Did your friend buy a new device, or does he root his phone on his own? Your "a few weeks ago" suggest the latter and if that's the case, I'm pretty sure your friend is aware of the risk. It's kinda wild if he roots his phone but doesn't know anything about something like this. Why did he root his phone? Knowing the reason can probably help him encourage him to unroot his phone if there is an alternative for his needs.

If your friend still wants to use a rooted device for whatever reason, telling him exclusively use his iOS for crypto activities is a good thing. I don't see the point of using two mobile devices anyway unless one of them is used for budget cold storage. Another alternative is to do a multi-boot on his Android device, although this is less secure and probably what I won't do if I have a spare device to use.

AFAIK a factory reset does not remove the root, it will just restore to a fresh install of the system without any modification to the binary partition. At the very least, that's what happen to my Magisk/SU rooted phone with a TWRP recovery. That being said, I'm no longer up to date with Android modification tools, I don't know if there is a new rooting method out there that uses the default factory reset on Android to uninstall their binary. If you're referring to a new method, would be cool if you can share some links here.

There will be competition from newer GPUs though? Do you think those GPUs will sell for a decent amount if the new generation is just $50-$100 more expensive? Judging from how AMD keep making their newest card cheaper, secondhand last generation card will definitely get cheaper too. If the hash/profit ratio is not better, I'm assuming buying the new card would be better no? Don't know about Nvidia though, I don't see them lowering their price anytime soon, judging from how they keep making new $1k cards even after their sharp decline in GPU revenue.

For Nvidia, I also think their price turns off a lot of gamers, especially the lower to midrange segment. The performance increase doesn't really justify an upgrade from the last gen, it would be stupid to buy them if they are looking strictly for value. Personally, I'll stick with my 3060 TI for the foreseeable future if gaming is my purpose.

Using known terms from other coins to promote their own network is not really new tbh. Just like how the term "decentralized" become so widely used but most of the time it refers to different things which make new users become misled later on. I think "mining" also has this kind of problem, not to the same degree as "decentralized" though. Sometimes it refers to earning coins through submitting blocks in the PoW style, but the speaker/project also uses it to refer to earning coins from staking, etc. Hopefully, new users will explore more, and won't stop knowing the terms from marketing articles in the future.

Your description is a bit unclear. Posting a screenshot of their message would be helpful since the link you shared needs an account to access it. Just upload it on an image hosting service and don't worry if the image doesn't show up since you're just a newbie. From their terms of service and what you described here, it sounds like you're talking about the KYC process[1]. That being said, their small deposit for a check is definitely shady as hell, especially if the minimum amount is $10. If you can provide a screenshot it would make it clearer.

That being said, I think you can find more help if you post this on Gambling section since the issue at hand is not really about any altcoin but a casino service. Even if they are legit, my suggestion is to look for other alternatives. There are tons of casinos that have more reputation on this forum, I'd avoid using an unknown service with little to no history at all. Where did you find them anyway? Is it from an ad? Does anyone recommend it to you via e-mail, or something else?

[1] https://www.luckylegends.com/terms-conditions

I'm not an expert but this sounds like it depends on where you live plus where they operate. Since OP is already doing that, you can probably ask for his help if you belong to the same country/region. The cost of hiring the lawyers and doing all of that process might be costly though, just make sure it is worth it. You can also post a new thread on the legal section, I think you will get better exposure there. You can also try making noise on social media or send your details to influencers who focus on exposing frauds, who knows they might be interested on giving your case more exposure.

Artinya masih belum bisa mengecek angka yang sebelumnya diinput ya om? Syukurlah kalau tidak ada fitur tambahan seperti itu, siapa tahu malah jadi eksploit dan membuat serangan hacker jadi lebih mudah, walau kemungkinan masih butuh akses fisik. Tapi ane tidak melihat improvement dari segi securitynya, atau maksudnya perubahan UI ini yang jadi peningkatan keamanan? Agak kurang tepat menurut ane penggunaan termnya kalau hanya itu saja yang berubah.

Apakah tidak ada masalah di firmware terbaru ini om? Ane lama tidak buka Ledger ane dan firmwarenya jelas out of date. Tapi mengingat riwayat update firmware Ledger kadang ada masalah jadi mengurangi niat ane untuk update. Untungnya Electrum tidak mengharuskan versi firmware terbaru kalau mau mengakses wallet dengan Ledger, jadi masih bisa diakali.

Ane tidak tahu berita ini sudah pernah di post atau belum di board ini, tapi tidak ada salahnya ane post ulang. Beberapa hari yang lalu phishing dengan mengirimkan e-mail atas nama Trezor mulai mencuat lagi. Tidak hanya lewat e-mail, agan juga bisa mendapatkan e-mail yang berisi link dengan nama Trezor yang mengabarkan bahwa mereka mengalami kebocoran data dan perlu tindakan dari pengguna untuk mengamankan data yang bersangkutan[1].

