipiglets.com/pages/the-digipiglet-journey)

Other threads: Project Development (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5101723.60), Collectibles (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5130404.new#new)

Cheers!

It was nice meeting you and indeed I'm very happy to participate with this!
I've just sent little over €5 to the DigiPiglet's public address and I'm ready to send it over to someone else.

Now, I'm still doubting who I should send it to, so if there are people here on Bitcointalk who would like to participate, let me know.
I know Stomachgrowls was interested in getting a DigiPiglet, so this might be a chance for you to look at it? ;)
Anyone else may participate as well, I have no problem shipping it to the US or Europe. Some basic level of trust is needed though, so trust scores on Bitcointalk do matter :)

I can personally attest that the people behind this project are trustworthy and that the money will go to the right place in the end (with proof of course)!

this is a very nice project/idea.  :)

I would like to be next in line. I am located in EU

DigiPiglet, please send me a PM with details.

Concerning trust issues,  it would be nice whoever holds the DigiPiglet, to post here the user that they will send it next.

Hence, we will avoid situations being contacted by strangers asking for our shipping details. Another idea is  "DigiPiglet" to coordinate the DigiPiglet exchanges.

I am one of the (few for the moment) Kickstarter backers. Fingers crossed the campaign will get funded eventually :-)

wish you all the best on the success of both Kickstarter & DigiPiglet Journey.

OP, and eternalgloom, so glad to see it going somewhere since following it some time ago! I think it's a great idea, and it'd be really fascinating (at least on some level!) to be part of this, and be part of the whole bitcoin tapestry.

Now I'd like to contribute but not via Kickstarter. I think I commented in the KS thread that I would have put in something if it accepted BTC. Happy to join the chain if anyone would have me (but location is shifting a lot!).

Regardless, my contribution (https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/8561a44127a9e17cdb0a31584765e8f50c792240dd8e2199c10c0745f9297895) to keep this rolling.

Good work, guys!

Wow, amazing, didn't expect so many people would be interested!
I have my work cut out, just to pick someone.

Btw, I've made a list here with all the people who are interested in participating:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5130404.msg52414882#msg52414882

I'm keeping it updated and will pick someone tomorrow. I've also suggested that we work through this list in the beginning, so everyone gets a chance to participate.

I'll also just post this here again, a blog post I've made on Steemit regarding the DigiPiglet Journey:
https://steemit.com/blog/@daan/the-digipiglet-journey-creating-a-physical-bitcoin-trust-chain-for-venezuela

@buwaytress

BIG THANKS for the early contribution!

@eternal Unfortunately I have no real idea about Steemit but I liked the post anyway and I think I shared it (I need to check properly)!

I saw your PM and responded only just now, this little project had me interested from the beginning for some really odd reason so I really don't mind. It would be so cool to see his piglet traverse the world wouldn't it?

Don't worry about it @buwaytress, you did well :)

I'm sending the DigiPiglet to you in a couple of hours, going to the post office at around 2 PM :)

Everyone, thank you so much for participating! Really makes me happy to see the piglet get around :D

Just wanted to note that you don't necessarily have to send it via mail, if you know someone who is interested and is willing to look for the next person, you can hand it to them personally. Just make sure they are able to share it online. You can always contact me if you need assistance. Whoever wants to write about it or share it otherwise, feel free to send me a pm if you have further questions. Of course, anyone is invited to donate even if you can't participate (thanks buwaytress!)

Lets see where this goes ;D

It's now on its way to buwaytress :)
I hope it arrives safely, because I didn't go for the tracking. Trying to keep it a bit cheaper to send, as the tracking would have added too much.

Thanks for the update, eternal! No worries, I think post in this region is fairly reliable, except for extreme bad luck. Worse case, we have the private key!

Now my next job is to find someone else, or is tweetious going to next? Be nice to find a way to also "stamp/mark" or even inscribe all the locations on the piglet, but there could be some other creative way later to assign some note to it without scarring the pretty thing heh.

