[INFO] ALL ABOUT BITBILLS

[wheelz1200]

Hey krog can i come and work in your office  

Thats one fine piece ya got there

[1714142746]

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[FFrankie]

Mouth watering.

Nice collection, I especially like that 'green plastic' BitBill.  


 

Thankyou GP.

What you are looking at are

Two complete redeemed Bitbills sets of 1BTC,5BTC,10BTC and 20 BTC

Two Loaded 1 BTC BitBills

Five Metal Bitbills, two are sets and one is solo

I also placed velvet in the back with plexiglass so I can just turn the frame around and see the other side of the Bitbills. 

Are the metal ones loaded?

[krogothmanhattan]

holy moly, very nice collection krogo! I'd love to get a redeemed set aswell

Thankyou bavi!  I have searched the highways and byways of the internet and cryptoworld to acquire these and am still on the prowl.  

Wow, priceless comes to mind

Thanks Dolphriends..... I came up with the idea one day to have someone make this for me but decided to do it on my own.

                                  What better way to appreciate Bitcoin history art than to see if daily instead of buried 6 feet under?  

Hey krog can i come and work in your office  

Thats one fine piece ya got there

You are welcome to stop by anytime Wheelz  

Are the metal ones loaded?

  Very good question Killyou.

  BitBills Bank Cards were aluminum cards, engraved with the public and private keys. Two cards come in a set: a 'payee card,' which includes the public key only, both in human-readable Base 58 and QR code formats; and a 'bank card,' which includes the private key in QR, as well as the public and private keys in human-readable Base 58 format.”

    So none of the metal ones came loaded. A person had two cards..one with only the Public key and the other with both the public and private keys on the card.

    The person would carry the one with only the public key and people deposited to that card once they scanned the qr code.

    Then when the time came for a person to withdraw the BTC all he had to do is go home or the bank box and take the card with the private key and sweep BTC from there.

    The green one which is the one in the center has had over 300 BTC go thru it! I bought it from a member of the Bitcoin Foundation. Was lucky to acquire every one of these to be honest as they are the rarest

of the Bitbills. Very very few were sodl. I believe less than 20 were sodl

[Josh]

That is a really nice set you have there.

[krogothmanhattan]

I needed to update this thread on the amount of Metal Bitbills made.

I met with the maker of the Metal Bitbills and he confirmed that even though 20 or less were probably made, probably less than 15 or 10 were ever sodl.

I was fortunate to also pick up these prototypes and a set of Metal Bitbills .  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5071142.msg47999056#msg47999056

[krogothmanhattan]

Just bought a book....


Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Blockchain and Beyond (Looking Forward)
By The New York Times Editorial Staff

Guess what they used on the cover of their book? 

[krogothmanhattan]

And on the inside cover as follows...




Hmmmm...wish I was there when they were $17!

[iBitcoinHongKong8]

Just bought a book....


Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Blockchain and Beyond (Looking Forward)
By The New York Times Editorial Staff

Guess what they used on the cover of their book?  

Sweet! 

[coblee]

This is a great thread Krogoth! BitBills are one of the coolest Bitcoin collectible. Unfortunately, it's becoming too expensive to own a set. That said, I still have a set to sell. 😀

[krogothmanhattan]

This is a great thread Krogoth! BitBills are one of the coolest Bitcoin collectible. Unfortunately, it's becoming too expensive to own a set. That said, I still have a set to sell. 😀

Thankyou Charlie...couldn't agree more!

Goodluck on your sale...I am sure an Uber Whale will snap em up

[coblee]

I decided to run the code that I wrote that checks for intact bitbills. I found that all the bitbills funds were sent from one address originally. So following the blockchain, you can find all the bitbills that were funded from that one address.

20BTC: 88 (32 intact)
10BTC: 107 (33 intact)
5BTC: 144 (58 intact)
1BTC: 589 (333 intact)

As one expect, a lot of the larger bills have been peeled. So there are now at most only 32 complete sets of bitbills that are intact.