Ane sendiri mendapatkan e-mail phishing dari Trezor yang bilang dompet ane dalam bahaya, padahal ane tidak pernah beli atau punya hardware Trezor. Kemungkinan besar data" user ini berasal dari leak Trezor itu sendiri atau dari situs lain yang mengoleksi e-mail pengguna kripto. Jangan lupa tetap waspada, staty safe.

[1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trezor-warns-of-massive-crypto-wallet-phishing-campaign/

Ga ada salahnya untuk memeriksa rules di main board gan, post agan berturut" yang disebutkan di atas biasanya disebut double posting. Kalau rentang waktu antara post 1 dan dua tidak jauh, ada baiknya dijadikan satu saja dengan multi-quote. Kadang mod berbaik hati bakal melakukan merger, tapi kadang post agan juga bisa langsung dihapus.

Menurut ane agak susah membedakan mana yang murni teknologi dan mana yang merupakan argumentasi politik yang dibalut dengan pemaparan tentang teknologi, khususnya kalau agan tidak punya pengatahuan yang bisa menjadi bandingan atas klaim/edukasi yang diberikan. Selama agan menyadari hal tersebut, dan menyadari kalau agan mempelajari dari sumber yang punya bias, silakan saja. Tapi untuk orang awam, yang ingin mempelajari Bitcoin, sumber ini bisa punya potensi menyesatkan. Well ane rasa dengan judul thread dan deskripsi yang lebih jelas bisa menghindari hal tersebut. CMIIW.

Kalau ujungnya scam dan agan tahu orang" yang terlibat, udah dicoba dilaporin ke pihak berwenang gan? Kalau benar scam bisa diciduk itu pastinya.

Kalau kebutuhan agan adalah privasi, agan juga tetap harus waspada meskipun memakai mixer. Ada banyak mixer yang merupakan atau diduga merupakan honeypot dari badan intelijen negara tertentu, atau dimiliki oleh kelompok yang mengoleksi data pengguna mixer untuk menjualnya di darknet. Jangan lupa untuk melihat bagaimana mixer bekerja terlebih dulu sebelum memakainya, termasuk mixer yang saat ini kita pakai sebagai signature.

Bisa juga agan mengombinasi beberapa mixer untuk menambah kompleksitas pelacakan transaksi agan, walaupun bakal nambah biaya dan pada kondisi tertentu malah membuat level keamanan dan privasi agan berkurang. So, jangan lupa untuk tetap riset. Begitu pula dengan jasa VPN dan sejenisnya, ane rasa berita VPN menjual data ke pihak tertentu bukan hal baru dan bisa agan temui dengan mudah di internet.

Kalau altcoin adalah koin pilihan agan untuk bertransaksi, usahakan jangan mencari jasa yang mengharuskan KYC kalau agan ingin menjaga level privasi dan susah menemukan mixer. Selain itu, pakai/gunakan jasa yang menerima koin semacam Monero.

Kalau tidak ada transaksi jual beli kripto tapi masih menyimpan aset kripto dilaporinnya bagaimana om? Tahun lalu ane nulis aset kripto X di bagian tabungan kalau tidak salah, valuenya di bawah 5 juta dan saat ini sudah tidak bernilai lagi karena kondisi market. Masih belum ada niat untuk menjualnya karena siapa tahu next bull market jadi pump lagi.

Btw saat laporan pajak yang sudah dipotong masih perlu melaporkan bukti potong kan ya? Ane lupa nyimpan riwayat transaksi yang pernah ane lakukan di tahun lalu, semoga saja market yang ane pake bisa membantu buat bukti laporannya.

Is there no other channel for payments over there? In my country, we have various digital fiat wallet that doesn't necessarily rely on banks to process the transaction. I'm somewhat surprised that it is not the same there since online payment has become popular. Not the ideal solution but can be an alternative for small spending, definitely don't use them to store most of your money though. If Bitcoin stores are easily accessible, this would be the best time to use them for daily needs.

Whether a coin use PoS or PoW has no correlation to its max supply afaik, as it's a number that can be changed. How easy or hard it is to change will depend on many things, including but not limited to community consensus, how distributed the network control is, etc. Even if you hold PoS coins/tokens, you also need to do something if you want passive income.

Can't you copy what your neighbor did for your electricity problem? If the reason why you can't do that is a lack of money, then there is no other option other than to look for jobs and save some money so that you can have access to electricity on your own. It is surprising that there is still a place not covered by electricity, considering that you have access to a phone.

As for your investment question, a lack of internet access is not really what you should focus on right now. Try to search and research if trading Bitcoin is allowed in your area, if there is any P2P market, and so on. This will help you can decide how you will buy your first coins. Don't try to hurry and buy from some random guy on the internet just because they offer cheap prices, there are tons of scammers online. No need to rush, especially if you don't have the means to do so.

