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Hello reader!

We are excited to announce the arrival of the world’s most secure, anonymous and confidential offline Bitcoin wallet, Cryptosteel.

Cryptosteel combines the innovatory elegance of the iconic Renaissance Guttenberg press with material robustness of stainless steel dog-tag in order to form a discreet and effective Bitcoin password storage system guaranteed to safeguard your personal details from online and offline threats alike.
http://www.cryptosteel.com/_2021275.jpg
The unique characteristics which make Cryptosteel stand out in a competitive cold-wallet market-place include:

Comprehensive Personal Security

Cryptosteel’s raison d’etre is keeping your personal information safe and no cold wallet technology can lay persuasive claim to doing so as effectively as us.

Cryptosteel is a wholly offline password storage solution. Recording your private data with Cryptosteel requires no third-part engagement whatsoever, and that includes us. All information will be punched into Cryptosteel by your own hand in a fast, easy, tool and electricity-free manner expanded upon below.

So long as you’re indestructible Bitcoin wallet remains on your person external agents possess no possibility of accessing your information.

Cryptosteel’s beauty and efficacy, then, lies in its simplicity: the wallet puts you in full, independent control of your Bitcoin passwords and ensures their security.

The code-storage-system is thus an ideal gift for any family-member, friend, or colleague who stands to benefit from enhanced Bitcoin security.


Discreetness & Quality


Cryptosteel is hand crafted in Poland by expert metallurgists using only the highest-quality materials as a means of ensuring the longevity and lasting efficacy of the cold-wallet.

Composed of immaculately sourced and produced stainless steel (ASI 304), the wallet is at once fireproof, corrosion resistant and light-weight. These material qualities make the wallet ideal for concealment underground or within concrete constructions.

Once stored in a safe location, the content of Cryptosteel is yours and yours alone to access.


Strength


Cryptosteel is designed to endure the most physically testing conditions imaginable.

The fact that the code-storage system is simultaneously fire-proof, acid-resistant, and (effectively) uncrushable means that in the event of a serious accident such as a house-fire or a car-crash, or even in conditions of war or an Electro Magnetic Pulse attack; Cryptosteel and your personal details are guaranteed to remain intact.  


Ease of Use


The technology is made all the more appealing owing to its characteristic ease of use.

The fact that no online interaction, electricity or hardware tools are required to use Cryptosteel means that the wallet succeeds in making sophisticated cold-storage technology easily available to all Bitcoin users.

Cryptosteel owners can commit all of their most sensitive password details to a safe and secure storage unit in minutes by punching out codes of up to 64 characters in length (capital letters and digits) using their hands alone.

The wallet’s comprehensive security guarantee thus hinges on the fact that no third party or online communication or engagement is necessary.


Why is this important?

The advent of Cryptosteel stands to enhance Bitcoin safety.

The quick, straightforward and discreet manner in which the wallet comprehensively safeguards its owner’s personal details means that Cryptosteel stands to go a long way towards assuaging the frequently unfounded security concerns which breed consumer anxiety when it comes to dealing in crypto-currencies.

Furthermore, by affording users access to the first ever physical, wholly confidential and indestructible Bitcoin password-storage-system, Cryptosteel has gone a long way towards bridging the gap between the online and offline spheres of Bitcoin key protection.

No Bitcoin wallet technology can legitimately claim to offer its users wholesale, future-proof protection from threats to personal data; however, when used in conjunction with secure online storage systems, Cryptosteel stands to offer Bitcoin users the best possible chance of preserving the long-term safety of their private wealth.

After all, engraving has been the foremost method of long-term personal information retention throughout human history.


How Can I Help?


The idea for Cryptosteel has been in ferment since December 2013 and the positive feedback that our experienced team received from scrupulous market research encouraged us to produce a fully functioning prototype within six months of the concept being conceived.

This is a serious project and we are now turning to you for the funding which will help us to fully realize Cryptosteel’s potential.  

All monies accrued will be managed with full transparency and provision has been already made for crowdfunding revenues to be invested in specialist tools which will complete our Poland-based assembly line.

Put simply, then; WE ARE OPEN SOURCE and full project blueprints will be made available on an Open Hardware basis.

Thank you for reading and be sure to spread the word about Cryptosteel: The Ultimate Cold Wallet wherever you think interested parties might gather.

http://get.cryptosteel.com (http://get.cryptosteel.com)

We are happy to announce the Explainer video for Cryptosteel.

https://vimeo.com/122551397

This artifact looks like this.  And i think that value of first edition will be greater in future.
http://d9hhrg4mnvzow.cloudfront.net/get.cryptosteel.com/fd651ce1-letters.jpg

essentially a metal paper wallet? They look rad atleast.

I checked out some of the staff, they seem non-existent.



Jan Mierzejewski:  Project implementation.
 component3d Engineer.
Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw  Ph.D. in Physics.

not listed on the official site: http://www.slcj.uw.edu.pl/en/3.html

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Hi @traderman, If you want to read more about Jan Mierzejewski try this link. http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Mierzejewski (http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Mierzejewski)
@NewJerseyJess - thank you for your opinion - wait until you get one of it, pure 200 gram of Full Metal Bitcoin :)

Looks a good idea but what happens if someone gets hold of them and re arranges the letters and numbers as a joke and you have no other copies of the code anywhere. Do you get some other storage or note of it to keep elsewhere. Is a good idea will be keeping an eye on the project to see how this progresses.

Agreed, it looks cool, but does not seem practical. More of a novelty item.

cool idea actually.. probably the best implementation of a paper wallet if designed and manufactured properly. 
 
>Looks a good idea but what happens if someone gets hold of them and re arranges the letters and numbers as a joke and you have no other copies of the code anywhere.

I mean its the same as any other paper/physical wallet if someone malicious gets a hold of it. You are screwed of course.

Thanks for providing that link.

Cryptosteel is very fine product in this line of wallet type.
If You want concrete steel wallet that is very hard to destroy, You definitely should try Cryptosteel product.

I know project and its founder from very beginning of his work, and this project progress make me still believe in good people in this industry.

If You want tough physic Bitcoin wallet You definitely should try this one!

Not seeing the wisdom of calling something for security with a name like "Steal"..   ??? 8)

Enough of that in bitcoin as it is.

But looks cool, so good luck.

You can customise it with any logo, brand or name.
Specially for you - you can call it http://hodlwallet.com (http://hodlwallet.com) let me know whether you convinced? ;)

@Crazyearner
I recommend to diversify types of Bitcoin storage. There is no single solution working all-in-one. Keep in mind numbers of lost crypto-coins.
If it will save even one person life time savings, I would say, I reach my initial goal.
And finally, I wish there will be no single case to find out how fire-proof it is.
Think about it as a nice gift, or gadget, with Bitcoin engraved in its heart.
Any way, we did a deep research. It is not simple to chose the best mixture for the most secure working solution.
http://cryptosteel.com/Comparsion_chart.jpg

Just a metal wallet, no paper.

@Cryptosteel,

Aren't there third party risk to get my private key? I have to generate that first before I can arrange it in the steel wallet.

P.S., "Anonymity" is spelled wrong in your graphic.

They put "no third party risk" on "cloud storage" but not on "safe deposit box."  I'm not sure what they think "third party risk" is, but the infographic is clearly wrong on "no third party risk," no matter how you slice it.  Nevermind the fact that a paper wallet can most certainly do "any-cryptocurrency" if cryptosteel can.  Also, exactly how does cryptosteel provide true random numbers that can't be used on a "paper wallet" or put in a "safe deposit box?"  All I'm saying is "you are nitpicking in the wrong areas," and/or "nice first draft," depending on who I'm talking to.

