how he never received a merit, and he has 550 merits? A bug perhaps? That's weird! |
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Pessoalmente, não vejo muito potencial em Monero por dois motivos:
- Não tem wallets de qualidade, sempre complicado, como já mencionado acima.
- O bitcoin também efetua transações anonimas, similar ao Monero, por meio de Stealth Addresses. Além dos Stealth Addresses, ainda existem os coinmixers.
Assim, vejo pouco futuro...
Quanto mais conheço o BTC, vejo cada vez menos vantagens em altcoins.
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Big coincidence, we are having 2 discussions regarding OS and ledger nano. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5016110.0I did not have the need to install Ledger Live so far, but now I am surprised that Windows 7&8 are not supported, it is really an unpleasant surprise for me. I really do not understand decision of Ledger regarding this, there is so many users who still use older versions of OS. What is the reason for this, and is there any way around to use Ledger Live in Windows 7 maybe?
I don't believe a way around would be a nice solution here. You would be using an unsupported OS on ledger nano. Your coins may just be stolen. You are using a software without any support and out of specifications recommended by the manufacturer. If you like windows 7 and ledger nano so much, why don't you use Electrum? It's 100% compatible with ledger nano and windows 7. https://support.ledgerwallet.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005161925-How-to-use-Electrum-with-your-Nano-SI believe this is the best solution for you. Electrum also gives you higher control over your coins, fees, transactions, keys etc... If you use altcoins,this may not solve all of your problems... |
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I think thats healthy for the board.
People have nothing to say, so they do not post there. There is no incentive to post in the ivory tower, because signature is hidden.
When someone post an interesting topic, there are always good discussions.
. Some of topics could have more replies, however it's better like this than just hundreds of spam comments
I like that board. I would really like to have more discussions there, but it is better like this than like economics board.
Want to see more discussions there? Search for interesting news/topicss and post there
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Good morning!
8 - bitmover
8again!
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you can also download Electrum. Create a new wallet and choose "Hardware wallet" option in Electrum. Does not need to download any chrome app. https://electrum.org/#download |
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Yes,Ledger Manager is the native desktop app of your Ledger Nano S,it's all what you need to use it.If you want to store Bitcoin on your Ledger,Plug in your Nano S and navigate to "Manager" and install Bitcoin app,once it's installed you should see Bitcoin logo in your Nano screen.That's it,you can now create an account and receive/send Bitcoins,it's pretty much the same process for all other cryptocurrencies.
Ledger Manager is not the native desktop app. Ledger Manager is the old Chrome based app, which is going to be discontinued soon. You have to download the new Ledger Live App, which is now more safer. https://www.ledger.com/pages/ledger-liveYou can read more about it here. I got this Ledger a few weeks ago and just got the " Ledger Manager " downloaded , maybe more came with it .
It opened and showed loads of cryto currency , I clicked on " bitcoin" and nothing else .
I have nothing to put in at the moment , but Is Ledger manager all I need to download onto my pc?
Ledger LIVE is the only app you need for your wallet. Ledger Manager is just an interface to manage the various Chrome based Apps. You have to download one for each coin you use. This app is going to be discontinued, as I said. Ledger Nano team recommend the use of Ledger Live. |
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The economics board is terrible too. Almost all topics here are created by spammers for spammers. Like this https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3165456.0What's he best cryptocurrency to invest? More than 30 pages of spam There are some good discussions that get lost very quickly. I don't know how can this situation be controlled. I tried to report here, did about 100-200 reports there, which got deleted... But it's hard to fight against spam |
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You are unbelievably wrong:  Mining nodes are the most important full nodes because not only they validate the blockchain they actively participate in building and maintaining it. A miner without a full node is not a real miner as I said s/he is just a slave who has no clue about what is going on in the network. Actually mining full nodes are critical components of bitcoin security. Unfortunately there is no concrete statistics to show how many people are participating in mining right now but the number of mining full nodes is definitively very low, it is because of pools and the alienation of miners from the actual process by them. A non-mining full node is just a liability because of its costs and very small benefits only a few of bitcoin whales have a practical incentive to run such a node, average holders are more likely to choose running a spv wallet. I got what you said now. You are saying that we would have more full nodes, if all miners had an incentive to have a full node. I do not agree with that, as miners should not waste their computer resources running a full node. Forcing nodes to invest in hardware and internet connection to run a full node will make mining even more expensive (and harder for new people to join) than it is now. It may cause a bigger problem. Even higher mining centralization. From what I understand, managed pool will have just one (or a few) full nodes, then miners would just come with their processing power. I found this by Andreas Antonoupolos on the subject The pool server runs specialized software and a pool-mining protocol that coordinate the activities of the pool miners. The pool server is also connected to one or more full bitcoin nodes and has direct access to a full copy of the blockchain database. This allows the pool server to validate blocks and transactions on behalf of the pool miners, relieving them of the burden of running a full node. For pool miners, this is an important consideration, because a full node requires a dedicated computer with at least 100 to 150 GB of persistent storage (disk) and at least 2 to 4 GB of memory (RAM). Furthermore, the bitcoin software running on the full node needs to be monitored, maintained, and upgraded frequently. Any downtime caused by a lack of maintenance or lack of resources will hurt the miner’s profitability. For many miners, the ability to mine without running a full node is another big benefit of joining a managed pool. https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook/blob/develop/ch10.asciidoc#managed-pools |
