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1701  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: [BPIP] Bitcointalk Public Information Project [Back in Action] on: February 16, 2023, 08:54:37 AM
They have always been there, from the very beginning of their appearance they have been inactive for all 3 years, so I do not observe any difference in the change of status.

What I meant was that, if those flags were active at some point then they became inactive you could see this difference regarding their change of status.

They have always been in this status. If you look at other flags that have not expired, they also remain in the inactive status, with the only difference being that all inactive flags have the Insufficient support rank, and one has the expired rank. This is where the differences end.

From what I understand, the situation is the following:

For contractual violations only, a scammer flag can be created. This is the only thing which causes the "Warning: trade with extreme caution" warning to return. It also triggers a banner similar to the newbie-warning banner which is visible to all users. A scammer flag requires 3 more supporting users than opposing users to become active. [...]

Only users in your trust network count as supporting or opposing flags. For guests, the default trust network is used.

Reading the above sentence makes me believe that the respective flag was valid (therefore active) at some point, since it has 3 more supporting users than opposing users and now it's considered as expired becuase it's been more than 3 years since it was created.

It would be interesting to count the number of those opposing and supporting the other flags, which are marked with insufficient support now. Normally, none of them should have 3 more supporting users than opposing users. But if there is any which does not respect this condition then maybe something was changed in the flag system. I wanted to count the numbers of those opposing and supporting each flag with insufficient support but I did not have enough time to do it...
1702  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: [BPIP] Bitcointalk Public Information Project [Back in Action] on: February 15, 2023, 10:45:58 PM
It is not entirely clear what this validity or non-validity is expressed in. The expired flag has not gone away from my trust, and can still leave vote for or against it. That is, on the forum it is no different in functionality from other flags. I used to think that after the expiration time, any actions on the flag would be blocked or it would be removed altogether.

There is a difference and the difference is the following:

- first of all, you can only see that you have inactive flags at your profile (so no active ones are shown, if all your flags are expired or have insufficient support)



- second difference is that, although expired flags can be suppported or opposed, they are clearly emphasized at your profile as being inactive



As a consequence, they do not count anymore.
1703  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: [BPIP] Bitcointalk Public Information Project [Back in Action] on: February 15, 2023, 10:12:28 PM
It means the flag expired -- as in it's not valid anymore. Each type of flag has a determined lifespan. According to theymos, type 1 never expires, type 2 expires after 3 years and type 3 after 10 years. That flag was a type 2 flag, created on Feb 13th, 2020, thus it expired on Feb 13th, 2023, three years after it was created. However, it may be recreated by its author.

In the spirit of forgiveness/redemption, scammer flags expire 3 years after the incident if the contract was casual/implied, and 10 years after the incident if the contract was written. These expiration times might be administratively changed in specific cases.

Summary:
Type 1 (the "mildest" Newbie Flag): doesn't expire

(Although I did not find also a quote from theymos about Newbie flags, I take LoyceV's statement for granted.)
1704  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Silk Road Case: The Real, Untold Story. Is Karpelès Satoshi or DPR? on: February 15, 2023, 08:31:29 PM
I don't know who owns that website, but it's obvious why they removed that page on website after it was removed from public youtube video.

Why do you think they did it?

It's possible that youtube channel owner who uploaded that video received strike warning from youtube censorship team, so he decided to make it private.

Then again: why would Youtube censorship take action here? What was the problem with that video (assuming there was a problem with it)...?

I am sure you can find that video reuploaded on other channels, or on alternative video platforms that are not supported and controlled by people who would want to control this.

Sadly, no matter how much I searched it, I could not find it...

You can chek and confirm if video posted below are the same as original video

Yuuuuhuuuu! That's the video! Thank you so much, dkbit98! How did you manage to find it? Excepting that, have you watched it too?



ross was caught years later still running silkroad and loads of evidence was found on rosses computer

ross was DPR

. but it is good comedy for ross to pretend he gave control to kerpeles even though ross was caught in a coffee shop with a laptop managing silkroad(red handed)

It's easy to talk while not knowing all details and, also, while you are outside of the bars. If you'd watch the video you'll find out some details which you never knew. Among others, he was caught while running SR because DPR was asking for his help in that period, with various requests. It is also possible that DPR did that on purpose, for framing Ross. Excepting that, Police force did not follow the legal procedure after taking his laptop (details which can be also found inside the documentary), thus they could tamper the evidence before the trial. For acting like that, this evidence should have not even been taken into consideration during the trial, as it became irrelevant evidence from law point of view, yet it was taken into consideration.

but if the guy wants to try to shift blame. he is a bit late to that defence

The aspects from above, together with many others, were contested by Ross in all possible Courts, including the Supreme Court of Justice, where he highlighted the fact that he was not given the chance for a fair trial. Yet all his attempts failed. Now it's late for defense indeed, but this does not mean he did not try to defend himself when the time was right. Many witness have been denied in court while others were accepted, although they were not supposed to. Same happened with the evidence provided. Please watch the video then come back to this thread.

