In the last few days most of the final parts for my Prusa i3 arrived in the mail. Not looking too bad for a sub $500AUD build if I do say so myself.

I’ve decided to get into the 3d printing space and decided to build a reprap Prusa i3. Based on community feedback it seems like a good solid printer for a first timer as well as relatively accessible in terms of acquring parts. I’ve spent a fair bit of time trawling ebay and aliexpress in order to pick up all the parts. Hopefully I can keep the total sub $500.

Things have been pretty hectic over the last couple of months so I kinda left the blog go a little bit.

So I said I’d be back with an update on my DIY Piper bitcoin wallet printer and here is a quick rundown.

So I’ve been getting pretty into bitcoin recently and one thing that springs to mind is security and cold storage. It is normally such a pain to go through the whole secure process of making paper wallets and so I thought I’d try my hand at building a bitcoin paper wallet printer based off of the piper printer.

From my previous blog post regarding bitcoin I was contacted by ABC 774 Reporter Prue Bentley for an interview about the opinion that Melbourne is bitcoin capital of the world. We had a brief chat on the phone before meeting for an informal discussion about my thoughts about bitcoin.

Unfortunately there hasn’t been any progress made on my CNC milling machine since the last post. Lack of funds is the main thing holding me back so I think this project will have to be pushed back to a “when I can afford to finish it” build.

Having been a primarily Ubuntu user for the past few months I’ve decided to take the plunge and explore Arch linux a bit.

With such a booming local scene Melbourne is a thriving hub for Bitcoin, there are already a number of cafe’s and small businesses accepting the online currency. Being just generally interested in Bitcoin as well as currently working on a Bitcoin software project I thought I should go and show some support and try out the coffee at some of the Bitcoin friendly cafe’s in St Kilda and West Melbourne, conveniently all within cycling distance of my house.