oops forgot that one. i did want a couple when i saw them too.

technically, the address still exists and would of and still will take coin sent to it. addresses never cease existing and will always show any activity associated with them.

you would of had to contact the address owner if that coin had confirmed.

fresh or grey water in a trezor may not kill it if dried/cleaned properly. yubikey doesnt care of course.

but step on a trezor vs step on a yubikey. yeah no contest. but ive dropped a trezor from like 4 or 5 feet dozens of times too.

robinhood is the same deal. you dont get an actual address to even see it directly on chain. so nothing on the blockchain, purely an internal database. so no way to directly enter or leave the platform.

but even if paypals (or whoever is actually holding them) coins get hacked paypal will almost certainly cover them. still be a black eye though.

as for freezing accounts, sure. any "exchange" can do that. any centralized thing can be frozen. but everyone should already be aware of that.

let them learn at thier own pace.

1st step: get some even if its through a reputable exchange (yeah i know) or robinhood/paypal.

2nd step: let them watch the honey badger with some skin in the game.

3rd step: ? up to them

yeah i always like the hum of computers, did seti and folding for years. so mining corn was a natural thing.

but now? i have one 8 slot mining board with some gpu and fpga gear that mines eth at the moment. other times, some shitcoin or another. autoconvert pools (yes im that lazy) turn it into corn. my mining may not secure the bitcoin network but selling crap for corn on a regular basis (should) help the price.

any worthwhile asic btc miner is far too loud for home use. i started mining as a hobby, kinda want to keep it that way.

the clueless adventure was and still is the fun part for me.

the last bunch i sold was to officially retire early. i got a bit over 10k(ish) a coin iirc. the price was what it was. there was a fiat number i had in mind, i sold till i hit it. had a plan and did it.. as long as your goal is achieved (and you hopefully still have reserve corn after), well thats the kinda plan that has has worked for me as always, your mileage may very

being retired as covid wandered in was a bonus; no worries about getting sick from work anyway.

well it is a step up from mtgox, sorta

that introduces a third party you need to trust (the chip maker say). bitcoin is designed to be trustless. and security keys get lost or break. who issues them and the replacements? another party to trust.

bitcoin security is based on math, mainly the astronomical odds of finding a duplicate key. its the only thing needed atm. just protect your keys. which is admittedly harder for some than others.

true but the trezor allows written seed based backup of your 2fa master code (whatever you call it). it can be recreated on another trezor, if needed. once a yubikey is toast you need a another that was already registered to that account/device/whatever, or some other secondary way to get in. then delete the old hardware key and add a new one. whereas a new trezor restored with the seed acts exactly like the old one. plug it in and go.

trezor makes a great backup to a yubikey imo. both have strengths and weaknesses as far as 2FA.

looked like it was out for an hour or so?

much professional, very uptime

i voted the other day around 10am on a weekday. about a dozen supporter for each candidate, each group on either side at the entrance. they didnt interact with the others or voters, just waved sighs at cars.

no line. one voter leaving and one voter in a booth, which were well spread out. registration person took my info, informed me the mail in ballet i had requested (as a backup) wouldn't count if it turned up. i assured her it would be shredded as soon as i saw my vote sealed. btw they used a water bottle thing to seal the envelopes so no masks need to be removed or any somewhat nasty sponges at the stations were needed.

i went in with an n95 and face shield with a P100 respirator as a backup, which i didnt use. i had all that cause there was no friggin way my vote wasnt gonna get counted by some "mail fraud" sleight of hand crap. i was gonna vote in person unless i was covid positive or physically in the hospital or something.

edit: 2016 there were tons of trump signs, like everywhere, along with hillary ones too of course. this year? very few of either candidate.

i wouldnt mind saving mine. but does this program run everything client side? ie nothing is sent anywhere (another server or whatever).. its just a program that slurps data right from the forum and writes the file locally?

the dag size increase slowed 1080ti down, its just the way it went, increasing the core helps, at least on mine.

the original pill may still help but the latest claymore has a straps option thats pretty good if you cant get the original pill i dont know where to get one as its long been taken down officially.

BEWARE the new fake eth pill you see in posts that pop up hourly it seem, they are malware.

so when are they gonna bottle it and sell it like perrier?

yeah its buried pretty far off from their homepage..

https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2020-10-21-PayPal-Launches-New-Service-Enabling-Users-to-Buy-Hold-and-Sell-Cryptocurrency

theres a couple more press releases from pp there too iirc

i expect to see posts about the $14,000 USD wall being destroyed tomorrow when i read this thread during morning coffee.

sooner or later some payment settlement company would of done it. so it was palpal this time. ive heard the horror stories. but personally ive had zero problems with paypal in like a decade with them. hate me if you want but ill buy some paper corn from paypal. just like i did from robinhood. small amounts of course but gotta try it.

realistically though, how would you have preferred this to go down. as you pointed out, corn doesnt scale. layer two is still a mess. and clearinghouses seem the natural answer. a trustless clearinghouse, if such a thing can exist.

robinhood was the same way. couldnt initially buy paper bitcoin because of some account restriction. this is after photo id and verified email was done. however i had only been with robinhood a few days at this point. sent support a message and the restriction was gone next day.

so now i have paper bitcoin. yay for me.

heres a thread to start you off

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3984.720

yes there is a possibility two identical private keys can be generated. after all, its just a random number and theres no database to check. and the various systems generating the keys sure wont be checking that key with others to see whats what.

its just so vanishingly small for duplicate private keys to be generated its not worth worrying about.