Bitcoin implant, only 2x12mm. So tiny, why not get two?
Bitpost posted an article about NFC implants inside the human body. Bitcoin NFC implants became a bit of a media buzz late 2014 / early 2015 when Martijn Wismeijer, one of the founding members of the Bitcoin Embassy Amsterdam experimented with biohacking a contactless bitcoin payment solution together using implanted NFC technology.
The article on Bitpost shows the Bitcoin implant video that started heated discussions in the media between the proponents and opponents of implanted technology and continues to be part of a larger debate: “If we are able to fundamentally transform the human body by developing and making widely available technologies to greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities, is it ethical to do so?”
Martijn is a big proponent of these technologies and strongly believes that implants will be a vital part of the quantified self and in the near future could help to perform vital tasks like tracking insulin and cortisol levels and maybe one day even sequence DNA.
We posted a little overview of some of the media mentions the implant story got below. The list is by no means complete as it does not include most television and radio coverage and printed media like newspapers and magazines.
May 2, 2015 BIT-POST.COM
Total Recall comes to life: Martijn Wismeijer, the CEO of Mr. Bitcoin, a company that supplies Bitcoin ATMs across the Netherlands, has demonstrated the potential of using these chips as a means of security, privacy and for fun.
Nederlandstalig: Delta Lloyd Magazine (via: NRC Next) Technologie verdeelt de mensheid. We spraken twee ‘uitersten’ over hun verhouding tot de digitale cultuur. De kunstenaar die het online leven afzwoer en de Bitcoin-pionier die een chip in zijn arm liet implanteren.
Feb 24, 2015 INSIDEBITCOINS.COM
LONDON (InsideBitcoins) — Amsterdam in the Netherlands is home to one Martijn Wismeijer, the self-styled Mr. Bitcoin, a man so enthused with the possibilities offered by blockchain technology, that he had NFC chips implanted in his hands.
De bitcoin rukt langzaam op. Inmiddels kunnen klanten er behalve online ook in fysieke winkels mee betalen. Het aantal toepassingen neemt toe en de effecten ervan zijn enorm. Met twee experts blikken we vooruit. Hoe ziet de wereld er dankzij bitcoin straks uit.
Jan 14, 2015 BLOG.T-MOBILE.NL
MrBitcoin gave a short presentation about Bitcoin, subdermal NFC wallet implants and moustache wax at the mobile professionals meetup, organized by T-Mobile Netherlands. KilRae de Boer posted a report on her blog.
Martijn Wismeijer, also known as Mr. Bitcoin, is taking Bitcoin to a whole new level by keeping it safe inside two NTAG216 NFC tags implanted underneath his skin. You read that right, Mr. Bitcoin has two NFC chips, made out of glass that can hold up to 888 bytes of storage.
“I did it because I wanted to experiment with storing Bitcoins using sub-dermal implants,I thought it would like be the Holy Grail of contactless payments.”
Wismeijer, the CEO of Mr. Bitcoin, an Amsterdam-based firm that sets up bitcoin ATMs, says he frequently needs to stock bitcoins on those machines and using a subdermal chip lowers the risk of theft.
How close are we to being able to conveniently pay for things by waving our hand in front of a scanner? Dutch entrepreneur Martijn Wismeijer, founder of Mr. Bitcoin, is already capable of doing it, having implanted two NFC chips into his hand.
Nov 15, 2014 CLASSIC.SLASHDOT.ORG
A Dutch entrepreneur has had two microchips containing Bitcoin injected into his hands to help him make contactless payments. The chips, enclosed in a 2mm by 12mm capsule of “biocompatible” glass, were injected using a special syringe and can communicate with Android smartphones.
Nov 15, 2014 ARSTECHNICA.COM
For the last 10 days, Martijn Wismeijer, a Dutch entrepreneur and Bitcoin enthusiast, has lived with an NFC chip embedded in each hand. One has data that he’s constantly overwriting; he can put his contact details in simply by having another person scan his hand with an NFC-enabled phone. But the other contains the encrypted private key to his wallet. “I use it for cold storage, but it’s not cold because it’s 37 degrees Celsius inside my body!” he told Ars over Skype on Friday.
Nov 14, 2014 PAROOL.NL
Wismeijer is eigenaar van Mr. Bitcoin, distributeur van bitcoinautomaten. Een variant van de NFC-chip (Near Field Communication) die hij heeft laten plaatsen wordt bijvoorbeeld gebruikt in de ov-chipkaart.
“Mr. Bitcoin” will never forget where he left his wallet. It’s implanted under his skin. The Amsterdam-based Bitcoin entrepreneur, whose real name Martijn Wismeijer, turned himself into a real-life cyborg by having a miniature digital communications chip
Nov 14, 2014 DEMORGEN.BE
Wismeijer is de oprichter van MrBitcoin, een bedrijf dat over heel Europa geldautomaten met virtuele munteenheden installeert. Eerder deze maand onderging hij een ingreep om zogenaamde NFC-chips (near-field communication) onder de huid van zijn hand te laten plaatsen.
Martijn Wismeijer is the founder of Mr Bitcoin, a company which installs and operates crypto-currency cash machines in and around his native Amsterdam and across Europe. This month he chose to undergo a painful procedure to embed NFC (near-field communica
Martin Wismeijer, założyciel firmy mrbitco.in produkującej bankomaty wydające walutę bitcoin, znalazł nowe zastosowanie dla miniaturowego czipa.
Nov 13, 2014 MOTHERBOARD.VICE.COM
Dutch Bitcoin Cyborg implanted his wallet in his hand.
Digitális pénztárcaként működő mikrochipeket ültetett magába Martijn Wismeijer holland üzletember, a MrBitcoin cég társalapítója. A chipek a bitcoin virtuális fizetőeszközzel működnek – írja az MTI.
