If you're referring to transferring from one address to another, I believe you'll still be able to see it on any explorer even if you use an offline wallet. If you want to break the link then you can use other options like coinjoin or mixer to obfuscate your transactions, assuming you don't expose other information that can reveal your personal information. I don't think people consider them as "lost crypto" too. CMIIW.

I do believe that the data available is not enough to make a relatively accurate price prediction. Most organizations are using these models to pump their bags at the end of the day, so it is kinda stupid if we expect them to guess it correctly all the time. If anything, I'd be very cautious when a prediction like this starts to go around the market. Who knows, maybe they want to dump on the next few days/weeks or so. I'd rather stick to other analyses that focus on whether Bitcoin or crypto will bring value and whether they can sustain it or not, instead of price predictions that are almost guaranteed to be wrong most of the time.

I tried checking their free plan, and it seems I need to register a new account to create a new wallet. Does this also apply to their Android apps? I was thinking of it as an open-source noncustodial wallet like Electrum before I saw their plans. Right now I'm beginning to think they act more like an online wallet, although you do have the option to make it offline/self-custody. Not sure if I'd suggest people use this over other wallets, seeing that they seem to aggressively market themselves as a third-party solution for inheritance etc.

Can you explain what you mean by I/O jamming? I'm not familiar with the term. Is it similar to how your SSD speed becomes slower after a certain time has passed when you copy/paste data?

Assuming there is no problem with your connection, I believe one of the possible reasons is that the RAM on your A55 SSD is full. AFAIK, low disk space might also cause SSD to become slow, although I doubt that's the case if you have a 1 TB drive. CMIIW.

I'd suggest you to not give any private details to the public like this. Scammers can use this to scam you by offering fake assistance for example. Just put your worries here without giving any personal info such as your name, location, etc. You can also seek help by posting on the Indian local boards if you want to (other than following what OP suggested above). Here is the link if you don't know which board I'm referring to[1].

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=89.0

Okay, so 50% of the staked balance is what he can trade? Is this fixed or will you change it before your service go live? Personally, I'd rather use coins that I already own as a guarantee instead of buying your tokens. It takes a lot of confidence to buy new tokens in the first few months at least. On top of that, it also adds another layer of complexity unless you allow people to convert their coins/tokens to your CIL token automatically. If some volatility happens it would also affect my ability to trade.

Btw, is there no plan to support or add Bitcoin?

Alternatif lainnya mungkin menurunkan target block time. Bisa jadi 5 menit misalnya, atau lebih tinggi lagi selama keamanan jaringan masih bisa tercapai. Ane rasa sulit sih kalau arahnya kesana, karena tidak benar-benar menjawab masalah kemungkinan serangan dust attack dan semacamnya kedepannya. Idealnya ada filter untuk memilah mana transaksi yang spam dan mana yang bukan selain membuat fee mahal untuk mengurangi kemungkinan orang membayar mahal untuk melakukan spam.

How many tokens will be required for this? Are there no other options such as locking their BTC/ETH on a multi-sig address like what Bisq does to prevent scammers from making fake trades? I don't really find it appealing that I need to buy your token first before I can even use the platform. What would you do if the token price becomes more expensive then? Will you lower the requirement? I'd rather use a static requirement such as "30% of total trade deposit is required before you can make trades" if that is the case.

Ane juga berharap demikian. Setidaknya fee agak normal beberapa minggu terakhir. Besar kemungkinan mereka yang terus minting token baru sadar kalau fee yang dibayar tidak sepadan dengan profit yang mereka dapat. Pengembangan sidechain jadi solusi yang paling menarik buat mereka, mengingat fee dan kecepatan transaksi bakal lebih cepat, plus bisa memanfaatkan marketing kalau NFT mereka dihubungkan ke jaringan Bitcoin. Terlpas bakal pindah atau tidak sepertinya tool semacam UniSat bakal stay.

Selama agan download file Electrum yang benar dan bukan aplikasi phishing, kejadian kayak gini ga bakal terjadi. Kalau eksploit seperti ini sudah terjadi, ane rasa lebih baik agan segera install ulang Windows (OS yang agan gunakan) plus format drive agan. Dengan kata lain asumsikan komputer agan sudah dihack/ada virus/malware. Setelah selesai menginstall ulang dan memastikan tidak ada software yang aneh di komputer agan (dengan scan Malwarebytes atau Windows Defender misalnya), bisa download wallet Electrum lagi (pastikan buat verifikasi filenya sebelum diinstall). Buat wallet baru dan pastikan agan tidak menyimpan seed/private key di cloud. Bisa juga gunakan perangkat lain untuk membuat wallet baru kalau agan masih belum yakin komputer agan bebas dari malware.

