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snide11y ago· 3 in thread

For those interested in real world bitcoin ATMs and the often hilarious problems they can create, my friends at Tested.com made a great video.

It's a logical idea, but I've never seen ATMs and bitcoin really working well together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnm4xFC2xNo

throwaway225611y ago

Wow, I've never seen a bitcoin ATM but I'm shocked at the creepy amount of data collection you have to undergo to use it.

Phone number? Okay I guess... A picture? Well, I don't like it but I guess most people won't have a problem with it. A drivers license? Ehhh... this is giving me the creeps. A hand scan? This is just getting ridiculous.

Thanks for that video, I am now no longer excited about bitcoin ATMs and know I will never use one.

dochexOP11y ago

There are lots of simpler ATM's, like the Lamassu that have not gone overboard with the ID stuff.

Of course, these are really just dispensers (or bitcoin vending machines) and only support a single transaction type.

nvk11y ago

In the USA yes, other countries don't have as many requirements. Most are just trying to keep track of legal day limits.

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joemir11y ago· 1 in thread

I could see this being really useful to someone who is starting out in cryptocurrency or angular, but not really so much to someone who wants to start an actual cryptocurrency atm. What's the target use case?

nvk11y ago

This is part of the project, most of the software. You still have some work to do, but the Bitcoin end is taken care of.

dochexOP11y ago

Code's author here: please be kind it's only my 3 or 4th Angular program. Angular is funky stuff (but powerful).

click17011y ago

Just in case anyone isn't aware, there's already an actual real live bitcoin ATM in Vancouver, Canada.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/world-s-first-bitcoin-atm-...

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