My giantest transaction so far

[casascius]

Just topped it: 1,042 outputs, 35.6 kB in this one.

http://blockexplorer.com/tx/4998c61a8cbc106f27d42cfda0c0b8606e9f4ebf1c6707f5f570b3b4276bc1fe

[pc]

Just topped it: 1,042 outputs, 35.6 kB in this one.

Very nifty. I can take a good guess as to which output is your change, though.

[btc_artist]

Just topped it: 1,042 outputs, 35.6 kB in this one.

Very nifty. I can take a good guess as to which output is your change, though.

The fact that none of the coins have been redeemed makes that kinda easy.

[netrin]

Hey Mike, some of those outputs have been redeemed, does that necessarily mean that someone ripped the hologram off and transfered the contents?

example: http://blockexplorer.com/address/17MdPjZN1HfmVStJhi8AKF8KAyQ2jzunrt

[casascius]

Hey Mike, some of those outputs have been redeemed, does that necessarily mean that someone ripped the hologram off and transfered the contents?

example: http://blockexplorer.com/address/17MdPjZN1HfmVStJhi8AKF8KAyQ2jzunrt

Exactly.

[netrin]

Seems to be the case with many of the 100 BTC bars. Have you compiled any statistics on the number of pristine/defiled coins or average deflowering time?

[casascius]

A couple of others have.

http://uberbills.com/casascius

http://casascius.appspot.com <--- more accurate at the moment

Seems the bars get ripped open pretty quickly, presumably because the buyers just want the BTC (they are buying from MemoryDealers for USD, not from me)

[netrin]

Perhaps there's a market for higher denominations on the cheapest possible material. I am interested* in a graphs over time...

* not so interested to do it myself.

[pc]

Perhaps there's a market for higher denominations on the cheapest possible material.

It does seem that if delivery of a physical product mitigates the risk of accepting Paypal/Credit Cards enough for companies to do it, that just mailing out private keys on paper ought to be sufficient for people who are just trying to buy bitcoins to have electronically. It seems the same thing to me, of course, but perhaps the fact of whether or not there's a real "coin" involved actually does make the payment companies look at it differently somehow.