BTCC is now offering a service that allows you to easily transfer bitcoins from your physical bitcoins, including BTCC Mint coins, to your choice of  wallet.

You will need a BTCC account to do this. After you have created a BTCC account, visit this page to proceed with the transfer.

https://pay.btcc.com/wallet/mint

This service also makes use of BTCC’s transaction confirmation prioritization service BlockPriority to provide you with faster bitcoin transfers to your choice of wallet, including non-BTCC wallets. Read more here:

https://www.btcc.com/blockpriority

You could submit a photoshopped photo, as long as it has you, a scenic/famous background and one of our products. We welcome all entries! 

BTCC Mint is holding a fall photo contest! Send us a photo of your BTCC Mint collectible or any other Bitcoin-related source or or collectible to win a One Bitcoin titanium coin, and other great prizes!


Prizes
 
First Prize (Three Winners) - BTCC Mint One Bitcoin.
 
Second Prize (Ten Winners) - BTCC T-shirt and pen.
 
Participation Prize (All Submissions) - Discount on BTCC Mint purchases.  All participants who submit photos will get their choice of one of the following discounts:

A.     10 BTC off the purchase of a Bitcoin Block Super Eight Pack.

B.     2 BTC off the purchase of a 2015 or 2016 25 BTC ("pre-halvening") Bitcoin Block, or a Five Bitcoin Five Set.

C.     1 BTC off the purchase of a 12.5 BTC ("post-halvening") Bitcoin Block or a Five Bitcoin Double Set.

D.     0.5 BTC off the purchase of a Five Bitcoin Single.
 
 
How to Enter the Contest
 
1. Email a photo of yourself with a BTCC Mint collectible or any other Bitcoin-related souvenir or collectible, and a scenic landscape or famous landmark/architecture in the background. Emails should be sent to mint-contest@btcc.com. OR
 
2. Tweet a photo to @YourBTCC and use the hashtag #InCryptoWeTrust. Remember to add your location to the tweet.
 
 
Contest Period
 
The photo contest will begin at 12:00 AM (UTC+8) on September 7th, 2016 and will end at 12:00 AM (UTC+8) on November 1st, 2016.
 
For more contest details, including prizes and contest rules, please visit our website.
 
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October 28 Update: Anonymity

Please note that you are not required to submit your real name/place of residence for the purposes of this contest. All that is needed is any title you want to use to identify yourself (this can be your username) and where you took the picture. Please DM us or reply to this thread if you have any questions about this.

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Please email me again.  (I get so much email, so much filtering going on, sometimes it gets lost...  I'm not a big fan of email!)

I'm not sure what you need from me.  A mailing address?  I thought we gave you one already?

thanks,
Bobby

No comment!    Haha... here are my thoughts to share with you all:

Many people know that poker is my hobby...  There's a very important (long-term) reason why our One Bitcoin was 43 mm in size. 
(Hint: what size are casino chips?  The LARGE denomination ones?)

So what's next from BTCC Mint? 



It's an interesting idea, but my worry is that we won't sell enough volume to justify producing them.





Yes, for sure, we'll have the BTC12.5+ Bitcoin Blocks.  Come back on August 8.

As for smaller denomination blocks, what's the appeal?  Or wait 4 years until the next block halving and get your BTC6.25+ Bitcoin Blocks! 

thanks,
Bobby

what's the half holo wrapping?

Please help me understand:
What would be the appeal of a "1 BTC Titanium Bar"?  Doesn't the 1 BTC Titanium coin already cover that?

The only "bar" we have is the BTC25+ "nugget", Bitcoin Block.
(We'll soon start selling the BTC12.5+ version....)

These are all "full blocks", the full bitcoin block reward.

What would be the appeal of having just 1 BTC in a "bar"?

thanks,
Bobby

Maybe!  If there's interest...   

Could you please elaborate on what you mean by this?

Yes!  We'll announce it on August 8, and start selling them right away. 

The problem with Platinum is similar to the use of Gold and Silver, which I have mentioned before:

Essentially, certain countries have very strict restrictions on the import and export of precious metals, such as Gold and Silver.  The countries I can think of are USA and China, and possibly many more.  These rules affect our exporting (from China), and will affect how your country receives them via customs.  This is especially true of the precious metals get made into "coin" form, which could trigger real money mintage and currency issuance issues (regulatory and legal liabilities).

Basically, I foresee this as a whole mess that we really don't want to get into (unless we were our own government and had the banking of a central bank!)

Your thoughts?

Or, hope to get your understanding on this matter... that we're almost never going to be able to make and sell coins made of Gold, Silver, or Platinum.

The only exception would be for us to make them, and you come over here to pick them up in Shanghai.  For that, the production run would be really limited, and the costs and premiums could be quite high. 

