yes sorry my scanner is acting like a bitch and even though router says it is connected I cannot get it to freakin scan to any network drive. about to take it to walgreens and have them scan it for me lol

ha! glad they made it!

well go a bit higher than that sir lol the $50 range is a sweet spot

possibly offer the same for your coins then?  your coins were 1 LTC, 1 XMR and 200 doge - only the doge was under $50 the LTC was 70ish at the time if i recall and the xmr was around 150

It is not that I dont trust you - I just dont like to have that much locked up on a collectible - it keeps me from buying more collectibles - that is why I liked cold keys - were all at 50 euros

thanks for pointing this out.... I added a neg as well. he comes online AFTER the bullshit with his alt and sees the mayhem and does nothing still - man is digging a bigger hole.

awesome news


I run into the reverse situations where buyers say they want things and I get them, set them aside and then they dont answer dms, never pay and yet are still active on forums lol

Good point. I was not aware of any 10 year lifespan.

can nfc tech be used to solve/aide in any of this?

I have thought about encoding private keys to nfc tag and then having some sort of key that unlocks the nfc chip if its split key then the "user" part is on the nfc tag while the maker part is under the tag and under the holo.

havent got a chance to play with this idea yet though.

congrats to all the other winners! and thank you to anyone who took the time to vote - not just for me but for all the people here. participation is key folks!

Yes! Whyfhy! He actually had me play with it when he was working on it a while back the name was just eluding me yesterday

As for the paper - yes that is very important - ask satslife the nightmare he had with an xmr coin a while back - luckily they did get if remedied and figured out but the key was literally falling apart/fading as he watched it - luckily he took pictures

Agreed - let makers do keys if they want but also encourage to offer diy as well - there will always be a market for both - let the buyer decide instead of forcing them one way or another.

love it! glws - I need more btc to buy more art!

well believe me or not, I wouldnt do it.

I never want to steal though. so not wrong

yes ok then shred once done - again no need to save once project is done.

here is the deal with that - many of the coins are not actually "funded" by the maker. The maker has the buyer send funds to an address prior to shipment and then calls these "maker funded" and then they sell "buyer funded" where the buyer funds it when the receive it. There is no difference between these two scenarios - the buyer in both cases is directly funding the coin/collectible.

I do understand that not everyone wants to do their own keys though - so having a more secure way is a great idea.

Makers need to stop saving/keeping copies of the keys - use a system that puts the keys in RAM so when the machine is shut off the keys are gone - I have heard from some that do this.

Me personally, I dont save the fiile that comes out of the generator - I run the program copy the keys to a QR generator, copy that to a document and then print it - once done I close the document without saving, I close the programs without saving - essentially whatever I printed is all there is. I do typically do 2-3 of each address/key pair for in the situation I fuck up a holo. once the project is done, all remaining keys (good and peeled ones) are cross shredded and then burned. My system is airgapped - the wifi and bluetooth modules removed. I use disposable usb drives (made from paper) to update the laptop periodically - these are also cross shredded and burned after use and never ever go back to the online system. I also periodically replace the hard drive, drill it and burn it.

is there a chance that one time I could keep a key or two - sure.  But my face is known by many here - my name is known and my address is known.

There is not enough money in the world that would entice me - doing so would make me a marked man - I have too many kids and grandkids to go on the run lol

But I do get that this fear can still be there for some people. and a split key process or BIP38 or 2FA - something else would make it more secure.

It also makes the process longer and harder. Is it worth it?  and does it remove all the need to have trust?  hard to say...

for bip38 and with having 2 entities involved with applying first the PK and then the pw - you would probably need two people somewhat close so as to not be paying a fortune to ship coins back and forth and without risk to losing them in the process.

there is the split key method https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Split-key_vanity_address

I apologize but someone here was working on it and at this time and moment, I cannot recall who it was.

another option is always offer DIY

my whole problem with his explanation about keeping keys to fund them with the first block - you dont need pk's to do funding , addresses can do that.

so wtf have copies? and then after they were funded why then not destroy the keys? then he said oh I found the gold keys too...

did they provide tracking?

I dont think there should be a question in asking whats up if you have paid and had no response.

No - i am saying he has been banned on numerous other accounts. He is now back on the alamjob account which is ban evasion - thst should be grounds to get this account banned as well.