I haven't done that just yet. I'm trying to gather more information, but their constant disconnects are not helpful. If you take a closer look you will see that the amount of bandwidth that they spend is similar for all nodes and <1 MB. Additionally, the disconnect-reconnect interval seems to be 4559 minutes exact (although I'll have to verify this).

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Update: They disconnect every after some of them reach ~59 minutes connection time and they all disconnect at the same time (number of connections dropped from 86 to 45 in 1 second) after which they imminently start reconnecting.

After picking up some strange behavior on my node in the past 3 days (connections per 15 minutes):


After doing some research and queries, it seems like I'm not the only one affected, i.e. there is an attack in progress:

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There's not much to worry about at the moment (we are gathering more information). However, it would be best to stop it sooner rather than later. In order to do that a person can either block the IP range via IPtables temporarily until either the attacker runs out of funds or gets removed, and/or report the abuse to Amazon.
Here are the lists that I was able to compile from my own node:

• Ascending by IP address and separated by client version
• List of only IP addresses (ascending order)
• IP addresses separated by commas for Abuse report

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Update 10/01/2016:
There seems to be a second wave of this attack (see last post). It may not be an DOS attack, and thus I've labeled it as [Unknown]. I've also updated the thread (but it requires a complete revamp).

"Interesting" turn of events. You've completely diverted the thread from the original and futile attempt at getting someone removed from DT to attacking the forum itself? Of course, the forum supports every single thing that happens on the forum. This is based on very sound logic

If someone comes to your backyard and does something bad, you were in support of his actions the whole time. Don't deny it!

That depends what you exactly mean with 'satisfied'. Also these polls are not really a good indicator as they can be easily manipulated by a 'small army' of newbie accounts. There are a few changes that would require adopting before I could be completely 'satisfied' with the forum.

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Update: Now that you mention it, I'm not exactly sure whether some ranks can't participate in polls.

This topic has been moved to Archival.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1478020.0

I would say that this is kind of a positive news article. The idea of a 'robin hood' hacker was always difficult. On one side you have a person who breaks the law and steals, on the other side, they use the money to do good. While I do disprove of such actions in general, at least they have properly used the money. I was not aware of that website nor that one could directly donate with both Bitcoin and Faircoin.

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Where would the world be if most of the hackers either stole from banks or donated to proper causes?

0.35BTC (price - amount on coin) seems like too much  for a 'special' silver/gold plated coin? The silver one looks better to me, although it could be due to the picture.

So now you are trying to push the 'fault' away from yourself onto the forum staff? That's not how this works and this is definitely not the way to create support your 'cause'. If you had spent enough time reading in the right section(s), you would understand how the forum works. Removing that board is definitely problematic as it is going to push those games towards other sections; the only option is both removing the section and banning investor based games. Just because the administration does not remove the section entirely (or ban those games), that does not mean that staff members support them. As an example: I don't support them and I don't even visit that section unless I have to.

No.

The "staff" can't do anything; only the administration can. However, you should know that trust is very rarely moderated (only in extreme cases of abuse), so this is a futile attempt (trying to get the staff to remove him). You should be looking at the person in DT1 who has cryptodevil in their list; that would be dooglus (IIRC).

That's right.

So your evidence of many "false ratings" is the post that you've received a negative rating for? How did you not previously know that supporting ponzi's would most likely end up with you receiving a negative rating?

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Also, why did you make this case now since you received your rating on: 2016-04-03 ?

Not really, no.

That's similar to me making a claim that X is a murdered, and telling you to investigate because "I'm right". You're supposed to provide this 'evidence' yourself (feedback, alts and whatnot).

There's nothing wrong with fighting ponzi's.

Have you seriously just created a thread demanding someone's removal from DT due to a financial loss related to signature campaigns? You have just indirectly admitted that you're a signature spammer. This is not how you build up your case.

Stating this without evidence is pointless.

It's not like OP provided us with examples of "false ratings" either.

No.

How about you start providing us with specific information? Just saying that you've lost everything does not help. What service are you using exactly? Blockchain.info? What happens exactly when you try recovering via the e-mail? Have you tried to contact the support?

Seems like he believes a lot in his own project.

Now you're asking the right questions.

No. Nobody is using ETH because they're experiencing delays while transacting.

Here is Segwit.

Here's the developer.

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I'm not sure why you're asking this in a Classic thread.

Nothing surprising there.

This topic has been moved to Altcoins (Hrvatski).
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1475356.0

Off-chain? Transacting on a sidechain is different from transacting off-chain. RootStock provides the missing part in the already, well established, Bitcoin infrastructure. ETH has almost no infrastructure and is realistically worth only a fraction of the current market cap. That however does not mean that BTC adopters should miss out on profiting from the ride. I don't understand the fuss about ETH (aside from the opportunity to profit).

That's not even comparable.

I wasn't even aware that ETH pump & dump went into round two. Thanks for providing the information. However, please keep the altcoin discussions within the altcoin section. With Rootstock around the corner, ETH is pretty much useless. For those that do not know what Rootstock is, click this.

Again, compared to existing infrastructure Bitcoin is really cheap. Nobody really needs fees that are 1 cent. Without Bitcoin these 'businesses' would be stuck with insane fees from traditional systems.

Exactly. Just imagine trying to transfer a few million with the existing infrastructure. Compare that fee to the fee needed with Bitcoin.

It is a self regulating cycle: Mining is not profitable -> some miners leave -> mining becomes profitable for the remaining entities -> new miners join -> mining is not profitable.

No, that is not comparable.

That doesn't make sense. You don't really gain anything with that. People with capital are still going to flush out small miners within a very short amount of time.

I don't think anyone knows now, it's a patent.

Well, until changes are made that render it useless.

There are no fixed numbers, it is a case-by-case basis.

No exceptions. Whether it is a regular user, donator, staff member, if they break the rules they should be punished.