Here's the python code in case anyone is interested:

Code:

import urllib
import json

URL = "https://blockchain.info/address/%s?format=json"
ONE = 100000000
FIVE = 500000000
TEN = 1000000000
TWENTY = 2000000000

addresses = ['1FhTe1bMtoKHDbNw13v3BQ9sb2kFTagaRH']
processed = []

addr1 = []
addr5 = []
addr10 = []
addr20 = []

print "Searching for all BitBills..."
print

while addresses:
  a = addresses.pop(0)
  print "processing %s" % a
  processed.append(a)
  file = urllib.urlopen(URL % a).read()
  data = json.loads(file)

  for tx in data['txs']:
    skip = True
    for input in tx['inputs']:
      if input['prev_out']['addr'] == a:
        skip = False
    if skip:
      continue
    for out in tx['out']:
      addr = out['addr']
      value = out['value']
      if value < ONE:
        continue
      if value == ONE:
      	if not addr in addr1:
	        addr1.append(addr)
      elif value == FIVE:
      	if not addr in addr5:
	        addr5.append(addr)
      elif value == TEN:
      	if not addr in addr10:
	        addr10.append(addr)
      elif value == TWENTY:
      	if not addr in addr20:
	        addr20.append(addr)
      elif not addr in processed and not addr in addresses:
        addresses.append(addr)

def process_address(addr, denom):
  intact = 0
  for a in addr:
#    print "checking %s" % a
    processed.append(a)
    file = urllib.urlopen(URL % a).read()
    data = json.loads(file)    
    if data['total_sent'] == 0:
#      print "intact %s" % a
      intact+=1
  print "%dBTC: %d (%d intact)" % (denom, len(addr), intact)
 
print 
print "Checking coins..."
print 

process_address(addr20, 20)
process_address(addr10, 10)
process_address(addr5, 5)
process_address(addr1, 1)

[iBitcoinHongKong8]

This is certainly one of the rarest and most valuable sets out there. Nice work updating the thread fellas! It's great having this resource available to us all whether we're new or well versed. I find tremendous value in these threads.

[El duderino_]

Thx for the link very useful piece of BTC-history

[krogothmanhattan]

 As those who know me well know...I love BTCitBTCills. And I am always pursuing leads and hunting for these elusive and rare collectables.
I recently was able to come across some unique items that are one of a kind BTCitBTCills items.
Wanted to share a proof sheet of BTCitBTCills. that I had to have framed and add alongside my other BTCitBTCills frame.
What you see is the front of a proof sheet of Bitbills. On the other side is the QR code sheet for the public keys.

[wheelz1200]

As those who know me well know...I love BTCitBTCills. And I am always pursuing leads and hunting for these elusive and rare collectables.
I recently was able to come across some unique items that are one of a kind BTCitBTCills items.
Wanted to share a proof sheet of BTCitBTCills. that I had to have framed and add alongside my other BTCitBTCills frame.
What you see is the front of a proof sheet of Bitbills. On the other side is the QR code sheet for the public keys.

😲

What gods name did you come across there krog.  Nice score!

[bavicrypto]

As those who know me well know...I love BTCitBTCills. And I am always pursuing leads and hunting for these elusive and rare collectables.
I recently was able to come across some unique items that are one of a kind BTCitBTCills items.
Wanted to share a proof sheet of BTCitBTCills. that I had to have framed and add alongside my other BTCitBTCills frame.
What you see is the front of a proof sheet of Bitbills. On the other side is the QR code sheet for the public keys.

😲

What gods name did you come across there krog.  Nice score!

The King of bitbills 

[Room101]

Wow!

Thanks for this thread @krogothmanhattan, I confess I didn't even know these existed, the whole thread was fascinating. No doubt some of these are floating around at the bottom of deskdraws of people that forgot they even had them.

In 20 years they'll be like Picasso's that people find in the barn attic of their grandfathers!

[ChiBitCTy]

I may or may not have gotten a sneak peek of this absolute beauty and holy shit it doesn't get cooler than this! I think Krogo plans to eventually cut into that sheet and then do a free raffle for the individual bitbill prototypes 

On a serious note, you are the king of hunting for cool stuff. I don't know how you do it but I wish I had those skills!

[MoparMiningLLC]

man look at all of those! and here I am just trying to find one to add to my collection! lol very nice group you have there @krogothmanhattan!

[rxalts]

As those who know me well know...I love BTCitBTCills. And I am always pursuing leads and hunting for these elusive and rare collectables.
I recently was able to come across some unique items that are one of a kind BTCitBTCills items.
Wanted to share a proof sheet of BTCitBTCills. that I had to have framed and add alongside my other BTCitBTCills frame.
What you see is the front of a proof sheet of Bitbills. On the other side is the QR code sheet for the public keys.

Here I am thinking proofs sheets are only available in fiat currencies and you go on and drop this. Congratulations on the amazing addition to your collection and thank you for sharing