@Possum577
All you need is to punch-out your secret sentence (private key, or password) from included stainless steel sheets.
Customer do it by his own.
You can use any kind of private key generator - it is up to you - BitcoinCoreClient, bitaddres.org, Electrum... ect.
Cryptosteel is just simple a tool - and my intention is to deliver awesome design, and do not close inside a "specification"
You can even fill in cryptosteel with haiku poem to your grand-grand-child.

bdw. Thank you for perceptivity  8)

True Random Numbers: Yes, you can, just mix-up all provided letters in a hat (over 216 bricks will be enough even to build a Master Seed) - and pick it up. You can make true random lottery :)
Safe deposit box: You can have one in your basement or you can have one inside Goldman vault...
Anycryptocurrency: it not easy to find a nice paper wallet generator for example for YBCoin - yes, you can print it, So I will fix it in my chart. Thank you

True Random Numbers: While I hadn't thought of drawing a key from a hat, it still can't be truly random unless there are more of each character than can possibly be used in the key, for instance, it is possible for a randomly generated key to consist of one character repeated as many times as necessary just as it is possible for enough monkeys with enough typewriters to generate the works of Shakespeare.  IOW, because there are constraints (i.e. no more than 4 of any given character), it is not truly random.  One could even argue that method of mixing the bricks in the hat tied with the different weights of the bricks and followed by a human drawing the bricks from the hat would significantly reduce randomness, but that argument isn't necessary due to aforementioned and much more significant constraints.

Safe deposit box: Yes, and the one in your basement would not have any more third party risk than the cryptosteel, but a cloud-based storage solution certainly would (even if the risk were loss vs theft).

These are really cool but how exactly does the wallet work? Do you pop out letters and numbers and slide them into the case?

Will you ship worldwide once you accept orders?

Is there a way to lock the case?

Very cool product!

When does the funding part of this happen as I am poss interested or is their any projected price for these to be made and sent out. Seen your other comments to replay and in a way yes theirs no real definitive solution to having backups but it helps to have something like this being protected as they are. I will be interested in one myself depending on prices or a number of them. How many is it you actually get when ordering is it like in picture where can slide open and has a number of them within it or do you just buy one and can add more to it and they connect together and slide apart in pictures?

We are working hard to find solution for shipment and duty tax.

Woah....this is amazing. ill try my best to buy the first version as a collectible. Moreover i like the idea of an open source hardware project. blueprint out in the open and stuff.

Hope you guys start shipping soon :) You're asking for donations, but I don't see how much you really need to complete your goal... Also, will people who donate above average have any special perks? :)

Hi @unamis76,
Corowdfounding campaign will start soon. And we are building a list of rewards, and perks. Stay tuned, our team are more tech, than social (:
Please sign up for mailing list at http://get.cryptosteel.com and we will be in touch!

Good news! You have a nice project here, keep it up. I'll definitely consider contributing to crowdfunding, or just buy your product when it's released :)

Following all your channels, hope to get news soon.

Soon as you get some funding sorted am game to be a reseller for the UK depending on the cost of things shipping and bulk buying to send to customers within the UK. If this gets started and project takes off then I can add to my shop for crypto products and other things when the business is ready for re launch and introduce your products too.

We are happy to announce the Explainer video for Cryptosteel.

https://vimeo.com/122551397



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http://get.cryptosteel.com , http://fb.com/cryptosteel , http://twitter.com/cryptosteel

I think I'll get one just for the fun of it because they are super cool looking.

Agreed.  I'd like to get one just for the cool factor.

Now that's a nice video and a nice way to pump up the hype train! :D


After watching the video I have the same question, I see the keys are "pressed" against their "rails". I though it worked by pushing the letters from the side of the "rails" and closing a lid... :)

Locked (irreversible) and for a lifetime: I'll order it.  8)

this is great. 

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maybe you could think of a way to keep this secure even during a physical attack?

Hey OP, any updates when you will start accepting orders and begin shipping?

They'll go through a crowdfunding stage first... But there are no dates yet, as far as I know :)

Hello,

We are working hard to get in touch with everybody interested.
And we put a lot of effort to answer as much as possible questions from mails, twitts, posts and cover media attention.
All yours positive feedback encourages us so much!

@TQMA, @unamis76
Video shows second generation of Cryptosteel. We are now working on the fifth generation of prototype.
User will slide on letters from the side. Cryptosteel is FUBAR-proof (:

Video Explainer --> https://vimeo.com/cryptosteel/explainer

First customised prototype of ‪#‎Cryptosteel‬ in Bitbay.net (http://Bitbay.net) headquarter
https://scontent-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/1513170_352575044949238_8340918556751206019_n.jpg?oh=3f8559117d2ce61310d9be28b3fbb810&oe=5575D7E7

http://get.cryptosteel.com , http://fb.com/cryptosteel , http://twitter.com/cryptosteel

Sounds good then :) Keep it up!

https://twitter.com/cryptosteel/status/580363045546909696

Well, these guys are going big, I guess ;D If they make a Gold one, they'll have two types of clients: the ones who go for originality (me), and the ones who go for full premium :)

What is this BitBay thing ? You are also running an exchange ?

Golden does not necessarily mean gold. :)

I think this was just a bit of a publicity stunt... ;D They made a custom one for BitBay for support.


I understand that :) But they're the metal specialists, so... :D

Any updates on this project???

Hello!
Big changes bring lot's of work.
We are working on writing down the MasterSeed in a single #Cryptosteel.
And we hope we will bring soon very good news!

Are there any early estimates on price?  International shipping?

Not impressed ! Is there anything to keep those letter from falling off ? Or to prevent tampering ?

I could do better by using a 3d printer to print my private key on plastic

From the latest drawings it seems as if the letters slide in so they are secure from falling.

Tampering?  Couldn't ANY cold wallet, more or less, be destroyed or tampered with?

Sure you could make your own plastic one - but not everybody can make one out of steel.  This also allows you to change your wallet in the future too (swap out the characters).

All in all, it's a cold storage novelty. 

Is this product dead?  I noticed there domain expired.

The site worked 2 days ago

We had some problems with auto-renew on site of the domain provider - and it should be fixed soon - this remember us that we are one year old now:)

Happy to say that soon we will bring massive good news for all of you!

Cryptosteel is alive and we are 1 year old!

Let us celebrate the first anniversary ;) at Bitcoin Conference Prague - 14 may - see you there!

Will you show off your product there? :)

Cryptosteel is back and better with SatoshiLabs

Hello Reader! 



Wondering where we went since you've heard of Cryptosteel? Well, we have exciting development to announce.



In recent weeks the Cryptosteel team has been working closely with SatoshiLabs on a complete redesign of our cold wallet.


Our aim at Cryptosteel was to bring a secure, anonymous and confidential offline cold wallet that can be easily used by just anybody.
SatoshiLabs naturally stood as an ideal partner to help us with the process. Together we are happy to introduce a durable, practical and really beautiful stainless steel backup option.


Since its inception, SatoshiLabs have worked tirelessly to promote public awareness of online currency. The company have also been responsible for pioneering numerous ground-breaking developments in the area of bitcoin mining and security. 



Notably SatoshiLabs http://satoshilabs.com/ (http://satoshilabs.com/) are the brains behind market-leading hardware wallet TREZOR, Coinmap.org or Slush Pool, the first bitcoin mining pool in the world.

The result of Cryptosteel’s intensive design alliance with SatoshiLabs is that our cold-wallet is better than ever before.



Use Cryptosteel to safely store your TREZOR Recovery seed or any other HD wallet backup.


It is also ideal for ultra-secure setups involving multisig wallets.

“Cryptosteel now represents an advanced TREZOR Recovery seed card. It's anonymous, offline and confidential but moreover, it's really durable, resistant to fire or water.” Alena Vranova, Director of Satoshilabs plans to use this “eternal backup” for future generations.


How to use it?

By picking letters from a pre-cut steel plate, you can assemble up to 24 words of any BIP39 compliant HD wallet backup into a stainless steel container. Hide it in safe place, to secretly protect your lifetime savings.

Marek Palatinus aka Slush enjoyed co-creating the new Cryptosteel: “The beauty of this backup solution is that you only need to assemble the first 4 letters of each word. Those 4 letters are unique and sufficient to recover the sentence and the entire bitcoin wallet. We did a frequency analysis and determined the minimum set of letters that are needed to create the Cryptosteel.”

One more step from designing to production – help us getting started!

So, here we are! We have a family tradition in metal craftsmanship and a well-thought design of our product. We strongly believe there is space for Cryptosteel in this community.