In the end, we have one man behind bard for two life sentences (plus 40 additional years) -- like someone could actually fulfill such a sentence!!! -- for a crime without victims. For running a website! A man at his first offense!

Besides, how can it be explained that all other dark market owners which were caught after Ross were also released from jail, while this man is sentenced for life?!?
1705  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Withdrawing Bitcoin off the radar on: February 15, 2023, 08:14:04 PM
We have a history here of money exchangers that work only with paper money, even in 2023.

I confirm this.

Getting paper in money can be more reassuring than getting it in bank (with possible questions asked) and the exchanger knows this.
Actually the fact one gets paper money in hand can make this kind of exchange somewhat safer than on a DEX because the bank may ask about the money from various (maybe very odd) sources your money comes from and you may have no good answers.

I also second that. In the picture below is a declaration sent to Banca Transilvania by a client which was questioned how he intends to use his own money. The declaration is hilarious, yet true:

"I [...], client of Banca Transilvania, am issuing this declaration while being forced by the bank, based on some internal regulations which are NOT opposed to me, for justifying to the bank what I'm doing with my own money.

Given the fact that it's summer and it's period of vacations, being also in a period just after the lock down, I wish very much to have fun, therefore I will visit Holland
(n.b LoyceV may smile here Smiley), where prostitution is LEGAL, for the purpose of fu*#ing some prostitutes. Most likely, before reaching Holland, I'll do the same thing in Austria and Germany.

Then, also in Holland, since drugs are LEGAL, I wish I'll smoke some marijuana, hash and I'd also like to try some shrooms.
I heard that in Holland there are some tasty marijuana cakes, which I suggest you to try as well, as maybe you'll wake up and stop coercing people to give cretin declarations based on idiotic procedures, for justifying you what they do with their own money.

Of course, since I'll have so much money, if I'll run out of toilet paper then maybe I'll be fancy and I'll wipe my ass with a few hundred euros, like rich guys do.

The rest of the money if for lending to my friends and for making useless shopping, which I'll regret later.
"


                    Source: Facebook




Thank you for your detailed response. I really appreciate it.

Welcome!

Unfortunately, I definitely don't have $50,000 worth of Bitcoin, though I wish I did. I mentioned that I'm not going to sell for anything less than that. [...] I want to have a general idea of my options.

Yes, I understood that. The discussion is only in perspective.

I'll definitely contact you if I am to proceed with any of the mentioned proposals. Thanks again.

No worry, anytime Smiley If you want (and feel safer this way), if you'll ever come here I may assist you when you'll do the deal. You may not know Razvan and certainly not the respective exchange I mentioned but at least you know me from the forum. I am willing to help you.
1706  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: List of useful Bitcoin block explorers on: February 15, 2023, 07:35:33 PM
I'm sure GazetaBitcoin will update our Romanian version as well.  Smiley

Have no fear, Gazeta is here Smiley

Of course, I updated the translated topic as well (and I feel proud to say that I did it way faster compared with previous times Smiley). A sum-up of changes can be found here.

I added the comments to Learnmebitcoin and Localbitcoinschainand I deleted (completely) the .onion link of Blockstream. Additionally, I made a step ahead of 1miau (Smiley) and I removed Coinmarketcap, stating as reason for elimination that it does not support Bitcoin anymore, nor Litecoin, nor Etherem. I also added a link to SFR10's post.

As a plus, I also removed the second site mentioned by SFR10 (the one from Deep web explorers section).

Cheers!
1707  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: Cele mai bune site-uri de explorare a blocurilor Bitcoin on: February 15, 2023, 07:29:13 PM
Avem inca o actualizare a OP. Actualizarea consta in:

- eliminarea link-ului .onion pentru Blockstream, precum si a link-ului http://explorernuoc63nb.onion (aparent era unul si acelasi link in ambele parti) - link-urile nu mai erau functionale
- site-ul Localbitcoinschain este momentan indisponibil, un comentariu fiind adaugat in acest sens
- site-ul Learnmeabitcoin este cu 2476 blocuri in spate, un comentariu fiind adaugat in acest sens.



