[INFO] Kialara Related Questions

[enayet]

I only discovered the existence of Kialara around 2 weeks ago and made my first purchase of one less than a week ago however I have some questions...

1. Have you ever seen someone (In person or on video) redeem BTC from a Kialara?

2. How do I verify the legitimacy of a Kialara? Casascius have the fulllist.txt

3a. Looking at the images below, would you accept this 2014 Kialara Original as "Mint" condition taking into account the scratches? Is this condition common?




3b. If you own a 2014 Kialara Original, have you got scratch like marks over your public key like in the photo below?



4. My final question is what price would you be willing to pay for a 2018 Kialara Hydra Diamond?

Thanks in advance

[Mitchell]

Been a while since I've updated my Kialara knowledge, so I'll answer the ones I can.

1. Have you ever seen someone (In person or on video) redeem BTC from a Kialara?

I know that someone loaded their Kialara and I think Max himself smashed a Kialara (to show the process), but not both.

3b. If you own a 2014 Kialara Original, have you got scratch like marks over your public key like in the photo below?

Mine does.

[Mitchell]

4) I would pay $695 for one... just as they were sold from the website here: https://kialara.com/product/silver-series-2018-hydra/

Of course you would. That would be a great deal

[CanaryInTheMine]

regarding mint condition question.
some did ship with some production scratching, however, the VAST majority have not been handled properly to keep them in mint condition after receipt.

they can not be mint unless they were never handled with bare hands (oils, stains etc...)
also most had been taken out of any protective sleeves/casings and they came into contact with other surfaces which added scratches and residues from whatever it was in contact with.

getting a true mint condition is hard and you have to trust the seller telling you so...

some of us did take great care of them and never handled them with bare hands and never took out of protective sleeves, but we are few