“We wanted to do this experiment to push further the concept of the virtual wallet,” Martijn Wismeijer, co-founder of MrBitcoin which installs bitcoin cash distributors, told AFP.
CBN reports about MrBitcoin’s subdermal walletsies.
A Bitcoin entrepreneur from the Netherlands has made headlines after he decided to do some body modification work on his hands, and by that, I do not mean getting a tattoo or pierce them. Basically, Martijn Wismeijer has embedded a couple of microchips in his hand.
According to The Telegraph, Martijn Wismeijer, the founder of Mr Bitcoin, a company which installs and operates crypto-currency cash machines in and around Amsterdam and across Europe, chose to undergo the procedure to store the private keys for his Bitcoin savings.
Wismeijer, co-founder of MrBitcoin, said: “We wanted to do this experiment to push further the concept of the virtual wallet.” He was injected with the chips along with a handful of other people on November 3, 2014. Using NFC signals, the chips can co
Un entrepreneur néerlandais spécialisé dans les bitcoins est parvenu à stocker cette monnaie virtuelle sous sa peau grâce à deux minuscules puces électroniques.
Nov 12, 2014 WELT.DE
Um die virtuelle Währung Bitcoins kontaktlos nutzen zu können, hat sich ein niederländischer Internetunternehmer in jede Hand einen Mikrochip implantieren lassen. Das Experiment solle “das Konzept der virtuellen Geldbörse vorantreiben”, sagte Martijn Wismeijer.
Fortement médiatisé depuis lors, il a décidé de retirer tous les bitcoins stockés dans ses mains. «Le but n’était pas qu’autant de monde soit au courant», dit-il en riant. «Nous voulions mener cette expérience pour pousser au plus loin le concept de porte
“Quisemos fazer esta experiência para avançar na ideia de porta-níquel virtual”, explicou Wismeijer, co-fundador da empresa MrBitcoin, especializada em distribuidores de moedas virtuais.
A Dutch bitcoin entrepreneur has had two microchips containing the virtual currency injected into his hands to help him make contactless payments. “We wanted to do this experiment to push further the concept of the virtual wallet,” Martijn Wismeijer, co-founder of Mr.Bitcoin.
Nov 12, 2014 COINTELEGRAPH.COM
One of the biggest questions with cryptocurrencies is where to actually store your Bitcoin so that they are secure. Well, entrepreneur Martijn Wismeijer, who is also known as “Mr. Bitcoin,” thinks that he has a possible answer.
Wismeijer is an entrepreneur and founder of Mr. Bitcoin, a crypto-currency cash machine operation company. The London Telegraph reports that he decided the chips aren’t secure enough yet to use permanently, explaining that the chips need to be encrypted
A Dutch enterpreneur, Martijn Wismeijer, has implanted two near-field communication (NFC) chips in his hands, allowing him to store and spend digital currencies such as Bitcoin straight from his fingertips. Martijn Wismeijer is the founder of mrbitco.in,
A Dutch Bitcoin entrepreneur was so enamored with the virtual currency that he got it injected into his hands. Yes, Martijn Wismeijer, the co-founder of MrBitcoin, a company that installs Bitcoin cash distributors, had his hands implanted with the digital
Among other reasons, Amsterdam’s Martijn Wismeijer underwent the painful procedure to ensure the security of his Bitcoin wallets, the Telegraph reports, which will now be accessed by simply touching his hand to a smartphone or tablet. Wismeijer runs a…
Wismeijer is the founder of the digital currency company Mr Bitcoin which operates in his native Amsterdam, and across Europe. He decided to undergo the procedure this month to embed two glass near-field communication chips under his skin which can sync with his phone or tablet.
Other ingenious methods including using safety deposit boxes, and surfing wallets using TOR or VPN’s and other services. These have come with their own risks which became apparent to the owner of Mr Bitcoin. Martijn Wismeijer also known as MrBitcoin…
Nov 11, 2014 COINDESK.COM
Martijn Wismeijer, also known as ‘Mr Bitcoin’, had two NFC (near-field communication) chips injected into the back of his hands during a biohacking event organised by Permanent Beta last week.
Wismeijer, is een voorstander van ‘biohacking’, waarbij gadgets en het menselijk lichaam samengaan. Zo hebben sommige mensen in plaats van chips magneten onder de huid laten implanteren.
Martijn Wismeijer, founder of bitcoin ATM firm Mr Bitcoin, underwent a procedure to inject an NFC (near-field communication) chip into each hand between the muscle tissue and the skin tissue.
Nooit meer zonder geld zitten omdat je je portemonnee bent vergeten, nooit meer je huissleutel meenemen: dat is mogelijk door chips in je lichaam te laten implanteren. Een Nederlandse ondernemer liet het doen.
Martijn Wismeijer is the founder of Mr Bitcoin, a company which installs and operates crypto-currency cash machines in and around his native Amsterdam and across Europe. This month he chose to undergo a painful procedure to embed NFC (near-field communica
Wismeijer is de oprichter van MrBitcoin, een bedrijf dat over heel Europa geldautomaten met virtuele munteenheden installeert. Eerder deze maand onderging hij een ingreep om zogenaamde NFC-chips (near-field communication) onder de huid van zijn hand te la
”Am vrut să facem această experienţă ca să ducem mai departe conceptul de portofel virtual”, arată cofondatorul firmei MrBitcoin, specializată în bancomate de monede virtuale.
If you fancy going through the same ordeal, his company Mr Bitcoin will help you have chips implanted under your skin too, and you can also become a walking piggy bank of digital dosh.
Gizmodo France reports about the MrBitcoin’s subdermal Bitcoin wallet implants.
Money & Tech featured Mr Bitcoin’s implants in their weekly update.
The little video that started it all.
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