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Re: Show HN: Yumcoin - Share and sell your digital creations for Bitcoin

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I'm not going to create an account just to browse a catalog.

There's no catalog yet, and you only need an account to sell products. Buying a product is easy and does not require an account. You just need some Bitcoin... here's an example: https://yumcoin.com/p/osZO

Re: Show HN: Yumcoin - Share and sell your digital creations for Bitcoin

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! The product preview is optional, but it makes the page look better and can help to sell the product. The preview media link is provided by the seller in addition to their product's file. For example, it could be a YouTube link to the trailer for an independent film, or a SoundCloud link to the preview for a full album.

I've just purchased the Atlantis Lemuria track and it worked great. I got the file a few seconds after I transmitted the funds. One suggestion: as a customer, the landing page could display the items that I've bought.

That's a great idea and we'll add it soon. Really glad you like Yumcoin!

Re: Show HN: Yumcoin - Share and sell your digital creations for Bitcoin

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We built Yumcoin because we think existing solutions for accepting Bitcoin are too complicated. A few people have to built custom sites to accept Bitcoin for their products (eg. Knife Party, James Altucher), but we think the process can be a lot simpler. We host your product, give you a short link you can share with your audience, and manage the Bitcoin payments for you.

There's lots of new features we're working on, but it's already useful and fun.

Here's an example Yumcoin link: https://yumcoin.com/p/osZO

Check it out, and let us know what you think.

Re: Show HN: Yumcoin - Share and sell your digital creations for Bitcoin

#18

So this is quite much like Gumroad but with bitcoin. I think that it is perfect for ebooks. As there is now a bitcoin-gumroad, is there anyone planning a bitcoin-kickstarter?

Music, video, and ebooks are three of the most popular types of products you'll find on Yumcoin.

Re: Show HN: Yumcoin - Share and sell your digital creations for Bitcoin

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I'd like to know more about the security measures you guys take. I've been working on a personal project, and haven't found any good guides to securing bitcoin transactions and managing private keys properly (assuming you host the bitcoin client on some server somewhere).

Re: Show HN: Yumcoin - Share and sell your digital creations for Bitcoin

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I'd like to know more about the security measures you guys take. I've been working on a personal project, and haven't found any good guides to securing bitcoin transactions and managing private keys properly (assuming you host the bitcoin client on some server somewhere).

as someone in the space i can assure you they aren't taking the appropriate measures. best practices are known, but aren't being shared publicly b/c the info is an aspect of competitive business intelligence.
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