In order to make this happen we are starting a crowdfunding campaign on 20 May! Help us covering initial production costs and become a proud owner of First Edition Wallet.

All funds will be transparently invested directly into our Poland-based production with the goal to keep the final price as low as possible.

http://cryptosteel.com/meeteng.jpg

Can't wait to have the final product in my hands.. letting TREZOR users know.
Good luck CryptoSteel!

How did the prototype feel in hand ? Coarse? Sharp edged? Tinny? Light? Flimsy? Rough?

Really solid :) quite heavy as well..

Looks neat. Maybe drill a hole so it can have a padlock keep it closed ... then try to remember where you hid the key for the padlock :D

This is a good idea and looks nice but just like a paper wallet, it can fall into the wrong hands, get lost or get thrown away by accident. What is the retail price once crowdfunding campaign is live?

@ScryptAsic You can protect your Mnemonic Seed with passphrase - and you can have several passphrases to deceive a marauder.  ;D

Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign just launched! "Cryptosteel: The Ultimate Cold Storage Wallet"

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cryptosteel-the-ultimate-cold-storage-wallet

Our goal is to raise $8000.  Your generous support can make that goal attainable. Any contribution is appreciated and no amount will go unnoticed.
Thanks and I look forward to sharing my project experiences with you.

http://www.cryptosteel.com/indie66-panorama.jpg

Very cool, I just pledged for the early bird and paid with bitcoin.  ;D  Can't wait to receive the final product in July!

Thank you!
I am busy now creating new stretch goals - speed of funding comes out of the blue! Who could expect it :)

How are you paying with bitcoin?  I only see a paypal option.  And I sure as fuck am not using paypal.

Update:  Nevermind, found the bitcoin link to crowdfund.  If anybody else is wondering what the link is to use bitcoin:

https://cryptosteel.com/crowdfounding.html

Inside a "Story" section - just click on "Click here to donate in Bitcoin" - you do not need to signup, or register, just a pure power of BTC
you will be redirected to Mycelium GEAR gateway. >>> https://cryptosteel.com/crowdfounding.html

Question about logos on cryptosteel.  What kind of logo is going to be on it?  The classic bitcoin logo, no logo, or something else?  Personally, I am not too fond of the normal bitcoin logo.  Would rather see this logo on it (link below), or no logo on it, in case I use it for another cryptocurrency.

http://www.bitcoinsymbol.org/

10 is minimum order to customise Cryptosteel - you can order bundle with your company logo, or your coin logo.   

Due to heavy demand, I consider to keep it blank.
This was my initial idea, but from the other hand leave a product without logo is kind of suicide...
I am not sure what to do exactly - but, for sure we will keep it discreet.

Well, I mean it is ok to have the cryptosteel logo on it, you wouldn't want to leave that off of it! :-)

ou guys seem to be having some traction with your crowdfunding... But why not put your crowdfund on Lighthouse? :)

Our initial assumption was to use Lighhouse - we choose Indiegogo, because we believe that winning campaign on mainstream platform will bring more attention not only to Cryptosteel, but also to the whole Bitcoin community. Additionally Indiegogo is positive for side donations - you can pledge in BTC via Mycelium GEAR - without registration.

So you hit your goal...but no post here on the thread that you hit the crowdfunding goal....   Anyway, congratulations, now make my cryptosteels! :-)

They tweeted

Glad you guys were able to hit your goal! The product is unique and looks quite promising. Be sure to keep us early-birds posted on updates as they're available  ;)

Interesting and safe way to store your keys.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=871213.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=871213.0)

Everyone at Cryptosteel wishes to express our deep gratitude to all of you who contributed to our project.
We never expected such to reach our funding target so quickly and it is ultimately owing to your support and faith that we accrued the funds needed to complete our production line.

Bear in mind also that our new Stretch Goal is coming soon!

Thanks again and please continue to spread the word about Cryptosteel;
You are the people who have made all of this possible!


^{http://igg.me/at/cryptosteel}

http://www.cryptosteel.com/thank-mini.jpg

Today our Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign will be cease!
Thank you for your support and more than 250% of our funding goal!

LAST TIME CALL -  a 24 hour special-offer flash sale designed to encourage Last Bird pledgers to acquire one of the last Cryptosteel perks is now running - and counting time down :)

Grasp the Last Single Bird and The Last Dual Bird - free world wide delivery!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cryptosteel-the-ultimate-cold-storage-wallet (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cryptosteel-the-ultimate-cold-storage-wallet)


http://cryptosteel.com/LastBird.jpg

Congratulations. I hope the money you raised is spent wisely on efficiently producing your innovative products and growing your business. Be careful that the euphoria from the successful money raising does not cloud your judgement on future direction. Good luck.

Thank you @Marcus!

I believe that every single happy customer will bring me additional two new ones.
This motto helps me keep calm.

I await the sale of a fully polished final product.  :)

I have often wonder if there could be any free open source cold wallet storage for bitcoin storage because the rate of bitcoin theft keys is now rampant, I will give cryptosteel a try and I hope it will be a dream come true.

I would like to purchase your product. When will it be available?

I think the early birds who contributed to his indie-gogo campaign will start shipping out sometime this month. I'm excited to receive mine. As for regular sales I think that still might be a month or two away. That's a good question for OP.

To counter needs of our users we have just opened a pre-sale InDemand option at Indiegogo!
http://igg.me/at/cryptosteel

More essential news are coming today!

Dear Pledgers, Friends and Fans

Owing to unavoidable scheduling conflicts, the Cryptosteel team regret to announce that we are unable to commence production this month.

While we had planned to begin manufacturing the wallets during our staff’s regular time off work in the summer months, numerous unforeseen developments mean that our provisional production schedule would be delayed even if we were to begin work with heavy tools on the originally scheduled dates.

Everyone at Cryptosteel is working hard to restructure the project’s summer-time schedule in light of this delay and we wish to reassure all of our supporters that this development has no bearing on the status of your pledge. As soon as our production system is up and running, you will receive your wallet and you can rest-assured that the Cryptosteel team will keep all of its pledgers fully informed of the progress of the manufacturing phase. 

Now, on to the good news!

All of the pledges and payments have finally reached the Cryptosteel bank account.

We are delighted to confirm that we received an astonishing $21,256 from a gross total of $23,209 ($1,952 were paid out to Indiegogo and PayPal in service fees) at the end of the crowdfunding campaign in standard monetary pledges alone.

In Bitcoin pledges, meantime, we amassed over 55 orders for over 100 units of Cryptosteel giving us a total of $4,060 or 18BTC. These figures are calculated at today’s valuation of $4,560 and it is worth emphasising that BTC did not cost us any money service fees. Indeed, where other fees cost the project close to $2,000 - BTC contributed an additional $500!
 ;D ;D ;D ;D

We are also pleased to announce that the wallet customisation phase is now underway. Thus supporters who pledged for 10 wallets or more will be contacted in order to send us graphic files which will be engraved on the covers of your Cryptosteels.

Finally we would like to inform you that all pledgers will be contacted with a view to confirming a delivery address prior to your order being dispatched while all those supporters who have yet to pay a delivery fee will be afforded a next opportunity to do so.

We have also opened a pre-sale at Indiegogo.com where wallets can be bought ahead of production via the InDemand option.  http://igg.me/at/cryptosteel
We have taken this step in response to numerous requests from supporters enquiring as to when the wallets will be placed on general sale online.
A Bitcoin payment option via MyceliumGEAR is still available at: www.cryptosteel.com/crowdfunding.html

Remember that you should never hesitate to contact us with any query or suggestion!

Indeed, the Cryptosteel team gratefully received a wide variety of interesting recommendations and criticisms through the course of the crowdfunding campaign which played an active role in shaping the final version of the cold wallet. We reply to everyone and value your input greatly!

And stay in touch!

Nice job! Cant wait to receive mine.  ;D

Just a gentle reminder that companies who delay production/shipping are not well thought of in the bitcoin community.  A lot of people have never received the items that they have purchased.  I urge you to rethink your strategy here and make good on the $21,000 business transactions promptly.

this is very interesting.
i have one question, how much does the finished wallet weigh?

you are missing an "I" it is AISI, same mistake in the website.

