Bitcoin Debit Card!

[strideynet]

Ok. Sounds good. Anybody got ideas for it so suggestions ?

[dannyjj]

Just as a survey to see if people like the idea. The card would hold the wallet.dat file on its memory and also it would hold a pin to decrypt the wallet. The card reader would have a record of all the blocks etc.
It would make bitcoins more feasible as a payment solution. We would use java chip cards so they can be programmed. Bt I'm not use wether 80k is enough for memory. Or wether we need more!
http://www.smartcardsource.com/contents/en-ca/p3_J2A080.html


It would mean bitcoins could be used in the real world! Not just inside the interwebs!

I want some form of BTC wallet I can link to my bank account/pay pal so I can make transactions instantly, could be risky though.

[strideynet]

Cool.

[WITRcenter]

cool.

[InsightSoul]

Might be worth it. Competition is always good.

[🏰 TradeFortress 🏰]

What are the fees?

[tpantlik]

Somebody already think of this:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=7539.0

[strideynet]

The fees would cover cost of the card and the future developement.
5 bitcoin gets us like 35 gbp which isn't bad for a one off. It would also go to marketing of the product to the shops. There is no transaction fee becuse the card is doing the work . No servers. The card reader would store the blockchain and have connection to the internets. The card would be a smart card. So it wouldbe able thread the blockchain from the device and then do the transfer using the internets connection on the device. The card would be the only one to deal with private key etc.
I would also like to print bitcoin moneyaswell. With a custom tailor application to transfer money from the note onto the shops wallet and then shop discards of the money.

[Gatorhex]

If you use debit cards you gota pay fees to the card machine operator.

What I would prefer to see is a simple phone app for payments.

Everyone has a mobile phone even shop keepers and you could pay by putting your
phones near each other maybe bluetooth, usb, or internet.

Using the phones the infrastructure is already there and you don't have to pay for it.

We need to get Bitcoin mainstream and so simple to use anyone can use it.
A simple to use Android and Apple payment app would help make the economy.
And get the cool kids using it, maybe you could pay 'em 0.01 coin pocket money,
for watching coca-cola ads or something, and bring in ad revenue to pay the coins to kids.

[strideynet]

I wouldn't use debit cards. Duh. I'd develope my own card. There is no need for a network. Only a interwebs connnection,!! Gah no one hears me right. There is no server doing the work. The wallet is the card. The card reader just supplies internets.