Site-uri de explorare a blocurilor Bitcoin:

Nume (link)Suportă Bech32 / Bech32m (P2TR)?Recunoaște adresele SegWit (P2SH)?*Utilitate (scor subiectiv  Tongue)Notă acordată deComentarii
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Localbitcoinschain.comDa (12/2019) / Nu (10/2022)Da (12/2019)5 / 10 PuncteSFR10Interfața cu utilizatorul este bine structurată, însă nu suportă adresele cu multe tranzacții. Momentan este indisponibil.
LearnmeabitcoinDa (10/2022) / Nu (10/2022)Nu (10/2022)5 / 10 Puncteajiz138Un site simplist și nimic mai mult. Momentan este cu câteva mii de blocuri în urmă.



Exploratoare Eliminate

Toate site-urile eliminate din listă.

Nume (link)Suportă Bech32?Recunoaște adresele SegWit (P2SH)?*Utilitate (scor subiectiv Tongue)Notă acordată deComentariiMotivul eliminării
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Coinmarketcap Block Explorer (Eliminat în 02/2023)Da (09/2019) / Da (05/2022)Nu (09/2019)4 / 10 Puncte1miauEliminat deoarece nu mai suportă Bitcoin (nici Litecoin, nici Ethereum)
1708  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Withdrawing Bitcoin off the radar on: February 15, 2023, 07:01:53 PM
I think that his point was that he's not selling at under 50k/BTC, so it's about the price, not the amount he's selling.

Yes, I understood that.

Even more, leaving with 50k EUR may not be great (we're not in the Shengen yet, remember?) and also depositing such amount to a bank (even more, one that's foreign for him) may rise questions.

Well, in the theoretic case when OP has BTC worth of 50.000 euros, he could also make multiple visits to Bucharest and sell for values of 9999 euros, thus he would not be coerced to declare the money. Even in this situation (let's suppose he makes 5 visits for five 10.000 9999 euros transfers), he will still save way much more money than paying a 24% tax. Five round-trips would cost 1000 euros, which represent 2% from the supposed 50.000 total amount, while the 24% tax is 12.000 euros. Still speaking in percentages, his saving would be 1200% greater than by paying the 24% tax.

I will add that (I remember your story on Greek airports!) if he returns too quick from Bucharest may also rise some eyebrows Cheesy
All in all, the suggestions are not bad, but I'd do that only together with an actual vacation or at least city break. This way the price of the plane will actually worth it even for much lower amount of bitcoins sold.

I added here a hyperlink of the story you mentioned, for everybody to understand. Excepting that, the idea of a vacation is not bad Smiley OP would certainly have many places to visit here, including Dracula's castle Smiley



I realized something else: why would anyone buy €50k in Bitcoin with cash? Exchanges are less risky, and leave a paper trail to explain your spending to taxes. Unless said person doesn't want a paper trail, for instance because it's criminal money. By that logic, it's more likely you'll be dealing with criminals than with honest people, which significantly increases the risk of a cash transaction.

The person I recommended lives from doing this since 2012 or so. He simply acts like an exchange, meaning that he buys from you and sells to me, this is how he manages to buy / sell any kind of amounts. During a decade since he is doing this business he made a big clientele, thus he always has someone in the queue for meeting him to sell him crypto or to buy from him crypto.

So he acts like an exchange, except that deals with him are anonymous and the fees he applies are much more friendly than those used by a cash-in / cash-out ATM.

I may be wrong, but so far I did not suspect anything shady at him during the times I made dealings with him.
1709  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Doing some work for Saxydev, Earned $90 but Never received the Payment.  on: February 15, 2023, 06:33:50 PM
Based on the chat logs, it was saxydev who decided to make the XMR payment, as expected.

Yes, no wonder about that. I don't understand why he did not propose to send the money in an envelope, using regular mail, then blame the mail system for losing the precious envelope, containing the 90$, which was personally taken to the mail box by the Head of his "financial department".

Even if he did send the payment (that's a big IF) and then deleted the wallet or lost access to it for whatever reason

I guess we all know that chances for this to have happened are merely none.

[...] and he later restores the wallet from the mnemonic seed, he will no longer have access to the secret TX key of the transaction. This is because the key can only be obtained from the local wallet used to create the transaction. But I bet he didn't know that, as he repeated the same lie in the Discord chat

Well, considering that about 60 hours passed since our Prince charming went to have his his "brb" beauty sleep,

Going to sleep, brb 48-72 hrs

it means that in 12h at max from now on the beauty will wake up and clear things up again, as he always does.

Kind of ironic considering this is the same guy who was offering his blockchain forensics services to the community.  Cheesy

Lol!



thanks guys for your support, really appreciated it.

Welcome! It seems now that both flags have enough support. Furthermore, yours is also supported by the fan-of scammers, which is very interesting. He forgot to support the flag from his alt though.




yes, it was saxydev who decided want to pay me in XMR.
and as a freelancer who desperate to earn, i accepted it and created xmr address.