Hello @Pooya87!

Final wallet will weight 300g (+/- 10%).

We are polishing the last details any day now.

Will there be any special characters? base64 ? Punctuation ? Separators ?  Upper and Lower Case ? Blank or user engravable tiles ?

http://www.garykessler.net/library/base64.html

Hello!

All Indiegogo pledgers and all Early Birds Bitcon pledgers will receive a special bunch of Tiles: Base64 and additional Base32 set of tiles.
We want to sidestep a user problem of making choice on non-existing product.
And off course we also want to discover how user will use Cryptosteel. 
We are hoping that some of you will describe in details the usage of Cryptosteel device.
/Several Indiegogo pledgers never heard about bitcoin!/

At the second phase - when we launch web-shop - people will be able to choose a wallet with desired set of tiles (even Chinese, if demanded:).

How many copies of each character are included in the wallet? Will it be possible to write down a 25 word seed?

25 words? Why 25?
Quoting Slush0
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/36ko01/cryptosteel_the_ultimate_cold_storage_wallet/crf9iqx

Of course it's 24, sorry

edit: if you count one password it's 25

Thanks for the email update today! I'm glad you guys are staying on top of everything and keeping us updated even though there's been a delay with production. I almost forgot I bought one, haha! Anyways I wish you guys luck and I look forward to receiving the final product!

Ive never got anything on time from a crowd funded campaign. So I hope the delays won't be too long!

Since there wasn't really a timeline given in the email, is there any ETA?

It's look cool with the steel, is that made by a real steel?
1 more question, how about the price?

The first date was sometime in July, then that got moved to sometime in August.  Not sure if there are any further delays.

Yea there is no ETA from what I see. Ever since the delays, the previous timeline that was posted on indie gogo has never re-appeared or been amended. Since they are still working on tooling and manufacturing I'd guess at least another month or two.

I don't mind the extra wait, I'm just confused on exactly how long it will be. But a month or two is fine.

Update:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnED6Y1ULlY&feature=youtu.be

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cryptosteel-the-ultimate-cold-storage-wallet#/updates

Thanks for the update guys! I know this is taking longer than expected but I'm still excited about the project. These periodic updates are appreciated :)

Yep Thanks for the updates.

And dont worry guys, its normal to have some delay. First big project is always intense!  ;)

I was just wondering this morning what is going on. Update please?

Cryptosteel just communicated with me...they are still working on this and have hit a few hurdles.  So, I have removed my negative rating.  But Cryptosteel needs to give us an update please. :-)

This is the email I received:

"Hi Patric,


We will send update at Monday or faster.
We just start the production yesterday at night.  Making now last videos and
will public it soon.

The main issue is the stainless steel itself. This metal is very odd. And we
had a lot of troubles… Please be patient. Many more things are not yet ready…
But - I do not now how to prove - I do not spend almost nothing from the
pool of crowd… I can make screenshots if you want… Even refund one person -
So if you want I can refund you. This is no problem.


Have a nice day."

Thanks for the update

Cryptosteel production is underway!

The first press matrix is now fully functional and ready to start work on the cold wallets, producing us eight letter tails per second.
We have also verified that the letter tails fit perfectly into the final prototype Cryptosteel case - this means that the design and testing phases are now complete.

One of the biggest challenges that we needed to overcome during the past few weeks related to the physical characteristics of the stainless steel itself. This metal that we are using to craft Cryptosteel is susceptible to sudden deformation and distortion during heavy press industrial treatment (processing). The relative “softness” of the stainless steel - which we initially viewed as an advantage owing to the additional malleability it affords – turned out to be its greatest weakness at the production.  

However, a few minor technical adjustments enabled us to overcome this difficulty and we can now confirm that the wallet you see in the pictures is the working prototype of Cryptosteel and the model for future production.
We would like to thank all of our loyal participants, observers, followers, and especially our contributors for all of the patience and support that you have afforded us over the past few months.

We are keeping our promise and we will soon build the production line of the first invincible bitcoin artefact!

You can expect an update relating to the production schedule within the next two weeks.

Please check out video from the production site: https://youtu.be/c3hupIKt7RU (https://youtu.be/c3hupIKt7RU)

Sneak peek of the Cryptosteel: production prototype and letter tails in details.
https://cryptosteel.com/forum/details4x4.jpg

Thanks for keeping us updated! Also appreciate the video. I'm still excited to receive the finish the final product.

Amazing to finally see this going into production... The final product is looking great, this project took a really good shape... Keep it up :)

Dear Pledgers and supporters,

The Cryptosteel team are pleased to announce that last weekend we finalised an agreement worth an initial $3500 with the vendor who will supply us with designed Blanking Dyes for the production line. This accord includes a commitment to commencing production by a deadline set at 20.12.2015.

At this point we would like to offer our sincerest apologies for recent delays in producing your cold wallets; however, the ultimate cause of these set-backs has been our commitment to delivering the best possible product.
From the very start of the Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign the Cryptosteel team were determined that the unveiled model of the cold wallet would be an exact replica of that transferred into production.
This assumption, it has transpired, was huge lapse and the consequence of our miscalculation has been a delay of over six months.

Simply put, we failed to accurately anticipate the sheer number and variety of hitches that have stymied the cold wallet’s progression from the prototyping phase to that of final production.

Furthermore, it became quickly apparent that there is an acute shortage of personnel working in the area of stainless steel production (items/details/parts) who possess the expertise and experience required to aid us in crafting Cryptosteel.
However, we have come to accept that all of the pain and stress that we have experienced over the last few months was an inevitable and in many ways essential part of the process of forging Cryptosteel and we are now confident of delivering a product of the calibre we envisaged at the outset.

Thank you all once more for your continued patience and support – it keeps us going!

We stay in touch!
http://cryptosteel.com/forum/History-s.jpg

2 months?

It is quite a wait considering the delays that have happened already, you'd think with the level of delay that customers would be upgraded or something to make up for it.

I've ran a project that had 1-2 months of delays and all kinds of problems, these were supplier side and some silly mistakes that I made. Luckily all of my customers were very flexible, which I tried to make up for by sending them extra merchandise.

This should be a great product and the crowd fund was a good price too, but this seems to be going the way of many crowd funds with lengthy deadline creep.

Pretty sure I could get these puppies banged out in less than 2 weeks at a precision machine shop I used to work at in my youth ...

Wait so you are supposed to begin production during the Christmas holidays? I'm surprised I missed that.

I don't know how it works in Poland, but won't everything be winding down at that time of the month? In my office numbers start to thin by early December. How will you get anything made in the few days after the 20th. There will be at least another month delay IMO.

Not sure if I was clear in my last post, so I thought I'd clarify.

Getting something custom machined on the 20th of December seems like a tall story to me- i.e: it ain't gonna happen.

So my conclusion is that this is not a reasonable or realistic time to start production let alone start posting us the product. Please correct me if I'm wrong- I don't know what's going on and I am a strong supporter of your project, but I am seriously concerned and have many doubts over this date you have posted.

They are only commencing production.
Maybe this does not yet include actually producing them but getting the paperwork done so that they can start right after christmas/new year.
Or they are producing in a country where christmas is not celebrated at all.

They are Polish- a predominantly Catholic country. If they are commencing production next year they should say that. But I suspect that would not go down too well with the good will of there crowdfunders.

The crowdfunding community usually reacted well to the truth.
Not that well to lies which most of the time came to light sooner or later.

I hope they know this and communicated the date with this in mind.

Work on the production line is continuing at pace and we have commenced regular fabrication of the cold wallet’s letter tails.
We are pleased, therefore, to confirm that the first production run of the letter tails is nearing completion.
(All of those heavy press elements (aka. blanking dies) need a lot of time to be hardened and sharpened)

Perhaps most excitingly, we have collected a number of packaging bundles from Mutant Letter Press - 100% fully recyclable!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Rafael Akahira and Paulina Gajos for the outstanding package design and craft work which went into this phase of production.

We have also begun to receive all of the component parts ordered from external vendors, including metal workshops, which we require for the final product.

