From our research team: Hard coins
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=182913.20
What are your thoughts about something ‘like’ this for Feathercoin?
Thank you Pyxis for continuing to keep us updated.
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Maybe we should hold that though and let get accepted by merchants as well as raise the coin value then we can get this going, I like the idea though :)
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[quote name=“Markus1337” post=“8673” timestamp=“1370118306”]
Maybe we should hold that though and let get accepted by merchants as well as raise the coin value then we can get this going, I like the idea though :)
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The last option:
None- They’re too expensive :) -
1oz silver only :)
price of whole coin = price of physical silver coin + price of FTC amount*1,2
People love silver
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I never quite understood physical coins… are they a one time use deal, or do you reload them? How does it work exactly?
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i think they’re a one time deal ::)
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[quote name=“deroekeloze” post=“8686” timestamp=“1370122180”]
i think they’re a one time deal ::)
[/quote]Yea that’s what I thought… if that’s the case I don’t really see the point in them since you have to buy them lol. Although I’d honestly by one so I can show off that I actually have a Feathercoin :P
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Oh boy. More anchors to fiat. This stuff is poison. I like gold and all, but it chains us to the sentiments of people who do not build. We should have a a hard market, but it should be pegged to a market of basic supplies and resources like batteries.
This is the same thing as the credit card issue. Let’s not bind feathercoin to crutches and stilted solutions which require us to stop evolving.
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[quote name=“zerodrama” post=“8693” timestamp=“1370124859”]
Oh boy. More anchors to fiat. This stuff is poison. I like gold and all, but it chains us to the sentiments of people who do not build. We should have a a hard market, but it should be pegged to a market of basic supplies and resources like batteries.This is the same thing as the credit card issue. Let’s not bind feathercoin to crutches and stilted solutions which require us to stop evolving.
[/quote]I tend to agree with you, but it could be an adopting point to an older generation. I would buy a roll of them.
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I’m all about ideas the ease people into crypto who would otherwise not be interested.
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[quote name=“justabitoftime” post=“8695” timestamp=“1370125654”]
I’m all about ideas the ease people into crypto who would otherwise not be interested.
[/quote]Sure, but this doesn’t really achieve that. Paper wallets are a good idea because they’re basically disposable and not much value is lost when you spend the bitcoins, but the minute you put MORE value into the physical equivalent you’re just spending money without making any. It’s a losing game. These are nothing more than collector items, and are only interesting to HARDCORE crypto-currency users, not people who are not interested.
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[quote name=“Kevlar” post=“8698” timestamp=“1370126930”]
[quote author=justabitoftime link=topic=1112.msg8695#msg8695 date=1370125654]
I’m all about ideas the ease people into crypto who would otherwise not be interested.
[/quote]Sure, but this doesn’t really achieve that. Paper wallets are a good idea because they’re basically disposable and not much value is lost when you spend the bitcoins, but the minute you put MORE value into the physical equivalent you’re just spending money without making any. It’s a losing game. These are nothing more than collector items, and are only interesting to HARDCORE crypto-currency users, not people who are not interested.
[/quote]That was just a general statement, I haven’t really given the coin much thought myself. It was a project being reported from the Litecoin forum and thought it would be worth discussing here.
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[quote name=“justabitoftime” post=“8700” timestamp=“1370127411”]
[quote author=Kevlar link=topic=1112.msg8698#msg8698 date=1370126930]
[quote author=justabitoftime link=topic=1112.msg8695#msg8695 date=1370125654]
I’m all about ideas the ease people into crypto who would otherwise not be interested.
[/quote]Sure, but this doesn’t really achieve that. Paper wallets are a good idea because they’re basically disposable and not much value is lost when you spend the bitcoins, but the minute you put MORE value into the physical equivalent you’re just spending money without making any. It’s a losing game. These are nothing more than collector items, and are only interesting to HARDCORE crypto-currency users, not people who are not interested.
[/quote]That was just a general statement, I haven’t really given the coin much thought myself. It was a project being reported from the Litecoin forum and thought it would be worth discussing here.
[/quote]The function they once served has value. Bitcoin replaced and extended the function to not only being difficulty to fake, but public work being valued. Hence, batteries since they perform work for us. Gold just has to be pure and look good.
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What I like about it, only bitcoin has done it,
and if feathercoin did it,
it adds a physical presence that most people can recognize, of course its expensive but its damn good marketing and promotion.Another take on this physical coin idea might be feathercoin banknotes, more or less a paper wallet note but with all the feathercoin branding, I not aware of bitcoin having done anything like this. It would be 8) cool 8) if someone from the art team did up some coins and notes, even to use them in marketing and promotion.
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A few years ago I had a friend that would travel to music festivals and obscure concerts all over North America and he told be that on more than a few occasions people were giving away physical bitcoins (obviously near the beginning) but if the word spreads and you go home after a weekend, scratch your head about what this coin really is and you begin researching and it peaks your interest, then a job well done. This happened to him and then he told me about it… And the word travels from there. Even if its only a trinket of sorts… If it is kept by an individual, it’s likely to be discussed with friends and family who only know fiat currency. To start a conversation about crypto with an older or less adventurous/inquisitive generation is like asking an 80 year old to drive faster… It’s not going to happen.
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[quote name=“thefendall” post=“8749” timestamp=“1370141430”]
A few years ago I had a friend that would travel to music festivals and obscure concerts all over North America and he told be that on more than a few occasions people were giving away physical bitcoins (obviously near the beginning) but if the word spreads and you go home after a weekend, scratch your head about what this coin really is and you begin researching and it peaks your interest, then a job well done. This happened to him and then he told me about it… And the word travels from there. Even if its only a trinket of sorts… If it is kept by an individual, it’s likely to be discussed with friends and family who only know fiat currency. To start a conversation about crypto with an older or less adventurous/inquisitive generation is like asking an 80 year old to drive faster… It’s not going to happen.
[/quote][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-gZLxydiuE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-gZLxydiuE[/url] LOL
