{"id":2364,"date":"2013-11-25T21:28:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T21:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2364-bitcoin-inspired-3d-prints.html"},"modified":"2022-10-14T12:33:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T16:33:21","slug":"bitcoin-inspired-3d-prints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/bitcoin-inspired-3d-prints","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin inspired 3D Prints"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>You&#8217;ve probably been hearing a lot about Bitcoins in the news recently but the truth of the matter is that many of us don&#8217;t really know what Bitcoins are or what they do. Bitcoin is the first decentralized digital currency. They&#8217;re essentially coins that you can send over the internet as a form of digital currency. Bitcoins can be generated by anybody running a free application called a Bitcoin Miner. Bitcoins are transferred anonymously peer-to-peer and function without any type of central authority. Bitcoin is changing finance the same way Shapeways and 3D printing is changing manufacturing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the meantime, Bitcoins have a really cool and recognizable symbol. Have a look at a few Bitcoin inspired 3D prints.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/shpws.me\/paCt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin Bubble Blow<\/a> by spruce<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>With this you can blow Bitcoin bubbles because it&#8217;s more fun to blow bubbles than money.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Bitcoinbubbleblow.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shpws.me\/ovtL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin Ring<\/a> by goebat<\/p>\n<p>Let everyone know you&#8217;re a Bitcoin user by wearing this cool ring.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bitcoinring.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 9.5pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shpws.me\/oxsX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin Address Keeper<\/a> by AyameDeude<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This coin has the generally accepted BTC Sign, as well as a latin phrase that roughly translates to &#8220;Equality we can verify.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BitcoinAddressKeeper.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"font-size: 9.5pt; position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><img id=\"hzDownscaled\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -10000px;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve probably been hearing a lot about Bitcoins in the news recently but the truth of the matter is that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[518],"class_list":["post-2364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing-industry","tag-44-product"],"thumbnail":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - 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