Serp error coin

[miffman]

So I discovered one of my two serp funded aluminum Casascius coins have an error. It is loaded with .05BTC The firstbits don't correspond with the address on blockchain.info
The firstbits are 16j2e

I 'might' sell it. I want to know what would you offer for it? So far, this is the only one out of his 3 batches of 48.

Reply your possible offer here 

[Mitchell]

I have no idea dude. I would pay the lowest amount possible.
-hidden bump-

[miffman]

I have no idea dude. I would pay the lowest amount possible.
-hidden bump-

10 BTC  

Just kidding  

[Hexadecibel]

I don't think that necessarily means that the coin isn't loaded properly. Looking it up on block chain, I see that the address it goes to, the first bits are all capitalized, and it was loaded in 2011. I think what may  have happend is by chance the first bits of your coin happen to be the same as the first bits of that address, which held a balance well before your coin did. First bits are not case sensitive it seems.

At any rate, I'll buy it from you for .03BTC

[Mitchell]

I don't think that necessarily means that the coin isn't loaded properly. Looking it up on block chain, I see that the address it goes to the first bits are all capitalized, and it was loaded in 2011. I think what may  have happend is by chance the first bits of your coin happen to be the same as the first bits of that address, which held a balance well before your coin did. First bits are not case sensitive it seems.

At any rate, I'll buy it from you for .03BTC

I will overbid that to 0.1BTC. If you ship it to me ;p

[Hexadecibel]

I don't think that necessarily means that the coin isn't loaded properly. Looking it up on block chain, I see that the address it goes to the first bits are all capitalized, and it was loaded in 2011. I think what may  have happend is by chance the first bits of your coin happen to be the same as the first bits of that address, which held a balance well before your coin did. First bits are not case sensitive it seems.

At any rate, I'll buy it from you for .03BTC

I will overbid that to 0.1BTC. If you ship it to me ;p

Curses! Just like my luck on eBay...

[miffman]

I don't think that necessarily means that the coin isn't loaded properly. Looking it up on block chain, I see that the address it goes to, the first bits are all capitalized, and it was loaded in 2011. I think what may  have happend is by chance the first bits of your coin happen to be the same as the first bits of that address, which held a balance well before your coin did. First bits are not case sensitive it seems.

At any rate, I'll buy it from you for .03BTC

The coin is definitely funded, and I'll provide the address for you. I can't right now because I'm on my mobile (old blackberry x_x)

[manic]

There are others like that, just hadn't been noticed or posted about it until you did..

[manic]

I don't think that necessarily means that the coin isn't loaded properly. Looking it up on block chain, I see that the address it goes to, the first bits are all capitalized, and it was loaded in 2011. I think what may  have happend is by chance the first bits of your coin happen to be the same as the first bits of that address, which held a balance well before your coin did. First bits are not case sensitive it seems.

At any rate, I'll buy it from you for .03BTC

The coin is definitely funded, and I'll provide the address for you. I can't right now because I'm on my mobile (old blackberry x_x)

16j2e5

[Mitchell]

Checked and it is. The coin also looks great.

[serp]

Hey everyone.  The coin in question here is labeled 16J2e and it's full address is 16J2e5LGkMTAjn7JZt4o78od4KKS9ZXf4P.  During the creation process I used blockchain.info's api to get the first bits.  Apparently there was a timing or indexing issue there because the bits returned ended up changing.  Lesson learned, I'll not rely on that method in the future.

I have not found any other coin that is mislabeled but I will be running a script to verify them all here shortly.  For reference on the coins already produced the labeled address and the full bitcoin address can be verified below:

http://serpco.in/bits.txt

[Hexadecibel]

Hey everyone.  The coin in question here is labeled 16J2e and it's full address is 16J2e5LGkMTAjn7JZt4o78od4KKS9ZXf4P.  During the creation process I used blockchain.info's api to get the first bits.  Apparently there was a timing or indexing issue there because the bits returned ended up changing.  Lesson learned, I'll not rely on that method in the future.

I have not found any other coin that is mislabeled but I will be running a script to verify them all here shortly.  For reference on the coins already produced the labeled address and the full bitcoin address can be verified below:

http://serpco.in/bits.txt

I figured it was something like that 

[miffman]

Hey everyone.  The coin in question here is labeled 16J2e and it's full address is 16J2e5LGkMTAjn7JZt4o78od4KKS9ZXf4P.  During the creation process I used blockchain.info's api to get the first bits.  Apparently there was a timing or indexing issue there because the bits returned ended up changing.  Lesson learned, I'll not rely on that method in the future.

I have not found any other coin that is mislabeled but I will be running a script to verify them all here shortly.  For reference on the coins already produced the labeled address and the full bitcoin address can be verified below:

http://serpco.in/bits.txt

Ahh thanks serp for the address and clarification.

Anyway, like I said, this thread is just for me to see what possible offers would be. If there none, that's perfectly fine by me 

[Mitchell]

Hey everyone.  The coin in question here is labeled 16J2e and it's full address is <a href="https://blockchain.info/address/16J2e5LGkMTAjn7JZt4o78od4KKS9ZXf4P">16J2e5LGkMTAjn7JZt4o78od4KKS9ZXf4P</a>.  During the creation process I used blockchain.info's api to get the first bits.  Apparently there was a timing or indexing issue there because the bits returned ended up changing.  Lesson learned, I'll not rely on that method in the future.

I have not found any other coin that is mislabeled but I will be running a script to verify them all here shortly.  For reference on the coins already produced the labeled address and the full bitcoin address can be verified below:

http://serpco.in/bits.txt

Ahh thanks serp for the address and clarification.

Anyway, like I said, this thread is just for me to see what possible offers would be. If there none, that's perfectly fine by me  

Well there are a few offers ;p

[miffman]

Well there are a few offers ;p

I think I wanna make more than that  Just for the 2 coins with shipping was already ~.2BTC

[manic]

Hey everyone.  The coin in question here is labeled 16J2e and it's full address is 16J2e5LGkMTAjn7JZt4o78od4KKS9ZXf4P.  During the creation process I used blockchain.info's api to get the first bits.  Apparently there was a timing or indexing issue there because the bits returned ended up changing.  Lesson learned, I'll not rely on that method in the future.

I have not found any other coin that is mislabeled but I will be running a script to verify them all here shortly.  For reference on the coins already produced the labeled address and the full bitcoin address can be verified below:

http://serpco.in/bits.txt

v2 39 is one..   i think a quite a few of v2 that are printed with 5 character firstbits may be also..

blockchain.info had a problem with firstbits for several weeks, think it started mid to late july but I'm not positive..

[serp]

v2 39 is one..   i think a quite a few of v2 that are printed with 5 character firstbits may be also..

blockchain.info had a problem with firstbits for several weeks, think it started mid to late july but I'm not positive..

You are right.  I just ran them through and checked them via script.  All of v0.1 and v1 are labeled with the correct first bits.  44 out of 48 coins in v2 are labeled 1 character too short.  For version 2, coins #20, #29, #33, and #41 are the only ones labeled with the full first bits.

Sorry about that all and thanks for bringing it more to my attention. 

I have updated http://serpco.in/bits.txt to reflect this.

[miffman]

I decided to bump this thread because I reconsidered selling it again, so I'm taking offers. Serp hasn't made any new coins thus far, so it is a bit rarer   nevertheless, I will still consider any offer

EDIT:  I should add, I'll accept offers in CGB as well