It's always been strange to me that most people constantly complain that hardware wallets are too expensive, and now it's obviously the turn to see how much we can actually use them before they break. At the same time, people have no problem changing their smartphones, computers or other devices very often, and if this is already the case, does it make sense to save money on devices that store your cryptocurrencies?

As it is the case with any device, technology is always advancing and you have to adapt to it, and what was considered good and safe 5+ years ago may not be anymore today. I have HW that are about 5 years old and still in perfect condition, but of course it depends on the person - some people just know how to store/handle their stuff much better than others.

You probably mean the hack from 2015, because in the year you mention there was no hacking of the forum. In addition, there were two more significant forum hacks in 2011 and 2013, but it is positive that this never happened again after 2015.

Bitcointalk history of hacks and vandalism.

You, everyone else and I can only guess what is true and what is fiction in this thread, and until there is solid proof that the OP is telling the truth, no one is wrong.


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There is no point in going further off topic, and if you are interested in something more about how to use the "report to moderator" option, you can open a thread on that topic in the Beginners & Help board.

Do you think that OP can just figure out what exactly needs to be done in order to use Electrum+Tor considering that he uses an online wallet? Some tutorial would be of great help, or maybe it would be better if you advised him to try the Sparrow wallet which has Tor built in, which is in any case a much simpler option than configuring Electrum with Tor.

Even if OP creates a new non-custodial wallet and uses VPN or Tor from the beginning, and sends his BTC from the online wallet he currently uses, there is still a possibility that someone will link those coins to his identity if he has ever used KYC anywhere in to the process of buying/keeping those same coins. Of course, there is always a way to break that link, you just need to know what the mixer is for

It would be logical to write what you think the topic should be locked for - and you already wrote that in your post "OP is troll, no proofs, no signed messages". Although keep in mind that mods don't have to share your opinion and won't do anything.


The fact that someone allegedly had 11 BTC does not mean that this person must know how to sign a message or that he has any broader knowledge about Bitcoin. I have personally seen a lot of people who bought BTC a long time ago and then found themselves in a situation where they did not know even the most basic things, and these were not trolls, but people who really had the BTC they were talking about. Possession of something and knowledge about it do not have to be related to each other.

Why do you think mods are reading this? Even if they read, first someone should make a report so that something might happen - and if you think the topic should be closed, why don't you click on the "report to moderator" button in the OP?




In what world $1 or $2 are gigantic fees? Those who cannot afford to support Bitcoin with such a small fee should definitely think about it and maybe find an altcoin that does not have any fees - there is no need to talk about the security of such a blockchain, right?

I have never used the forum in that way, so I cannot say how difficult it would be for me personally to edit posts, but for those who exclusively use smartphones for their use of the forum, in that case it would be better not to use the quote option at all, but to just write the name of the member they correspond to.

What is especially irritating is when you see that someone on page 15 of the topic quotes the entire OP and writes two or three sentences that actually have nothing to do with what was quoted. This is definitely the shitposter category I mentioned and anyone who sees it should react and use the "report to moderator" button.

It's strange to me that someone who has been on the forum for years reacts in this way, as if he didn't understand until now that the security of his bitcointalk account depends only on him, and that no extra features will help prevent someone from being hacked. As for 2FA, which would probably be connected to the user's e-mail, what is the use of that, considering that most of those who are hacked will be compromised to such an extent that that e-mail will also be hacked.

2FA is something that can be bypassed in many ways anyway, and instead of looking for security where there is none, start acting like adults who think for themselves and don't play with their login data like children. At the end of the day, every hacker is just taking advantage of the opportunity that someone gives him, and that means that half of the blame lies with the one who was hacked.

I think it also depends on the country you live in, and not only because of the mentality of the people, but also the total population. It may sound strange, but it is not the same if you live in a country with 300+ million people or in a country with 100 times less people where it is much harder to protect your privacy. The higher the price of BTC, the more people are willing to do anything to get it easily.

That page doesn't exist, you obviously meant Walmart? 65-inch TV for only $230 seems like a mission impossible to me, at least where I live. Even if there is such a cheap TV somewhere, I honestly doubt that it is a well-known brand, and if it is a no-name brand, then I wonder what quality the device is and how much the warranty is worth?

It is very likely this model, but for me personally, that brand is not something I like.

The OP has not been active practically since the beginning of this topic and has only written 3 posts, yet he is someone who should be most interested in getting his account back. However, maybe the case is not quite as simple as it seems to all of us, so regardless that the OP signed the message and did everything that was needed, I wonder if the IP addresses were checked and if they show real hacking or if the OP and the hacker maybe used a VPN/Tor, which then makes the check useless.

Go back 5 or 10 years and you will see that more than 90% of all coins that were invented then are worth almost nothing today, and the same will happen with most of those who today try to catch the naive to mine or buy them. I have a lot of such coins from my early days in the crypto world, and only two are worth more than before, although it is far from the fact that I could get rich selling them.

