Re: I'm surprised this hobby and genre of crypto collectibles isn't more popular
I’ll start with I owe you a phone call! Lol. I’ll call ya manana if you’re gunna be around ?
Most “bitcoiners” don’t like the idea of funded collectibles, see the massive scam thread above for why, as you pointed out.. I posted a 1k Gold Cas on r/Bitcoin like 4-5 years back for someone selling one, just to help spread the word, and got downvoted in to oblivion and even “flagged” as suspicious or some shit lol.which I think only Mods can do and funny thing is the head mod for r/bitcoin is Theymos (tho of course it wasn’t his doing, but just funny as theymos this space well). Everyone was saying we are fucking up what “they’ve worked so hard to build” in btc, self custody etc etc. I ended up just deleting it a few hours after posting it, it got so bad lol. BUT, those days seem to have passed. Half of the Reddit posts I see now on there seem to think it’s okay to store coins on exchanges like Coinbase , which is a “trustworthy” exchange. Saw this recently, not a word about it being a big fat scam and not tons of hate, like it once would have gotten - https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/s/10HRRT4rGx
I and LesbianCow are the esteemed mods of r/physicalBitcoin ..we moderate a whopping 20 members maybe once a year (just now remembering we even set this up a few years back lol).
Twitter / X..whatever Elon is calling that zoo these days has a strong collectibles /art “community”. Many projects are announced there that never see the light of day here. It’s a great place to find new stuff and old.
Instagram is a decent place for finding/advertising, as you know. Ive had quite a few collectors find my “physicalcryptocurrency” page (now defunct since facebook won’t help me recover the account) and DM me questions, who ended up becoming forum members..like that Tread93 mofo
. A few coin makers like Alpen coin came from Insta as well.
I don’t have a twatter account and keep my facebook inactive, but as pointed out, def groups on facebook. I’ve found some old unknown projects there as well. Problem is many peoples fbook accounts would doxx them and aren’t interested in doing so.
YouTube IF you make videos, as “Bitcoin forum” “bitcointalk” “btalk” “btctalk” etc are almost immediately deleted if written in any comment section. Love Google. They allow for scams to pay them to advertise like crazy, let bots run wild on there with fake scam conversations..but heaven forbid you mention this forum. I still have no fckn clue why.
Shout out to the bitcoinTalkShow, who I believe is at least partially ran/organized by this forums admin Cyrus, who’s a frequent face seen around these parts. The shows second to last episode featured our little hobby here, which is awesome (@cyrus hoping to see the show continue!!) https://youtu.be/y7YxgElroyU?si=x0z3sZdIDg6Re2mY
We had a Discord group for all collectors interested in the hobby but I believe it got crowded with scammers and was shut down. Someone needs to re-establish the channel, which was the plan I believe.
Pretty sure there’s an AOL chat room for collectors.. “Anthony/Canada/50 seeking to chat with bitcoin collectors“ 😬
With all of the coin collectors out there and crypto stackers I am very surprised that this space isn't shown more interest by these groups as well as the general public. Now this could be for a variety of reasons:
1. The general public just doesn't really know about crypto collectibles or hologrammed coins/bars etc. (i'm leaning more towards this).
2. People don't want to get scammed due to tricksters or rug pulls from shady makers copying the private keys in creation (definitely more relevant).
3. We are still very early and this space is still maturing & growing.
4. There could be other places online that people are publicly collecting & showing their coins/ products (less likely).
5. There is a lack of interest because collectibles are already a very niche space to begin with.
6. What am I missing?
Now there are some recent developments that I definitely won't downplay that are incredible so lets look at those bullet points
Am I missing anything here above?
I am also curious where there might be other congregations and groups of collectors in this space outside of Btalk
1. Instagram
2. Redditt
3. Facebook
4. Other Forums
Can you guys list any specific groups where there are crypto collectible enthusiasts or other lesser known populations of folks into this hobby? ....
1. The general public just doesn't really know about crypto collectibles or hologrammed coins/bars etc. (i'm leaning more towards this).
2. People don't want to get scammed due to tricksters or rug pulls from shady makers copying the private keys in creation (definitely more relevant).
3. We are still very early and this space is still maturing & growing.
4. There could be other places online that people are publicly collecting & showing their coins/ products (less likely).
5. There is a lack of interest because collectibles are already a very niche space to begin with.
6. What am I missing?
Now there are some recent developments that I definitely won't downplay that are incredible so lets look at those bullet points
- Stacks Bowers & Heritage Auctions
- PCGS & ICG Grading crypto coins regularly - NGC with the one off Otto collection
Am I missing anything here above?
I am also curious where there might be other congregations and groups of collectors in this space outside of Btalk
1. Instagram
2. Redditt
3. Facebook
4. Other Forums
Can you guys list any specific groups where there are crypto collectible enthusiasts or other lesser known populations of folks into this hobby? ....
Most “bitcoiners” don’t like the idea of funded collectibles, see the massive scam thread above for why, as you pointed out.. I posted a 1k Gold Cas on r/Bitcoin like 4-5 years back for someone selling one, just to help spread the word, and got downvoted in to oblivion and even “flagged” as suspicious or some shit lol.which I think only Mods can do and funny thing is the head mod for r/bitcoin is Theymos (tho of course it wasn’t his doing, but just funny as theymos this space well). Everyone was saying we are fucking up what “they’ve worked so hard to build” in btc, self custody etc etc. I ended up just deleting it a few hours after posting it, it got so bad lol. BUT, those days seem to have passed. Half of the Reddit posts I see now on there seem to think it’s okay to store coins on exchanges like Coinbase , which is a “trustworthy” exchange. Saw this recently, not a word about it being a big fat scam and not tons of hate, like it once would have gotten - https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/s/10HRRT4rGx
I and LesbianCow are the esteemed mods of r/physicalBitcoin ..we moderate a whopping 20 members maybe once a year (just now remembering we even set this up a few years back lol).
Twitter / X..whatever Elon is calling that zoo these days has a strong collectibles /art “community”. Many projects are announced there that never see the light of day here. It’s a great place to find new stuff and old.
Instagram is a decent place for finding/advertising, as you know. Ive had quite a few collectors find my “physicalcryptocurrency” page (now defunct since facebook won’t help me recover the account) and DM me questions, who ended up becoming forum members..like that Tread93 mofo
. A few coin makers like Alpen coin came from Insta as well. I don’t have a twatter account and keep my facebook inactive, but as pointed out, def groups on facebook. I’ve found some old unknown projects there as well. Problem is many peoples fbook accounts would doxx them and aren’t interested in doing so.
YouTube IF you make videos, as “Bitcoin forum” “bitcointalk” “btalk” “btctalk” etc are almost immediately deleted if written in any comment section. Love Google. They allow for scams to pay them to advertise like crazy, let bots run wild on there with fake scam conversations..but heaven forbid you mention this forum. I still have no fckn clue why.
Shout out to the bitcoinTalkShow, who I believe is at least partially ran/organized by this forums admin Cyrus, who’s a frequent face seen around these parts. The shows second to last episode featured our little hobby here, which is awesome (@cyrus hoping to see the show continue!!) https://youtu.be/y7YxgElroyU?si=x0z3sZdIDg6Re2mY
We had a Discord group for all collectors interested in the hobby but I believe it got crowded with scammers and was shut down. Someone needs to re-establish the channel, which was the plan I believe.
Pretty sure there’s an AOL chat room for collectors.. “Anthony/Canada/50 seeking to chat with bitcoin collectors“ 😬