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1521  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Can you tell me which one you will choose and why? on: March 11, 2023, 02:54:19 PM
Same, my Bank is located in my city, I can get down to the location and make complaints, they take responsibility for the loss of funds, if the fault is from their side,  they can't exit and vanish, Binance could easily blame hackers for loss of fund and escape with the whole mess, 
I just remember there was a bank in my country that collapsed and the money their customers' store was never returned, or at the very least still in process, unless I remembered it correctly. I guess it also depends on where you live and how strict your government is regarding banks' security. At the very least, most public banks (the majority of the shares are held by the government) have the ability to get funding support just in case something went south, CMIIW.

Personally, I don't trust anyone, but it is not practical to hoard fiat in my house either. Luckily I can store crypto just fine with proper setup. I think most experienced crypto users in my country would do the same thing unless they are day trading. After the FTX fiasco and probably more in the future, I can see many users withdrawing their assets and storing them offline.
1522  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: Intel Tapes Out Chips on 1.8nm and 2nm Production Nodes on: March 11, 2023, 02:33:38 PM
Intel has been missing a lot of deadlines lately, don't they? IIRC, their latest server & supercomputer process is delayed, or changed from H12024 to H22024. I won't be surprised if we will see the first 2nm product in 2025 or later. Leakers that I follow on Twitter also share more or less the same sentiment, that their GPU & CPU products are likely going to arrive later than expected.

Even if they arrive soon, is there any profitable mineable coin other than Monero?
1523  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Mining (Altcoins) / Re: TP-Link ASIC is not TP-Link on: March 11, 2023, 01:32:12 PM
I knew I had seen this router model somewhere, and I found it in a news article I saw this week, by accident
Looks like TP-Link already clarified that this is in fact not their product[1]. IMO, Tom's Hardware clickbait title is the one that gives them traffic. Makes me wonder why when in the article they already stated that it is likely a scam even before TP-Link respond to their queries. Why they have to make news about this is also questionable to me, it's not like they run out of news since GPU/computer market is really 'interesting' this year.

Edit: Apparently this is nothing new for TP-Link.
Is TP-Link that popular? Kinda weird seeing a dedicated faq for something like this. In my region, they are budget products at best, most users would look for ASUS or something similar if they want good/great routers.

[1] https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-tp-link-router-reportedly-mines-crypto-faster-than-rtx-4090
1524  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: [SECURITY> Activate this to secure your wallets (Android) on: March 11, 2023, 01:19:46 PM
I personally use Adguard on one of my phones. The app is useful to see network requests so you can block addresses/IPs and so on. It also supports a lot of ad/host filters, so you can manually choose which one is the best for you. That being said, they claim that their DNS has no logs policy, but it is unclear how exactly they achieve that. I wouldn't trust them that much if privacy is your concern. Sometimes the request processing speed is also slow, not really the best for browsing many websites IMO. For example, using Adguard DNS changed my response time from 100 ms to 1800 ms in one of my browsing sessions. If that happens to you consider using other DNS providers.

If you can't use Mullvad then try to look for alternatives DNSscrypt alternatives such as this one[1]. Keep in mind DNS encryption doesn't really change your IP address, it just helps you access ISP-blocked websites and ads. CMIIW. It also doesn't help you filter phishing websites unless it is widely known beforehand, so keep your awareness and don't download/click from random links.

[1] https://github.com/dnscrypt/dnscrypt-resolvers
1525  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Problems with NEO App (Ledger Nano X) on: March 11, 2023, 01:09:46 PM
So basically you have to enable developer mode to show & install the app? Or are there additional steps that you need to do before installing the app? Kinda weird they don't explain this in the official guide. Since migration is necessary for NEO holders I don't know why it needs to be gated behind a developer mode either, CMIIW. Glad to see you work it out OP.
1526  Bitcoin / Mining / Re: Technology to aid bitcoin mining on: March 10, 2023, 08:09:28 AM
It is definitely possible, just like any technological advancement. For example, better ASIC manufacturing processes, better energy generators, etc. When will it happen, and whether it is costly or not, should be the next question.

