an old wallet Are you talking about a wallet.dat file, as created by bitcoin-qt? Or is this still about the " swf game files? If it's the former: make a couple of backups, install Bitcoin Core, load the wallet.dat, and see what happens. |
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I wanted to have a post count which does not have a mile difference with the merit count. Only a few people have been able to do this, for instance theymos and gmaxwell. Some people did it by only making one post that received Merit, and some people got there by deleting most of their posts. Most people won't even get close. See: Percentage of Merit received on old posts, deleted posts, and average per post. But it's not needed to earn 1 Merit per post: to rank up, you only need on average 1 Merit per Activity. If you post a lot, that means 1 Merit per day. More Merit than Activity looks nice, but there's no point other than bragging rights. I'm glad you decided to return to this forum  Agreed. Merit is supposed to get rid of spammers, not good users. |
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Funds are not insured and in the unlikely event there is any loss due to theft, software errors, transferring of funds to the wrong wallet or account compromise then BetKing will not be liable for any loss. He still hasn't learned  He has learned: his disclaimer literally says he can steal your money. I doubt that will hold up in court though. |
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From the past few days, I've identified 101 different IP addresses that downloaded the same file in the same way 169 times. The IPs I checked are owned by Microsoft. Maybe a proxy server or VPN? Either way, I'll DROP their connections now. I expect to add more IPs to the list later. I don't like the way someone burns through 50 GB bandwidth per day. Well, it got worse:  What's wrong with people?  The same 1 GB file got downloaded approximately 200 times in an hour, this time using Google servers. And since incoming bandwidth is free, they can just burn through my bandwidth with virtually no cost. But why? Just spam my feedback like normal people if you don't like me I've increased the IP-bans, I now DROP entire IP ranges. This still applies: Although unlikely: If I added your IP by mistake: please PM me. If you don't want me to know which forum account belongs to which IP: setup a throw away email to contact me: LoyceVswitzerland@protonmail.com |
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This service is temporarily out of order. I'm fixing shortcomings in some of the data it uses, and this will take a while (at least a week, possibly longer). When done, I'll add this functionality: list deleted "older" posts. I only found out now (May 29, 2021) that this doesn't work. |
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Service providers have limited network infrastructure, and need to pay for data sent to the internet, regardless of if they have data caps, or charge you for egress/outgoing data. If you are freely sharing a 10 or 20 GB file(s) using a service provider that does not charge per data transferred, you will eventually get kicked off from that service provider. Obviously, I won't use a host with "unlimited" bandwidth. That's never real. And I've seen shared hosts that don't allow hosting large files. But for a VPS, I pay for the bandwidth limit, and it's up to the provider to ensure it's profitable for them. Another point is that many people look at bitcoin-related data today. The fact that someone is looking at blockchain data is not the privacy leak that it might have been 10 years ago. I've never used a creditcard for anything crypto-related, and I want to keep it that way. I found another reason to pay upfront in crypto instead of using my creditcard: The tale of the July 4th surprise $2700 AWS bill.There is a reason why blockchair throttles downloads, and why they charge as much as they do for an API key. They're also in the money making business, and their paying customers pay for the bandwidth used by, well, people like me |
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Am I completely screwed? Assuming you didn't use a phishing site: I don't think you're screwed. Just unlucky: Missing deposits reported to support were resolved but main issue is still there. If you deposit and are unlucky - you may not get your chips after one confirmation. You'll just have to wait for support to respond. I get that a mixing service can't just hire a call centre for 24/7 support, so it may take some time. |
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I've got the file, thank you so much for sharing. You're welcome  Judging by the 64 GB outgoing traffic, the file was downloaded 3 times. If anyone else wants it: I'll nuke this VPS tomorrow. It's gone, until I find a more permanent solution. |
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Buying or selling coffee (or equivalent value), inspect first 5 and last 5, save a little time. When paying small amounts, I don't really check anything. I scan the QR-code and pay. But I'm fully aware of the risks. For larger amounts, I check all characters. That's how I found this Ledger bug: DMv1UW6d2vXUqNGw7YZyXjPEx959wM2FEN
↑ This is what it looks like on the Ledger:  Buying or selling a house, inspect first 6 or 7, save a little time, the house is not going anywhere.
