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Topic: Bitcoins at the British Museum (Read 17631 times)
semperferox
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Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 03, 2012, 10:34:56 PM
#1
The British Museum is hosting an exhibition on the history of money around the world (
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/themes/room_68_money.aspx
).
I came across this little gem there:
https://i.imgur.com/Ba7lhl.jpg
Go, if you get a chance. It's a great exhibition.
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 03, 2012, 10:38:13 PM
#2
Wow, that's really cool.
As it was donated by Casascius I suppose he knows about this.
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 03, 2012, 10:40:06 PM
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That's brilliant!
Pretty swish to see some BTC included in a history of money exhibition.
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 03, 2012, 10:41:34 PM
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Quote from: Akka on November 03, 2012, 10:38:13 PM
Wow, that's really cool.
Is that a Casascius coin? Wait until he sees it.
If you read the text you'll see it says
Quote
Token made and donated by Casascius
So... it shouldn't be a surprise to him.
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 03, 2012, 10:42:19 PM
#5
Quote from: psy on November 03, 2012, 10:41:34 PM
Quote from: Akka on November 03, 2012, 10:38:13 PM
Wow, that's really cool.
Is that a Casascius coin? Wait until he sees it.
If you read the text you'll see it says the coins were donated by Casascius himself.
Already saw it and edited my message.
Damn why are you so fast, nobody would have recognized it.
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 04:59:20 AM
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That's awesome. Congratulations Casascius. Not many people can say them made something that ends up in a national museum.
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 05:04:32 AM
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That's freaking awesome. I am aware the museum was interested in the coins and sent some without giving it a second thought but am super flattered to see they are being displayed.
Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable. I never believe them. If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins. I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion. Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice. Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 05:09:41 AM
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Quote from: casascius on November 04, 2012, 05:04:32 AM
That's freaking awesome. I am aware the museum was interested in the coins and sent some without giving it a second thought but am super flattered to see they are being displayed.
Good Stuff looks awesome! Big step for Bitcoins I think at least!
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 05:12:48 AM
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Sweet, you've become historical!
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 07:17:26 AM
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It's awesome to have a bitcoin in a musemum
Too bad that the explanation is very superficial
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 07:27:05 AM
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That is great. If anybody goes to the British Museum, can he take a picture with a higher resolution, post it here and state that it can be freely downloaded and used without royalty or compensation, both for commercial and non-commercial purposes? I would like to use it.
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 07:40:50 AM
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Quote from: casascius on November 04, 2012, 05:04:32 AM
That's freaking awesome. I am aware the museum was interested in the coins and sent some without giving it a second thought but am super flattered to see they are being displayed.
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 09:45:07 AM
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Quote from: TheButterZone on November 04, 2012, 07:40:50 AM
Quote from: casascius on November 04, 2012, 05:04:32 AM
That's freaking awesome. I am aware the museum was interested in the coins and sent some without giving it a second thought but am super flattered to see they are being displayed.
Are they loaded?
I hope you are not thinking what I think your thinking...
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 10:59:17 AM
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Quote from: majorddf on November 04, 2012, 09:45:07 AM
Quote from: TheButterZone on November 04, 2012, 07:40:50 AM
Quote from: casascius on November 04, 2012, 05:04:32 AM
That's freaking awesome. I am aware the museum was interested in the coins and sent some without giving it a second thought but am super flattered to see they are being displayed.
Are they loaded?
I hope you are not thinking what I think your thinking...
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 11:02:55 AM
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Bitcoin tokens look shiny!
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 11:34:46 AM
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This is awesome. OP, would you allow us to reuse the picture? I would like to write about it on bitcoin.se.
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 11:40:13 AM
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To the extent possible under law, I have waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to the image, under the terms of the CC0 (
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
).
Also, here's a high-res version:
https://i.imgur.com/Ba7lh.jpg
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 11:42:32 AM
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Quote from: semperferox on November 04, 2012, 11:40:13 AM
To the extent possible under law, I have waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to the image, under the terms of the CC0 (
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
).
Also, here's a high-res version:
https://i.imgur.com/Ba7lh.jpg
That's great, thanks!
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 02:06:14 PM
#19
Just notice they have a detailed web page for each item:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3451294&partid=1&searchText=g68%2F18*&numpages=10&orig=%2Fresearch%2Fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=5
Companies claiming they got hacked and lost your coins sounds like fraud so perfect it could be called fashionable. I never believe them. If I ever experience the misfortune of a real intrusion, I declare I have been honest about the way I have managed the keys in Casascius Coins. I maintain no ability to recover or reproduce the keys, not even under limitless duress or total intrusion. Remember that trusting strangers with your coins without any recourse is, as a matter of principle, not a best practice. Don't keep coins online. Use paper or hardware wallets instead.
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Re: Bitcoins at the British Museum
November 04, 2012, 02:14:06 PM
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Quote from: casascius on November 04, 2012, 02:06:14 PM
Just notice they have a detailed web page for each item:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=3451294&partid=1&searchText=g68%2F18*&numpages=10&orig=%2Fresearch%2Fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=5
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