[CLOSED] Design a physical Bitcoin - (CONTEST IS CLOSED)

[CoinHoarder]

Thank you NewLiberty for your feedback. I learned a few things.

I agree the designs probably should be submitted in a better format, however that would also limit the number of people that can submit designs. The nicer coins will be made from hand sculpted dies and die struck, so the format of the artwork won't matter too much.

However, I am making a cheaper version that I'm pretty sure the mold was CNCed, so I might see the effects you described. The coins are so small, I am hoping any defects won't be too noticeable. The nicer coins I'm not worried about, they should be really pretty.  

Thanks again!

[CoinHoarder]

uvwvj

That's fine, perhaps I should change the OP to say the minimum quality of file format of artwork submitted should be PSD. Feel free to submit designs in other file formats. I think vector style images in Adobe Illustrator are pretty nice if you know how to use the program. Any design with vector quality format would be ideal and graciously accepted.

[ibminer]

uvwvj

That's fine, perhaps I should change the OP to say the minimum quality of file format of artwork submitted should be PSD. Feel free to submit designs in other file formats. I think vector style images in Adobe Illustrator are pretty nice if you know how to use the program. Any design with vector quality format would be ideal and graciously accepted.

My designs were done entirely from illustrator, all vector based... I used photoshop to add in the window on the hologram though :p

[NewLiberty]

you have gone ahead an CANNED other peoples products that they are "NOT SECURE" on no basis of fact

In all likelihood, with security measures, the later you are, the more opportunity you have to put in additional security measures.

I suspect that there are techniques in development today, that won't be commercially available by the time this is released, but may be available by the time the 2014's come out.

Whether one avails oneself of ALL those new opportunities for defense of tamper-proofing is another matter.  Some but not all of them are in the sticker itself, some require other objects or processes that are not apparent to the folks buying them.  It is hubris to imagine that any of us alone know every possible thing about security, from the type of glue used to the thickness and fragility of the hologram to the means of securing and affixing it...

Arguing among ourselves is less productive to good security than working together.  It might make sense for those of us involved in coin-making to form a private group for improving the state of the art and cooperate a bit more, provided we can "play well with others". 

The Liberty Dollar's Warehouse Receipts had the most advanced security of its time.  More than any paper currency of any nation at that time.  It had holograms, microprinting, UV fluorescent ink trim, hot gold and silver foil stamping, and an invisible synthetic DNA security thread, and were also a work of artistic beauty 100% backed by bullion.  They were harder to counterfeit than US Fed Reserve Notes and far and away the best paper money in existance, but, if done today, there is more that could be done.  The state-of-the-art is always changing and it takes more than a little work to keep informed of all of the new developments.

[austin]

uvwvj

That's fine, perhaps I should change the OP to say the minimum quality of file format of artwork submitted should be PSD. Feel free to submit designs in other file formats. I think vector style images in Adobe Illustrator are pretty nice if you know how to use the program. Any design with vector quality format would be ideal and graciously accepted.

My entry was created in Adobe Illustrator and is available in vector format.

[CoinHoarder]

NewLiberty: Good points there. I agree it is a silly argument.

Goat: Thank you man! Good luck with your silver coins, I'm rooting for you!

Austin: Good to know, thank you sir!

[CoinHoarder]

Thank you uvwvj, I like it! 

[mymenace]

My submissions

still work to do but wanted to get the design started, binary spells one bitcoin

http://postimg.org/image/eg4swx85v/		http://postimg.org/image/tao0nbhfr/
http://postimg.org/image/5vp9ap75t/		http://postimg.org/image/b9ck1w5fl/
http://postimg.org/image/wv7of29oh/		http://postimg.org/image/zdtdfqvep/

http://postimg.org/image/pnskgtid9/




cheers

[0nlyBTC]

Heres the front side of the coin with binary spelled CryptoVest. The back side will be post soon.

Neat, thank you! 

Well thank you CoinHoarder I appreciate that. I have more versions, be sure to check back to my original post.

[CoinHoarder]

Hi 0nlyBTC,

I like some of the other versions better than the original one. Good work- I'll get back to you in PM now.

