"Unity" 10.75" Physical Bitcoin (Proof of ownership)

[WoodCollector]

"Unity"

Commissioned by and sold to: ukcrypto

Material: Grade AAAA Purpleheart
Price: 2.5BTC
Commissioned By: ukcrypto
Coin: 2 of 10 to be made for the 2015 year

Inspired by Andreas Antonopoulos speech (and book ) about bitcoin and its relation to the leaf cutter ant.

I will let UKcrypto explain more on his vision for the coin which will explain more the inspiration behind the design i created.

This coin is not for sale, This thread is only to show that it was commissioned and purchased by UKcrypto and that he is the original owner.

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[Razick]

Actually, this is my design and my lawyers will be in touch with a DMCA take-down request.

(Just kidding, very, very nice work. I wish this was for sale, it's awesome!)

[ukcrypto]

Wow, Woodcutter this is amazing. You have far exceeded my expectations, thank you so much. You truly are a talented guy!

The inspiration came from this article here:

Idea by Antonopoulos.

The leafcutter ant is a species that exhibits highly complex behavior in a colony super-organism, but each individual ant operates on a set of simple rules driven by social interaction and the exchange of chemical scents (pheromones). Per Wikipedia: "Next to humans, leafcutter ants form the largest and most complex animal societies on Earth." Leafcutter ants don’t actually eat leaves, but rather use them to farm a fungus, which is the central food source for the colony. Get that? These ants are farming!

Although ants form a caste-based society and have a queen for producing offspring, there is no central authority or leader in an ant colony. The highly intelligent and sophisticated behavior exhibited by a multimillion-member colony is an emergent property from the interaction of the individuals in a social network.

Nature demonstrates that decentralized systems can be resilient and can produce emergent complexity and incredible sophistication without the need for a central authority, hierarchy, or complex parts.

Bitcoin is a highly sophisticated decentralized trust network that can support a myriad of financial processes. Yet, each node in the bitcoin network follows a few simple mathematical rules. The interaction between many nodes is what leads to the emergence of the sophisticated behavior, not any inherent complexity or trust in any single node. Like an ant colony, the bitcoin network is a resilient network of simple nodes following simple rules that together can do amazing things without any central coordination.

[master-P]

What does the other side look like?

[WoodCollector]

What does the other side look like?

It will be engraved with a bitcoin address, QR code, and a recess where the private key will be stored.

[elephantas1]

looks cool though that 1000000 number on front is a little bit weird

[ukcrypto]

I recieved this beautiful piece recently - it was a pleasure to work with woodcollector, he is a gentleman.

The coin is stunning and i am very pleased with the end result - so much so that i commissioned another piece.

[izanagi narukami]

are you sculpt it by yourself ?

I wish I have it one

Nice detail and very talented !

One word from me

[mrbrt]

Hmm.. looks familiar:   
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=820645.0

[smoothie]

Hmm.. looks familiar:   
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=820645.0

mrbrt is this a design you made?

I have to say WC's piece looks fairly similar.

[mrbrt]

Hmm.. looks familiar:   
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=820645.0

mrbrt is this a design you made?

I have to say WC's piece looks fairly similar.

It is - released in October 2014.

[ukcrypto]

Hmm.. looks familiar:   
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=820645.0

mrbrt is this a design you made?

I have to say WC's piece looks fairly similar.

It is - released in October 2014.

Looks familiar to these designs on ShutterStock - perhaps mrbrt stole the idea from here before making his coins?

[mrbrt]

A distributed network is generic enough that it would be hard to establish one way or another. Just noting, especially given the recent evidence that has come to light, that it has similarities to my coin produced months prior.

[ukcrypto]

A distributed network is generic enough that it would be hard to establish one way or another. Just noting, especially given the recent evidence that has come to light, that it has similarities to my coin produced months prior.

yes and your coin has distinct similarities to the shutterstock image that has been on their site since before October, in fact it looks more like a copy paste that Woodcollectors design

[mrbrt]

A distributed network is generic enough that it would be hard to establish one way or another. Just noting, especially given the recent evidence that has come to light, that it has similarities to my coin produced months prior.

yes and your coin has distinct similarities to the shutterstock image that has been on their site since before October, in fact it looks more like a copy paste that Woodcollectors design

Meh - can't find a date on those images but I had my design complete in April 2014, and the coins minted in May 2014. Regardless, I don't care too much that you supposedly "commissioned" a laser-etched piece of wood based on my design (or maybe based on those shutterstock images since you seem to know a lot about their genesis). Enjoy it - definitely worth 2.5BTC

[ukcrypto]

A distributed network is generic enough that it would be hard to establish one way or another. Just noting, especially given the recent evidence that has come to light, that it has similarities to my coin produced months prior.

yes and your coin has distinct similarities to the shutterstock image that has been on their site since before October, in fact it looks more like a copy paste that Woodcollectors design

Meh - can't find a date on those images but I had my design complete in April 2014, and the coins minted in May 2014. Regardless, I don't care too much that you supposedly "commissioned" a laser-etched piece of wood based on my design (or maybe based on those shutterstock images since you seem to know a lot about their genesis). Enjoy it - definitely worth 2.5BTC

Yes but who is to say your coins are an original design and that you didn't just copy stock images. Proof or you are a fraud.