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April 26, 2015, 02:26:45 PM |
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Made this, a small and low-cost btc payment device: It has WiFi to connect to the internet and NFC to communicate with a user with a mobile phone. It can be used to handle small payments and to perform a simple task when a payment is received. Cost price can be well below USD 10.
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TheRealSteve
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April 26, 2015, 03:15:12 PM |
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Very neat. If the board antenna +chip can be moved up, that would make for a tidy package to build a case around
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April 26, 2015, 03:41:58 PM |
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Very neat. If the board antenna +chip can be moved up, that would make for a tidy package to build a case around The board measures 34x74 mm, think a case can be tidy enough:)
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TheRealSteve
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April 26, 2015, 05:08:04 PM |
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The board measures 34x74 mm, think a case can be tidy enough:)
True - I was just thinking that because you need the vertical height for the bluetooth module anyway, one might as well stack, a la: https://i.imgur.com/gDrh7r4.png Regardless, though - very neat Just a design for now, or planning sales?
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April 26, 2015, 07:43:43 PM |
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True - I was just thinking that because you need the vertical height for the bluetooth module anyway, one might as well stack, a la: https://i.imgur.com/gDrh7r4.png -- I see now. When the performance of the NFC antenna is not degraded it could be done I guess. And it's WiFi btw, not bluetooth:) Regardless, though - very neat Just a design for now, or planning sales? -- Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:)
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TheRealSteve
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April 26, 2015, 07:48:28 PM |
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And it's WiFi btw, not bluetooth:)
Derp Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:) Gotcha - would be a neat little addition to ad-hoc point-of-sale terminals without the cost overhead of full-blown bank-sanctioned ones.
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April 26, 2015, 07:54:42 PM |
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Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:) Gotcha - would be a neat little addition to ad-hoc point-of-sale terminals without the cost overhead of full-blown bank-sanctioned ones. And it can do micropayments. Try paying half cent for something using a normal terminal;)
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April 27, 2015, 07:48:47 AM |
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Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:) Gotcha - would be a neat little addition to ad-hoc point-of-sale terminals without the cost overhead of full-blown bank-sanctioned ones. And it can do micropayments. Try paying half cent for something using a normal terminal;) Hi, this is really cool but..... What can you actually get for half a cent nowadays? In fact, can you actually get chewing gum with 50 cent nowadays?
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April 27, 2015, 11:02:43 AM |
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Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:) Gotcha - would be a neat little addition to ad-hoc point-of-sale terminals without the cost overhead of full-blown bank-sanctioned ones. And it can do micropayments. Try paying half cent for something using a normal terminal;) Hi, this is really cool but..... What can you actually get for half a cent nowadays? In fact, can you actually get chewing gum with 50 cent nowadays? Some juice to charge your mobile phone, or some drinking water, or some air to inflate a tire etc:) It could be a method of making really small payments in the physical world.
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June 01, 2015, 12:27:58 AM |
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Just a proof of principle, playing around a bit:) Gotcha - would be a neat little addition to ad-hoc point-of-sale terminals without the cost overhead of full-blown bank-sanctioned ones. And it can do micropayments. Try paying half cent for something using a normal terminal;) Hi, this is really cool but..... What can you actually get for half a cent nowadays? In fact, can you actually get chewing gum with 50 cent nowadays? Make it nine Euro cents then for a popsicle;)
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TheRealSteve
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June 01, 2015, 01:07:54 AM |
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rocket popsicle - yum. If you go to places like Party City in the U.S., the individual candy stuff (like the chocolate coins) are still just a few cents/piece ( unless they've moved to selling by weight by now, which would be the sensible thing to do, though pricing would still apply )
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June 01, 2015, 02:38:36 AM |
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Looks great wow! Makes a great way for the bigger audience to accept Bitcoin! Imagine people walking in the streets with these in their pockets and phones in hand just sending and receiving money!
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