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Just as always, all cloud mining services are simply just either:
1. A scam
2. A total waste of money
Looks like a scam to me, but regardless if it's a scam or not, it's really not wise to put money in it.
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Hey there. 1. I suggest you move this thread to the Service Announcements[1] section instead. The move button is on the bottom left corner of this topic's page.  2. Please make the fonts smaller.
[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=84.0 |
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I think hes more mature than other 15 year olds out there and besides, i believe that experience will teach you more lesson than school. Its okay if he will lose it all and tell him thats its part of the game but so far i guess he's doing good. Experiencing cryptocurrency at a young age is great that i wish i could learn that too on my younger days. He's my brother after all and i will guide him until last.
Well. Good for you for being financially stable enough to not care much about 0.2 BTC. If you don't mind asking, where did he currently earn most of his profit? On trading? Or gambling? |
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I would. I liked how "Silicon Valley" briefly touched the topic of cryptocurrencies and ICOs, and I guess it would be nice to see a movie or series about business and tech that dwell on the topic more. Not something where cryptos are used by mafia to launder money, but where people are exploring the potential of cryptocurrencies, dev teams are arguing about the future direction, startups fight for best utilising the tech etc. I'd definitely prefer this kind of a story over a shitty Hollywood action movie. And I'm sure there are others like me. I think the audience is not really as dumb as people who make these kind of movies think it is. I bet the movie will fail in terms of box-office, so no huge damage to cryptos will be done.
I definitely would too, and a good number of people in the tech industry in general for sure. The thing is though, is that they're most likely catering to the masses, not to the more technically literate people; so I really wouldn't call this "misguided", as like I said in a previous reply, I really don't think being historically accurate is the goal, but to put on a drama show for the masses to enjoy. |
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this shows the real image of BTC.
It more of shows and confirms the real colors of those exchanges that fake their trading volume just to show up higher on the Coinmarketcap trading pairs and to show up higher on exchange rankings by trading volume. |
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Yeah pretty much this. I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think the intentions of the movie writers/directors/etc is to have a historically accurate movie in the first place; but something of "drama" and something that would entertain the audience. It's just that one of the main elements of the movie is cryptocurrencies, and that's pretty much it. |
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Creating malwares seem to be easier way to earn crypto, and it is easy to create malware than working in a successful ico,
Well, it can be an easier way to make money, but it doesn't automatically mean that you should, unless you're an ultimately shitty person that's a total waste of oxygen. it’s very positive to me the malwares can be a hype soon.
I mean, where have you been though. Malware and viruses have existed to do mostly shitty stuff since forever. |
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Not a victim, but yea, it's too shady to actually be true(though I'm not claiming it's not true). Basically, the CEO, which is already ill in the first place, still didn't decide to actually hand over the private keys to another person, or better, use a multi-sig; then, he allegedly "died" in India whereas the place he died in is allegedly a place where fake death certificates are being made(I have no proof, don't quote me on this).
For the whole situation, if anything, it's either fraud, or them being super unprofessional and irresponsible.
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As a junior member, even early one, how come your account was hacked? What for? And if your account be hacked it should not border you much because I know you can't have much in that account. I advice you open another account and continue your life. Just be more careful with the new account.
If you actually read OP's main post you will immediately know that OP wasn't referring to his Bitcointalk account, but his exchange account. Maybe actually read the whole post first next time. |
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For software wallets, I always suggest using a mobile phone instead of a computer, but unfortunately smartphones are slowly but surely closing up to computers in terms of how frequent it's being targeted by malware and viruses. Regardless, another perfect reason to not be cheap and invest in a good and reputable hardware wallet. Hasn't malware always been about getting money? No surprise it's targeting banks and crypto.
Mostly for monetization purposes, but not necessarily stealing money. Some are for botnet usage, spreading PPC links, etc. |
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Unfortunately, there's no function like that only for ignoring someone's post or someone's PM.
Yep. This is pretty much your only option, on the current forums at least. Why would you like that feature though? It's easily rendered useless if the person you "blocked" opens your topic/reply on a browser window whereas the blocked user's account isn't logged in. |
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I really have no idea as it's the first time I've heard of that service, but there could be a lot of reasons why you haven't received the card yet. Could be due to delays, shipping issues, and such. I wouldn't call them a scam just yet. Have you tried contacting them yet about the shipping? Also, how much did you pay for the card?
They seem to be quite active on their social media, which is a good thing. Though that doesn't make them necessarily not-a-scam. Since we aren't 100% sure about their legitimacy, as always, keep most of your funds on cold storage. Don't send majority to the card's wallet.
