Title: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: casascius on January 22, 2012, 03:25:34 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NyzDY7NUOo
Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: rjk on January 22, 2012, 03:31:18 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NyzDY7NUOo Cool! Looks like very boring work though. :-\Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: the joint on January 22, 2012, 03:38:23 AM I'm overqualified for this job.
Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: Matthew N. Wright on January 22, 2012, 04:42:10 AM Reminds me of folding 10,000 flyers for my college prep school in Korea. That was fun.
Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: the joint on January 22, 2012, 04:53:23 AM Reminds me of folding 10,000 flyers for my college prep school in Korea. That was fun. Love your avatar, bro. Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: casascius on January 22, 2012, 05:26:24 AM May not be fun, but keep in mind I am charging about $2 for each coin
Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: Meatpile on January 22, 2012, 04:54:47 PM Why is casacius the only person that gets away with so many spam / ad postings on this forum?
Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: Hawkix on January 22, 2012, 05:13:37 PM Just interested how do you keep track of private/public key pair? Does the paper circles have public key on one side, private on another?
Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: casascius on January 22, 2012, 06:38:02 PM Why is casacius the only person that gets away with so many spam / ad postings on this forum? I am essentially advertising giving away the ability and knowledge to make physical bitcoins to others, far more so than advertising to others to come buy mine. A subject more of "open source" interest than typical ads. I cannot satisfy the true demand for physical bitcoins making them myself, so I charge an inflated price to balance the supply and demand. I am looking to encourage well-qualified others to make these at a profit. Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: casascius on January 22, 2012, 06:44:59 PM Just interested how do you keep track of private/public key pair? Does the paper circles have public key on one side, private on another? I use a database that tracks the funding status and denominations of the coins. One simple script queues the coins for activation using a firstbits lookup. The database knows what addresses I have generated, and can auto reject typos. Another script produces a "sendmany" script for bitcoind to actually send the BTC out (I paste it into a shell window). Using sendmany allows for bulk funding of coins in a single transaction, cutting out complexity and transaction fees. The full bitcoin address is pulled from the database so I never have to type any more than the firstbits. Another script sets aside a batch of coins for later funding. This is used for international orders. When the orders arrive, I simply throw their coins into the activation queue. Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: cbeast on January 22, 2012, 07:04:52 PM And then you also just give away those private keys in the video to anyone with Mission Impossible Video Enhancement. ;)
Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: Matthew N. Wright on January 22, 2012, 07:12:10 PM And then you also just give away those private keys in the video to anyone with Mission Impossible Video Enhancement. ;) CSI Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: BadBear on January 22, 2012, 07:55:56 PM And then you also just give away those private keys in the video to anyone with Mission Impossible Video Enhancement. ;) CSI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAvUFD68NEQ Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: DiThi on January 22, 2012, 08:08:45 PM And then you also just give away those private keys in the video to anyone with Mission Impossible Video Enhancement. ;) CSI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAvUFD68NEQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUFkb0d1kbU Uncrop! Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: casascius on January 22, 2012, 08:14:41 PM And then you also just give away those private keys in the video to anyone with Mission Impossible Video Enhancement. ;) The only glitch being that the private keys are face down - what is face up is a repetition of the firstbits. Unless of course, the equipment can zoom in so well as to see the private key through the paper. BUt then again, the coins have a window you can see through even on a completed coin, so just do the same thing on a completed coin and you'll have hacked it! Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: gurg2.o on January 22, 2012, 11:18:18 PM Anything to the coin other than novelty? :D
Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: cbeast on January 23, 2012, 01:14:54 AM I wonder if there is any interest in coining alternate block chains like namecoin?
Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: Matthew N. Wright on January 23, 2012, 01:44:39 AM I wonder if there is any interest in coining alternate block chains like namecoin? lol Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: Ranvier on January 23, 2012, 02:21:02 AM If you don't mind me asking, why is it that shipping costs $6 for one coin?
If the shipping didn't cost so much I might be more inclined to purchase one. Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: bombo999 on January 24, 2012, 08:44:58 PM very interesting product
Title: Re: What making Casascius Coins looks like (video) Post by: casascius on January 24, 2012, 09:07:48 PM If you don't mind me asking, why is it that shipping costs $6 for one coin? If the shipping didn't cost so much I might be more inclined to purchase one. I am using Priority Mail Flat Rate mailers - same shipping cost regardless of number of coins. Most people order more than one coin (and possibly for the very reason you cite - it's not as cost effective to pay that for orders of single coins). |