Interesting, viewing an address is failing on blockchain sporadically.

Receiving this error - "Maximum concurrent requests for this endpoint reached. Please try again shortly."

Cool, thanks for the images. 

If he got in at $5 then I would think his risk is minimal.  According to my math he could have bought 40BTC/~$5 ea for $200 which would be worth $10K today.

Interesting concept for sure, the website is a little scarce on information but I'm looking forward to more details.

Is this something new or have tests like this been done before?  Either way, looking forward to the final results.

I'd be interested in seeing a picture of some bitbills that people have.  During an image search they look like a gift card style.

Awesome, looking forward to it!

Thanks for the kind words.  It will normally look like this without any heavy refraction:



In reference to the images capturing the hologram, it comes down to specific angled lighting instead of a good camera.  Normally you can see these hologram colors with your eyes if angled properly but it still comes down to viewing in the proper lighting to achieve the result.

For some of the most vibrant shots (http://imgur.com/a/9e0l3) I used full fluorescent lighting with a fluorescent directional.  Motorola Droid cell phone camera.   

In this album (http://imgur.com/a/WHa98) I used a different strategy - half natural sunlight on a clear day with a LED directional for angled lighting.  Sony cyber shot 14.1 megapixel.

Thanks, I'm glad it was up to par and the coin definitely makes a good addition to the collection. 

Dang these bars are rare, what was the original selling price that Mike put on them when released?

Put me down for 3 rolls.   

This is a nice one.

I was looking forward to the coins and then was told that due to a shipping increase the transaction was cancelled.

Not really a big deal and the escrow money was refunded, but I didn't cancel the transaction from my end.  Can I ask how much the extra shipping was?

Other than the transaction being cancelled due to an unexpected shipping increase, I'd say dogevisitor was easy to work with and had good communication.

Very nice coinage ig, wish I had enough to make an offer.  

You are right, sounds like openbazaar is the start/medium of skynet from this article.   

Very cool, hoping that the new holo's are up to your standards and I'm looking forward to reading your book one day.   

I believe he is referencing the situation over in Greece but I'm not aware of the specifics that could have caused the climb.

Yes, what LaudaM said.    ^^^

You have to make sure to keep your Public/Private Key combination safe if you wish to keep the wallet for years.  I recommend generating these yourself and not storing the wallet on a website for long term.

Allowing only the wallet website to hold onto your Keys while a password is your access to your Public/Private Keys means that if the website goes offline, yes you will lose access to those wallet addresses and the funding.   If you backup your Public/Private Keys somewhere for each address, you will not lose access when the website goes offline as you can import your funds to another wallet.

Nice win!