@DigiPiglet projects like this make me smile. And, I suppose the rules, like most things like this, can tend to be quite fluid!

Update you guys when it arrives.

@buwaytress

The Bengy guy on my list is also from The Netherlands, so that might be a good option?
And them maybe let him send it to someone in the UK for example, so it can go to Gibraltar pretty cheaply.

I hope you guys don't mind me sharing the general locations, it's kinda hard to organize if I don't :P

The Bengy guy I'm talking about is on this list:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5130404.msg52414882#msg52414882

Oh yeah, I've also added some DigiPiglet stickers in the package, you can send a couple of them along as well. It's not like they weigh much.

Adding the receipt I got from the post office as proof:

https://i.imgur.com/k8Cn5Kh.png

How can we be sure you just won't keep the coin?   You are an anonymous newbie.  :/

I know I don't have a trust score, but I've been a member here for a long time and I've never bothered with getting a trust score by doing small transactions or whatever.
I can vouch for him, since I've met him IRL.

I just don't think he'd put the reputation of his entire business in jeopardy, by stealing a measly $500 (the approximate value of the DigiPiglet at the end of its journey).
He traveled all the way to Belgium, in order to meet me and hand me the DigiPiglet. Would a scammer really go through all that trouble to steal $500?

We haven't even decided where the money will go exactly, I'd suggest letting the community decide that and make it all as transparent as possible.
I'm 100% sure that OP wouldn't have a problem with that, heck, he probably also wants to do it like this.

You can't, that's why it's a trust chain ;) But I have a digital footprint and I'm happy to engage with you guys in real life. If you check out my Kickstarter you will find my real name. My LinkedIn is out there as well.

I'm getting a bit worried now for the DigiPiglet, I hope it didn't get lost in the mail.
Since I've mailed it last Thursday, I would have thought it'd had arrived by now.

I hope it'll arrive tomorrow at buwaytress's place.

Does the mail carrier have an inquiry process for stuff like missing mail?

I really like how the work is ot for but I just see two flaws in the system. One is the need of the DigiPiglet to be on hand physically to the next recipient before it can send BTC to the piglet, by doing this like what eternalgloom will be doing on shipping it to the next trustworthy person he will be incurring additional cost by doing so. The second one is related to the first flaw because this kind of system you will be risking the donations everytime you send it to another person, as you are handing out the private key everytime you send it to an individual even if you think the person is trustworthy doing it with 98 more prople looks like a risky thing to do.

You're right with your assessment, but you always have that risk in a trust chain. The reason we're going through the effort of sending it from person to person is that we want people to hold this thing in their hands, share it, show it to friends and anyone that's interested. We're not about being the most efficient charity out there, just completely different.

I reckon they do, I'll start that process if it hasn't arrived by Friday.
Now, I did also put a return address on it, so normally it should just arrive back at my place if something went wrong.

Maybe go with tracking to send it to the next guy, if that isn't too expensive.

The Bitcoins are still on it at least :P

So are you just doing this solely because of marketing or you want to give the donor a firsthand experience on how he can be part of the charity? Either way this is really risky, I haven't even mentioned anything about the risk on how it could have problems with your courier (from delays and damages to theft) and I think eternalgloom is currently experiencing it now with the delay in shipment. At least just make the piggy empty and don't store the wallet's private keys inside of it, it removes the temptation for the donors on stealing it and there is really no point on adding it when already receiving the DigiPiglet is something they need to look forward for.

I want to do both + I want people who never experienced Bitcoin before, to hear about DigiPiglets and get to know how (easy) Bitcoin works. When I showed the DigiPiglet to people and explained how it worked, it was much easier for them to wrap their head around, than when explaining Bitcoin in theory. We can minimize risk if we personally hand it to others. I was hoping the piglet would find a Bitcoin community hub somewhere, where a few people could hand it to each other personally before sending it to a different country.