If you take a look at the GPU market for example, the product does get better with advanced manufacturing processes (from 14nm to 7nm/5nm), but the cost to buy one is arguably increasing compared to older cards. The same will happen with ASIC or other mining devices, but probably won't be as fast.

At the end of the day, when that day comes, I believe the hash rate will increase again. Eventually, we will reach another equilibrium as usual. Don't expect new miners to get profit easily with just some ASICs just because it is cheaper to run. CMIIW.
1527  Economy / Services / Re: [CFNP] Yo!Mix Bitcoin Mixer Signature Campaign| Reward up to $100/w | 2/2 escrow on: March 09, 2023, 09:56:23 AM
Signature updated.
1528  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Im looking for to build up team and group crypto bankers and financial team on: March 08, 2023, 12:14:52 PM
You sound like a cult leader tbh. What exactly are you offering here? A pump and dump group? An insider trading group? A group that helps exchanges manipulate their trading activity? Crypto bankers and financial teams are so ambiguous you might as well call them crypto scammers.

You mention margin call, but do you actually understand it? What do you mean by that? Why would anyone deposit money to you when you have no background, no company in the business, and no profile at all? At best, you'd just attract another scammer to participate in your activity. Hopefully no one is dumb enough to give money and allow some random dude on the internet manage their trading activities.
1529  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: ERC20 Watch Only Address ? on: March 08, 2023, 10:11:08 AM
Scenario:
I'm making a payment using my Watch Only Address.
Extract the transaction and add it to my 2nd computer to sign the transaction.
After that I add the signed transaction back to the 1st computer and the payment goes out.

The whole thing works wonderfully with Electrum but unfortunately only for Bitcoin.
That's why I'm now looking for a wallet with which exactly the same can be achieved to secure my USDC / USDT in the same way.
So basically you're looking to set up offline transactions signing capability with Ethereum. There are several options if you look around the internet, some of them are:
- https://support.token.im/hc/en-us/articles/360003147833-How-do-I-use-cold-wallet-formerly-watch-wallet-
- https://support.mycrypto.com/how-to/sending/how-to-make-an-offline-transaction/
- https://help.myetherwallet.com/en/articles/6512619-using-mew-offline-current-mew-version-6 (already mentioned above)
- https://airgap.it/offline-device/

There is also Parity Signer for Polkadot but it is out of date and has a lot of issues according to recent reviews on Play Store. Most of these are developed for mobile devices so if you want to exclusively use your computers, I guess you need to run an emulator to do it. If that's a no-go for you, then you can use your phone for the online device while you run an emulator on your computer. Use the Android Studio app to run the app if you don't want to risk using a third-party emulator that is mainly developed for gaming such as Bluestack, etc. If that is still not good enough for you, I guess you're limited to MEW, AirGap, or MyCrypto for offline signing.

Don't forget to do your own research. I personally use MEW and MyCrypto in the past but have no experience with the other two I linked above.
1530  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Their Involvement in dex projects valid or invalid on: March 08, 2023, 09:48:48 AM
If Yes, is it right to bring in venture capital into a decentralized crypto project? Wouldn't this make the name 'decentralized' of a project invalid?
Most of the time they use "decentralized" to refer to the non-custodial part of the project. For example, a "decentralized" exchange that does not hold any funds but just facilitates transfer between two wallets directly, launching a pool where users can deposit their tokens to gain interest that does not need a UI to manage it, etc. So, don't be misled by the term. Many projects use the same thing to refer to different things. Heck, I think I made a post just last week about this. I found one project who uses "decentralized" to describe their server locations, while their products are mostly centralized (need to deposit to their wallet, need to KYC, etc).