Now the harm is done... In the future make sure you properly analysis of entire situation, before accepting a deal.
1710  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: Concursuri/tombole pe bitcointalk (sau pe aprope) on: February 15, 2023, 06:27:04 PM
Avem concurs nou!

[FREE RAFFLE - 2 Lots] The Little Hodler Comic & Einundzwanzig Bitcoin Magazine
Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5439955

Organizator: cygan

Se pot castiga urmatoarele: un exemplar al revistei The Little Hodler Comic si unul al revistei Einundzwanzig.


Poate participa oricine, cu exceptia membrilor cu rang Newbie.
Modalitate de inscriere: se alege un numar de la 00 la 99 (care nu a fost deja rezervat).
Transportul: gratuit.
1711  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: [Quiz 2022] History of Bitcoin and Bitcointalk 🚩 on: February 15, 2023, 05:46:13 PM
I love the quiz, I didn’t score much my first time.

Congrats for completing the quiz! Your score is fair, considering that you are here for a very short time. Although I decided to ignore posts made by Newbie users which just got registered, I am making an exception in your case, since I saw from your post history that you are genuinely interested about Bitcoin and blockchain. The fact that you already earned 5 merits, in just three days, was also a plus in determining me to merit your post. You now almost have the 10 merits necessary for being promoted to Member rank. This will happen when you will reach 60 activity points (meaning to write, in average, 1 post per day for 60 days). I believe that by then you'll manage to earn at least 4 more merits, considering your extraordinary start.

Of course, until then, when you'll reach 30 activity points you will be promoted to Jr Member, which is a rank requiring only 1 merit earned and you already did that. Make sure you will continue to be a good forum contributor and your efforts will be appreciated!

Since your rank does not allow you to post images, I am quoting you below, in order to have your score posted in full image.




Such posts, as the one below (almost brand new Newbie with very good score) will be ignored.

Wow! I learn lots of thing about this forum.  Smiley
Here is my score
1712  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Withdrawing Bitcoin off the radar on: February 14, 2023, 09:39:32 PM
Is there an actual, reliable way to exchange bitcoin for cash in hand? My best guess would be a P2P transaction in person, but that's quite unlikely.

I'd also like to share an opinion on this matter, although it will be, probably, most unusual OP heard so far.

I understand that the percentage of 24% is ridiculous. I also understand there are no KYC-less ATMs in Greece. Working with banks is also totally not recommendable as you share almost same risks as with centralized crypto exchanges (not all risks the lattest present but still most of them).

I see some users suggested decentralized exchanges or peer-to-peer transfers.



In case you are really interested, in Bucharest you will find three KYC-less methods for changing BTC with fiat.

.1 The KYC-less ATMs of BitcoinRomania: these can be found thorough entire country but best prices are at the ones from their headquarter, which is in Bucharest downtown. You can cash out amounts up to 1000 euros without any kind of KYC and amounts between 1000-3000 euros by offering a phone number. I asked them why they request the phone number and they said that in case you lose the receipt given by the ATM, which contains the transaction internal code, at least you have a text message from them containing that code, thus if you call them you can easily receive assistance. You can perform multiple withdrawals with amounts between 1000-3000 euros or, alternatively, some more withdrawals with amounts of 0-1000 euros, in case you don't want to use a phone number. In any case, you can buy a KYC-less phone sim card at the price of 2 euros and use it with an old phone. ATMs have prices with ~10-11% lower than BTC value on CoinMarketCap. You can also show yourself in front of these ATMs while wearing a hoodie, sunglasses and face mask -- their internal software won't block the transaction although the camera is not detecting your face.

2. In Bucharest you can find a very serious guy, named Razvan_BTC. He is offering crypto-fiat exchanges of any amounts, at a very small fee (about 3.5-4.5%). Razvan is very correct and I am personally granting for him. I made multiple deals with him and each time he was very correct. I know that it looks risky but if my word presents any sort of trustworthiness then you can talk to him at any time. He performs his activities also in Bucharest downtown.

3. Third option is a regular money exchange, which I found by pure chance. It is located near BitcoinRomania headquarter and, excepting money, it also operates with gold, silver, various jewelry etc. The owner (I think he was the owner) told me that at his echange you can also change crypto with fiat, for a very good fee (about 5% if I remember well). Obviously, also KYC-less. However, I have not tried yet their services.

I used services of BitcoinRomania in the past and I vouch for them, in case you feel safer inside the precincts of an actual company. Then I switched to Razvan_BTC's services and the financial advantage is huge.

A round-trip flight from Athens to Bucharest is only 203 euros and in 1.5h you are here.