We keep on going!

What a edifying month for a Bitcoin!

Have a great day!

https://cryptosteel.com/forum/Storypackageing.jpg
^{disclaimer (: boxes are empty yet...}

Thanks for continuing to post updates. Keep it up guys!

Dear Pledgers, Fans, and Friends,
Only good news!

Following the latest round of tests we can confirm that our production line is almost ready to begin producing components from stainless steel. Our best estimate is that we will start assembling and packing the Cryptosteels next week, shipping them out to our loyal supports in the subsequent days.
This short piece of footage form the machine-room should give you a sense of our progress.
https://youtu.be/5jN3WERQ7gw (https://youtu.be/5jN3WERQ7gw)
https://cryptosteel.com/forum/Succesfultests.jpg


Thank you; have a good day!

_{And as a reminder - this is the last chance to buy “First Edition” Cryptosteel available only via Bitcoin (we have last 11 pieces of Early Birld left)}
https://cryptosteel.com/crowdfunding.html (https://cryptosteel.com/crowdfunding.html)

Well, very good private key storage system. The only thing is that you can not use it, if you go through metal detector like in banks, airports etc.  ;) But in any case - nice gift also for Christmas for BTC geek  ;D

Yes!

Honestly I'm excited about this project, but I don't see anything new, it looks like the previous videos. I'm guessing the design production is finalled?

I think the newest video shows that they are in more of a production phase than a "prototyping and figuring out the problems" phase.  This project was probably a learning experience for them due to all the unforeseen issues that can come up with producing a simple item in quantity.

The ‪Cryptosteel‬ production line is fully functional.
In the middle of next week, we will publish images of the first run of the assembled and finished products.
We will also announce the final date of shipment.

https://cryptosteel.com/forum/ostas.jpg
^{illustration above: prototype during development}

How can I order ? is Indiegogo the only way to order ?

@wttbs

“First Edition” Cryptosteel are still available via Bitcoin (we have last 9 pieces of Early Birld left)
https://cryptosteel.com/crowdfunding.html

Hello World!
It is a fact: invincible Bitcoin artefact is here!
It is thank to your generous support!
Our team is pleased to announce that 22 of December we had successfully produced first run of Cryptosteel wallets.
We have found few minor things to be fixed during assembling procedure.
We will start shipping at the beginning of February 2016.

https://cryptosteel.com/forum/DoubleWorlds.jpg

The standard mnemonic length for Trezor has been 24 words for over 1 year. Is cryptosteel double sided ?

Can I also use this link?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cryptosteel-the-ultimate-cold-storage-wallet/contributions/new?perk_id=2987004#/contribute

It seems a very nice and secure product to save mnemonic phrase or private keys. Will be interesting if you made a video with a final product, showing how to use it.

Hi Backers, supporters, and followers!

The Cryptosteel production line is now fully up and running!

In this context there are two important points about which we would like to make all of our supporters aware.

Firstly: now is the time to update your shipping address if it is needed. In order to do this, simply log into Indiegogo and fill in your new preferred address under the "My Contributions" section.
If you contributed with Bitcoin - just send me private message.

Secondly: we want to prepare and publish the Cryptosteel blueprints in an open-source format.
Since some of you wish to remain anonymous or be referenced only in terms of pseudonymous, we will only add those of you who publicly display your ID at Indiegogo to the credit-notes.
Especially Bitcoin contributors are asked to do so!

Anyone who does want to be noticed as a Cryptosteel supporter but wishes to keep their Indiegogo ID private, please fill-out this quick survey (1 question long) at https://cryptosteel.com/opensource_id.html and send us your name, nickname, pseudonyme or whatever you want (up to 40 letters long) to be listed in the supporters section.


Soon we will ship out Cryptosteel wallets and you will be able to:
- protect your Private Key https://youtu.be/P3-p95YJSQo (https://youtu.be/P3-p95YJSQo)
https://cryptosteel.com/forum/PK-yt.jpg
- protect your Master Seed https://youtu.be/HpkOJcm484o (https://youtu.be/HpkOJcm484o)
https://cryptosteel.com/forum/MS-yt.jpg
- protect any other sentence for example: brain wallet, or haiku https://youtu.be/mZ_vTfHzu7A (https://youtu.be/mZ_vTfHzu7A)
https://cryptosteel.com/forum/AS-yt.jpg
-randomise a hexadecimal private key https://youtu.be/cE2TVLboKiM (https://youtu.be/cE2TVLboKiM)
https://cryptosteel.com/forum/RD-yt.jpg


^{CRYPTOSTEEL CONTEST
Once you receive your Cryptosteel, please share this moment with us! Record it, take a photo or make a video how you try to destroy it. Hack it, burry it, or make a survival tool with it…
The best submissions/uploads will receive an amazing rewards!
Detailed information relating this contest will be published soon!}

Stay in touch!

Can't wait!!

Double sided confirmed, thanks
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cE2TVLboKiM&t=3m40s

brb Goes to stand outside and wait by the mailbox

Really looking forward to this. Had almost forgot about it, I have been waiting so long!

https://cryptosteel.com/forum/box1.jpg
WooHoo!!! CRYPTOSTEEL IS READY TO SHIP!

Our latest research shows that the officials find Cryptosteel very suspicious. Due to its solid steel construction we have tested that after a CT scan the customs officers opened our tests envelopes, and make a mess.

We are now looking for the best solution to deliver Cryptosteel, especially to US and Canada citizens, without any issues.

We have to excuse ourselves once again but it is obvious that customs officials won't stop us for long.
(If you have any ideas and can help us solve this issue, please let us know)

Which is why we are starting to ship next week, firstly to Europe with Worldwide to follow as soon as possible.


_{CRYPTOSTEEL CONTEST
Once you receive your Cryptosteel, please share this moment with us! Record it, take a photo or make a video how you try to destroy it. Hack it, burry it, or make a survival tool with it…
The best submissions/uploads will receive an amazing rewards!
Detailed information relating this contest will be published soon!}

Stay in touch!

Shipping yet?

Cant wait to receive mine!  ;D

Recently, we deliver bundlepack of Cryptosteels to Marek Slush Palatinus in person.

Together with metalic Trezor - it look so steelish :-)
https://cryptosteel.com/forum/slush-trezor.jpg
Trezor and Cryptosteel - best friends for ever :-)

And, yes - (EU) shipment is on the run now!

Great, look forward to receiving it. Do you have an eta for when shipment in the Eu is complete?

Can't wait to get mine.  US

Were you at KNCminer recently?  :D
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsd.se%2Fnyheter%2Fboden%2Fextra-har-intraffade-mordforsoket-9861329.aspx&edit-text=&act=url

how can someone get a metallic trezor ?

was part of the pre-order(?) first batch.

oh ok so I guess this is now impossible to get. Wondering if trezor would make another batch if a lot of people will like to get one.

They did a charity auction of a purple one, so maybe one day?

Quick info post from the Cryptosteel board.

1. Our first customers have begun to offer feedback and noted that they received their delivery.
2. We finalized a legal agreement with Polish National Post Office and are at last able to send the first orders out of Europe!
    Orders for customers based in the US, Canada, New Zealand and China are actively being shipped!
3. A significant tranche of wallets failed to pass quality check and almost 40 out of 50 units were returned to our workshop for final repairs.
4. From the third tranche of wallets (50 pieces), we returned only one!
5. Shipment is up and running and we intend to maintain a steady flow of completed orders at a minimum of 50 per week.

Thank you!

https://cryptosteel.com/forum/PP1.jpg

Don't forget Australia

 :o
 I will be checking the mail everyday now!
;D ;D

Alena Vranowa CEO of SatoshiLabs presenting ‪Cryptosteel‬ during interview for The Bitcoin Report

https://youtu.be/YbrBJbBQR0k?t=19m39s (https://youtu.be/YbrBJbBQR0k?t=19m39s)
https://cryptosteel.com/forum/AV_BR.jpg

Any updates? Also can anyone confirm they have received theirs?

Expecting mine soon, probably next week. Shipped 11 days ago, approx delivery time is 16 days.

Right, I guess it can take longer than I expected coming from eastern europe.