Hello everyone, it seems that my DigiPiglet has arrived;) It actually got in in the morning, while I was out, kid forgot to tell me until just earlier (way early in the morning right now my time).

So I've reached out already to Bengy but I don't think he replied yet (I check my Steemit and don't see). I left comments on his most recent post with my email and bitcointalk.

I'm going to ask around, I actually don't mind even any parts of the world, but yeah I suppose the chain is likelier to continue more quickly where we are (but that's just my assumption).

My thoughts: Mail is quite reliable in my part of the world, domestically. I use post a lot all over the world and standards aren't so great nor consistent, so you never know. With packages generally, they do arrive (in my experience). I've had lost letters, postcards, never packages.

P.S. Pics later;)

@buwaytress

That's absolutely fantastic news!
I was getting a bit worried, but I guess the post system is just a bit slow :P

Also included some DigiPiglet stickers, as you can see. You can always send the rest of them along with the piggy, it's not that they add any costs to the package :)

Yaayyy  :D :D

Can't wait to see the pics :)

Let's establish that we use tracking/insurance if we send it overseas. Domestic mail usually is fairly reliable, but we should not take the risk if we are sending it far away.

Update: Bengy responded (thanks eternal for helping sort that out!), and it turns out we're in the same city after all (fancy a Steemian and a Bitcointalker ending up there).

I'll leave the stickers, and add a small piece of artwork that will be done by a very young Bitcoiner (I have sadly neglected updating a post here where you can see her art (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4985793)). Just a little something to add on to the chain, without making the package (that much) heavier!

So the handover will be done tentatively Tuesday =)

@buwaytress

That's really amazing! If possible, take a couple of pictures during the meetup, if you're comfortable showing your face online.
I know Bengy has already posted a couple of pictures of himself on Steemit, so that shouldn't be a problem.

I'll ask him to write a Steemit post about this as well ;) Really great to hear that this is coming along nicely!!

That's a funny coincidence and really convenient :) Love the idea with the artwork.

Sorry this took so bloody long, but I'm rather inefficient with photos and things. I will update here also to show when I manage to print the drawing I will also include when sending to the next person (Bengy)!

Hopefully, we can get a few more interested parties to line up. Happy Friday everyone!

P.S. If it counts for anything. I like the workmanship and feel of this piglet. Matte finish, and looks squeaky as new, I will not test its robustness;) it is safely back in the box:)!

@buwaytress

Thanks for adding that picture, I'm very glad to see everything made it there safely of course!
I hope we'll see some pictures of the exchange too ;) Maybe Bengy will post about it on Steemit as well.

Would love to see a digital version of this passed around Bitcointalk.

Have you ever thought about?

Seems like it could be passed around much more efficiently, particularly since a lot of people who actually use Bitcointalk don't know a huge number of bitcoin users IRL.

I would definitely be interested in participating.

The digital equivalent of this has been done already, with the lightning torch.
The whole shtick of this initiative is the physical aspect, of handing the DigiPiglet over to other people and trusting them.

Now, people can always just donate Bitcoin into the DigiPiglet without participating.
Here's the Piggy's Bitcoin address:

1NETDSdHh6Zoot4BohbWP1ZqCapPvHFih9

(The public address is also mentioned in the OP, so I'm not trying to scam anyone here :P)

How about after we finish the physical trust chain, we initiate a digital one? Maybe with some digital collectibles?

Why not run both in parallel? You could create a simple ERC721 token that can be passed from person to person.

Reach out to crypto-collectible games like cryptokitties and others to see if you can make the token have some special functionality in their games.

Every time the collectible gets passed around it should gain in value, then you can sell the ERC721 token to a final bidder, and release the gathered funds to charity for a double whammy donation.

And the Piglet hath moved along the trust chain. Strangely, we both thought hey, it's ok for our pics to go online. Very unusual, but there we go;)

https://talkimg.com/images/2023/11/16/FM0hG.jpeg

So here we are, with Piglet, stickers and the piece of art (comic strip) I included. Maybe Bengy has better pics on his phone?