Now, if there's enough interest, anything is possible.  If you guys really want it, please help gather people, pre-order, and we can consider doing a custom run for really low volumes, so that everything is pre-sold and paid for, and never listed on the store.

thanks,
Bobby

How much in BTC premium are you (or others) willing to pay for such an arrangement?

the reason we're able to make the 5-set of the Five Bitcoin so nice (nice large coin in Titanium, nice big wooden box, and full packaging experience) is because of the relatively large premium we're charging.

If customers cannot afford to pay a premium, then it won't justify the custom molds and limited runs.

So help us do the math:  what denominations, and what total price?
(I have a feeling that if we do make this, people will complain that whatever we eventually charge is too high...  What do you think?)

thanks,
Bobby

That's a new idea!  Certainly, every such coin would be unique (much like the Bitcoin Block themselves)...

But would anyone be interested in buying them?  It's like a complete gamble, as every "coin" will be of different size practically.

We can certainly do it... but is it just novelty?

Great idea!

Done:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1574314.0

Lots of people have suggested and asked for lower denominations from BTCC Mint.

We started the business with making premium coins, for the savvy and wealthy collectors.
Now it's time to serve the other end of the market!  

Which lower denomination Bitcoins would you like to see from BTCC Mint?

Multiple choice, and you can select up to 5 of the following 8 choices:
- BTC0.50
- BTC0.25
- BTC0.10
- BTC0.05
- BTC0.025
- BTC0.010
- BTC0.005
- BTC0.001

thanks,
Bobby

Specific suggestions please? 

Maybe.... some full disclosure:

They're made in January of 2016, a gold-plated alloy (not quite sure if it was copper or bronze or some other combo).
It's certainly gold in color, but it can wear off easily after enough physical handling.  Further, the hologram was made where the address was laser-etched onto it (instead of black ink spray).  The downside is that it's hard to see the bitcoin address on the hologram sticker, and can potentially wear off over time.  Don't worry, the private key will still remain intact behind the hologram sticker.

If there's interest, we can sell or auction a few of the ones we have left.  Many have been redeemed in our testing process.

thanks,
Bobby

Hi Everyone,

Now that we've finished making the pre-block halving coins (2 stars), we're gearing up for newer things!  Some things are already in the pipeline, but you can certainly also influence our future roadmap!

Two questions for you:

1) Guess what's coming next?  

2) What would you like to see from BTCC Mint?  Just name it, and we'll give it some thought!

thanks,
Bobby

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P.S. Now that the 2-star products are all done, here are the official stats:

One Bitcoin, 2016 V Series:
- 100 Artists Proofs, Gold-plated alloy (blocks 394051, 394111, 405240, and 405251)
- 1,350 Titanium coins
- 25 Titanium coins, in "Twins" (blocks 413851 and 413852)
Total made: 1,475

Five Bitcoin, 2016 V Series:
- 5 Artists Proofs, "Baby" sized 43mm Titanium (block 416067)
- 500 Titanium coins
Total made: 505

Bitcoin Block, 2016 N Series:
- 93 Titanium blocks
- 1 Error block, double funding (blocks 418419 and 418427)
Total made: 94

Bitcoin Block, 2015 N Series:
- These were all mined in December of 2015, but saved until now, to make into Bitcoin Blocks
Total made: 16


PSA regarding Bitcoin Blocks:
- 2016 Bitcoin Blocks are almost all sold out; Just 3 left (out of 94)! and one Error double-block for auction!
- 2015 Bitcoin Blocks are on sale now, visit https://store.btcc.com/

Sure. For all of you interested in some official mintage statistics of our BTCC Mint coins:

As the block halving is now over, we have finished making all pre-halving 2016 "2-star" coins.
That's it!  It's done.  No more can be made!

One Bitcoin, 2016 V Series (2-star):
- 100 Artists Proofs, of which 97 are Gold-plated alloy, and 3 are Titanium (blocks 394051, 394111, 405240, and 405251)
- 1,350 Regular Titanium coins
- 25 Titanium coins, in "Twins" (double-funded by sequential blocks 413851 and 413852)
Total made: 1,475

Five Bitcoin, 2016 V Series (2-star):
- 5 Artists Proofs, "Baby" sized 43mm Titanium (block 416067)
- 500 Standard 50mm Titanium coins
- of which only 21 of the 5-set were made, where all 5 coins in the set are mined from the same block
Total made: 505

thanks,
Bobby

We will auction the 2016 error block (double funded from blocks 418419 and 418427) if there is enough interest.

The bidding will start at BTC60 (increments of BTC0.1) if there are at least 5 people interested in this auction.

Let me know!

thanks,
Bobby