Hello!

We received several confirmations about successful delivery, but also I randomly try to mail and ask users if they received their Cryptosteel.
So far, all shipped packages was delivered.
I do not have yet any information outside of EU, so please let me know if you get it.
(I plea especially to my clients from Canada, US, Australia, NewZealand, PRC...)  

We are re-twitting all uploaded images and unpacking proofs www.twitter.com/cryptosteel

https://cryptosteel.com/forum/ForumBT-Handstext.jpg

So have you completed all the European orders?

No, not yet :) we had fulfiled around 15% of orders in total :)
So far we ship about 70 orders with total ammount of wallets around 140 pieces.
We are shipping order-by-order from the order-book.

Right thanks for the clarification.

cant wait to order one ....   i have confirmation from satoshislabs today: it will be Ok for 20 march !  ;D

Please let me know if one of you receive Cryptosteel outside EU.
This bother me a lot.
Until now we ship almost 80 orders to US/CA pledgers.
We are going to ship the last tranche of Cryptosteels bought with BTC - but now I think I will suspend further shipment until confirmed delivery.

I wouldn't worry. When going through customs especially from outside of the US into the US it can take a long time.  A tablet from China took a month after shipping to arrive for me. I'm still checking almost everyday, nothing yet but I will definitely share once received.

Yes I did. Until now we ship more than 40 Indiegogo pledges rewards. 
Before I mail it, I am sending one e-mail message with date of supposed delivery.

Before I launch crowdfunding shipment - I'v conducted successful delivery test. But it was a single delivery...
This is very strange that even one wallet did not reach US yet.

So say from around 22nd Feb you've been shipping 50 a week, that's roughly 4 weeks. Shouldn't you have shipped about half of the inventory by now? I'm assuming you had around 400-600 pledges/orders.

25k/50 = 500.

What's the hold up guys? If you've been shipping so many why haven't there been any confirmations on thread or elsewhere? Youtube videos perhaps?

I'm beginning to think that orders are trickling out pretty slowly- more slowly than you've stated.

I am US and paid in bitcoin.  I will post if I receive mine.

I just saw this and watched the video but I really need to double check it and understand how it is useful.
There is something Im not getting from this for sure.

It's pretty simple.  It's basicly a backup to your paper wallet since the private key you make is indestructible.

Can somebody post from the U.S. if you receive yours please?

The EU would be great too.

We are re-posting some delivery proofs to twitter.com/cryptosteel (http://twitter.com/cryptosteel) and fb.com/cryptosteel (http://fb.com/cryptosteel)

Just got an email through- apparently mine is one the way and will arrive in a week or so. Better late than never! Looking forward to trying it out.

Save your bitcoins to a private key and keep it safe even from fire or flood.

cant wait mine!  ;D   my " ANYKEY unit " should be on his way now.. ( still waiting for my tracking)  ;)

i will post pics here when it arrived to my door  :D

Has anyone actually received one in the mail yet?

For those who didn't participate in the crowdfunding, you can get a Cryptosteel for Trezor (or any BIP39 wallets) at buytrezor.com (https://buytrezor.com) now for $49.

Am I still eligible for availing this intelligent piece of steel?
Kindly pm me with the total pricing of a cryptosteel with shipping.

As a matter of fact I need this to be shipped in India via a registered mail with full tracking.
This is because most of the small scale products get trashed by the Indian customs if they are sent via normal mail without any tracking or even with half tracking!

Also if you still have the steel version of trezor kindly quote me the total price with shipping.

dude, just read thé last post before yours...

I'm getting Server Error (500) when I'm clicking on add to cart.
Kindly fix that.

http://i67.tinypic.com/34sgx3c.png


I know but I can't buy due to their server error.

Also I'm skeptical whether they will arrange for a manual shipment with full tracking as per my last reply.

With Free DHL shipping I will never receive the product! ???

hum.. For the cryptosteel unit, may i suggest you to contact the OP of this thread via PM ( user cryptosteel) , he surely could take your order directly. ( for your cryptosteel unit..)
Kind regards

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Up to now we have been unable to confirm a single successful delivery to our customers from the USA, Canada, China, Austraila and New Zealand.

The delivery chain appears to have completely failed outside the Europe Union.
 
As we are now 6 weeks after initial shipment, it seems we have to face the truth: it is possible all 82 parcels - more than 120 Cryptosteel Units – have been lost during delivery.

Right now we are arranging to send our first official complaint letter to the Polish National Post Office and we will then have to wait for an official response.

We are also in the middle of changing our delivery chain. One thing, however, remains the same - we will not rest until we deliver every pledged unit to our customers!

This is the main reason why we have started our cooperation with SatoshiLabs - because the Trezor creators have much more experience with worldwide logistics.
For those of you who cannot wait any longer for your original order - you can buy Cryptosteel MNEMONIC units directly via www.BUYTREZOR.com

Soon, more cooperation and partnerships will be announced.

This hard lesson we have learned will only serve to make us stronger. We will keep our promise that all pledged orders will be delivered to our customers!

I placed an order on Jan 4, 2016, still haven't received a message it is shipped. I am from EU. I hope it will be shipped soon.. :-\

So far all EU delivery are successful.
/Except Vaclav issiue/

@cryptosteel:  i haven't received my tracking yet..
thanx in advance to do the necessary asap .

regards

Do customers receive an email or message thru indiegogo that their order is send (with trackingnumber)? I haven't and my status on indiegogo is: Order Placed

I had an email 4 days ago saying that mine had been sent. Expecting it early next week.

They were sold out very fast. The server error was there because nothing was available on stock anymore and the eshop did not handle it perfectly.

All Metallics & Cryptosteels have been shipped today with full DHL tracking.

Are you planning to bring more in stock?

I wish I got there in time I really want the steel version. :'(

Please let me know if you can consider my request.

Ms. Vranova has already said in an interview (https://youtu.be/YbrBJbBQR0k) there will be no more metallic Trezors. The ones that sold yesterday were made from last 20 cases remaining from the initial production run. That is why collectors were willing to pay $999. If there was a chance that Trezor would resume production of metal cases collectors would not have bought those twenty in less than a day.

strange number to make, 50 or 100 would have made more sense to me!

Trezors are great though. Solid hardware imo.

Moment ago I get confirmed two successful delivery at US - this is highly probable, that more parcels will arrive on incoming days.

I am grateful for all of yours confirmations and feedback. 

Do you know if those 2 are from the original shipment or from the newer trezor shipments?

Yes, I have confirmation from 3 Early Birds pledgers - #Arizona, #NYC, #Nebraska
- this is kind strange that only three of them was delivered... Initial information from the Post Office, was "delivery to US will take about 14 days" - it seems that it takes about "60 days +++"!!!
- I have one "return package" awaiting for me at my Post Office. Maybe some envelopes will return to me, in case of undelivered?

Right now we are finalising to establish new delivery chain via Canada.
Slowly moving forward.

i have received my unit , and lots of charachters seem really bad engraved..  :-\  i need a magnifier for properly read them..

https://i.imgur.com/j1EOgWw.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/BNgJQ0q.jpg


these really bad engraved characters represent more than 40 % of all the characters !


so , when my seed is fully assembled , i"m unable to properly read it...  i'm not ready to put my paper recovery seed to the trash..  :'(

Hello defcon23,

Thank you for your feedback.
Indeed engraved letters glitter in light. I have one trick that may help you to improve the readability - you can smear your sentence with marker, and quickly wipe it with cotton.
After wiping paint will stay only in dimple spots.
Even if some of the tails are not so deeply engraved than the others - they will never wear off. Your private sentence, once arranged is protected by the upper layer of the container cover.

At the turn of May and June we will run new production batch of letter tails.
Please return the unit, and I will replace it as soon as passible.
I will fully refund.

 
cryptosteel,

Thank you for you reactivity,

here's another pics of the unit and engraved  letters :


https://i.imgur.com/tGhHZq0.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/YS6XSkK.jpg

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

Still waiting for mine after 1 month.  :-\

Same here, only been a little over 2 weeks for me though.