Cheers

[CoinHoarder]

Hi mymenace,

I think the binary that spells one bitcoin and is exactly the right size to fit in a complete circle is a neat idea. That is definitely a good start, a nice and simple clean design & binary with meaning.

I am interested to see what you come up with to fill in the space, possibly it may look best just the way it is. I think some people's designs may be a little cluttered, and I have mostly liked the simpler designs better. On a side note... I am digging the geometric lines on the back of ibminer's coin and 0nlyBTC's 3rd version back of the coin. I think a geometric pattern in coin form would look pretty cool. But I don't want to hold back creativity so please submit whatever YOU think looks good!

Thank you for submitting a design,

Ch

[mymenace]

Hi mymenace,

I think the binary that spells one bitcoin and is exactly the right size to fit in a complete circle is a neat idea. That is definitely a good start, a nice and simple clean design & binary with meaning.

I am interested to see what you come up with to fill in the space, possibly it may look best just the way it is. I think some people's designs may be a little cluttered, and I have mostly liked the simpler designs better. On a side note... I am digging the geometric lines on the back of ibminer's coin and 0nlyBTC's 3rd version back of the coin. I think a geometric pattern in coin form would look pretty cool. But I don't want to hold back creativity so please submit whatever YOU think looks good!

Thank you for submitting a design,

Ch

Thanks CoinHoarder

yeah i have been sitting here looking at the design and like the simplicity as well, at the moment I will leave it as is and submit another design If i add to it.

need to work on the back part which I think will need to be worthy of crypto vest

cheers

[likehiro]

My first two attempts Hope you like them.
First is a more experimental design, the other one is more like a classic design.
The topics for my two designs are the security and the freedom.

[Fisgos]

Sorry but I dont understand the requierments very well.

http://s16.postimg.org/vm62c0d8l/backclassic_zps4d2dfa23.png


- The coin should be 39mm in diameter. (1.53543 inches)
- The back side of the coin must have a 1 inch diameter "donut" so that when the coin insert is placed on the coin and the hologram over it, there is no bulge. Please see the example above. The inner part of the "donut" (where the coin insert will go) should be 25.4mm (1 inch)
- The hologram should be circular and 12mm (0.472441 inches) in diameter.

[CoinHoarder]

likehero, I like those designs! See PM.

[CoinHoarder]

Sorry but I dont understand the requierments very well.




- The coin should be 39mm in diameter. (1.53543 inches)
- The back side of the coin must have a 1 inch diameter "donut" so that when the coin insert is placed on the coin and the hologram over it, there is no bulge. Please see the example above. The inner part of the "donut" (where the coin insert will go) should be 25.4mm (1 inch)
- The hologram should be circular and 12mm (0.472441 inches) in diameter.

WOW....

Thank you for pointing out the dimensions in the OP were wrong. :blush:

It seems most people designed everything in the correct dimensions and realized I made a mistake... only one person followed the dimensions in the OP. I have PMed him... sorry LikeHero, that is truly my bad!! Update the OP as well.

The correct dimensions are:
- The coin should be 39mm in diameter. (1.53543 inches)
- The back side of the coin must have a 1 inch diameter "donut" so that when the coin insert is placed on the coin and the hologram over it, there is no bulge.
- The inner part of the "donut" (where the coin insert will go) should be 12.7mm (0.5 inches)
- The outer part of the "donut" (where the hologram will go over) should be 25.4mm (1 inch)
- The hologram should be circular and 24.13mm (.95 inch) in diameter.

[Anon135246]

I've seen some really good entries so far!

[CoinHoarder]

I've seen some really good entries so far!

Yeah.. it's going to be hard to choose!

[Fisgos]

mine is on the way 

[CoinHoarder]

With site opening in 2 days I figure you want to pick and post for site opening correct?

Hi,

There are a few designers that haven't turned in their work yet. I would like to give them a chance, if they post it within the next couple days then sure. I think there's enough designs, but I want to give them a chance.

Also.. the site is launching for our Physical Litecoins. These coins the designs are for are likely a month+ out.