I would really like to be able to do this, however, the money has already been sent to the people they bought pixels from. What I have offered them instead however is the chance to replace their block of pixels with another image of their choice. I would of course have preferred not to change any pixels at all, but things got very out of hand with libelous personal attacks.

I was very much hoping to avoid anything like censorship on pixelco.in, but a recent "war" has gotten out of hand with over-the-top personal attacks. I'm posting this as notice that I intend to remove any attacks by name against another person. I hope to interfere as little as possible, but pixelco.in should not be a place for creating unreasonable attacks against your fellow bitcoiners!

Please note though: this will not cause you to lose ownership of your pixels, only the offending images/text will be changed.

Sorry about that, I was updating the site probably at just the moment where you tried to log in. Please try again, everything should be working, and let me know if you have any problems!

I was very much hoping to avoid anything like censorship on pixelco.in, but this "war" has just gotten rather carried away. I'm posting this as notice that I intend to remove any attacks by name against another person. I hope to interfere as little as possible, but pixelco.in should not be a place for creating unreasonable attacks against your fellow bitcoiners!

Please note though: this will not cause you to lose ownership of your pixels, only the offending images/text will be changed.

Thanks! And you're right, it could eventually reach that point, but the average price per pixel grows so slowly that something like this is far, far in the future. And even then, you can imagine getting around it by doing something like dividing each pixel into "sub-pixels", similar to a stock splitting.


I recently started an ad campaign on coinurl.


Yeah, it's not exactly what I had in mind, but it certainly makes things interesting!

pixelcoin

First, your post is unnecessarily rude and inflammatory, but you may have legitimate concerns, so I will still reply. You can see that this thread came out before the one you linked to, so it is pretty clear that I'm not copying off of him (and it may be the other way around, though I don't want to accuse him of that without evidence he had a similar idea near the same time). I do say on the site (if you take the time to read the FAQ), that I acknowledge the idea of the original million dollar homepage, as well as the bitcoin gem, for inspiring Pixelco.in.

Your other point seems to be about the "greed" of the site. In the sense that capitalism is based on greed: then yes, I accept your accusation, I am trying to make a profit. If that's a bad thing, I think we're all in a lot of trouble!

If on the other hand, you feel that pixelcoin is somehow exploitative, I disagree. First, it is a very condescending attitude to assume that everyone participating on the site is somehow deluded or not smart enough to figure out what their interests are. The very fact that they are participating suggests that they consider it useful or interesting in some way. Second, even if I was running some kind of scam, it is not even close to bankrupting anyone: the amounts of money involved here are pretty small compared to typical ad buys (if you subtract hosting costs and divide by the number of hours of work put into this site, you'd find I'm making less than minimum wage on this). So it is my belief that anyone purchasing pixels on pixelcoin accepts and understands how the site works and whatever risk may be involved, and made their own intelligent and rational decision to participate.

Actually, I didn't even see that until later: I stole the idea directly from the original million dollar homepage Plus some inspiration from the bitcoin gem.

Thanks for all the positive feedback, everyone! I'm happy that everything has been running quite smoothly so far, but will also keep working on new improvements, refinements, and maintenance.

Thanks for the suggestion, looks like you're putting together a nice resource! I submitted a free listing to the bitcoin catalog, and will keep an eye on your publication in the future.


As for other promotion, I haven't seen a good response from social media yet, though that is something I'm still looking at. I am also considering some ad buys.

I agree, and am implementing something along these lines that I believe will make for a better user experience. Stay tuned for this update once it is ready and tested!

I'm happy to announce a requested feature: it is now possible to edit the thumbnail image for your link! This will not affect the image that is displayed on the homepage, but will allow you to set a custom thumbnail for the link display, as well as the transaction log. This is due to asymmetric images becoming oddly-cropped when put into a square format.

Thanks to all purchasers!

I'm happy to announce a requested feature: it is now possible to edit the thumbnail image for your link! This will not affect the image that is displayed on the homepage, but will allow you to set a custom thumbnail for the link display, as well as the transaction log. This is due to asymmetric images becoming oddly-cropped when put into a square format.

No pixels are reserved, everything is automated, with prices calculated automatically. Thanks for the purchase by the way!

We've been seeing a nice response so far, prime space is starting to fill up!

Thanks for the input, I will consider doing something like that. There are some things I prefer about the modal, but I will admit that that part of the user experience isn't as optimized as it could be yet.

To get things started out, I'm happy to announce a huge price cut: now just 0.01 btc buys 1,000 pixels!

To get things started out, I'm happy to announce a huge price cut: now just 0.01 btc buys 1,000 pixels!
This should help alleviate concerns about the space not filling up fast enough: at these prices, it won't take many purchases to fill up all the space.

Pixelco.in Pixel Market

Anyone remember "Million Dollar Homepage"? It was a clever new form of advertising that leveraged social phenomena to get people looking at ads in a way they didn't before. And it spawned many imitators, but like most imitations, none of them had the draw of the original. Well, we've got something new, something uniquely "bitcoin".

At Pixelco.in, you can buy a block of space and link it to your website. And if we were dealing with dollars, that would be the end of it. But with bitcoins, we can expect a more dynamic, fluid marketplace. And that's what pixelco.in offers.

The twist is this: pixel space you buy isn't necessarily yours forever. Somebody else can buy it from you, but if they do, you earn a profit! So it isn't over when it fills up, but rather will keep being an interesting draw bringing clicks and pageviews to you. And the process of signing up and buying pixels couldn't be easier, thanks to our design and the magic of bitcoins!

Thanks! And you're right, it may take some time before you would earn a profit, but in the meantime, you can link your image to whatever you want, and that's basically free advertising. So it's an especially great deal if you have something you want to link to.