@cryptosteel,  in regard of this advice:


 i had give it a try, and effectively that's improved a bit the reading of my seed sentence.. so, as i really want to support this project, and in other hand, dont want to wait may or june to receive an another characters set, i will keep my unit in this state.
 
anyway thanx again for your proposition.

Kind regards.

I was one of the lucky few who secured a metal TREZOR  8)

congrats, I'd just like my cryptosteel ;)

I got a cryptosteel with my metal TREZOR  ;D they're worth the wait, although it was difficult to pull apart. It says to use a tile but I ended up using a screwdriver.

Hello BoomRoom,

Yes, indeed you must have an early-made unit (probably from the prototyping pool).
Now, since our tools are run in - it is working as designed. :)



I am also pleased to announce that I have a green light for exporting to Canada.
I will soon make a official release. New delivery bridge is almost set. :)
Just in time with @OpenBaazar!

You now have the green light for canada ?? That mean I will not receive my cryptosteel soon I guess.
Do you have a estimated delivery date  ?

Been a long time since I bought this.  ;)

Received mine this morning (Netherlands). Nice little piece of kit. Although the letter tells you to attempt to break it, I'm not sure that's a good idea, I feel like I could probably bend the hinge enough by hand to really mess up the mechanism!

Better late than never. Thanks for pulling through guys.

I ordered 2 from the original pre-sale (I think they were early birds) and I live in the USA. Still no tracking or anything. Is this normal?

Yes! It is even better! Maybe your order was not lost in delivery. Please PM me and I will check it quickly.

Today, we shiped first 50 units to Canada. Delivery is now in transit. As soon as we cross the border - duty and tax - we will let you know
We now have a warehouse located near Ontario/Buffalo with cooperative company.
It will be only Early Birds 20 for Canadians, and 30 for US citizens.

Thank you @Bigtimespaghetti for your kind feedback - indeed, we initially designed container in that manner that you could split it into two parts - mutli-sig.(*)
Your sentence is always protected by two independent locks, two pawls and racks. Once filled with letter tiles, and closed - Cryptosteel becomes "solid as" a homogeneus steel bar.


*(This depends of the types of private keys you are using. This feature is not yet finished, in development.)

https://cryptosteel.com/forum/Sm2_NewsCanada.jpg
After six weeks of paper work we have finally established our storeroom in Ontario, Canada, close to the US border town of Buffalo.
Our new delivery chain is up and running and, in addition to the 52 units that are already in Canada and ready to be dispatched this week, 100 North American Early Birds Pledgers can expect to receive their cold wallets soon!

Furthermore, the resolution of the EU export issue has at last enabled us to return our focus to the production and development of Cryptosteel.
The response that we have received from those pledgers in possession of their Cryptosteels has been overwhelmingly positive and it is ultimately that appraisal which motivates us to keep pushing forward.
https://cryptosteel.com/forum/Sm_NewsCanada.jpg
***
Regarding criticism of our decision to cooperate with SatoshiLabs and to sell Cryptosteel units directly at www.buyTrezor.com this was the only means through which the company could recover financially after the loss of 120 units (plus delivery costs) last month.

The circumstance surrounding the disappearance of the wallets has yet to be clarified (we have filed an official complaint with the Polish postal service, with whom they were initially dispatched); however, the loss of that shipment posed an existential threat to the company.
Without the generous support of SatoshiLabs we could not only have lost our business, but it would have been extremely difficult for us to provide for the refunding of outstanding pledgers.

**
Finally, several private messages were bounced. Please add "Cryptosteel(-at-)cryptosteel.com" to your white list, to facilitate our communication.

@cryptosteel  , glad to see this problem is now solved.. i didn't realised the problem was so hard..

anyway good luck with your business ! keep on good work man !  ;)

What?! You lost your first 120 units (crowd sale units) in the post?

How does that happen? Do you think it was by malicious intent? US government/customs? Is that why you are shipping from Canada now?

great product. will buy one.

Yes 120 units are lost> more about this incident you can read here > https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cryptosteel-the-ultimate-cold-storage-wallet/x/9994497#/updates
We do not have a clue what happen. Not only units shipped to North America was lost. Also several units shipped to Israel, Asia and Oceania.
We are waiting for a National Post reply on our official complaint.

This is the main reason why have a storeroom in Canada now.

I wanted to let everyone know that I received mine today that I ordered during the kickstarter.  I live in Tennessee in the good ole United States of America.  It was return addressed from Canada.

Thanks, Cryptosteel!

Thanks for the update. There's still hope for the rest of us in the US that ordered during the kickstarter  8)

From the beautiful state of Idaho (USA), my two early bird cryptosteels arrived today!  Kind of funny, I emailed Wojciech Stopinski a few days ago, and Wojciech thought they were probably lost and I wouldn't get delivery.  Anyway, was happy to see them in my mailbox!

One of the major mistakes you made though, is that you stamped the tiles on both sides.  This reduces how deep the characters look on the tiles.  Next time I would just stamp one side and as deep as possible.  Like somebody has previously stated, some of the tiles you can hardly read because they aren't deep enough.  (which is pretty bad, since the information is what is really important about a cryptosteel).

There is also a need for tile blanks in the kit (which can be single stamped tiles flipped over).  I think the only "blank" available was a tile that was stamped with the Trezor symbol, which is unacceptable. I would also build it to allow for one blank tile between each 3 or 4 letters of each word for easier readability.

I would also label the individual word areas 1-24 versus 1-12 on each half.

The mechanism itself is pretty cool, but overall, I wouldn't recommend the product and give it a 5 out 10.  If the tiles were easier to read then of course the score would be much higher.

https://i.imgur.com/4TIyQ8e.jpg

Would it be easier for me to use my German address or my US military APO address for shipment?

Got mine today! San Diego, CA.  I was so excited I posted the unboxing on my youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY2eqLiUOVg
Thanks Cryptosteel!

Could you list your OpenBazaar link in the OP? I see it for sale on OB but there are no reviews yet so it could be anyone.

Elvar,

We have no reviews at OpenBazaar yet, because we want to ship to Indiegogo Crowdfunders in a first row.
All OpenBazaar purchases have to wait until we fulfil the initial orders.


ob://@cryptosteel
onename.com/cryptosteel
fb.com/cryptosteel
twitter.com/cryptosteel
www.cryptosteel.com

Cool, thanks.

I would rather pay with bitcoins and try out OpenBazaar.

My indiegogo order arrived in Australia this morning!

Is that you Craig?

No, but I only wish I too could say I was into Bitcoin before satoshi (https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4hx3q9/according_to_the_mtgox_leaks_from_early_2014_our/d2tfzw7)

you should contact cryptosteel directly.. i know they got a big issue with a big amount of unit wich have "disapear".. ( even they were be sent as well..)

Just recieved mine in USA!!

Today I received my Cryptosteel. Looks awesome, gonna "play" with it this weekend!

https://i.imgur.com/v1YDymg.jpg?2

I would like to buy one of these.

Where should I order it in to receive it ASAP?

At this moment only Trezor have the stock (www.buyTrezor.com)
But this will change soon - more announcements to come.

We are also available at OpenBazaar ob://@cryptosteel

I am an Indiegogo pledger that ordered 2 Cryptosteels 1 year ago and still have not received them. Why are you accepting orders and shipping to new customers when you have had my money for a year?

I have tried numerous times to contact you by way of Indiegogo, the Cryptosteel website and via private message from this site. All without acknowledgement or response.
This is beyond horrible customer service. Please either ship my order or issue me a refund.

Buyer beware.

Dear SpartanBit,

Right now we are one bridge to finish Indiegogo campaign.
We are only the one shipment away to close all pending orders.
All pledged units are ready to ship and it will leave EU on Tuesday 28Jun.
+5 days to reach our storeroom on Toronto and then 5 more days to deliver to our US customers.

We gain over 500% demand for Cryptosteel, and we work days and nights to fulfil the orders.

The main reason why Indiegogo are postponed over others orders is this that:
1. Indiegogo units are customised.
2. most of undelivered orders are from US and Australia - and we are working hard to speed up the shipping process
3. we have a total mess after the the initial orders was lost - and the recovery mode is double-or-triple times harder to finish.
4. I cover all the cost for second shipping, replacement units, additional tax and duty - from those orders listed above.