Since you said you don't want to sell under 50.000 euros, the 203 euros for plane tickets represent 0.4% of the 50.000 euros transaction. I guess it's a good deal compared with the 24% you mentioned in OP, isn't it?  Wink

In case you will ever think about this or actually take the decision, you can always contact me or contact Razvan and let him know that I introduced him to you. As a plus, you'll also have the chance to see Bucharest downtown, where the old city is also located, and which is a very nice area to visit!
1713  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Silk Road Case: The Real, Untold Story. Is Karpelès Satoshi or DPR? on: February 14, 2023, 08:28:00 PM
February 2023 update: sadly, the Youtube link containing the documentary is not functional anymore. It actually works, but the user which posted the film restricted access to it by making it private.

I also tried to access the website freeross.org, knowing that it was also hosting the documentary. Yet another surprise:



Afterwards I tried to search the documentary on Google: still nothing. Apparently, the material is not present anymore on any website; or, at least, it's not accesible to public anymore. I searched using many keywords, including "Railroaded", this being the term used for the initial presentation of the material.

Now I'm asking: why did the Youtube user restrict the access to the film? Furthermore: why can't the documentary be found anymore on any other website? Even more importat: why was it eliminated even from the website of Free Ross foundation? If, for some reason, the websites hosting the material could choose to restrict public access to it (although it seems hard to believe that all those websites took this decision), still the question remains: why doesn't it appear anymore even on the site of the organization meant to support Ross?

Were all these websites pressured or threatened by agencies?

Maybe none of these questions will ever be answered.

However, if anyone manages to find the documentary online, please share it here as well.
1714  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: Cazul Silk Road: povestea adevărată nespusă. Este Karpelès Satoshi sau DPR? on: February 14, 2023, 08:16:01 PM
Din pacate, link-ul de Youtube care continea documentarul nu mai functioneaza. De fapt functioneaza, insa cel care a postat filmul a restrictionat accesul la material, acesta fiind acum privat.

Am incercat sa accesez si site-ul freeross.org, stiind ca si acesta detinea documentarul. Surpriza insa:



Am incercat apoi sa caut documentarul pe Google: nimic. Aparent, materialul nu mai este prezent pe niciun site; sau, cel putin, nu mai este disponibil publicului. Am cautat dupa mai multe cuvinte cheie, inclusiv "Railroaded", acesta fiind termenul cu care a fost prezentat initial materialul.

Stau si ma intreb: de ce a retras utilizatorul de Youtube accesul la film? Mai mult: de ce nu mai poate acesta fi gasit pe niciun alt site? Si mai importat: de ce a fost eliminat chiar si de pe site-ul fundatiei Free Ross? Daca, din diverse motive, site-urile care il gazduiau puteau opta sa nu il mai ofere publicului (desi ar parea greu de crezut ca absolut toate site-urile respective ar fi decis sa procedeze similar), totusi, ramane intrebarea: de ce nu mai apare nici pe site-ul organizatiei construite spentru a-l sprijini pe Ross?

Au fost oare toate aceste site-uri supuse amenintarilor de catre serviciile secrete americane?

Probabil ca toate aceste intrebari vor ramane fara raspuns.

Totusi, daca cineva mai gaseste materialul online, sa posteze aici link-ul catre documentar.
1715  Local / Română (Romanian) / Cazul Silk Road: povestea adevărată nespusă. Este Karpelès Satoshi sau DPR? on: February 14, 2023, 08:03:46 PM
Autor: GazetaBitcoin
Topic original: Silk Road Case: The Real, Untold Story. Is Karpelès Satoshi or DPR?





A mai vizionat cineva cel mai recent documentar despre Ross Ulbricht? Poate fi găsit pe Youtube (sau la acest link secundar) și a fost creat de organizația Free Ross.

Întreb deoarece am sesizat niște afirmații interesante, pe lângă toată injustiția practicată de-a lungul procesului. Injustiția de care a avut parte Ross este bine știută (cred) de majoritatea celor care cunosc detaliile cazului; multe dintre aceste detalii au fost detaliate și de xtraelv, în topicul său foarte interesant.

Totuși, documentarul expune și unele detalii neștiute (cel puțin de către mine). Unele sunt foarte departe de realitate (cum ar fi suspiciunea că Mark Karpelès ar fi Satoshi, ceea ce eu consider a fi o inepție, însă nimeni nu știe adevărul), însă unele ridică semne de întrebare… În plus, filmul vine și cu ideea conform căreia Karpelès ar fi și DPR, nu doar Satoshi.

