[BOUNTY] Project: Private Key Label Printer for BitAddress.org

[casascius]

The Bounty: One bag of 500 stickerable Aluminum Casascius Coins, including shipping.  These have the Bitcoin logo on the front, and a blank space for a sticker (up to 1.15" / 29mm in diameter) for you to print the content of your choice.

The Project: Fork BitAddress.org so that it can be used for printing full sheets of private key labels.

The Labels: http://www.onlinelabels.com/OL1025.htm



How it should work:

• The user enters label count wide and high per page (in this example, 6 wide and 8 high)
• The user enters width of label and horizontal distance between labels (as well as height and vertical distance)
• The user enters a horizontal and vertical positioning offset (so it works with their particular printer)
• The user should be able to print a sheet of private keys after having bought the product linked to above.

In addition, there should be an easy way for the user to copy a list of the Bitcoin Addresses to the clipboard, so he can bulk-fund the addresses with the amount of his choice.  The list should be available in two formats: one being a simple CRLF-delimited list of addresses, and the other being a preformatted command for bitcoind to fund all the coins in a single transaction, example:

Code:

sendmany "" "{\"1Address1\": 0.01, \"1Address2\": 0.01, \"1Address3\": 0.01}"

WHAT SHOULD GO ON THE LABELS:

This should be possibly up to user's discretion.  They will be a tight fit.  Some users will want QR codes and others will rather save the space.  Some users will want the Bitcoin address on the labels, others might view that as unnecessary.  I would think most users would want to enter a denomination to be printed, since the aluminum coins don't come pre-denominated.  I am open to any reasonable interpretation of what a user is likely to want.

[BitKoot]

May I ask why you want to fork BitAddress.org instead of using your own wallet generator software?

The wallet generator software is pretty flexible as well and could be altered to do this job.

[casascius]

May I ask why you want to fork BitAddress.org instead of using your own wallet generator software?

The wallet generator software is pretty flexible as well and could be altered to do this job.

Great question.  The software at BitAddress.org is cross-platform and gets enjoyed by a broader audience.  My own software tends to be used predominantly by those using Windows, and my wish isn't so much to create a simple tool for myself to use, but for others.  There's also a bigger community of developers willing to fork and work on the BitAddress code base versus mine.

[threeip]

Sent you a PM mate.

[acoindr]

I cringe a little when I see BitAddress.org promoted. Yes, it's very convenient and awesome using client-side Javascript to generate addresses but most users of a site like that wouldn't know whether it was Javascript or something else generating the addresses.

While I agree with your concerns, this is offtopic here.

That's true. I deleted my post. I'll start a new topic.

[kodo]

This is definitly a great idea, good luck.

[threeip]

https://github.com/threeip/casascius , demo version at http://rackverse.com/casascius/ . Any and all feedback welcome just don't laugh at my code (to my face )

[casascius]

This needs to be entirely in Javascript.  It cannot be based on server side code.

[threeip]

This needs to be entirely in Javascript.  It cannot be based on server side code.

Ack. Ok, best of luck with it!

[BitKoot]

I would like to give this a serious try. I believe I have the needed experience in html/js/css programming.

Is it possible to reserve the bounty for a few days, so I can put some serious time in it without the risk of being outperformed by an anonymous lurker?

If not I might try it anyway during the weekend (if by then nobody has made a serious attempt).

[dave3k]

I'll add 0.2 btc to the bounty (if thats ok), so that you can buy some labels to go with your new blanks
Think I would find this useful.

[peonminer]

I'll add 0.2 btc to the bounty (if thats ok), so that you can buy some labels to go with your new blanks
Think I would find this useful.

Noble

Good idea OP

I'm sure someone will have this finished for you with in a week. (POSITIVE VIBES!!! C: )

[BitKoot]

I made a quick start:



The label generation works, but the labels are still empty. I will look into adding the private key's during the weekend.

Let me know if this is in the right direction.

[Bitcoin Grid]

I was going to code this anyway as i had the same idea!

I tried using the print button in browser but the margins kept changing depending on the printer used.

I have coded it in JSPDF (A Javascript PDF Creator) Which can be run in firefox or chrome (It works in firefox but takes forever, chrome it takes seconds).

PDF With Text Private Keys

PDF With QR Codes

The pdf generating code is done just got the GUI to do.

[BitKoot]

I have added the keys to the labels (QR codes are the default):



If the user chooses the 'Use key text' option it adds the private keys as text to the labels:



Still to do:
Add the 'copy bulk fund to clipboard' and 'copy key pairs to clipboard' functionality.

I was also thinking about adding a third option for displaying the keys: show the textual key in combination with one row of text a user can specify (a denomination for example).

[BitKoot]

It seems copy/paste is hard to do entirely in javascript if you want it to work cross-browser without security warnings.

I have added an expandable section below the generated labes with the bulk fund and key pair text:

[piit79]

Great work, watching.

[Bitcoin Grid]

Which labels are we meant to be designing it for?

The link is for these ones http://www.onlinelabels.com/OL1025.htm

But the picture shows these ones http://www.onlinelabels.com/OL6000.htm

Not an issue for my script, as the sticker specs can be changed by changing the values in a few boxes. but knowing the right ones will make setting the defaults easier.

[piit79]

Not sure about the defaults but could you please also create presets for us metric folk for the following label sheets?

White 29mm diameter: http://www.labelplanet.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=Round-Labels-White-Paper-29mm
Silver 25mm diameter: http://www.labelplanet.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=Round-Silver-Labels-25mm

Thanks!

[Bitcoin Grid]

Not sure about the defaults but could you please also create presets for us metric folk for the following label sheets?

White 29mm diameter: http://www.labelplanet.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=Round-Labels-White-Paper-29mm
Silver 25mm diameter: http://www.labelplanet.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=Round-Silver-Labels-25mm

Thanks!

Mines coded in mm not inches.

I can’t find the specs for those labels on the website.

Do you have the specs for them? I need these (in mm):
Top Margin
Left Margin
Circle Diameter
Horizontal Spacing
Vertical Spacing
Num Labels Across
Num Labels Down