And in case you can't read the comic strip (I do realise it's macabre but hey artist impression, right?), the image itself is here:
https://talkimg.com/images/2023/11/16/FMl0D.jpeg?1

Do we already have our next location ? :)

I believe Bengy will now get in touch with one of the others in eternal's earlier list. I am also trying to source (feel like there's a better word haha) another person in the UK to get along with this chain but no response yet. I have quite a few secondary options but probably want this to happen a bit more naturally first before I resort to getting people convinced =D

P.S. We were both surprised by the weight! For some reason thought it'd be heavier.

Already over 20€ yay  :D

The mass produced versions will come out a little heavier and firmer. The prototype was glued together by hand, therefore, it's not as robust as the final model. So if anybody receives the piglet with a dent or some other flaw, don't worry ;D

Please make sure to have anyone who participates share the story and a picture somewhere online. If someone doesn't feel comfortable to show themself on the picture, just shoot a picture like the first one in the original post.

Hi all, any more news with the little fella?
Just watching with interest to see how far and wide it can get  :)

Looking forward to hear some news as well :) Did bengy already send it to the next recipient ? Is anyone in contact with him ?

Hey Mbitr,

Sorry, I'm a complete Bitcointalk noob... I'm trying to send you a PM, but your account doesn't allow noobs to PM you!

Can you send me a PM, so we can sort out getting the Piggy to you?

Pm on the way  :)

Bumping the thread a bit to try and get more traction. I might have mentioned, I do have at least 1 other person I could likely convince to hop onto the chain, but I'd like to see where this gets first on its own. Be nice not to have anyone I know on the chain ha!

Bengy, you "only" need 23 more posts to bet yourself out of Newbie limbo =p I'm not encouraging spam, of course!

Haven’t heard anything yet my end, no problem for me :) if it doesn’t come my way,I’ll tip the little fella anyway.
Bengy - I’m sure it’s ok to do some spam posts on here to help you  :)

Hey guys,

if you want to receive the DigiPiglet, just send me a name and an address. I'll try to keep in touch with the participants and help them find the next recipient.

Cheers  :)

Hi all,
The DIgipiglet has arrived in Wales  :)
So far he’s been to
Belgium ? - please correct me if I’m wrong
The Netherlands
Wales, UK
Next stop .... tweetious in....I’ll let him tell you :)
I know tweetious was interested early on in the project, so I contacted him and he was more than willing to help with the project and continue the little fellas journey.
Hopefully there’s still many people interested in getting their hands on him and passing him on.
Many thanks all and good luck little piggie
Mbitr

https://i.imgur.com/3Ye9nXw.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/gq005l0.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/gq005l0.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/3Ye9nXw.jpg

I confirm that the next stop of the Digipiglet's journey will be... Greece !  ;D

I will keep you posted once I got it in my hands (+ provide photos etc.)

If the little Piggy want to say hello to Denmark feel free to contact me. Will show him around in Copenhagen.

How did the private key get inside the piglet? How is it sealed? How can you easily verify that the piglet has not been cut open? On the website it says uses a double label, so something like other physical bitcoins maybe.

How does one order a piglet of their own, and seal the private key inside? If it's a squishy material, it's probably fun to use, but not very easily "secured".

Hey Dabs

I printed the private key on some high quality paper, rolled it up and stuffed it through a tiny hole I poked in the bottom. It's more of a rupture in the material than a hole, so you can't really pull the piece of paper out unless you cut a bigger hole into it.

Since the Kickstarter campaign didn't get funded, we'll do some work on the product, so expect some changes.

However, our trust chain is still on, currently on its way to Greece after spending some time in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany :D

Thanks to all who are helping out and participating  :D

Ahh.. okay. maybe make the hole a "one way" kind of thing. Like how boats get stuffed into glass bottles. It's kinda hard to get the boat out without breaking the bottle, or breaking the boat into parts.

