10 Physical Bitcoins: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Physical bitcoins have been around for years, but they are anything but mainstream and there are very few companies involved in this fledgling industry. Some try to appeal to consumers through quality and the use of precious metals, others offer good designs at relatively low prices, while some offer neither. The market for physical coins is limited and this is a niche for collectors and diehard enthusiasts. Rather than being truly practical, physical bitcoins are usually marketed as conversation pieces, limited series collectibles or 'geek gifts'. The limited size of the industry is a....
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While bitcoin continues to become more scarce every day, the most popular set of physical bitcoins, crafted by Mike Caldwell from 2011 to 2013, have become far scarcer than their digital counterparts. As of September 18, 2021, there are now less than 20,000 active bitcoins from the Casascius physical bitcoin collection. Casascius Physical Bitcoin Collection Grows Scarcer Bitcoin has become a well-known technology and in the early years a number of people and companies deployed concepts called “physical bitcoins.” Essentially, a group or individual would fabricate a coin with....
MicroSoul physical Bitcoins are a new low cost, high quality coin opening up the market to those with less money to spend enabling everyone to own physical Bitcoins. MicroSoul Coin. The catalyst that got me into Bitcoin and the crypto-coin movement was a simple physical 1oz copper Bitcoin. I had played with Bitcoins a bit in 2010 but never had taken it seriously and lost interest quickly. That all changed last summer when I entered an online drawing for a new laptop. I did not win the laptop, but I did get a 1oz copper Bitcoin as a consolation prize. From there I was hooked into Bitcoin....
The limited edition BTCC Mint V Series Physical Bitcoin is a collector's dream. These highly secure, exclusive physical bitcoin are now for sale on the company's website. BTCC, the leading Bitcoin exchange has introduced a new range of physical bitcoins made out of pure titanium. The BTCC Mint Physical Bitcoin is a collectible item which contains newly mined fresh bitcoins with no transaction history associated with it. Launched few days ago, the BTCC Mint V Series physical bitcoins are lightweight and durable with a fine silvery grey finish which makes it look attractive. Apart from being....
The Denarium project started last April when the startup decided to launch a series of “low-cost” physical bitcoins. The Finnish Bitcoin startup’s main goal was to promote Bitcoin adoption by offering its first two coin products: affordable physical bitcoins with 1/10 & 1/100 in bitcoin value. The company is a pioneer in the Bitcoin industry and has been in operation since 2012. Denarium operates multiple Bitcoin services along with the physical coin manufacturing and private key creation processes. The startup felt it could revolutionize not only the industry of physical bitcoins, but....