I don't know how VC or private entities make deals with start-ups, but as far as I know, most of these deals are only about getting tokens very early in a large amount so they can dump on retail investors later down the line. At the very least, they don't openly admit that their decision-making in key areas such as token unlock, exchange listing, change in protocol, etc need permission from their early investors. That being said, you should assume the worst-case scenario and stay away from projects like that for the long term.
1531  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Problems with NEO App (Ledger Nano X) on: March 08, 2023, 09:26:34 AM
So you can't find Neo N3 and NEO app? Or is it the latter? If I understood the explanation correctly, the old app is no longer supported and you need to use the N3 one. If you still can't find it, probably contact their support for further help. I've never seen anything like this assuming everything is updated etc. I don't think it is an internet problem either, I could be wrong though. CMIIW.
1532  Other / Archival / Re: [ANN] [banned mixer] | Best Bitcoin Mixer | Low fees | Fully automated on: March 08, 2023, 09:13:50 AM
Is there another DNS attack on the clearnet recently? I tried to access the website but it shows DNS not found/DNS error. Tried it several times, sometimes it succeed and sometimes it doesn't. I'm pretty sure it is not my internet problem since I use DNS encryption and VPN that doesn't block the Yomix clearnet address.
1533  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Bitcoin node Hardware Marketplace on: March 07, 2023, 10:43:13 AM
These products were just test products to see if vendor part worked. They weren't meant to be real.
If that's the case, making it clear for the visitor would be better. If you don't do that they'd just assume that your price is way too high compared to other marketplaces. At least the product name helps for now, but adding more info would be better imo.

Also, when will your company/website start its business? If this testing phase lasts long, why not do a review campaign? That should give enough incentive for people to try your marketplace. Right now, I see no reason to register because the website itself is not ready. You can start more marketing after you do that.
1534  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: If bitcoin is lost in a wallet can it ever be recovered on: March 07, 2023, 10:30:43 AM
if the address as been long (like 2010, 2011 or 2012) such address could easily be hacked because it likely an Hot wallet and security was not that strait
I believe we saw more hacks from phishing compared to private key brute forcing. Unless you're talking about brain wallet, which has been abandoned/discouraged from long ago. Also, why did you assume the security is not that good in the past? Did you assume we improve the way we generate private keys/seeds or something? Even if that is true unless the hacker obtains an unencrypted wallet file, he still needs a lot of time cracking them and it is probably not worth their time. Sending fake e-mails are more cost-effective for them afaik.
1535  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: If you could design Bitcoin from scratch today... on: March 07, 2023, 07:47:30 AM
I never thought of a design but maybe there are features I really would love to see some amendments on for instance is the area with gas fee, gosh I don't know if anyone also complains about the gas fee of Bitcoin because most times I feel very reluctant when having to send out Bitcoin because of its fees and I think since it's pegged to dollar, it is more on other non dollar countries like mine when having to convert the gas fee rate to my local currency and it breaks my heart.
I don't think fees are pegged to dollars. You pay with sats, and you can manually select the rate of the fee you're choosing to send your transaction. I've never seen a clogged blocks that requires you to pay more than $50 to make $ a transaction. What wallet are you using right now? You might want to switch if it always sends overpaid transactions.

And just as @davis196 said and truly I don't know how possible this could be but it be great having a feature or way of getting to recover once coins just incase there is no access to the seed phrase .
I don't really see how it will work though, as mentioned above. And who can guarantee that somebody else would steal your keys in one way or the other?
1536  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: Pakistan Banks to Use blockchain for KYC on: March 07, 2023, 07:34:38 AM
They describe their network as "decentralized and self-regulated", I guess they will use permissioned blockchain or just a shared database in general. Makes me wonder how efficient it is compared to whatever they have right now. Don't really think it will change anything other than making their database sound cooler.

From the way they describe things, I think the point of this kinda new database is to offload some cost to store data to other parties and allows banks to gain easier access to customer data. Well, at the very least they don't introduce new tokens just for that.
1537  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: bitcoin can't be robbed on: March 07, 2023, 07:04:09 AM
Now you mention it, this ATM seems to have been designed to be placed on a surface instead be fastened to a wall or something similar.
I tried searching for images about this ATM, doesn't seem to be the case. For example, you can find something like this[1]. Not really familiar with types of Bitcoin ATMs but it doesn't seem like the best choice for security. There seems to be an additional part other than the orange box, does the cash go there or is it just a decoration?

