[Noisebridge-discuss] Bills to Bitcoins

[Ryan Rawson]

do you wait the 20 minutes for 2 block confirms before displaying an indicator?

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Tom Longson (nym) <tomlong at gmail.com> wrote:
> I recently started a thread about Money @ NB, mostly because of this idea
> out of europe.
>
> http://betabeat.com/2012/07/vending-machine-art-project-converts-euros-into-bitcoins/
>
> Locally, there's nowhere to quickly buy bitcoins, and I think an
> Bills2Bitcoins machine would be really fun. Maybe it would even start a
> cottage industry within the Noisebridge community! Additionally, it could be
> an easy+secure way for visitors to deposit donations or members to pay dues.
> Here's the steps
>
> Ingredients:
>
> * Bill validator
>   (e.g. APEX-5400-SN1-USA, http://na.suzohapp.com/validators/apex_5400.htm
> * Arduino UNO
>   (http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno)
> * An old linux laptop
> * Receipt printer
>   (like this: http://learn.adafruit.com/mini-thermal-receipt-printer)
> * Hardened case
>
> Recipe:
>
> 1. Get equipment
> 2. Hack Arduino to talk to validator / printer
> 3. Connect to laptop for internets
> 4. Put everything in an ATM case
> 5. Weld case to Rubin
> 6. Profit.
>
>
> Additional links on Arduino Bill Validator hacks:
>
> * https://github.com/pkropf/greenbacks (code)
> *
> http://techvalleyprojects.blogspot.com/2011/07/arduino-vending-machine-2-accepting.html
> *
> http://secrettweakerpad.blogspot.com/2012/03/controlling-vending-machine-bill.html
> * http://peterkropf.com/archives/213
> * http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php?topic=125119.0
> Cheers,
> Tom Longson
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