  • De pildă, la începutul documentarului (între 0:04 și 09:22), se expune faptul că prima mențiune despre Silk Road a avut loc pe forum și a aparținut utilizatorului silkroad. Postarea a apărut în cadrul topicului Silk Road: anonymous marketplace. Feedback requested Smiley (ceea ce este corect). Jared Der-Yeghiayan, primul agent care a investigat cazul (și care nu a spus niciodată cum a aflat despre existența SR), a descoperit că site-ul menționat în topic (silkroadmarket.org) era doar o platformă a Internetului de suprafață, care îi informa pe vizitatori despre cum să utilizeze Tor și cum să acceseze adevărata piață neagră SR, care se afla pe Internetul ascuns. Der-Yeghiayan a mai descoperit că silkroadmarket.org a fost înregistrat prin intermediul XTA.net, un server de domenii deținut de o companie a lui Mark Karpelès numită Mutum Sigillum. După cum știți deja, Karpelès este fostul proprietar al exchange-ului defunct Mt. Gox. Din acest moment a început suspiciunea că DPR (noul proprietar al Silk Road, după ce Ross i-a predat site-ul) este unul și același cu proprietarul Mt. Gox.
  • În acea etapă, conform spuselor lui Ross, el nu mai deținea SR. El a declarat că se simțea copleșit și, după ce a găsit pe cineva care-l ajuta mult cu site-ul, a decis să i-l predea acestuia. Pseudonimul acestui personajj era DPR (Dread Pirate Roberts) și el este cel suspectat a fi Karpelès.
  • De aici, lucrurile devin și mai interesante: Karpelès a cumpărat Mt. Gox cam în aceeași perioadă în care SR a fost lansat. În documentar se ridică ideea că acest Karpelès ar putea fi Satoshi (ceea ce eu nu cred) și că ar fi avut toate motivele din lume pentru a lansa SR, putând plasa acolo cantitățile de BTC obținute prin intermediul Mt. Gox și vice-versa. Pe lângă aceste coincidențe stranii, se lansează și afirmația absurdă că proprietarul BitcoinTalk ar fi tot Karpelès, informația fiindu-i furnizată lui Der-Yeghiayan de un informator secret, care fusese anterior angajat de Karpelès. Această supoziție a apărut după o altă coincidență expusă în film, după cum urmează: platforma SMF, utilizată pentru site-ul BitcoinTalk site, a fost folosită de asemeneă și pentru forumul de discuții al Silk Road. Pe lângă acestea, dată fiind raritatea utilizării SMF în cadrul forumurilor, faptul că totuși ambele platforme erau bazate pe SMF a trezit suspiciunea investigatorului, determinându-l să creadă tot mai mult că și SR și BitcoinTalk aveau un singur proprietar, ceea ce ducea la presupunerea că Mark Karpelès ar fi putut fi Satoshi.

Exemplu de similitudinea între site-uri în ceea ce privește interfața cu utilizatorul:


  • Revenind la Ross și la modul în care invetigația a fost demarată (32:00 - 34:46): se afirmă că guvernul a apelat la o “construcție paralelă” a cazului, pentru a-l face pe Ross să pară vinovat și să pară că este adevăratul DPR. Mai precis, un agent al IRS (n.b. fiscul american), pe nume Gary Alford, a găsit o postare pe BitcoinTalk în care apărea emailul lui Ross, postarea fiind scrisă înainte de topicul găsit de Der-Yeghiayan (menționat anterior). Practic, Der-Yeghiayan a găsit topicul Silk Road: anonymous marketplace. Feedback requested Smiley, care a fost scris la data de 1 martie 2011, de utilizatorul silkroad, în timp ce Alford a afirmat că a găsit o postare a utilizatorului altoid din data de 29 ianuarie 2011 (fără a menționa numele topicului). Documentarul spune că Der-Yeghiayan nu ar fi avut cum să găsească această postare în timpul investigației, întrucât aceasta nu exista. În schimb, Alford a susținut că a găsit respectiva postare ca fiind citată de un alt membru al forumului, în cadrul unei discuții despre SR (eu nu am putut găsi această postare, chiar dacă am căutat destul de mult). Ulterior, Alford a menționat adevărata postare a lui altoid, din 11 octombrie 2011 (pe care am putu-o găsi și eu: IT pro needed for venture backed bitcoin startup), aceasta conținând o adresa de email: "rossulbricht at gmail dot com". Și din acest moment autoritățile au început să suspecteze că Ross era cel din spatele Silk Road.

Totuși, se spune în documentar, această informație ar fi putut fi plantată de Karpelès (cel despre care se spune că ar fi putut fi proprietarul BitcoinTalk) sau de un alt utilizator care să aibă un înivel de acces. În plus, modul în care Alford a găsit respectivul email este comparat cu “a găsi acul în carul cu fân” (comparație cu care sunt total de acord). Cu alte cuvinte, dintre toți oamenii care încercau să afle informații despre proprietarul SR, doar Alford a reușit să găsească acest email. De aici a apărut și ideea că informația ar fi putut fi plantată. Și pare și mai realistic să fi fost cineva cu un nivel înalt de acces, care să fi scris respectiva postare ca și cum ar fi fost făcută de Ross, apoi să predea informația lui Alford.