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Your reasoning on why you wanted the legendary rank is very reasonable and understandable; and I'm not going to argue if you really deserve that rank or not. But regardless if you totally deserve that rank or not, we have rules and requirements to follow. And the requirements to have the legendary status, is to have between 775 and 1030 activity points. So we simply have to follow that whether we like it or not. |
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You've also made double the posts, in 1/2 the time.
Your point being? Lets face it, if you're not activity seeking out merit, farming internet points, you are not going to obtain them.
I've been posting here in the past and on the "other" bitcoin forum before the merit system and even before I joined and knew that signature campaigns existed; and that's not going to change. and no, you can even check my post history. I quite rarely post those topics and replies that are a few paragraphs long. You don't necessarily need to "seek out merit" to be eligible to receive them, you just need to be decently knowledgeable regarding bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. |
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How is attaining 500-1k merit virtually impossible? Others have done it. I myself received 340 merits[1] in a decent timespan (I think) without trying super hard. This dude, theyoungmillionaire[2], managed to earn 672 merits even though he's still just a Sr. Member and currently only has 308 activity points. The problem is on you, not on the merit system.
[1] https://bpip.org/profile.aspx?p=mjglqw[2] https://bpip.org/profile.aspx?p=theyoungmillionaire |
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Assuming you were referring to prices and the markets in general, then it's debatable. There's nothing wrong with following bitcoin itself, both the technical aspects and the markets, and watching the price movements. The problem arises when you start listening to these so called "market experts" or "market analysts" that make bold price predictions.
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Yes I have cold storage as well, thankfully. I WAS using these funds to trade with.
Oh. So you have a cold storage wallet then. So the funds you lost are only your trading funds? Hopefully not that much of a percentage over your total crypto holdings. I guess what you need to learn is how to secure your exchange accounts then. 1. Use a secure password. Preferably, 40 characters with symbols and everything (e.g. zbo^nxvVQNRVSRME4vB38mkaiG5GIYJt&z7mzUFn). To make your passwords easier to organize, use a password manager such as KeePass2[1]. 2. 2 Factor Authentication. NOW. 3. As much as possible, have a separate email account for your exchanges.
[1] https://keepass.info/download.html
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You're going to waste your time tracking your funds mate. Forget it. I know it's hard, but the best thing you can really do is to move on and learn from it. Don't make this loss slow you down from accumulating. |
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This was essentially my alt coin portfolio. Was too lazy to make cold storage for all the separate coins. Paid for that laziness dearly. Value was in the 5 figure range. Not a life changing amount I would say, but given another bull run it could have been... I thought I was soo smart DCA'ing into everything as it crashed..... I am very patient and was well positioned for the next run I believe  Did not have 2FA, Fucked up . Attacker gained access to email and reset my exchange password. Pretty sure that makes me screwed. Lesson learned. Unfortunately, some people really need to learn the hard way, and today was your time to do so. Don't be so careless and lazy next time, especially when talking about significant amounts of money. The exchange was Kraken, which is in the process of requiring 2fa but not there yet. I got pwned just in time. I noticed about an hour after the attack that my funds were gone. there were notification emails sent by the exchange but for some reason the push notifications for my email have not been working and I did not notice them... The attacker attempted to delete the emails from the exchange but they are in my 'deleted folder'
Regardless if an exchange has 2fa or not, leaving funds on an exchange is still a very irresponsible thing to do. I am wary of posting details such as the bitcoin address and IP address in case I tip off the guy that I'm following this and what I know... What do you guys think in this case?
This won't do that much unfortunately. Hacker might have been using a proxy/vpn in the first place. |
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Unfortunately, there's little to nothing you can do. You can see where the funds end up, but you can't really know who the hacker is unless the hacker sends it to an exchange, and the exchange is willing to help you seize the funds, which might be very unlikely especially if it isn't a good number of bitcoins.
I think the only thing you can do right now is to learn from your mistakes, and make it completely sure that it won't happen again in the future. You shouldn't be leaving your funds on exchanges in the first place(unless you're actively trading). Hopefully you didn't lose a life-changing amount.
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Somewhere down the line, he or a hacker changes the program, and perhaps you lose those coins.
You are enabling an outside party to gain a database of who has crypto and in each user's case how much, which and where.
This is not wise.
You can change the API permissions to only be able to watch your funds and disable the withdrawal options though. But regardless, yeah, I definitely agree with you that it isn't a good idea, even just due to privacy risks itself. Probably the most I would do in tracking my holdings is to use Delta[1] and manually add my transactions. That way, I won't have any personal information/data that's affiliated with my portfolio data.
[1] https://delta.app/ |
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