Physical Crypto General Discussion

[TheAnalogKid]

Trying to get my head around, what happens to perceived value of Casascius coins if XT eventually gets its 75% miner adoption.
I guess Casascius coins will be the least, crypto has to worry about.   

If it achieves its 75%, then that switches to the new core, and the coins are worth nothing less than they are today.  XT is a set of enhancements to core just like QT was/is. The blockchain continues, your coins stay the same, and life goes on. 

Now let's not derail this into a discussion about XT.  There's enough of that over in the "Discussion" sub forum.

[TheAnalogKid]

I think that we need a section on the forum for the physical coins,  can we maKe a pool? Or a formal request?

I started a thread with a poll over in the Meta sub forum for that.  Can't find it at the moment where I am but if you go look there please feel free to bump it up and add to the discussion.  Maybe someday someone with mod power will take notice and create it for us. 

[monkeynuts]

I think that we need a section on the forum for the physical coins,  can we maKe a pool? Or a formal request?

I started a thread with a poll over in the Meta sub forum for that.  Can't find it at the moment where I am but if you go look there please feel free to bump it up and add to the discussion.  Maybe someday someone with mod power will take notice and create it for us.  

This was the thread for the poll

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1095046.0

More pollsters would be a good thing ....

[nubbins]

I think that we need a section on the forum for the physical coins,  can we maKe a pool? Or a formal request?

I agree. It could be split into manufacturers of coin....ie Casascius section.
It would be nice to have the info on the makers in their own section, rather than searching the web for it.
I think there is a thread that has many of the major makers listed and their websites.
i will try to find link.

Gross, no fuckin way. You'd have a thousand noobs clamoring for their own subsection just because they queefed out a bunch of stickered rounds.

[mattiadeabtc]

I think that we need a section on the forum for the physical coins,  can we maKe a pool? Or a formal request?

I agree. It could be split into manufacturers of coin....ie Casascius section.
It would be nice to have the info on the makers in their own section, rather than searching the web for it.
I think there is a thread that has many of the major makers listed and their websites.
i will try to find link.

the addition of the section would result in a beautiful  cleaning of the  market topics , making research more 'easy,the 80% of the ads in goods  regards physical bitcoin

[matrix zion]

How can one be sure the manufacturer didn't copy the private key and cashes in unused coins after some time?

[TheAnalogKid]

How can one be sure the manufacturer didn't copy the private key and cashes in unused coins after some time?

You can't unless you were there to witness the destruction of all the keys and any media they were stored on.  This is where trustworthiness comes into play, and you have to believe and trust in those who made the coins that they did what they say they did.

[nubbins]

How can one be sure the manufacturer didn't copy the private key and cashes in unused coins after some time?

You can't unless you were there to witness the destruction of all the keys and any media they were stored on.  This is where trustworthiness comes into play, and you have to believe and trust in those who made the coins that they did what they say they did.

Plus, having the private keys to millions of dollars worth of BTC in your possession is a great way to get kidnapped.

But still, I guarantee there's at least a couple of physical crypto vendors out there who have a copy of every private key they've ever generated.