Hello everyone,

During these wintery times, I have a very important update to share with you.

I have decided that as of block #768,000, I effectively step down as project leader regarding Coldkey.

Being good at some very specific things doesn't automatically makes you good at other less specific things.
I'm good at making great cold storage wallets, but I'm not so good at delivering them.

From now on, I'll keep it at just coding and making Coldkeys.

I am pleased to announce to you that cygan will be taking the lead of the project.
cygan brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the table, and I'm confident that he will lead our project to even greater success in the future.

I see it like satoris. There are pre-fork and post-fork satoris.
There are Coldkeys that have been made in some "early" period in the life of Coldkey, and there will be many more to come after these changes.

We are working together to bring everything back in order.
Everything that is still "pending" will be addressed and made good on in the best delays.

I am commited to make some of the best and meaningful physical crypto with a high level of quality.
Thank you for your continued support and trust in our project.

I look forward to working with you under the guidance of cygan.

Hello everybody

I got some exciting news to share with you today.
Coldkey has a new distributor !

I am honored to announce that cygan will be in charge of the Coldkey distribution.
Thank you very much cygan for joining Coldkey.

We believe this improvement is well needed and is a major step on the road to success.
Everything will be totally transparent, the process keeps being the same but improved.

I'll be posting more updates soon about the ongoing Raffle release.

Thank you for reading !

Ce qui se produit aujourd'hui est hyper intéressant.
Depuis sa création, Bitcoin a toujours évolué dans un contexte où les taux de banques centrales étaient très bas, 0, voir même négatifs si je me trompe pas ?

Là, c'est un peu comme un "price discovery" mais plutôt "behavior discovery".

Intéressant de voir comment BTC se comporte.
On lit de tout. BTC est corrélé au Nasdaq. BTC est corrélé à l'or.

BTC n'existe pas dans un vide cosmique.
Si la quantité d'unités monétaires diminue car les BCs remontent leur taux, mathématiquement la valeur d'un BTC diminuera.
Plus les taux seront maintenus hauts longtemps, plus ça diminuera dans le temps.

Faut voir cette politique monétaire de remontée des taux directeurs comme un "écrémage de la marée de biftons qui circule."
Moins de biftons, moins de valeur. (mais du coup la valeur d'1 USD ou d'1 EUR devrait se renforcer en échange)

Yes, that is correct. :-)
This was the desired outcome.

This also implies that if the big prize doesn't move from it's address, it means the winning ticket most likely hasn't been peeled yet.

What are your thoughts about it ?

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Wow  
Already 36 tickets sold !

We now have 0.09BTC in the Prize Pool escrow address

Lots of players means bigger prizes.
Come join the fun.  
All that is required to win is to hold one ticket.  

Hey haloxon !

Let me explain a bit more in depth.
There is no association between hex and ticket IDs.

A different hex will be assigned randomly to each public address.
Only I know which address is on which ticket ID.

I'll update the thread very soon with the list of 256 addresses, with hex and status ("In play" // "Inactive").
Hopefully this will make things more straightforward.

When a ticket is sold, I will update the list and change the address from "Inactive" to "In play".
Unsold tickets will remain "Inactive" and will be destroyed.
The status of the event will be updated regularly.

I absolutely understand your concern.
This is for this exact reason I chose to keep track of what ticket IDs are shipped in individual orders.

Thank you very much
I wanted to try something different.
If I'm not mistaken, I think I remember some "Bitcoin Cereal box" that were funded with various amounts ?
Anyway I really like this idea. Thanks for participating !!

This is going to be a fun event !
I wish you the best of luck and hit one of those huge prizes

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We already have 0.0375BTC in the Prize Pool escrow address.

(reserved)

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There is one last set available for purchase on our website
Remaining serial is #38.

Grab it before it's too late !

Hello everyone

All regular Bas cards orders have been finalized and shipped.
On top of this, some people already got their order without receiving the email containing shipping details.
What was causing this issue has now been fixed, and emails containing shipping details have been re-triggered.

The production for every "custom requests / order" concerning Bas cards is now finished.
These orders will be finalized shortly.

While doing the custom requests, I have also produced two more sets that are available for purchase on our shop.

20 x 1 Random Single Bas Coldkeys : https://www.coldkey.eu/product/bas-coldkey-random-single/
1 x Full Set of 20 Bas Coldkeys : https://www.coldkey.eu/product/bas-coldkey-full-set-of-20/

They go fast and I don't produce them that quickly.
Grab them before it's too late !

