Hey everyone,

Yesterday a few people from #bitcoin and myself decided to start an open source project with the aim of designing/producing a physical Bitcoin card, not unlike standard credit cards

The card would contain a separate wallet, which you could recharge from your computer.
Currently there are several proposals on the card concept, and the two most practical are :

1. Smartcard with custom software to support BitCoins
2. Custom hardware dongle/card with display and keypad for increased security

The other part of the project is the desktop-side software which would take care of backing up the cards wallet, and general management related to the BitCoinCard

Both approaches have their pros and cons

On the note that that the BitCoin is not ready for this type of usage, I agree, but it doesn't prevent us from starting on time, and have a solution when it's ready

You can follow and join the discussion here: http://groups.google.com/group/bitcoincard

Wiki (which is currenly unorganized and mostly empty): http://bitcoincard.wikispot.org/Front_Page
GitHub repository (also empty): https://github.com/ionspin/BitCoinCard
The project is just beginning, and any input and support will be appreciated!


Note to mods, as this is my first post, I can only post in the newbies section, so please move the topic to the appropriate session. Thanks!