If I'm not mistaken it was in Memphis a few years ago https://www.ccn.com/stolen-bitcoin-atm-owners-suspect-memphis-robbery-was-inside-job/,
and if true thieves didn't get anything because the cash there just got taken by the operators so it's just empty machines, and thieves only get empty machines so they're poor bandits because surely if caught by the police will still be processed even if they don't get anything.
From the article you linked, it doesn't seem like the police have a lot to go on. Fortunately, no cash is stolen. It is kinda wild that the theft happen so close to when the company takes the cash from the machine. It is understandable that they think this is an inside job.

[1] https://coinatmradar.com/bitcoin_atm/45721/bitcoin-atm-general-bytes-rochester-smoke-shop/
1538  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Bitcoin node Hardware Marketplace on: March 06, 2023, 01:31:02 PM
According to the footer of your website, it is related to Kooxtasir Industries. Are you part of them? Is this their website[1]? I've never heard anything about them before. It looks like an amateur website too, so it is really hard to tell if this is a real business or just a result of someone building a website to learn HTML.

I also think it is not a good idea to limit the browsing experience by locking the products behind a registration page. At the very least new users should be able to see what products are you selling, and when they decide to check out you can redirect them to the registration page. Other marketplaces do this already, no one would bother looking at your website if they can browse other websites easily.

[1] https://kooxtasir.com/services.html
1539  Economy / Economics / Re: Planning avoids unnecessary expenses on: March 06, 2023, 01:09:51 PM
I may not have much, but when I spend, I with the notion of "you only get to live once".
Also, planning on how to go about expenses can be a bit challenging, especially where I come from where the value of a good is not up to par with the amount placed on it, hence forcing you to stretch your finance if you want to achieve satisfaction.
It is nice to have that mindset so you don't stick too much in the past, but I don't think it is a good idea to apply them to financial decisions. I believe it will be difficult not to regret your spending if it cause you to lose money, things, houses, etc. Well, at the end of the day if you don't overspend every day I believe you can avoid the worst. Buying overpriced things really sucks, I hope it will get better for you if there are no alternatives.

Planning for the worst conditions that I might feel again is something I can't forget, I can prepare by saving or investing. I have never really stopped buying useless things, I see it as a form of appreciation for my achievements, as long as it's not excessive.
As long as your investment is liquid, meaning you can sell it anytime, or at the very least it is not locked for months or years, that's good. If not, you should probably choose other options. What kind of useless things are you buying? Stickers? Statues?

Better to keep some control
Unfortunately, that is the hardest part of finance management. Most people know you need to control your spending, but at the same time, they don't have good control over it. The best way to do it is to build a plan around your low control over your desire, don't do too much window shopping, etc.
1540  Economy / Gambling / Re: What if bitcointalk creates a casino review and ratings board for members. on: March 06, 2023, 02:40:34 AM
Apparently, the request by members for casino review is becoming demanding due to some experience they have had with some casinos coupled with the complaints of account banning, suspension and poor customer care service which is now beginning to eat deep into casinos with claims of account holders defaulting their policies which if properly investigated, the gambler is not guilty of the penalty and actions metted against them.
I think this is not limited to casino services. I've found many reports on exchanges, traders, platforms, etc and most of them are easily accessible. Sure, some threads might get buried because people no longer post there due to various reasons, but searching as mentioned above is still available. It is a bit inconvenient for sure, but so does managing a thread dedicated to casino reviews. Unlike the signature campaign overview, there is a difference in depth IMO. You can't easily verify some casino claims, but you can easily check if a campaign is scamming its participants or not.

Some cases here onboard this platform have been sorted out with some gamblers being innocent and funds by winning being released to them while some casinos and their representative are no where to be found.
The fact that some casinos give no response should be a good indicator of whether you should try their platform or not. Flags and trust ratings are quite effective. A good business would definitely try its best to respond to accusations. If they don't care about it, either they don't think the customer here is important, or they are just scamming people. You can't really give them any blacklist or something similar if they don't really care. What newbies can do is probably learn and understand common scammers' tactics and avoid any platform that ticks the box. You can probably make an informative thread about it and request it to be pinned, it should help most new users without being too taxing for everybody.
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