Why would someone buy a coin for which the private key has been revealed ? Have I missed something here.

That's exactly what I was thinking of doing.

Appreciate all the comments (from all) so far btw.

I am thinking of putting a reserve on the coins - is that acceptable in this forum ? If they sell for 1 btc  + 6.5% (or even less!) I would rather keep them, cash in via priv key with any forks as well and have them as shiny conversation makers.

Predominantly just in a drawer with other stuff.  Bought them in 2013 / 2014 from david at hardbtc. I'm hoping too that the private keys are not tarnished in anyway (but even if a few characters are illegible then it wouldn't take too much effort to crunch through the possibilities). Obviously I'm not going to try "peeking" at them unless they are unsold in which case I'll just get the funds out and use them as trinkets.

Pics here. Please don't lynch me.

Low res:






High res:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3muYo6c3PX5ia4bi9

https://photos.app.goo.gl/6BK5mRWCZaYQXsSq7

I'm a bit ashamed to upload a pic of these here as they were not stored in airtight containers since purchase; had no idea they would devalue if not but hey ho...
 
Can someone give me an idea of what the floor is on these? Obv. they are funded and intact (i.e. hologram sticker untampered) but .. as I said.. there has been some oxidation over time.

I am considering taking them to a coin collector in order to have them cleaned - an anathema in the world of numismatics I know - but people like shiny stuff....

One is silver and other other silver with bronze (?) highlights.

Will upload pics in a day or two if there as interest. Would prefer to sell both together but would be ok to sell one at a time.

Am London (UK) based. Also I have no idea how escrow would work if I do sell these so please give me some pointers in public replies.

sooo..... we send you money and the highest bid at the time is shown on your page? What do we get out of it again ?!!!

No official thread.. How do I do one? Just write "Official thread .. blah blah blah?"

Dear fellow bitcoiners,
About a year ago (!) I proposed a wifi hotspot that runs on a raspberry pi that accepts bitcoins for payment.
I am at a juncture at this project as I'm getting to a dev-release product "real soon now" (It helps that I have a few others pushing it along now as well) and the dilemma I face is this - how to get it out in the way that suits the community the best. Here are my options (with the relevant pros and cons) and I'd like your feedback.

1) Bootstrap off sales of the unit when it's ready. ie. keep working evenings and weekends (I have a day job) until it is ready. The pros are that the the unit will be ready for sale when it's ready and therefore no expectations, no let down etc etc. The downside is that this could take another few months. Also I will have no idea on how popular the thing will be, so it could be months of work for very little return.

2) Put up pre-sale orders. This will help gauge interest, but if I get just a minimum of orders, I'd have to keep working on the day job to pay the bills, feed the kids etc etc and I risk losing reputation from anybody who does pre-order that the device still won't be ready for a little while yet.

3) Crowd source the initial sales.... Similar to 2) above.

4) Seek the sale of some equity to an angel... So I have business plans etc etc ready .. but seeking finance is always a time consuming effort and perhaps I would be better off product development instead of this option.

All advice gratefully received. If you want to keep in touch with the project, I am running an email sign up list on the webpage here : www.bitcoinwifi.net[1] ... There is also a link to a very dark and uninspiring demo video (new one in progress) and also some of the source code (the client unit will 100% GPL open source upon sale btw).
Am more than happy to discuss the business, tech etc behind the idea, but for now just seeing what the community thinks my best direction to go down is.

This is a crosspost that I put on reddit earlier - http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2j0uv3/bitcoin_wifi_what_to_do_next/

I have also issued (as an experiment) a small number of tokens that would give the current holder lifetime access to bitcoinwifi.net access points as suggested by one poster. The token is called BTCWIFINETLIFE and can be seen here ->  https://blockscan.com/assetInfo.aspx?q=BTCWIFINETLIFE .

So ... how do I get a small balance out of weexchange in the "stuck" state ? Any advice please?

Many thanks for sorting this out. Refund received. Glad to have got an acceptable and timely return considering all of the risks involved. Would happily do business with most of the organisers on this thread.

