Canadian Man Builds World’s First Wooden Bitcoin Wallet
Canadian Man Builds World’s First Wooden Bitcoin WalletDaniel Cawrey (@danielcawrey) | Published on December 20, 2013 at 09:50 GMT | News, Startups, Wallets
There are a number of bitcoin wallets on the market, but none made out of wood – until now.
Based in Ottawa, Canada, Charley Lazaro is a man with a penchant for woodworking. “I came up with the idea of a wood wallet while playing with my laser engraver machine,” he told CoinDesk.
“I founded the startup The Woody Co here in Ottawa a few months ago, so I am already involved in crafting wood products and using laser etching machines and technology.”
Lazaro is leveraging his laser tools to build personalized wallets for bitcoin enthusiasts. He said: “I realized it would be a great idea to create one of the world’s first wood bitcoin wallet, for receive only transactions.”
It’s the QR codes made by the laser etchings that make the wallets receive-only. However, it’s the wallets’ personal touches that Lazaro believes will entice bitcoin fans.
“I hand craft lovely pieces of wood, hand-selected and hand-sanded.After that, I laser etch the user’s public wallet key, name/alias, optional company name and QR code.”
There are a number of unique and interesting bitcoin wallets already on the market. There’s the brain wallet, which allows a user to retain his or her private key in their brain alone. Then there is startup Kryptokit, which provides wallet functionality in the form of a Chrome browser plug-in.
Another interesting concept to pop up recently was the nio Card, a contactless wallet that allows its users to send and receive bitcoin using near field communications (NFC).
The wood wallets are tags, which allows the user to wear it around their neck.
Lazaro’s wooden wallet tags, which users can wear around their neck.
Even though Lazaro had known about bitcoin for years, the figurative lightbulb in his head switched on early this year.
“I’ve been following bitcoin since it first started in 2009, but I didn’t realize its potential until it hit about $13 a coin, roughly 11 months ago,” he said. “I’ve heard economists like Max Keiser talk about it a lot, and that made me stay interested.”
Keiser has been a proponent of bitcoin for some time – recently partnering with Simon Dixon to build the crowfunding platform BankToTheFuture.
With more wooden designs in the pipeline, Lazaro claims this product is just the beginning.
“I am currently designing over five other forms of this wood wallet concept, and will release it to the bitcoin community and world in the next few days.”
Lazaro thinks that his product is unique enough to be considered desirable by bitcoin’s supporters. “I believe the low price point, unique design and ‘Made in Canada’ craftsmanship is enough for people to accept this great product,” he said.
The Woody Co’s bitcoin wallet tags are available here. They are priced at $9.99 with shipping to North America included.
Lazaro accepts bitcoin as a method of payment, of course.
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市面上有许多种的比特币钱包，但直到现在一直没有用木头做的。在加拿大渥太华Charley Lazaro是一个木工爱好者。他告诉CoinDesk:"我想出了一个木质钱包的想法，同时用我的激光雕刻机雕了一个。"
"我几个月前在渥太华创办了这家Woody公司，我用激光蚀刻设备和技术制作了一些具有特色的木制品。"
Lazaro正在利用他的激光工具为比特币爱好者制作个性化钱包，他说："我意识到这将是一个伟大的想法，创造了世界上第一个木质的比特币钱包，用于接收比特币。"
它由激光蚀刻只能用于接收比特币的钱包QR码，然而Lazaro相信这将吸引比特币迷。
"我挑选合适的木块，手工打磨后，用激光蚀刻上用户的钱包公匙，姓名或别名或者公司名称和QR码。"
在市面上有许多独特和有趣的比特币钱包，有脑钱包，它允许用户把私匙保持在他们的大脑中。再有就是Kryptokit，它提供了一个Chrome浏览器插件形式的钱包。其它有趣的概念是最近流行的NIO卡，非接触式钱包，它允许用户使用近场通信(NFC)技术发送和接受比特币。
随着进行更多的设计，Lazaro声称这款产品仅仅是个开始，"我正在设计超过5款木质钱包，在未来几天我会发布到比特币社区中去。"
Lazaro认为他的产品是独特的，可以被比特币爱好者认可，包括北美运费在内售价9.99美元。当然Lazaro接受比特币支付。
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