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There has been a few requests to make Bas Coldkeys with artworks that were not present in the primary release.
We are likely to extend the collection later on and we are aware how serials are important.
Full Sets buyers will have the possibility to further extend their Bas Coldkey collection with serials matching the initial set.

Hello, it's long overdue for an update on the current status of Coldkey.

First, some of the Bas orders have been delayed.
They are in process and rest assured will be fulfilled soon.

On top of this, I just recently noticed shop emails aren't sent properly.
This implies that all emails with shipping details haven't been sent as well.

Most of the Bas Coldkeys have shipped as of last week, a few parcels remain to be shipped.
I'll be going through them all send manually the shipping details to every customer.

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Due to the high interest in the latest sets, we've become backlogged on shipping a bit.
Some people also had some custom orders.

However I am only one person and cannot possibly fullfill all of them as timely as I would like.
The process is long and timely, and prone to unexpected happenings.
This is a source of frustration and needs to be addressed.

We are releasing and listing Coldkeys carefully to temper the incoming orders.
That allows us to process it all before we are comfortable to move on further.
Sometimes it takes longer for various reasons, independently of our will.

That said, we have been working to get our new operation streamlined via a small move of operations.

We are still functioning on a "best effort" basis.
This is neither optimal or satisfactory but we're doing our best to keep Coldkey going.

TLDR : Please don't misunderstand the message.
It's just sometimes, it takes a few days to get some order going.
Sometimes, it takes a week or slightly longer.
We're carefully maneuvering to not let ourselves get too much behind

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Also, I wanted to say something about communication.
The way it has been happening and kept going on also became a source of frustration.

I present my apologies to everyone who reached out in some way and didn't hear back from me.

Over time, I shifted from being a member of our community to a maker of physical Bitcoins.
This has been tough to deal with, and needs to be done differently.

Despite owlcatz's help with communication, some people reach out to me directly on IM apps.
I've been sharing my details quite openly before getting involved with Coldkey.
Today it's not helping as I can't be present on all fronts to reply to everyone.
This cannot keep going on. For the best, I will be disabling Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp.

Also, I will be disabling Bitcointalk PMs.
In my profile, I'll add email addresses :
One for Coldkey related purpose, and another for a more general Bitcoin and bitcointalk use.

I'll be reaching out to everyone that I've been in contact with, to explain this. (on all IM apps)

For you as for myself, this can't go on like it was / is still happening.

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We do not remain idle behind the curtains.
Here is a sneak-peak of what we have in our pipes.



More info in an upcoming ANN thread.
(in a few days)

Ca sent le gaz.

Yes, you have raised some good points that I'm happy to clarify.

I totally agree with your point, and this has never been my intention.
There is already a handful of dozens of these Bas Coldkeys circulating from all the custom orders that happened in 2.5 years.
At these lengths (and also in a matter of prevention) it's better to acknowledge these and make them openly available.

By the way, does someone know rougly with how much bits did Basorexia run with ?

No.


Some anonymousminer Bas Coldkey exist.
Every Bas Coldkey bears a design that can be found in the following thread :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5204109


No, for the following different reasons :

After the Bas fiasco, I have been approached by a few members with custom orders for Bas Coldkeys.
I've also gifted a few AP Bas Coldkeys (on Silver cards) to users represented in the artwork.
Most of the time, it was merely because I knew these users nicknames on the forum so I could make a relevant gift.

Over time as more people become aware that Bas Coldkey are a thing, I kept getting custom orders.
This went to the point where it makes sense to acknowledge these and turn them into a series.
I don't like the idea of running a "shadow series" because I'm fulfilling custom orders around the same theme.

Since this thread has been posted, a handful of bitcointalk users for whose Bas made a design approached me.
They would like to order some Bas Coldkeys representing "their" artworks.

Back then I've approached Basorexia to collaborate but they turned me down.
I'm more than happy to discuss with Basorexia about options, should they return.

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Thank you very much LC !
Glad you like them.

Busy right now.
Will have time to address this properly within an hour.

Regarding "plagiarism" :
the process or practice of using another person's ideas or work and pretending that it is your own.
(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/fr/dictionnaire/anglais/plagiarism)

I don't think this is what I did. I have never pretended to come up with these artworks being my own.

I'll explain the story behind this release shortly.

Yes, these have shipped.
I'll get back to you today with tracking.

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23be128240a20cc66136448fe6770003a80e2d5ad9776228db67edd36d7687c9

(sha256 hash of a Bitcoin signed message for record)