Thanks to the chaps sorting this out. I'm more than happy to get 97% back of the original amount I put into this. Like everybody else, I would have preferred the chips delivered on time (otherwise we wouldn't have paid up in the first place - right?) but this far exceeds my return on my previous mining attempt from BFL.... Great work - thanks chaps. And thank god for escrow.

As a lurker, I'd just like to say I am loving this thread. I bought into the labcoin machine and lost about 20% of what I put in...  and I'm happy to just sit this one out until it settles down. Good luck to both the pro and anti labcoiners !!

refund for my 49.x chips please.

FFS. My BFL jala is alledgedly "in the post" and if I do get it before the next difficulty change, I'll be making a whopping 0.03 BTC per day. These chips were supposed to help x4 that so at least it was worth keeping the rigs going. And the real kicker. I paid for that fucking jala with 9 btc when they were at 20 USD / each. I know I'm only venting but if the difficulty should never rise, then it would take just 300 days of free electric to get break even. Screw that fucking calculator at http://www.bitcoinx.com/profit/ ... but I guess I'm as guilty as anybody else thinking "w00t free money".

FML. I guess everybody want ga ga over the fact that Jeff managed to get the first known working Avalon ASIC when (how many??) other competitors just didn't deliver so it was only predictable this was going to be a train wreck meets car crash when there are so many parties involved that just aren't experienced in dealing with this kind of volume.

Anyway. Rant over.

Can anyone tell me what happened to the ASICs that were created that someone took pics of and plastered that on the net ??

Yes the idea is to have a white list maintained by the owner so they can add their own store site, web site etc etc (as well as having many bitcoin related sites as well).

Not sure what the limit is right now. Will be testing with maybe 5-10 users shortly but .... if it's that busy then I would state that is a sign of success and therefore we can dedicate more time into making a more efficient hotspot.

When in a reasonable state, yes. For about the sum of the parts (ie so it should be the same price as a rasp pi, wifi + sd card) , with perhaps a very small markup for the support.

Hi all,

I have completed a working prototype of a Bitcoin enabled Wifi Hotspot running on a Raspberry Pi. I will upload a video in hopefully the next 5-7 days once I've made the web pages a little bit prettier.

Anyway, here's what it does :

1) creates an open SSID called "BitcoinWifi". Allows any connection to a bitcoin node on port 8333 (thus enabling easier wifi payments).

2) any webpage gets redirected to a payment page on which the user can pay an administrator - adjustable fee for access ( so far just 1hr or 24hr but these are just initial timeslots).

3) upon payment (there is a bitcoin formatted URI on the payment page above which should enable *most* bitcoin smartphone wallets to go directly to their payment mechanism), the redirect is disabled and full internet access is allowed. The wired subnet that the router is on is blocked *apart* from the actual "real" router for internet access (so users will not be able to access anything on your network).

4) after the time period, the restriction is automatically started again.

The device is zero config to get running. Just plug into a 5v usb micro and ethernet into your router. To extract the bitcoins, you'll need to login as an administrator (password will be included in the package), and just go to an admin page and put in an address to which the bitcoin balance will be forwarded.

I am going to be marketing it shortly (as mentioned, just need to tidy up the webpages as they look awful - I'm a developer first and foremost!).

I will be selling the device as a Rasp Pi + WiFi USB + SD Card for probably about 1 btc to start with (which is pretty much the sum of the parts) once I have a demo online (I am tempted to put up a pre-order page but I know how much you all love those - "shipping in two weeks" (tm) promises). However, I am collecting names, contact details of interested parties now.

Feel free to get in touch with me via this post or PM and we can exchange email addresses.

Can't believe not mentioned so far: When you are certain you have at least 2 copies of your wallet.dat file, then make the old hard drive unusable (or just take it out and keep it in a safe place). If someone else gets a copy of your wallet.dat, then they'll be able to move your coins for you....

If  you have an android phone, you can use my app to send your ringtone to others so when you ring, they'll hear what you want them to hear... (Cue response regarding trolls etc etc) . www.tonepush.com