All those coins you are talking about are just pump&dump schemes with a bunch of false promises, not to mention the fact that most of them are centralized, pre-mined and with an unlimited supply. This is not the key to success, but to certain failure.

What's positive about this HW is that the hardware and software are open source (so they claim on the official website), and that's certainly a good thing for anyone who doesn't want any surprises and some hidden features. What is most important for every HW is that it can create a seed in an offline environment, and that it can protect the user from clipboard malware in such a way that every user can always compare the addresses on the HW with the one in the user interface.

What every user needs to pay the most attention to is actually the backup, which means that it is saved safely (not online or on a PC/smartphone), and preferably in more than one copy if possible in at least two different locations.

Those who want to centralize Bitcoin will always look for a way to do it in some way, and it is obvious that large mining pools will be their main target through which they will be able to control transactions to some extent. What is definitely worrying is that more than 50% of all these mining pools are located in the US and China, and both countries actually have the same goal, only with the difference that the Chinese authorities do it without asking anyone for their opinion, while the authorities in the US still have to be much more careful if they don't want someone to accuse them of using communist methods.

We definitely need more decentralization when it comes to mining, but unfortunately it's just a good deal for most (right now), and if a better opportunity came along, they'd all dump Bitcoin overnight. Most miners do it only for profit, not because they support Bitcoin as a decentralized currency.

I believe that the reason for this is that the US obviously has a much greater influence in that part of the world, whether it is pressure coming from politics, or they have something with which they hold that pool in their hands. In addition, it is much smarter to start experimenting in someone else's backyard and see how things will develop, and only then implement such measures in US mining based pools.

However, I remembered that we already had a similar discussion, only that time it was MARATHON pool, which was actually the first to mine something they called "clean block". Although this is bad news, MARA AND F2Pool currently have about a 15% share of all mined blocks.



MARA Pool mined its first 'clean' block today

People are rooting for anything that can raise the price of Bitcoin, and I guess they think that the Bitcoin logo on the door of their bank will mean that the price will explode. Also, in order to be afraid of something, you need to understand it first, and how many people know about Bitcoin more than they have created an account on some CEX and added their bank account for buying/selling. When you tell them something about private keys and the risks they face with custodial solutions, they look at you in amazement as if you were talking about atomic physics.

In addition, all these custodial solutions when it comes to banks are (so far) exclusively related to services for institutional investors, not for ordinary people. In other words, banks want to compete with companies like Coinbase that provide just such services.

A lot of members on the forum use the quote option completely unnecessarily or in an inappropriate way, without realizing how ugly their posts look from an aesthetic point of view. Some do it out of sheer ignorance because they don't understand that quoted posts can be edited very easily, and some others still think that their posts look better that way. Even in this topic, some use quotes completely unnecessarily, and what is even more tragic, they try to teach someone something about it.

@Renampun, @sokani, @DubemIfedigbo001 - do you think it makes any sense that you quoted the OP and did exactly what the OP is warning you about?

By the way, posts in which the quote option is used inappropriately can be reported to the moderators, and most of the posts that I reported were deleted.

I assume that the money in that bank was acquired legally and that you as their client have the right to dispose of your money in the way you want, of course as long as that money is not used for any illegal purposes. Therefore, I don't see why you wouldn't ask for information about whether your bank has any prohibitions/restrictions when it comes to cryptocurrencies - and to find out you don't have to go to the bank in person, you can ask by phone or e-mail.

Given that you plan is to spend a large amount of money, it would certainly be better for your personal safety and later for the possible payment of taxes if you have all possible documents that prove that you bought Bitcoin with legal money, and from whom you bought it. When one day you decide to sell, it will be logical to use the same subjects, only in the opposite direction.

Even if your bank is not friendly to how you want to spend your money, you can always transfer your money to a bank that has a different business policy, and at least there is no shortage of banks, right?

People outside of Argentina inflated this story because they simply don't understand what actually happened there and the only thing that matters to them is that the new president does something positive about Bitcoin and that the price of the same goes up because of that. I also read (and wrote in another thread) that Milei won only thanks to the votes of the former president voters who did not vote for him in the first round, but served as "useful fools" in some political deal that happened behind closed doors.


In other words, he will talk a lot, swear and wave a chainsaw, and in the end, probably nothing important will happen. It seems that people chose him to entertain them, because obviously with his political impotence he will not be able to do anything important.


If at least millions were involved, it is still billions, which makes an astronomical difference.


I don't know why you talk about the president in the feminine gender, although maybe you know something that we don't? I've read some strange things to say the least about his sex life, but that's less relevant, unless he ends his term as a woman

Maybe you should think in a different direction than looking for someone who sells books for Bitcoin and if you find a good site that has books that interest you, you can always ask the owner to add that payment option.

Maybe you like comics? Even if not, maybe someone else will be happy that there is a site like this

https://www.octopuscomics.com/shop