Deși întregul documentar este foarte interesant, doar primele 35 minute sunt cele care ridică întrebările detaliate în acest topic. Ar fi putut fi Karpelès Satoshi și DPR? Un alt amănunt, nespecificat în documentar, dar cunoscut pe forum, este acela că Mark Karpelès a realizat și un audit pentru BitcoinTalk. Poate că un asemenea aspect ar fi ridicat și mai multă suspiciune în documentar.

Cred că așa a fost realizat atacul: După ce forumul a fost atacat în 2011, hackerul a plantat niște capcane. Acestea au fost eliminate de Mark Karpelles în cadrul auditului de cod pe care l-a realizat ulterior atacului, însă la scurt timp atacatorul a folosit hash-uri ale parolelor, pe care le obținuse din baza de date, pentru a prelua controlul unui cont de administrator și a replantat capcanele.

La final, țin să menționez că m-a fascinat întregul film, acesta aducând noi detalii despre cazul lui Ross, despre modul incredibil în care a fost tratat de judecător sau despre sabotajele realizate de unele agenții / agenți secreți la adresa altor agenții / agenți. Recomand tuturor vizionarea, este un documentar de neratat!

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1716  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Doing some work for Saxydev, Earned $90 but Never received the Payment.  on: February 14, 2023, 07:30:35 PM
One question for you c0ldbrewz, since you said that you don't know much about monero, who exactly asked for payment for your work to be sent in XMR instead of BTC or some other coin?

I have to confess that this question also popped into my mind.

I actually made some digging on this matter. And the results are... how to say... fascinating. Apparently, saxydev made another "Houdini move" when he sent the payment to c0ldbrewz, as he managed to pay without having a XMR wallet At least this is what I can understand from this sentence, which I found in the other topic:

I am not going to pay you anything more. What I am going to is next 48 hours [...] to install a monero wallet and share the secret key with the txd.

Since the active businessman scammer said he will install a XMR wallet, this means he did not have one, right? Then taking into consideration that there are infinitesimal chances for him to delete a XMR wallet just after paying to c0ldbrewz (as he would not have any reason to do that), we conclude that he made the payment on Monero network without having a wallet, which is, again, pure magic. Fabulous! Am I missing something here?
1717  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Doing some work for Saxydev, Earned $90 but Never received the Payment.  on: February 14, 2023, 04:53:11 PM
Shush guys, please don't make any noise as saxydev is having his 48-72h beauty sleep and it would not be nice to disturb poor man from his nap. We all know how hard working he is and that he really needed to rest well.

Let's talk in silence.



the TX private key is what saxydev would provide, he wrote and I quote, "to a trusted person outside the gang of [...] GazetaBitcoin" [...]

If I am, then I'll ask saxydev, do I fall under that criteria? You asked if anyone would do their role as part of the community, and here I am, volunteering purely to get this case closed.

I appreciate your good intentions, but I think that your effort is like asking the "sup fellas gang" to stop spamming. Do you remember the "sup fellas gang"?

Sup holydarkness?  Grin



fell free to support/oppose the flag.

Flag supported from my side as well. Good job, OP!



How desperate do you have to be to steal $90 from someone?

I said in multiple occasions that this pauper is eating dirt from under his fingernails but, however, he seems to be working with "OK amounts" of money:

Information about cyprus banks -- here he was looking for advice on how to move 200.000 euro from a Moldavia bank to an Italian one. I wonder how could this pauper make 200.000 euro...

- banks - thanks thanks, it was an ok ammount from my perspective

You hear that, NotATether? 200.000E are an "Ok amount". From his tone this sounds like "not good, not bad" Smiley So I also do not understand what could possibly happen for him to not be able to pay the 2200$ owed to dkbit98 nor the 90$ owed to OP. His "financial department" also failed to make the payment. Very strange.

Yet after all these, Rizzrack-the-fan-of scammers and his alt accuse me for daring to expose this scammer!

What's the problem here? And you are pointing the finger at me, for starting this thread and having a scammer exposed? Are you out of your mind???



It seems that Elvis has left the building, and I doubt he'll be back.

Lol.

Guess someone found some services in under 15 minutes and had to edit posts before a reply from dkbit arrived.  Damn it, dkbit.  Had you been quicker, this thread would have been so much more fun to follow!  It would have ended as a 'how quickly can saxydev do the Houdini move'

Perhaps he just did "The Houdini move"?