Buying or selling a car, check the whole address before it goes vroom vroom, because it's going down the road away from you ... I don't really get why a house would be different than a car: the house may not go anywhere, but your money will be gone if you lose it because of clipboard malware. And the house won't be yours if that happens. For any serious amount: 2. Check the entire address the chances of an attacker having a nearly identical address is close to none. To show the risks of only checking the first characters: all those addresses hold funds: 14Cnk6Qyt9G4WZfsYfVyL1jcnXciNjbvjk
14Cnk6Qyt9G4Wc2qXYH1er2NiK1yPMZfhq
14Cnk6Qyt9G4WcxPgtU91XvVmXyR5V6ePi
14Cnk6Qyt9G4Zf1L3EhzESXMSAPhT1mg4x
14Cnk6Qyt9G4Zf1h7F3akGrxTJ7DGVTfaC
14Cnk6Qyt9G4Zfhv1BdyiQW7Wrdc5BshFv
14Cnk6Qyt9G4Zfhv1CJLAV5ks773XgzbA5
14Cnk6Qyt9G4Zfhv1CJSHNU7eyNHYK2Rv7
14Cnk6Qyt9G4Zfhv1CJSHNUBo9BN2Ju7Gb
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"Your download will take ~4 hours to complete" I get this (in England): - 0%[ ] 139.10M 33.9MB/s eta 10m 15s IMO, you should upload the file to a GCS/AWS/Azure/Oracle/etc storage bucket, set the permissions to "anyone can access" but set the object so that the "requestor pays" for downloads. This will result in you paying under a dollar per month in storage costs, but anyone who accesses your file will pay a few dollars to get your data in seconds. There's 2 problems with that: I don't want to use a creditcard, and I don't want anyone who downloads it to require a creditcard. If I need to charge a few dollars per download, I'd rather set it up myself to accept Bitcoin payments. Maintainng a multigigabyte file that is accessible to the public for free, that can be accessed unlimited times is really not feasible. My other project ( List of all Bitcoin addresses with a balance) is closing in on it's 2 TB montly bandwidth limit. I'd hate to have to setup a payment system, especially since this is basically just mirroring data from Blockchair.com. I've never used Torrent from CLI, that might work. It's a privacy problem for the user though: Torrent shares IP addresses get shared with other downloaders, so they need a VPN again. What bandwidth limitations do you have? I don't just want to make problem your problem.I remember I had another offer: For living we host high-end enterprise, just in case you need some space or mirrors, you’re welcome if ever in need. Is this offer still valid? |
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I don't know what happened  I've edited all posts to the correct version now. |
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So what originally happened from my memory of 6-8 years ago is when they upgraded from version 1 legacy wallet to the HD version 2 wallets I sent some BTC into one of my addresses but it didn't show up in my wallet after multiple confirmations. This transaction was made 5 years ago. On the same day the same address received a smaller transaction, and more than a year later another small transaction. Did you send those too? Are you sure the address is yours, and not coming from - say - clipboard malware? I've barely used Blockchain's wallet, but read many problems people have had. I've seen different mnemonic lengths too. |
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Who needs emojis, when you can just  embed images? |
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Please ban Newbie nowfall03 Banned! for plagiarism. I saw this post weeks ago already. Now I found the source of this text spinner. Copy: 1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
I previously found out about Bitcoin. Also, during winter of 2020 I really began to get my hands on Bitcoin. To be more exact. Without knowing a lot in those days about what Bitcoin truly implied, I was thinking in context to save some for the annuity, in spite of the fact that my retirement would be a long time after that point. I felt some way or another its enormous potential and I disclosed to myself that it would be a smart thought to hold some for a long time. So I can say that from the outset I was keen on holding BTC, feeling it would be an incredible choice. Original: 1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
During 2014 or 2015 I think that I first heard about Bitcoin. And during winter of 2015 I actually started to get my hands on Bitcoin. To be more precise, I found a faucet (then others) and I kept using them until I earned from them about 0,1 BTC (it was actually a bit more than that... maybe 0,11 or 0,12). Without knowing too much back then about what Bitcoin really meant, I was thinking in perspective to save some for the pension, although my retirement would be decades after that point. I felt somehow its huge potential and I told myself that it would be a good idea to hodl some for many years. So I can say that at first I was interested in hodling BTC, feeling it would be a great decision. |
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