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Winner_takes_all approach of legacy bitcoin PoW algorithm has a binary nature (you win/you don't win) so luck is distributed according to Bernoulli function and this means high variance for small probabilities and it is why people should join pools. Once a miner joins a pool he doesn't need to run a full node anymore, it is why instead of having more full nodes the number is declining despite the growing number of people who join the mining industry: Technically the number of real miners is declining and the number of mining slaves is growing. The definite solution for increasing the number of bitcoin full nodes is decentralization of mining by getting rid of pools, it needs radical improvements to PoW and getting rid of winner_takes_all. Many readers are already aware of my PoCW proposal committed to this purpose. As of non mining nodes, an interesting alternative approach I'm working on is the possibility of removing the strict boundary between spv wallets and full nodes, letting people to run nodes with a relative security adjustable by the amount of resources they can afford. I understand this is not the right place to discuss it but the point is clear: The cardinality of (both mining and non mining) full nodes of bitcoin is a direct consequence of the protocol and if one supposedly is concerned about this index being too low and insufficient for security purposes, s/he would be rather concerned about the protocol and whether it could be enhanced to improve the situation or not. This makes no sense because full nodes doesn't mine. Full nodes only validate transaction and blocks and hold a full copy of the blockchain. Mining nodes may not even have a full copy of the blockchain. |
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Conclusion: mining is getting more and more pointless and that is happening in furious pace!
Your conclusion is wrong. If professional miners give up, you could mine at home because difficult Target will be adjusted back to an easier target You should read the bitcoin whitepaper, Satoshi talks about this subject when halving is done and there is no more incentive to mine , just transaction fees. Just google for it. |
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The price is determined by the free market, yeah
However, the expectation about the future is what determines the price of any financial asset.
As nobody knows the future about cryptocurrencies, it's high volatile.
Bitcoin is not as volatile as other altcoins, because its older, more stable, more resilient... It's future is more certain than others
That's why a bad news for bitcoin may cause a small drop in its price but crash the others, because their future is too uncertain.
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Good morning.
8 - bitmover
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Bounties that pays in tokens are always risk. Look for reputable and trusted managers. There are some bounties out there that pays with btc, which are much safer too. Try to explain the best you can the situation at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0 Scam Accusations board. If it was your first bounty, it is possible that you made something wrong too, so they skipped your payment. Try to contact the manager before opening the accusation.. |
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Isn't tether considered a coloured coin?
If not, what's the difference?
Because tether runs on bitcoin blockchain.
If that's considered a coloured coin, it's one of the biggest and most used altcoins.
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5 bitmover Thank you! Only one spot left now  I am happy I could make it on time |
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The major problem to mine there is that it's only artificially cheap.Government is subsiding the electricity. They are not paying the real price for it. If people are building big mining farms, government would be paying for that bitcoin. That's not sustainable. Bitcoin should be mined in location where energy is truly cheap, like in China near hydro dams. Government interference with subsidies will hardly work out. The problem persisting in Venezuela is something much different than just hyperinflation. The most basic problem there is the great budgetary deficit. Actually Venezuela since quite long rested upon its huge oil reserves which made the country super rich in terms of increasing export. But when a country has an increasing GDP stress should also be given upon self reliance of people which was largely ignored by the govt since huge subsidies and freebies were given with substantially lower tax rates. Moreover absolutely no other sector was developed than the oil and refinery sector. So when the prices of international oil market crashed so did the economy there.
That's half of the truth Oil prices collapsed, but they already recovered. Barril was about 120 at ath , crashed to 40 and now close to 75usd The economy shouldd have recovered if that were the only reason. But it is even worse now. There are many problems woth Venezuela. Maduro is an illiterate dictator. Former truck driver. He doesn't get economy and he is trying to do what he wants. He is defining prices at private stores. He forbid companies to raise prices, whilen he was printing money . He said "now dólar os 1/7 to bolivar, and government will be the only place to buy dollars". When people tried to buy there, there was a dollar shortage (of course). Then the Black market exploded , with dolar 1/2000 ... And so on.. that was years ago. There a problem with trust (investors dont trust maduro to invest im venezuela)and expectations about the future in Venezuela. The economy will not recover, until this trust issue is solved. Then he just stole factories, ships, all infrastructure that was not owned by the government. He owes everything now. Why would you open a factory in Venezuela, if Maduro can just take it away from you, (forcing you to sell for worthless bolivars) saying that you are a greed capitalist, selling for high price
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