I'm not sure I get this, how are they controlling your other wallets if the seeds are different? Are you saying they inject a payload in the seeds/wallet file that exposes other wallets' seeds? Or, are you referring to other addresses (on other chains) managed by seeds shared by those scammers? I'm not aware of any seeds or wallet file hack who can do the former.

That being said, downloading a wallet file from some random guy on the internet is never a good idea. It can be malware, a keylogger, or something else. As long as people use their common sense they should be able to avoid this.

I'm pretty sure they can mine profitably. Heck, they have no reason to open another service if it is not profitable for them to begin with. This is just another attempt to get more money from users who are not aware of how risky giving away their money just to get $1/day. They claim they offer maintenance, etc, but at the end of the day, you need to trust them.

You can check it at https://pool.binance.com/en/cloud. Not sure what the minimum purchase is since it was sold out already. You can probably check it out in the future, though I won't be too hopeful about it. You should never bother with cloud mining in the first place, there are other methods to earn BTC such as day trading, assuming you want to learn and spend time doing trading management, etc.

I'm not really sure why you said buying when the next halving is not far away is the best time. Are you assuming the profits for the next few months would be massive and allows them to get back their investment so quickly?

As far as I know, there are many factors that can influence your buying decision, including whether you have access to cheap electricity or not. If you do, anytime can be a good time to buy mining rigs. CMIIW.

I suggest you search for discussion about block rewards or mining rewards in this sub-board, or Bitcoin discussion. Your worries have been discussed many times before, you might be able to learn something new from those threads. In short, the market will always look for equilibrium. Miners will come and go, difficulty will always change to balance that out.

It mainly allows you to post images if you are still a newbie. Considering your account is already a Jr. Member account now, it is not really necessary.

I can see that you don't use HTTPS, or it is not active/automatically active if the user doesn't explicitly put https in front of your website address. I think this is easy to fix and doesn't cost you that much if any at all.

Btw, some of your claims are way too extraordinary. It is easy to see the way people would misunderstand you as a shady mining company since you claim that you can help users get to earn 9x from mining[1]. Not to mention you need your users to deposit money and lost control of their funds. I would never trust a platform that has ridiculous claims like that.

[1] https://heliosfund.io/blog/how-to-hedge-your-portfolio

If you "bridge" your token to another chain, you basically lose your Bitcoin and get a made-up token instead (like WBTC). Are you aware of the risk? You no longer control your BTC, and you rely on some smart contract or other parties, just like how you use a centralized exchange. Not to mention you also need to deal with volatility, trading volumes, etc for each wrapped token. There is no way to reduce this risk other than looking for other options. CMIIW.

If you really want to earn passive income from altcoins, allocate funds for that and just buy the altcoins directly. Keep your BTC for yourself, don't get tricked by some shady pools promising 50% gain per year when you can DCA on your own.

Sure, but the question still remains. Why do you need to launch a PoS chain if, in the end, you need to rely on another chain to make sure your transactions are not reversible? You can simply launch a decentralized database without any crypto at all and then chain the hash to Bitcoin or something similar. While I do agree that fast transactions can be beneficial if you want to use them for payment activities, from a security perspective this means the chain by nature is unreliable since the beginning. At the very least, the proposal for this project that you shared is not that convincing as far as I can understand it.

That being said, I can understand why some people like the idea of relying on Bitcoin when they can launch other coins and use PoS to get faster transactions. As long as they can make sure the attack does not happen before the timestamping on the BTC network is done, it might work for their purpose. The next question would then be how reliable it is. CMIIW.

I'm pretty sure Forkdelta and most delta-related exchanges use smart contracts to hold the funds, so not actually similar to a centralized exchange at all. I'm not sure what constitutes decentralized and centralized login either, but almost all "DeFi" platforms use more or less similar login models. CMIIW.

It was mentioned above, so I suggest you read it more. I also agree that using the term "non-custodial" is better since most of the time we're just talking about whether we still have control over our funds or not. Many exchanges use the term "decentralized" loosely and it is unclear what line they are referring to. At one point I've seen an exchange use it to describe the nature of their servers being hosted in multiple countries, but their cold wallets are controlled just by four people.

I'm pretty sure he is referring to how people sometimes don't take a profit since the tokens they trade have a low market cap and they hope the price will increase a lot more later on. Personally, I've seen more or less the same thing. The main argument that someone (most of the time a bagholder) use is that since the market cap is so low, the necessary capital to pump the price is lower, hence the price can increase faster compared to other projects with a higher market cap.

That being said, daily trading is not for everyone. You need some capital to make sure you can gain profit consistently. On top of that, you also need good trading management, a cool head to respond to market situations, and more importantly the ability to afford to lose all of your capital if your trade went wrong IMO. So, daily trading or swing trading has its upside and downside, and understanding what market cap means can help a bit in deciding which kind of trading you wanna do.