Again, it's just a paper wallet in the form of a cute pig.

You tried a kickstarter, maybe you should try a bitcoin fundraiser kind of thing instead (yes, I know, it will look like an ICO, that's how it is.) You're looking at raising maybe 2 or 3 BTC total? Make it a target to hit 10 or something, maybe a public address held in escrow (I'd volunteer myself, but you can feel free to pick anyone else, or 2 of us if you want multi-sig) and everything is tracked on the blockchain.

Could also be individual addresses if people want a little privacy but still want to contribute to your kickstarter in BTC.

Don't send the piglet to me, I'm in the south pole and it's likely a penguin will eat it before it gets to me. :P

When I first saw this project many months ago , it had me very intrigued , but also very suspicious. This suspicion is a natural reaction , especially to all bitcoiners that have been involved in the bitcoin / cryptocurrency world for a significant amount of time. After reading some initial posts , I dunno I just liked the idea and product. I ordered one !
The producers of digipiglet took everything that was suggested/ thrown at them and re evaluated the idea and product. I was sent a refund before I even knew I needed one.
They must have spent a lot of time thinking about their product and it’s security in the last few months .
I will say this is still a work in progress and there a several things that need to be tweaked.
I have absolutely no affiliation with this product/company , but I really do hope this product succeeds. I’m more than happy to be envolved with this charitable project and if this helps the company fine  tune it’s final product, kudos to them .
It’s  great there’s input from many , many sources and forum members and I hope it continues.

So happy to see Piggy get some Welsh acquaintances with green dragon. And now all the way to Greece! And possibly Denmark next on the list.

Will be really cool to have toured all of West and Central Europe and Scandinavia, before moving on to somewhere a bit... Far;) Anyone need help with shipping costs if somehow a problem, do get in touch. Don't mind giving this thing a few more nudges!

Good to see updates. Trust chain intact;)

Is there no easier method to do this online? Sending the actual DigiPiglet from one location to the next is a very slow process. Can you guys not

create a "digital" piglet on a website and then get people to pay $5 for every move it makes. I will be nice to see what country gets the Piglet the

most and you can even hold a little competition to see who holds it the most. Put up some prizes like free piglets for the people who grabs it the

most.                                                    --= Something similar to a capture the flag game. =--

Next stop Denmark

Anyone from Scandinavia that want to join the The DigiPiglet Journey in 2 weeks after me?

DigiPiglet arrived in Greece!

Next stop... Denmark with @JanEmil (parcel is ready & will get dispatched in a couple of hours)

Here are some status updates of the contents of the box so far:

The box that I received was not in good condition. Hence I replaced all packaging materials.  Items included in the box that I dispatched:

1 DigiPiglet (in good condition)
@buwaytress comic strip
Artwork of a piggy with some beans on the bottom right corner (not recall who's it is)
@Mbitr card
@tweetious postcard
3 DigiPiglet stickers

Fingers crossed everything is in there, and nothing got lost till now.

I added some sats at the collection basket total
(TxID: 692a71b42a97c14508d7de54c9023840d8a61393e085eee4f121c23ae0581f3b)


https://i.imgur.com/NxQtw4B.jpg

DigiPiglet with local PhysiPigeon

https://i.imgur.com/yJ7gk7Q.jpg

DigiPiglet @ seaside

https://i.imgur.com/Es1JEpx.jpg

Ancient Greek DigiPiglet

https://i.imgur.com/p8jJXlB.jpg

Postcard top right corner: there is a mention "stamp goes here" so... I did!  :P

tweetious, that is some awesome piece of work. And your post, by the way, is just one demonstration of why this trust chain is physical. Kprawn and others might have asked if it could simply be digital all the way but I personally think nothing quite captures this physical aspect. Imagine the story of the DigiPiglet journey across 100 different locations?

Yes, the cost could potentially be prohibitive once it starts going trans-continent, but I'll jump in and remind when I see it do that, that I'll help with postage costs, to some extent anyway.

