0.25 BTC

0.20 BTC

0.15 BTC

That was not needed.

---

0.77 BTC

This topic has been moved to Speculation.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1586564.0

What do you think? Some random person on reddit got the money. It is also quite possible or likely that they were the person who's giving out the money themselves. It was unrealistic to truly think there's a decent chance to receive half a million dollars for no apparent reason. I did post an address as well though, but mostly forgot about it afterwards.

You need to read up on the details of this further. There was no reason to split it up as it was likely not legit in the first place. The story is over anyways. We are likely not going to hear from neither the OP nor the winner again (or at least not for a while).

This topic has been moved to Trashcan.
Reason: Ref. spam.

Why would you borrow your phone with a lot of money in it to someone? Do you borrow your wallet packed with money to "any person"?

Bad advice as always. Blockchain.info, and generally any web wallet should be avoided when possible.

You should switch to any desktop wallet as soon as possible.

Not necessarily. An (currently outdated) example of a nice alternative is Armory.

I don't see why Core can't be use for daily transactions unless you really have outdated hardware. Syncing only takes a few minutes.

You mean on the Galaxy S5?

I'd say generally, that the retina scan should provide better security however there are obviously important factors that play a role in this. I wonder how secure the iris scanner in the latest Galaxy Note is.

Indeed. It is less impractical if rarely used, although I do wonder the implications of this. From what I've gathered, there's only some research in this area.

This statement is incorrect. You may be able to pull decent fingerprints, but that is inadequate for one to bypass fingerprint security easily.

Thanks for sharing the post. The author makes a very good point by stating that compromised fingerprints can not be changed (which is the exact opposite of passwords).

All this useless and wrong advice needs to be deleted. These people have no idea what they're talking about.

That is only correct if you don't know how to properly use the internet and stay safe. If malware infects your machine, it is likely going to empty your online wallets as well so it won't matter.

Stay away from that trash.

No. It is much better to use a SPV wallet than an online one.

That's a very bad choice.

You're friend is a primary example of an ignorant person that is being led on by the media. Jumping to conclusions just based on what you've heard somewhere is very wrong. I would argue that a currency that can not be used for everything (this includes all types of illegal stuff) is not a true currency.

Nicely said. Isn't it ironic how the western media sometimes portrays Bitcoin as a currency used by criminals when the US dollar is the primary currency used in everything illegal.

Simply put, such people are ignorant idiots.

---

There is no such thing as a "official wallet of Bitcoin". Stop posting bullshit and do some research.

Let's clear a general misconception: Bitcoin that are on an address of which you do not own the keys are not your Bitcoin. That being said, keeping a lot of money of online services and exchanges is definitely discouraged. There's a good chance that you will get burned.

Indeed.

Unfortunately, people with limited knowledge tend to give out bad advice.

Generally these things are of low priority and thus sometimes take a lot of time. You should post the signed message here and bump this thread every now and then (weekly is fine). Your PM (if singular) probably got burried.

I expected more interest in this item. Although there is still a lot of time to place bids.

---

0.22 BTC

I picture of the Shibanu 50k Doge would be nice.

---

0.02BTC

A individual user doesn't really matter in this case. The idea behind the thread was to generally gain insight into the situation in the particular section.

Generally, it would prevent people from abusing that section to farm up their accounts without hurting the people that genuinely just want to participate in a giveaway.

The solution won't have an effect on those, since they should not care about the activity and post count if they're genuine participants.

We should neglect account farmer or add neutral trust? This does nothing at all.

I've noticed one of your reports and decided to respond to this thread. You could work a bit on your wording since it could be easily misunderstood. You reported an old bump (although there were plenty) as spam bumps (which could imply several bumps within a certain time-frame).

Well, there are many moderators on the team and stuff may get handled a bit different since some of it is subjective. It also depends on what you're reporting and who you're reporting. As an example: It is much easier to handle a spam post made by a bot, than reporting someone as a troll (which takes time and investigation). Additionally, it depends on whether you're reporting newbies & users of higher ranks. This is because there are only a few global moderators that handle users of higher ranks (while the patroller report list is usually empty due to there being several patrollers).

As long as you take care of the campaign it should be fine. You need to keep a good eye out for people writing posts of very low value just in order to get paid. There are a few signature campaigns that do not care about the quality of their users input which is very detrimental to the overall picture here. You can find other signature campaigns in the Services sub-forum.

I hope that you're not being serious.

I'm pretty sure that people around here don't know that there's a difference between retina and iris scans. Retina scanning should provide better security but it does come with higher equipment costs.

Lip print? That would be very impractical if you ask me, but an interesting suggestion nonetheless.

You may be right if we are talking about trivial amounts that almost nobody would want to steal anyways. Otherwise you're naive and wrong. People are willing to do all kinds of 'bad' things for money.