Awesome! Buying coins in Australia has been fairly difficult recently. I hope you can make the process less painful for us Aussies.

Good luck with your launch!

I can't agree more. Reddit has a huge following of nerds that are perfect candidates to be (relatively) early adopters.

Crazy idea:

How about some kind of Bitcoin 'hunt', with a number of thumb drives hidden across the city containing BTC (enough to be newsworthy). Would probably need to give hints regarding their location.

Might be way too expensive, but wanted to throw the idea out anyway. Maybe the hunt could be sponsored to cover part (or all) of the cost.

I remember hearing a about a similar thing that happened, where a bunch of keys to new cars were hidden across the city. It generated a frenzy of people searching and a huge amount to media coverage.

I reckon it'd be a great way to generate awareness of digital currency, and demonstrate a clear benefit: that large amounts of money can be conveniently stored on small devices.

The ignore function is somewhat useful.

However, the best solution I've seen is a voting system (like Reddit), where trolls get down-voted and effectively ignored. For those who are interested, I'd recommend you check the Bitcoin section on Reddit. Over 5,000 users and growing strong.

The more Bitcoin supporters on Reddit, the more publicity Bitcoin will receive (by hitting the front page etc).

Maybe a TED talk about cryptocurrency in general would be better; less "self-promotional".

Agreed! I thought he did a great job in this interview.

I've been enjoying your images Phinnaeus. Keep 'em coming.

Just posted on the Bitcoin Reddit.

We need a TED talk.

It would be amazing PR directed at the perfect demographic. Best of all: it would be free.

Anyone have any idea how to make this happen?

This is awesome.

Unfortunately I can't come, but hopefully will be there in 2012!

I just noticed the logo on his lapel.. well done Sir.

Hah! I would love to see that! Somehow I don't think he'll be interested

My first thought was: Bitcoin is not ready for JB fans.

Your idea isn't completely ridiculous; there might be another celebrity that would do this, but probably not quite yet. I reckon it should be someone that has a relatively intelligent following; not a bunch of teen girls who will just go "WTF" and forget about it. Maybe someone like Jon Stewart or Colbert.

iCoin?

No one's mentioned BitPiggy yet. It's AUD only, but I think it uses the model you're referring to. It has a very reasonable spread, and the best thing is that you pay the current price (though you might have to wait a day or two for the transaction to complete).

I highly recommend it for Aussies, and I hope it's model is replicated for other countries.

Great work!

None in Antarctica yet

This would be awesome. Please keep us updated.


I wonder what would be considered "independent". I'd guess anyone who's not mining.

Also, "expert" is another vague one.

Great comic. The returned coins certainly seem to have quelled the outrage.

Let's assume (hypothetically) that it was an inside job. They couldn't have held onto all the coins and still maintained legitimacy; they had previously claimed that most of the coins were stored offline, and therefore unhackable. Returning half was a smart move.

Agreed! Perhaps it should replace the "Trojan Wallet stealer be careful" sticky?

Talking about yourself in the third person there?