I belive that Cryptosteel eventually pass a tipping point and we will be able to flow flawlessly soon.

Thank you for your patience.
We can always make a full refund - if you wish. Just let me know.

PS. I try to answer all emails. This is strange that I can not remember your complaint.

 Thank you for responding.

I have emailed multiple times and have no idea why they wouldn't have reached you.

It is just very frustration to see people who order a year after you receive their product first, I'm sure you can understand.

I am willing to wait for my Cryptosteels, I have waited this long a little while longer won't hurt. The biggest problem was lack of communication.

I look forward to receiving them.

Got mine and couldn't be more satisfied!

This is a really awesome and quality product.

I will trust it with my private keys for years to come!

UPDATE:

Halfway through setting my first key in the device, I was putting too much pressure
on one of the tiles trying to slide it into the slot and I sliced the tip of my finger pretty good!

So be careful, the edges on the steel pieces are SHARP!


I also realized my crytosteel was shipped without any letter "A" tiles...

Also, I expected to be able to store two full wallet import format keys in the device.
On the website it clearly says:
You will be able to assemble: Any Private Key or Sentence

I figured the standard 51 character private key would be included, however
there is only enough room on each side for 48 tiles.

I do like the fact that the hole through the device is perfect size to secure using a master lock.

Hello str4wm4n!

I am really sorry that you get sliced. We put a lot of effort to keep the precision below 0,04mm.
If you discover the difficulties with setting up your sentence, and your unit is not well mechanically fitted, please PM me and I will try to solve this issue.

During packaging phase, it is passible that we miss to add "A" tiles.
The positive thing is that this was happened for the first time ever.

https://i.imgur.com/WpSXP2z.jpg
Dear Customers, Pledgers and Fans!

Yesterday we finally completed the entire production process, and we have all the required components to fulfil all pending orders.
This will allow us to start shipment of the delayed units from as early as next week!

We are very grateful to all for the patience and confidence you have all shown in us.
We really do value your continued business.
All parcels will be sent with a tracking post and we now have a one hundred percent ratio of delivery.
Some destinations will take longer than previously specified to deliver, but lately all units have been safely delivered.

Please stay in touch
Sincerely yours
Cryptosteel Team

^{Much of our correspondence (such as confirmation emails and news) has been stuck in spam filters or is bounced, so please follow us on www.twitter.com/cryptosteel (http://www.twitter.com/cryptosteel) and www.facebook.com/cryptosteel (http://www.facebook.com/cryptosteel)!}

When can we expect full production of these units so they can just be outright purchased online somewhere?

...

I am looking forward very much to reading reviews about Cryptosteel products.

All hardware products for protecting Bitcoin are worth critical examination, and those which are particularly useful and/or easy to use should be made known to us.  (Says an owner of Trezor, Ledger Nano and Opendime devices.)

The more quality product that is out there, the better.

Hello,

The only page, that provide reviews from the users, besides the press reviews is @OpenBazaar.
I hope you will find it useful, all reviews are linked with its transaction via blockchain
https://i.imgur.com/ws0tmOu.png

Edges are d*mn sharp, I tried to remove some tiles, some got stuck a bit and when trying to slide them out I cut my finger.. deep
https://s14.postimg.org/7m6w89ext/IMG_0116.jpg
sorry for the fuzzy photo

But ! Cryptosteel is an awesome device ! Love  it.

Posted on OpenBazaar but I'll ask here.

I'd like to buy a few of these.

I have a German mailing address and a US APO address. Which is better as far as shipping goes?

Hello Elwar,

The answer was send via OpenBazaar chat.
Please PM me or write me an email, we can work out the best and fastest way of delivery to your hands, or company.

Cryptosteel is days away from emerging out of beta!

We can’t wait to share our news with all our supporters, past and new. Stay tuned!

Big news, everyone!
Cryptosteel is out of beta — and special editions are available for a limited time. https://cryptosteel.com/product/limited-edition-open-source/ (https://cryptosteel.com/product/limited-edition-open-source/)

After countless brainstorms, demos and optimizations, our long-awaited assembly line is finally all greased up and good to go. We’re beside ourselves with gratitude to all our friends, fans, trailblazing customers and early backers. You have made it possible for us to come this far, and we’re thrilled to announce this next stage of our journey.

As of right now, open-source Cryptosteel project schematics are permanently available for download on Github. https://github.com/cryptosteel/cryptosteel (https://github.com/cryptosteel/cryptosteel)
To celebrate this event, we’re offering a limited run of one-of-a-kind test-run prototypes, each signed, distinctive and part of a collector’s edition featuring a signed print by Cryptosteel’s contributing artist Rafael Akahira.
In commemoration of our open-source launch, Akahira has combined his signature reduction woodblock technique with vivid imagery inspired by Satoshi Nakamoto’s infamous manifesto. Each print, like each limited-edition Cryptosteel indestructible backup tool, is completely unique and available for a limited time only.

Read more:
https://medium.com/@cryptosteel/cryptosteel-is-out-of-beta-and-into-the-fire-7f5bf6368654 (https://medium.com/@cryptosteel/cryptosteel-is-out-of-beta-and-into-the-fire-7f5bf6368654)
https://i.imgur.com/GeV1yNJ.jpg

what´s the difference between cryptostell mix and MNEMONIC?

http://cryptosteel.com/product/cryptosteel-mix/
http://cryptosteel.com/product/cryptosteel-mnemonic/

What is the best variant for my trezor?

For HD Wallets like Trezor, Ledger NanoS or KeepKey - we recommend Cryptosteel MNEMONIC unit.

I took 5 of these through the airport in Dubai and was chosen for a random screening. Needless to say I had to explain what they were. It did not help that I had wrapped them in metalic duct tape to ensure that nobody opened them during my travels. Eventually I removed enough of the tape for them to see that it was just some metal plates.

When I went through security in Vietnam I made sure to have a picture on my phone of them and explained it to the guard. He said "oh, Bitcoin!" and let me move along.

Where is the link to open hardware  schematics

All blueprints was send via direct email to all crowdfunders - and as promised - all schematics are publicly available on Open Source basis: https://github.com/cryptosteel/cryptosteel

Finally got mine. Love it. Highly recommended.

What's the best choice for Ledger Blue alone and eventually Ledger Blue + 1Password Master password?

Thanks!

[Suspicious link removed]bined with steel.
Really good to hear. Nice project.

I am horny for the cryptosteel. Do you guys have any plans to visit some polish meetups in September, I would love to talk about cryptosteel and see it live!

How many of the cryptosteel limited edition exist

I bought three of the Cryptosteel first editions and I like them very much.  They came with all lower-case letters though, and I'd like to get some capital letters to go along with them.  Do you sell packages of just capital letters?

Thank you!

So after waiting for the crytosteel, I finally got it and I made a video review for it! It's really nice way of backing up your mnemonic bip39 or hex private keys.
https://youtu.be/MyJjd46ADnM

Are these things in 316 stainless steel, how likely are they to rust?

I ordered two of these today. Let's see how long they take to arrive, and how they turn out! Quite pricey (0.044 BTC) so I hope it's worth the money.

Can you please tell me which versions these are tha tI have?  Thank you

https://i.imgur.com/76ebAuj.jpg

 ;D ;D ;D Those are the OG versions from late 2016/17 !!!

Please check the small 5cm round sticker with hand written text on it.

if marked on sticker:
MNE = Cryptosteel Mnemonic (upgraded available: https://cryptosteel.com/product/cryptosteel/?attribute_letter-set=Mnemonic )
ANY = Cryptosteel Anykey (upgraded available: https://cryptosteel.com/product/cryptosteel/?attribute_letter-set=Anykey )
HEX = Cryptosteel Hex (upgraded available: https://cryptosteel.com/product/cryptosteel/?attribute_letter-set=Hex )
MIX = Cryptosteel Hex (upgraded available: https://cryptosteel.com/product/cryptosteel/?attribute_letter-set=Mix )

The upgrades mainly relates to the packaging, also to the production process.