Kalau melihat market saat ini, ane rasa susah menemui developer yang ingin melaunch koin tanpa premine meskipun solar cell buat mining sangat murah. Kecuali mereka punya idealisme yang kuat, kebanyakan bakal memilih membuat token karena lebih murah dan mudah, plus return kemungkinan lebih tinggi. Ane rasa miner juga ga bakal langsung melakukan mining koin baru kalau profitnya tidak ada. Kalau mining dengan energi yang lebih murah lebih gampang diakses, kebanyakan juga bakal memilih me-mining koin yang populer ane rasa. CMIIW.

Berikut ini berita malware/virus terbaru seminggu terakhir yang menurut ane cukup menarik:
1. Adanya tool terbaru yang bisa dimanfaatkan hacker untuk mengelabui pengguna dengan memanfaatkan domain .zip yang akhir' ini mulai populer. Tool ini memanfaatkan kelengahan user yang mengklik file/link berakhir zip, kemudian memunculkan window yang menyerupai aplikasi WinRAR[1].
2. Malware QBot ditemukan memanfaatkan file DLL notepad Windows 10 untuk menginfeksi komputer pengguna yang menjadi target serangan malware. Salah satu penyebaran malware ini melalui e-mail. Seperti biasa, jangan klik e-mail sembarangan dan pastikan agan rutin mengecek keamanan komputer agan dengan aplikasi semacam Malwarebytes dsm [2].
3. Adanya model baru serangan phishing yang memanfaatkan e-mail terenkripsi yang disediakan oleh Microsoft 365. Ane pribadi tidak tahu apakah fitur semacam ini ada di layanan e-mail lainnya, yang jelas hati-hati kalau dikirim e-mail yang meminta informasi login[3]. CMIIW.

[1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/clever-file-archiver-in-the-browser-phishing-trick-uses-zip-domains/
[2] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qbot-malware-abuses-windows-wordpad-exe-to-infect-devices/
[3] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-365-phishing-attacks-use-encrypted-rpmsg-messages/

Basically, it is a good idea to always include a change transaction to an address that you control. What Sarah describes can be avoided easily as long as the user uses a good wallet. Consolidating inputs can also help to lower the fees. It is always a good idea to regularly consolidate our inputs unless it is a cold wallet. CMIIW.

An alternative would be using a decentralized platform where you don't have to transfer funds to a third party before making trades. Even if you only have low capital you should never keep your funds on an exchange, especially if you don't trade daily. At the end of the day, you'll always face risks, but it is important to reduce them if you can. Keeping your funds on an exchange because you don't want to pay transfer fees is not the best choice imo.

Well yeah, I get that it varies. I don't think it answers my question though. If it is still unclear, where did you get the rates from? Which exchanges do you use to calculate the price? How did you calculate it? I don't think these questions are hard to answer. You don't even have to provide a signed message or something similar, just list the names and how you calculate it, and people can easily verify whether your rates are correct or not.

I believe uploading an unencrypted wallet backup is impossible since the user must input the 4-digit pin. That being said, the security is still questionable due to the limitation of the password/encryption method. While they don't upload a seed/private key to cloud backup, the time required to crack the wallet backup is definitely short. No one should rely on this backup method if they want security. CMIIW.

That's news to me. I guess the same thing will happen with Pakistan users if the ban goes through. I doubt the police will actively try to imprison those people if they don't transact in a large amount of money, or engage in illegal activities explicitly. What I can see is a crackdown on business since they can earn more there.

And who are these "trusted providers" you are referring to? Market makers? It is hard to trust a new exchange regardless of how fancy your marketing is, especially if we can't even verify it ourselves. My previous question about rates is also unanswered, unless you mean these trusted partners of yours also decide this rate. Your reassurance doesn't really make you more transparent IMO. I guess time will tell whether you'll continue your service faithfully or not, but don't be surprised if people keep asking about it in the future.

Can you share some sources for this story?  Some articles that I found online tend to describe the government cautiously trying to make sure more miners are registered instead of pushing them away, although they don't really have the pull to keep the miners stay in their country.

Some of these stories are quite old though, such as this one[1] or this one[2]. I found one article that describes how miners are fleeing from Kazakhstan but the release date is quite conflicting with one of the articles I shared below[3]. At the very least it is clear that their energy supply can't sustain mining activities and public needs in general, with faults attributed to dated technology, corruption, etc.

[1] https://fortune.com/2021/11/24/kazakhstan-bitcoin-crypto-mining-energy-power-crisis-china-xive-shuts-down/
[2] https://cointelegraph.com/news/kazakhstan-among-top-3-bitcoin-mining-destinations-after-us-and-china
[3] https://restofworld.org/2022/crypto-miners-fleeing-kazakhstan/

You can use Electrum as a cold wallet or a hot wallet, it depends on your setup (you can also clarify what you mean by cold wallet, since some sources differ on its definition afaik). You might want to check this guide[1] or search about "airgap setup" on this board if you want to read further.

[1] https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/coldstorage.html