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It's funny how media outlets often use pictures of gold coins with the Bitcoin logo on it to illustrate Bitcoin. If it doesn't have a physical representation th

It's funny how media outlets often use pictures of gold coins with the Bitcoin logo on it to illustrate Bitcoin. If it doesn't have a physical representation they make one ;-)

bdcravens 13y ago
Make some trinket with a wallet address on it and post pic over on r/bitcoin - instant karma. Everyone wants a physical representation.
yincrash 13y ago
These photos are usually of https://www.casascius.com/coins https://www.casascius.com/coins. I wonder if he has made more from press usage than coin sales
- jnbiche 13y ago
  Speaking of the dubious benefits of government regulations, Mike Cadwell just had to shut down his casascius coins business after FinCEN sent him a cease and desist letter accusing him of unlicensed money transmission. Note that Mike never accepted U.S. dollars for his casascius coins, so the only premium he got for his coins was in exchange for his coin's design and metals. So people were sending hims Bitcoins and in return they got Bitcoins plus a pretty gold/silver/bronze coin, clearly marketed as non-legal tender. How anyone could consider this money transmission is beyond me. It's sickening hyper-regulation. And even more sickening is that the FinCEN rep stood in front of congress not even a month ago and assured congress how careful FinCEN was to not stifle innovation with overregulation. Admittedly, casascius coins aren't high technology (although they're very attractive), but the fact that FinCEN was so quick to crack down here does not inspire confidence at all.
lostlogin 13y ago
How media outlets use images is often painful. New Zealand Herald, APN, is a good example of how to do it badly. Both their app and website are image centric. Images load slowly, and the text jumps as you are reading. Often it's just loading some crap stock image like a police car with lights on or other such filler content. If I wanted images, I'd go to a TV or video streaming news site. I'm trying to wean myself off sites that behave like NZ herald.
maaku 13y ago
Those are actual bitcoins: https://www.casascius.com/ https://www.casascius.com/
- LukeHoersten 13y ago
  They're not actual bitcoins. The Bitcoin is a wallet embedded inside of a physical coin. You could take a picture of a USB key and call it a Bitcoin using that logic.
  - maaku 13y ago
    I think I know what bitcoins are. So what is a better image to use then?
    - jadeddrag 13y ago
      The Casascius coin is just fine to communicate the idea. Either that or just the bitcoin logo.
  - bitmonster 13y ago
    People are selling btc this way on ebay

It's funny how media outlets often use pictures of gold coins with the Bitcoin logo on it to illustrate Bitcoin. If it doesn't have a physical representation they make one ;-)

bdcravens 13y ago

Make some trinket with a wallet address on it and post pic over on r/bitcoin - instant karma. Everyone wants a physical representation.

yincrash 13y ago

These photos are usually of https://www.casascius.com/coins https://www.casascius.com/coins. I wonder if he has made more from press usage than coin sales

jnbiche 13y ago
Speaking of the dubious benefits of government regulations, Mike Cadwell just had to shut down his casascius coins business after FinCEN sent him a cease and desist letter accusing him of unlicensed money transmission. Note that Mike never accepted U.S. dollars for his casascius coins, so the only premium he got for his coins was in exchange for his coin's design and metals. So people were sending hims Bitcoins and in return they got Bitcoins plus a pretty gold/silver/bronze coin, clearly marketed as non-legal tender. How anyone could consider this money transmission is beyond me. It's sickening hyper-regulation. And even more sickening is that the FinCEN rep stood in front of congress not even a month ago and assured congress how careful FinCEN was to not stifle innovation with overregulation. Admittedly, casascius coins aren't high technology (although they're very attractive), but the fact that FinCEN was so quick to crack down here does not inspire confidence at all.

lostlogin 13y ago

How media outlets use images is often painful. New Zealand Herald, APN, is a good example of how to do it badly. Both their app and website are image centric. Images load slowly, and the text jumps as you are reading. Often it's just loading some crap stock image like a police car with lights on or other such filler content. If I wanted images, I'd go to a TV or video streaming news site. I'm trying to wean myself off sites that behave like NZ herald.

maaku 13y ago

Those are actual bitcoins: https://www.casascius.com/ https://www.casascius.com/

LukeHoersten 13y ago
They're not actual bitcoins. The Bitcoin is a wallet embedded inside of a physical coin. You could take a picture of a USB key and call it a Bitcoin using that logic.
- maaku 13y ago
  I think I know what bitcoins are. So what is a better image to use then?
  - jadeddrag 13y ago
    The Casascius coin is just fine to communicate the idea. Either that or just the bitcoin logo.
- bitmonster 13y ago
  People are selling btc this way on ebay