Robocoin Announcing ‘Something Big’ on May 1

[pdawg]

http://newsbtc.com/2014/04/24/robocoin-shipping-50-bitcoin-atms-summer-announcing-something-big-may-1st/

No indication was provided as to what the announcement might be.... 

[BittBurger]

The question always is:  Is it big for the entire Bitcoin world, or "big" for them as a company.

-B-

[justusranvier]

No indication was provided as to what the announcement might be.... 

"We've created a software update for our ATMs that uploads all those photos and palm vein scans we've been taking to the FBI's new database automatically at no extra charge!"

[cbeast]

They are installing a fourth ATM in the USA.

[beatljuice]

Our machines will be updated to deal in Blackcoin!

[ChuckBuck]

Only guess I can think of that would really be something big would be a "Bitcoin debit\credit card" specifically for their ATMs that would eliminate the hassle of government ID''s and palm and face reading etc.  Definitely would expedite the process.

That would be big in my opiniion, I think, for the masses.  What they will officially announce, I have no clue.

[pdawg]

Or maybe they have a soft atm like BTC china came out with.  Everyone with a cellphone can be an ATM machine!

[Hoodmin]

I see many of the interac exchange cards coming out. Doesn't the inclusion of interac just add another fee into the picture? Or is the interac infastructure free to add?

[CoinHoarder]

Or maybe they have a soft atm like BTC china came out with.  Everyone with a cellphone can be an ATM machine!

This would devalue their original product and piss off previous customers.. I don't think they'd do this.

My guess is they are adding a feature(s) to their ATM via a firmware update to add an extra service. Long shot guess: You know those video game machines in bars people play I'm not sure why? Maybe they are releasing one of these that doubles as a Bitcoin ATM??

As far as extra services they can offer.. possibly something along the lines of a Bitcoin debit card??

These ATMs are usually ran by a Pi or something similar, so there are a lot of possibilities as far as adding any feature you can think of and program them to do.

I think the tricky part is finding a service that goes hand in hand with what a Bitcoin ATM was originally designed to do. IE. It seems stupid to play video games on an ATM...

[GogglesPisano]

I for one can't wait to see more of these Bitcoin ATMs coming out. Imagine  you could just walk down to the corner and buy or sell Bitcoins as easy as using an ATM instead of dealing with bank wires and iffy exchanges!

[CoinHoarder]

I for one can't wait to see more of these Bitcoin ATMs coming out. Imagine  you could just walk down to the corner and buy or sell Bitcoins as easy as using an ATM instead of dealing with bank wires and iffy exchanges!

Yep, it will be very cool for sure. As of now the closest Bitcoin ATM is two hours from me.. it's not really worth the drive. It will be nice once there's one in just about every city.

I thought of a better guess of what it may be... I think adding support for Litecoin is plausible.

[franky1]

something big..

maybe its 6 foot tall, 2.5 foot wide and deep, and looks slightly similar to an ATM