Wow, so happy to see it moving. Nice pictures tweetious!

It is indeed a little inconvenient to send it physically, but that's what makes it special  :D

I slightly messed up with the BTC symbol orientation in my postcard... LOL  ;D Looks more like BCH  :P

100 journeys are A LOT... fingers crossed DigiPiglet will survive!

Concerning the cost... well... receiver knows well in advance, that they have to add to the collection basket + cover dispatching shipping fees to next host... hence no hidden surprises here...

Wow, amazing to see all the progress!
Hadn't checked in for a while, so it's great to see all these pictures with the Digipiglet all around Europe.

Jan Emil has messaged me and I am next in line to receive the pig.

Its coming to SCOTLAND!

All the fin presents we add. What is the purpose of them? We look and add one more?

Dude tweetious now you made me know what BCH looks like goddamn haha!

No worries, I have faith in this trust chain. I don't have faith much in postal service in parts of the world. I have been victim multiple times haha. I am living in a very far place from you guys and I lose a lot of mail sent to me, or they are opened because of customs so they are repackaged very badly and damaged.

The cost can be quite a surprise if you're halfway across the world from your next receiver though;) How heavy is this thing?
Jan Emil, actually I don't think we have to add presents. It was just kind of voluntary from those who did. You probably don't want to add anything big, bulky or heavy though!

DigiPiglet alone does not weight a lot. If not mistaken, it's around 40 grams. The package that I sent to Jan (including packaging materials and all the extra contents) was 240 grams.

There is no need to add presents. However, (totally optional) a small piece of paper does not add a significant amount of weight to the total.

fingers crossed, piglet will not end up as a square sausage...  ;D

Scotland! There can be only one! The highlanding piglet. That is an interesting journey this little piggy has had so far. Yes, just attach a small paper with a short note about where it came from, what it did, and a link to this thread in case someone else intercepts it.

Got it yesterday.

https://i.ibb.co/187RRy8/1.jpg
The package was nice and well packed.

DigiPiglet was tired because of the long journey so could not get him out last night.

But this morning he was first man up and ready for work. Danish design is one of the things my country Denmark try to earn from. We have a good tradition for furniture, lamps and other art of use.
My workplace try to build on top of that. Dental units and dental instruments with danish design and good ergonomics. Piggy learned alot about the Danish way.

https://i.ibb.co/6DZWwQs/2.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/R42R6r4/3.jpg

DigiPiglet bring a little gift to the next in the chain of trust that don't have a "ZEPHER Coin | In Loving Memory" https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5124871.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5124871.0)

https://i.ibb.co/GTg8bQx/4.jpg

Feel free to take one as long they are there.

@Corrosive and Scotland next in line. Will be shipped to day/night.

Food for Piggy sent
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/98916782b2048542c06d5b3a5dd9b849e373611aaa4a3909a3dd7977f0be9ca0

edit:
Some say my address is there. We all have our beliefs. I know it's silly. But I insist it should be possible to be public even if it is crypto.

Really glad that arrived safe and sound!   :)

Wahey! Well done , keep on trucking little fella.
Nice touch with the ZEPHER coins too JanEmil - beautiful :)

I have received the piglet today, inside the package are some postcards, a note from mbitr and a small packet of bitcoinpenny zepher coins (from Jan Emil) of which i won't take one as i already have some. I will update with some pics once im not sat on my bed wearing my underwear 👍

There we go. The pig and i went to the local country park for a stroll. We saw the castle, the deer, the stream and lots of wildlife. Little piggy was most intrigued by these large oinking creatures we met along the way....

