• The goal of the promotion wasn't to get someone to buy a whole new hardware wallet, it was for those who already have one
• If you do want a KeepKey, you can use code "genesisfox" on Shopify to get 50% off (add coupon in the checkout process). https://keepkey.myshopify.com/
• You don't need passport, income statements, or proof of residence.  For US you need only name, phone number, last four of social, and address. For non-US you need that plus a scan of your driver license or passport.

Enjoy! Try it at beta.shapeshift.com

CEO here...  We definitely do service US customers.  Your KeepKey can be used in multiple ways:  we recommend you try it with the new beta.shapeshift.com platform, but you can also use it with the original KeepKey chrome client.  Would love to know what you think!

The platform UI...

Hey Phinnaeus Gage,

Blast from the past!   I haven't been here on the forum in forever, and I've abandoned /r/bitcoin as well, so now I'm like a Bitcoiner without a home... an orphan lost at sea.

But that's okay, I get to see most of the good ones at conferences/events still. Hopefully you and I can perhaps meet some day.

Thank you for putting together the Bitcoin 100, and for winding it down in such a professional manner. You can send anything of mine to:  1HRLDNg1jZrHqeYQudiePjhTk68XHsuaYB

See you at the moon, my friend.

You're correct, it is a matter of spread, not fees. Users get exactly the exchange rate shown on the site. To get better rates, you should always put in a "Specific Amount".  Since many of these coin markets are thin/illiquid, there is friction in converting between them, and some people incorrectly believe it is a ShapeShift "fee."  We've struggled with how to communicate this effectively to users.

Awesome!  If we can help in any way, please let us know. You can reach me directly at erik at shapeshift dot io

Correct - TXs only work when one output per tx is a ShapeShift order. If two or more outputs are two different ShapeShift orders, it will not work. We may change this in the future but for now that's how it operates.

I'm sorry you had that experience, it must have been after the site went down. I am probably to blame for that. It was working quite well for a number of months, and there were hundreds of tweets sent (each unique tweet being a customer), with thousands of retweets and hundreds of thousands of people reached by the ads: https://twitter.com/FeedZeBirds

By the way... if anyone would like to rebuild the service (using the name or not), I'd be happy to see it live again. I think with a team that executes better than we did, it could be a success.

The website was live and operational - how do you think that happened without "conducting business?"

Calm down kingcrimson. I'm absolutely to blame for the failure of FZB, and for the poor communication after it fell apart.

Now, "BTC should payback bitcoin," you say. First, investors don't get "paid back" when a business fails. I didn't take on debt from the investors with an interest rate and repayment terms. I took on investment in return for shares of equity. Second, it's absurd to say "BTC should payback bitcoin" unless there is some specific clause in an agreement specifying such.  When you invest or contribute property to something, there is a value of that transaction, called consideration. It would be same if you used dollars or gold or wheat. This concept is not new, and whenever business deals are done, the value of the consideration provided is how restitution or damages are calculated.

You will not find a single example in business case law where a debtor (and this wasn't even a debt situation, as described above) was required to pay back "in kind" instead of based on the value of the consideration, unless an explicit clause in some agreement stipulated that was to be done.

And something tells me that if the bitcoin price had fallen, and Bitcoin was $0.01 each now, that if I paid back the bitcoins to the investors, you would be here railing on me for not paying back the "real value", the USD value, of the investment.

It was very foolish of me not to keep receipts/emails of that stuff for obvious reasons. Those complaints against me are legitimate and I don't have a good excuse for it.  

Advertising was done on OperationFabulous, A-Ads, and I think CoinURL. A few grand will get you a month of heavy advertising in those channels... it's really not much.

When you say "you WERE fined $15k for this," it's important to define what "this" is. I was fined for failure to register the securities with the SEC. It was not a fine for fraud of any kind, nor were there accusations of fraud from the SEC. I didn't get permission from them to do what I did, and so they took money from me and made life hell for a while.

"Flying private planes with convicted money-launderers".... wow.  Reality: friend has a prop plane, offered to fly Charlie and me to San Francisco from Phoenix after a payment conference. I chose to take that free transportation instead of paying $400 for a commercial ticket. 

I'm sorry I can't provide receipts for the spending of $15,000 raised... it didn't get very far. A couple months dev work, six months of web hosting, and a few grand on advertising. It got spent, the business wasn't earning significant revenue, we closed it down. And then the SEC took $15,000 more from me.  So investors are out $15k net, I'm out $15k net, and SEC is up $15k net. Again, I'd be happy to work with the SEC to transfer the $15k they got back to those who should get it - the shareholders.  That option was not permitted.

Hello thread - wanted to post this here and address a few things. Recently mentioned by someone on Reddit:


A fair criticism I suppose, my response:


I'm not sure what I can do at this point to satisfy any of the understandable bad blood that has happened regarding FeedZeBirds. The list of shareholders I received a while back was incomplete to a fault, only covering about 1/4th of the shares sold. A number of people who contacted me claiming to be shareholders were not even shown on the list. I have no idea why it was so messed up or how GLBSE didn't have proper records. There is thus no way to figure out who actually was a shareholder. If someone has a verifiable list, please send to me.

There is no good news here. I am sorry that FZB failed, both as a business and an asset. I wish that the SEC would give the $15,000 they took from me back to the shareholders of FZB, but they, like myself, can't figure out who they are, and the SEC wouldn't do that even if they could (you know, because they care about shareholders).  I am also very sorry for my inability to even provide updates on this topic over the past couple years. Everyone has been in the dark, the whole situation sucks, and the only party who benefited from any of this is the SEC.

I have a few lessons I would love to share with the community regarding crypto-equities after my experience with SatoshiDICE and FZB, but again, because of threats from the SEC, I can't.

Keep innovating and building. I'm sorry I let you guys down on this one.

I have not forgotten about FZB.  A new site has been built (it is already working). I was not thrilled with the aesthetic design, however, so I am searching for a front-end designer to make it prettier. I also need to find someone to run the site. Regarding shares and ownership, I am in talks with a certain platform to explore listing (new shares wouldn't be sold, but anyone who had shares originally would then have a liquid market to cash out if they wished, etc.)

I am sorry that the project has been in the dark so long. I don't have good excuses or reasons for this other than that I'm overstretched, so again, I apologies for the delays - it is not fair to the original buyers and this is my responsibility to resolve. And resolve it I will.  If any of you know of good candidates for either front-end design work or for actual operations and marketing once it launches, please PM me (or ping me on skype: evoorhees)

Thank you

 

I'd like to contribute. Please mark me down for 1 BTC for now.

Congrats on the launch guys 

Great work

Great job mate!

Awesome! Kinda wish I lived in Montreal!

Hello,

About a week ago I ordered one of these USD cards via BIPS. I received it today, but everything is in Polish and I have no idea how to activate or fund it   I went to the bank's website, but again, no idea what to do and I don't want to screw something up.

How do I find the bank account information of the card? (routing and account numbers, etc)