Don't follow any pop-ups in your Electrum wallet now or in the future. Doesn't matter that the malicious practice of servers sending fake messages got patched. Maybe in the future scammers will find another way to get their fake software onto people's computers but as long as we follow the basic guidelines we will be safe. Download only from the official website and verify the signature of the wallet before installing it. Done. 

I had a problem with my Nano S that it wiped itself clean yesterday following an update to Ledger Live. Restoring it from the seed was a lengthy process but installing the apps took literally 20-30 seconds for each. Not sure why you experienced those problems but you should certainly keep your firmware updated to the newest version. 

If your coins are spread around in different wallets and these addresses are not public and can't be connected to your real name it is safe to assume that you would be safe. How would someone discover that a certain number of addresses belong to John Smith from Denver, Colorado?

Search like this for example:
site:bitcointalk.org Saefko to display results only from bitcointalk.org containing the search term Saefko or any other term you would like to see.

And you will get this:

Both accounts have recently woken up. aksplace has not posted anything since 2017. He woke up today at 3:54:11 AM, wrote that post at 04:00:05 AM and 5 minutes later, at 04:05:13 he got those 10 merits.
Those are the facts, it's up to the admins and DTs to determine if this is an abuse of the merit system or not.  

Here is what happened to me yesterday.

I was moving some bitcoins to my Nano S. There was a new update to the Ledger Live app and I installed it. I wanted to check the Account Manager if there were any updates to my installed apps. After clicking on the Account Manager on Ledger Live my hardware wallet wiped itself clean! It just restarted, I never experienced it before. I thought that it got broken at first.

I disconnected and reconnected it again and it showed me the welcome screen you usually see the first time you set it up. Press both buttons to start the setup etc... I had to reconfigure it with my seed and set it up again. Very weird indeed.

I am not sure if this was a bug, some hardware failure or if it has anything to do with the update I performed.

You are absolutely correct. According to ESPN they can still sell their players to leagues where the transfer window is still open.


Another thing worth noting is that clubs can still sign players who are without a club even after the deadline. I am not sure if that also applies to the clubs in England.

Source: https://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-transfer-talk/story/3829489/when-does-the-transfer-window-close-premier-leagueserie-ala-ligabundesligaligue-1

I considered applying but I rarely have enough time to visit the forum to search for additional merit worthy posts besides those I see in the boards and threads that I frequent. 

@hd49728
Most posts that I merited are not connected to my thread. The thread is only for the two lowest ranks.

I know, I think I was on the receiving end a few times.


Thanks YOSHIE!

I turned down some users because they obviously didn't read the rules or they don't understand what kind of posts are worth meriting.
I had a few users submitting posts where they were asking questions or asking for help. Other users even submitted bounty reports or confirmations of fulfilled bounty requirements.

Thanks for the link to the Indonesian thread, I will check it out and see what it is about.

I know that my reply will probably be unpopular or not that common among gamblers but when I win and depending on how much I win I think what I can do with that money. I really do. Most people I know and what I read, they think how they can invest and gamble with the winnings to win even more.
I am satisfied with a free lunch or new pair of sneakers. I don't need to go for the jackpot and aim for the stars.

In December 2018 I created a thread in the B&H board titled: Giving 26 Newbie/Jr. Members a Chance to Rank Up.
In the beginning I had a limited amount of merits allocated to Newbies and Jr. Members but seeing that I got awarded a lot of merits in the thread I decided to reserve the corresponding number of sMerits to Newbies/Jr. Members who show me quality posts.

I am now in a dilemma. Several members who sent me merits for that thread posted that they expect me to distribute these merits to Newbies. But I have not seen any good applicants for a long time, nobody is applying. Quality Newbies and Jr. Members acquire merits in the standard way so they don't need my thread for that.  

I currently find myself in a situation where I have 28 sMerits to give out but I have reserved 26 of those for my mentioned thread. Some say that my rules are too strict, that might be the case but I believe that because of these rules my thread 'survived' for so long and wasn't moved to Off topic or locked. Several months ago I even PMed theymos regarding the thread and he said that "the thread is good as it is". I have a screenshot of that PM posted somewhere in the merit thread.

Just for reference here are the rules for the mentioned thread:




And this is the reason why I am creating this poll. I think I need to honor the wishes of those who gave me merits in my thread but on the other hand I often find myself in a situation where I can't merit a good post because of those reserved merits.

Looking for suggestions from the community.  

EDIT: I forgot to include a link to the thread in question > https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5085605.0

A malicious person would have to produce a lot of these fake USB wallets and be on the look-out for owners of hardware wallets. In case your original USB
cable stops working and you make an ad to try and purchase a replacement cable he could try and sell you one of his.
But still he would need to get physical access to your hardware wallet after you used his cable already. Why go through all the trouble, seems to me that a baseball bat could be more effective 

The only real danger here is getting targeted by someone close to you, a family member or friend who also has access to your home and who could do the swap in case he wants to rob you. 

The transfer window for English clubs have ended. Does anyone have official information does this apply for both players coming in and being transferred away from the Premier League? I know that they can no longer purchase players but can they still sell players abroad?

Dybala is really being pushed away by Juventus at all costs. They must have a ready replacement otherwise they wouldn't be doing this. It is the last day of the UK transfer market so a deal has to be made soon. I am not sure if with the arrival of Lukaku Juventus will try another attempt to bring Icardi to Turin. Even Neymar could be a possibility but it is a big gamble in my opinion. 

He was active in July almost on a daily basis and has not posted anything since July 30th. After that he either got hacked or went rogue.
He is now banned so I guess that is it.

Regarding the phishing attempt.
If you have ticked to always be logged on to bitcointalk and you see that the site is asking for your login details you should be alarmed.
If you have not ticked that option bitcointalk will log you out after 1 hour so if you open a new tab where you are asked to enter your login details confirm it on the page you usually visit when you login to bitcointalk. If you are logged out there as well, everything is fine. Log back in on the site you have saved and you usually log in on bitcointalk. If you are still logged in but the other tab is asking you to login again - you know it is a phishing attempt.

All this above is for those that don't understand phishing sites and that bitcointak internal sites are marked in green when you hover over it with your mouse.

Didn't it used to be versions older than 3.3.3 before? They seem to have changed this sometimes in the past to 3.3.4.
So in theory even users with version 3.3.3 (like OP in this case) could receive the phishing messages!?

I don't think this is a big concern really. To be affected by this you would need to purchase a modified USB cable so that this attack could be performed.
As long as you don't purchase USB cables for your hardware wallets from third parties you are safe. Unless someone from Ledger supplies you with a modified cable but that is a whole other story... 

If you are already using firmware version 1.5.5 there is no newer update for now. Just use the cable that came with your Ledger device.

Dear Creator,

Your posts get deleted because You violate the rules, even in this thread. Please don't send me to the eternal pit of fire though.
Nobody, including You - The Creator, is allowed to post multiple posts one after the other, which you have done in this thread. Read rule #32 of this godforsaken place.

I would never bet on that. I would also not have a problem ratting out the organizers to the police if I found out about it.
I can't believe that bull fighting is still legal in some countries. I heard that it is no longer allowed in Spain, is that true?

Try and compare the versions of your installed apps on your Ledger device to those displayed in Ledger Live. Maybe you have old versions of them. As far as I know they reduced the size of the Ethereum app, probably the Bitcoin app as well.

A search led me to this: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Contract
Source: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=31264.0

And here is another thread discussing SIGHASH types for multisig. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1383883.0
Maybe you can will some useful info there if you haven't checked it out yet.