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The Casascius 1oz 10BTC Silver Round (w/ Gold B)
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November 29, 2011, 06:03:18 AM |
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Just thought I would post this image of my newly homemade 1000 BTC gold bar. This is a 1-of-a-kind bar I did with some laser equipment I recently acquired. It looks really sweet! I'm not selling it, though I can probably be talked into making some if there's any serious interest from those of you who happen to have 1000 BTC lying around and want it in the form of a bar. It is a derivative of the 100 BTC bar I actually have been selling. I lasered the denomination both into the bar, and into the hologram. The laser seems to give the hologram a neat glittery effect.  The bitcoins on the bar are real: http://blockexplorer.com/address/1AVLk3NSP7djqjPdRNff3CzVMqobk4imup |
Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable. I never believe them. If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins. I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion. Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice. Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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November 29, 2011, 06:15:31 AM |
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Is that 100% real gold?  |
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The Casascius 1oz 10BTC Silver Round (w/ Gold B)
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November 29, 2011, 06:19:25 AM |
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Is that 100% real gold? Real gold plated. And the bitcoins are 100% real. I would do a solid gold coin or gold bar if provided the coin or bar in the right dimensions. The mint doing my silver coins would also probably do gold coins but I would have to do them in a quantity that made economic sense... which is probably going to be unlikely. I suppose I could do it if I merely intended to hold the gold, but that would be a lot of gold. |
Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable. I never believe them. If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins. I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion. Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice. Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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Bitcoin!
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November 29, 2011, 06:57:35 AM |
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Sweet.
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BTC: 1CDCLDBHbAzHyYUkk1wYHPYmrtDZNhk8zf
LTC: LMS7SqZJnqzxo76iDSEua33WCyYZdjaQoE
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Varanida : Fair & Transparent Digital Ecosystem
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November 29, 2011, 07:46:38 AM |
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very cool man, but I prefer and only can afford your 0.01 BTC bar
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November 29, 2011, 02:55:46 PM |
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Very nice! I'm practically drooling.
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November 29, 2011, 03:24:03 PM |
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How many ounces of gold is this?
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Bitcoin!
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November 29, 2011, 03:40:28 PM |
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How many ounces of gold is this?
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BTC: 1CDCLDBHbAzHyYUkk1wYHPYmrtDZNhk8zf
LTC: LMS7SqZJnqzxo76iDSEua33WCyYZdjaQoE
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Gerald Davis
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November 29, 2011, 03:43:16 PM |
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How many ounces of gold is this?
It's gold plated. Likely in the micrograms. |
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ineededausername
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November 29, 2011, 03:46:37 PM |
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how much would this cost? (in BTC)
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(BFL)^2 < 0
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The Casascius 1oz 10BTC Silver Round (w/ Gold B)
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November 29, 2011, 04:11:21 PM |
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I am already selling a blank collector's bar on my website. All this is, is the blank bar, with a lasered-on denomination and hologram.
Buy my bar, and I will add a hologram and any denomination you want. However, you will need to send me the BTC equal to the denomination and I will pre-load it, as it counts as a valid bar and I can't have them floating around unloaded. (I reserve the right to charge for the lasering, but at this point, I will do it for free with purchase of the bar).
(While I am at it, I can laser just about anything else - for example, if a 50 BTC bar were gifted from bosses to employees for Christmas, it could say "50 BTC from all of us at..." and a company logo).
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Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable. I never believe them. If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins. I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion. Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice. Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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December 01, 2011, 04:46:02 AM |
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repentance
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December 01, 2011, 11:29:15 PM |
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I just realised that you're essentially selling Bitcoins for as low as a third of the price currently being asked on the exchanges.
I'm surprised people aren't buying them purely to sell the Bitcoins on the exchanges - pretty be damned!
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All I can say is that this is Bitcoin. I don't believe it until I see six confirmations.
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December 01, 2011, 11:35:13 PM |
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I just realised that you're essentially selling Bitcoins for as low as a third of the price currently being asked on the exchanges.
I'm surprised people aren't buying them purely to sell the Bitcoins on the exchanges - pretty be damned!
How did you determine this? It looks to me like he is charging a 13.5% markup over the price on the exchanges. |
Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable. I never believe them. If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins. I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion. Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice. Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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Shuai
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December 01, 2011, 11:42:27 PM |
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I just want to say that casascius and memory dealers are my favorite bitcoin persons! :3
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December 02, 2011, 12:03:38 AM |
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Casascius I think you have enough different items to offer a whole kit of your coins, minus the 1000 bar of course. Im guessing you have a laser etcher now too ? the old mouse wheel should be turning good now..  Love your products brother... |
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December 02, 2011, 12:05:21 AM |
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I just got word that the bar you see in the picture has just been bought through MemoryDealers. Which means it's time to whip up more.
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Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable. I never believe them. If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins. I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion. Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice. Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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repentance
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December 02, 2011, 12:22:27 AM |
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I just realised that you're essentially selling Bitcoins for as low as a third of the price currently being asked on the exchanges.
I'm surprised people aren't buying them purely to sell the Bitcoins on the exchanges - pretty be damned!
How did you determine this? It looks to me like he is charging a 13.5% markup over the price on the exchanges. My mistake. I just realised that your website only denotes prices in Bitcoins and not in $. |
All I can say is that this is Bitcoin. I don't believe it until I see six confirmations.
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December 02, 2011, 01:22:02 AM |
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you should've made it with 10x the gold of the 100BTC bar.
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December 02, 2011, 02:41:34 AM |
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you should've made it with 10x the gold of the 100BTC bar.
It has an appeal for being cheap: it's a plausible way for someone to buy 1000 BTC for credit card but still be buying a tangible good, for the lowest possible premium. Increasing the gold content would drive up the price. I am getting more inquiries about the 1000 BTC gold coin idea. I discussed it with the factory who did my silver coins. I might seriously be able to do it for $200 over spot price (of both BTC and gold), on a fully-refundable-deposit pre-order basis. It costs a lot to do a small run of custom gold coins, but at that price, it's also not ridiculous given the total price of the item. |
Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable. I never believe them. If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins. I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion. Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice. Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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