Pictures taken at Dean Castle Country Park, Scotland

https://i.ibb.co/wQ5HPPF/20191125-115440.jpg (https://ibb.co/wQ5HPPF) https://i.ibb.co/9b1LQ62/20191125-115325.jpg (https://ibb.co/9b1LQ62) https://i.ibb.co/mCWDjP8/20191125-115308.jpg (https://ibb.co/mCWDjP8) https://i.ibb.co/QvG1fwc/20191125-115206.jpg (https://ibb.co/QvG1fwc) https://i.ibb.co/gVdT9H2/20191125-115126.jpg (https://ibb.co/gVdT9H2)

If anyone else in the UK wants to recieve the piglet, publicly mention in here then we can sort out addresses via PM.

Will add a btc donation later, cheers 👍

Oh man, I'm kinda sad that I didn't think about including such cool pictures and personal gifts to the package.
I'd really want to receive it again near the end, though that might go against what the piggy stands for :P

I'd pay good money to get another chance!

Does anyone in the UK want it???

Awesome pics! ;D

Regards,
Me

Send it down

:D

Viz

Sadly no merits left to send , but well done vizique  :)

Vizique is next in line. I will send out ASAP 👍👍

Where are you little piggy ?
Where will you be for Xmas ?
Stay warm, but watch out for people offering your blankets over the holidays  :)

Christmas can be dangerous for a little piggy  :o

Piggy piggy where will u be in xmas

Hey... just checking in to see where the Piggy is at now?

I saw that all of the products already sold out on the website. But, I read that the project's funding goal was unsuccessful on kickstarter. Any update about this?
And how’s the campaign? Will it continue?

OP hasnt been online for a while now and havent given any updates towards this. Try to pm buwaytress (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=901859) and ask out if there are some progress
towards this Digipiglet.

 :)Piggy’s on the move !
Going over the pond to the states ;)

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5130404.0

If only pigs could fly  :)

Hey guys!

Catching up after a while, seems piglet's on a long journey to a new continent now, though it seems to have skipped a couple of British people along the way haha.

Thought I'd just touch base quickly and see if there's anyone still interested in joining the chain. I do have a couple of people from back home in (SE) Asia but maybe best to let Piglet traverse the Americas before crossing the Pacific!

I've asked Viz to post in here too so we can keep the momentum going (or add to the momentum?).

The chain so far:
1. DigiPiglet >>
2. eternalgloom [Belgium (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5183158.msg52406555#msg52406555)] >>
3. buwaytress [Netherlands (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5183158.msg52509363#msg52509363)] >>
4. bengy [Netherlands (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5183158.msg52546212#msg52546212)] >>
5. Mbitr [Wales (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5183158.msg52920082#msg52920082)] >>
6. tweetious [Greece (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5183158.msg53015813#msg53015813)] >>
7. JanEmil [Denmark (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5183158.msg53137876#msg53137876)] >>
8. Corrosive [Scotland (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5183158.msg53175410#msg53175410)] >>
9. Vizique [UK (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5130404.msg53666283#msg53666283)] >>
10. minerjones TBA


I'd ping the creator himself. This trust chain doesn't have much to do with the funding campaign though (except that if funded, all participants in the chain get a free piggie), otherwise the donations go to a charity cause =)

Speaking off, let's remind participants to check out the full set of "rules" in OP! Only 7 donations received towards the public address but 8 in the chain;) https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/address/1NETDSdHh6Zoot4BohbWP1ZqCapPvHFih9

I'm keen to be included in the chain, I am based in New Zealand, and I know that a few trusted members are based in Australia.
Let me know

How do you determine where the DigiPiglet goes to? My concern is anonymity and how to protect your anonymity.. (Not linking your Bitcointalk.org account with your real identity)

So, if you create a newbie account to participate in this, then you might not be trusted. (Not that a higher ranked account would automatically qualify you for a opportunity to do this, because a lot of accounts are traded.)

I know it is not a lot of money, so people would not go through a lot of effort to hijack the piglet, but people are greedy by nature. What kind of verification are done to identify the next participant?

You send to one YOU trust.

Don't sign up if you don't want to give address to one guy that sends to you.

I believe it is up to some sort of forum agreement, and final decision rests with whoever has the piglet right now. Because he's the one who's going to send it.

As for anonymity and privacy, only the sender would have your mailing address, so you'd have to trust the last person. You could use a forwarding service but that's additional expense.

I'd love to be on this chain. :)

Regards,
Chris

Just a little bump to see where you are little piggy ?

Same! I'm curious to see where he is oinking right now.  :D

Since their forum account was last active December 17, 2019 then its better to reach em out into their other mediums:

https://twitter.com/DigiPiglets
https://www.instagram.com/digipiglets/
https://www.facebook.com/DigiPiglets/
https://steemit.com/@nate.french

but their funding is unsucessful which had been
mentioned in to their kickstart page : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nenadfranjic/digipiglets-collectible-piggy-banks-for-digital-money

Which basically means that this project is dead.

@minerjones did you ever get the piglet? Profile seems to have pages of edited/empty archived posts, not sure if account is still active.

Feel a bit guilty for forgetting about this thread but it does seem like the journey ended abruptly. Project itself seems to have floundered but that shouldn't affect the journey or the story... perhaps eternalgloom might have a way to contact founder having met him?

Journey-wise, wonder if the two who volunteered to be part of the chain would still be interested.

In any case, be good to just get some closure on this.

Hey, good to hear from you! :) Sorry for being away for so long. Times were crazy, but things are looking up.

I was thinking the same thing. Lets figure out where our little piggy ended up and finish the journey. A physical chain is the last thing we should do right now ;D

Best thing would be if the current holder could contact me, so that we can figure out the next steps.

@minerjones, if you are currently holding it, feel free to contact me here, or instagram or mail, whatever works best for you :)

Good to hear from you too! Times really were/are crazy and looks to be like that for a long time. Bitcoin, though, doing very well, don't you agree?

Still curious to see where piggy landed, indeed, but yeah perhaps given current conditions, physical chain could even be slightly irresponsible (not an expert).

You're not thinking of NFT are you?;)

Bitcoin is running great, finally, right? ;D

Anyways, I am in fact thinking about NFTs :) At first I thought they are distracting us from goals like banking the unbanked and hedging against a broken financial system. But the more I read about it, the more I believe it gives substance to the entire crypto space.

As for the missing DigiPiglet, I contacted @minerjones on Instagram, I'm sure he'll check his messages at some point.

Hey guys,

first of all let me thank you again for participating in this journey :D

I have minted DigiPiglets into NFTs and I wanted to share them with you as a reward.

There will be 500 bulls and bears, but only 21 DigiPiglets.

https://i.ibb.co/Cn3bKGj/Digi-Piglet-Front-small.png

https://i.ibb.co/4TyxR0x/Digi-Bear-Front-small.png

https://i.ibb.co/VBY3pQT/Digi-Bull-Front-small.png


Please send me a message either on here or via e-Mail, I'll create a link for you to claim the NFT.

Also, I think we have two transactions missing, it would be great if we could get those done :)

Shame to have seen the physical journey come to an end ?This was  certainly not helped with Covid and the resulting dreadful worldwide postal service. Let’s hope that the digital version can live on and hopefully still travel time and space  :)
PM coming - Thankyou  :)

Claiming one of each, if possible. Pig, Bull, Bear. :) This will be my first NFT (not counting the fNFT from the April fool's joke on this forum.)

The journey did not come to an end.  I believe it went to Ghost then back to MJ.  It made it to me in FL for spring break.  He got his ear pierced and other shenanigans.  It's on the post card in the package. ;)
Digipiglet is now with Lesbian Cow.  Hope this helps.

That's great :D I'm in no rush to finish it if it's still on the move.

Don't forget to tip the piglet:

https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1NETDSdHh6Zoot4BohbWP1ZqCapPvHFih9

Are there any new pictures?

Not deliberate necropost, but does anyone know what happened to this? Lesbian Cow was last on the journey... and what? Did I miss out on those bear/bull NFTs? Is it too late? Are Piglets now extinct? So many questions, many made-up answers!