However, he anticipated doing this multiple occasions:

If being against something in this forum is giving the right to someone to accuse, I will leave it.
Be my guest.
Ok. I'm out of this thread

Maybe he just decided to keep his words, as a honorable person which he is.
1718  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: [Quiz 2022] History of Bitcoin and Bitcointalk 🚩 on: February 13, 2023, 10:47:42 PM

Time for some more statistics, thanks to icopress Smiley

  • 1358 views since launch
  • 551 completed works
  • 7'3" Avg. Time to Complete
  • 12.07 Avg. Correct Answers

  • 740 views since launch
  • 301 completed works
  • 8'17" Avg. Time to Complete
  • 10.66 Avg. Correct Answers

For those interested in a comparison, we have a 83% increase of views compared to December 2022; 83% increase of completed works; average time to complete decreased with 1'14"; average correct answers increased with 13.2%. The fact that average correct answers increased is a clear trend that users are learning from this quiz!

Here are the previous statistics:

December 2022
  • 740 views since launch
  • 301 completed works
  • 8'17" Avg. Time to Complete
  • 10.66 Avg. Correct Answers

February 2022
  • 201 views since launch
  • 89 completed works
  • 8.4m Avg. Time to Complete
  • 9.9 Avg. Correct Answers

Those interested to see all in-depth details of previous statistics can do it here.
1719  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: [BPIP] Bitcointalk Public Information Project [Back in Action] on: February 13, 2023, 10:31:02 PM
Here I don't understand... if you kept working on it why will it never be released? I believe it will be a nice addition to the site...
I've spent too much time on it to just stop, not just the generator itself, but the overall designs and printing of them. It's become a slight obsession of mine. Lips sealed

I'm not saying it is completely off the table, the generator could still likely be used in some capacity, and I'm hoping it will be there one day. [...] I need consistent devoted time of at least an hour to get anything productive done.. which IRL, with a [more than] full time job, family, and various other activities and events I can't mention without potentially doxing myself.. time isn't easy to come by. Undecided

Hey ibminer, thanks for your reply! I fully understand the reasons behind your decision. I understand why you kept working on your project and also why free time is not your friend. What can I say, I have same situation Smiley For 1.5 years I had two full time jobs. And, of course, family duties, a baby, other chores, all which don't leave too much free time... This is life!

However, I am glad to hear that you kept secretly ( Cheesy) working on your project. I remember reading Welsh's topic back then, while I was active here for just a month (indeed, my profile was made in 2017 but I only became active in late October 2019). And I remember I was so hungry to read everything I could on the forum. By pure chance I found Welsh's topic too and I found the idea to be very appealing. However, time passed and, as I kept reading every topic which came at hand, I was just like a dry sponge absorbing information; in the end I actually forgot about that topic's existence.

Yet you brought it back to my memory! Seeing that you kept working on this matter makes me hope that at some point in time your cards will come to fruition. And the fact that you kept working is what makes to be a small chance for this to happen. What can I say? I will encourage you to keep working, when you have some free time and who knows, maybe after some years something nice will happen  Cheesy



Interesting links, thanks. And I'd agree with you on the trolling, mods do not. Grin  I'm sure it's all open to the subjective interpretation of it, not excessive enough, etc. *shrug*

To say the least, now you have a better picture of our favored DT member clown Smiley Have you seen also what feedback he left on my profile? I asked him in many occasions to make the slightest proof for his dumb allegations yet he never replied to me, lol
1720  Local / Bine ai venit! / Re: Salutare de la un Stepn user! on: February 13, 2023, 09:52:29 PM
Bună, tocmai am ascultat podcastul lui G. Buhnici despre românul de la Bitcoin,  Mihai Onosie din februarie 2021și mi-a plăcut ideea de a veni aici pentru a obține informații despre Crypto.

Salut si bine ai venit!

Ai venit, poate, in cel mai potrivit loc pentru a obtine informatii despre crypto  Cheesy Eu, de pilda, de multe ori cand vreau sa aflu ceva din crypto scriu pe Google "[ce_ma_intereseaza_pe_mine]spatiuBitcoinTalk". Asa vad si daca s-a discutat despre subiect pe forum. Daca da, urmaresc si eu ce spune lumea si, cu precadere, caut ideile utilizatorilor cu experienta.



Folosesc de anul trecut aplicația STEPN și am reușit sa printr-o mică investiție să adun ceva SOL sai BNB sau alte monede pe care le stochez în Binance.

Din fericire, ai aparut la timp aici pentru a preveni o situatie riscanta in care te afli. Din nefericire, ea nu poate fi ameliorata complet. Am sa iti redau mai jos ce scrisesem altui utilizator roman, care s-a ars deja nerespectand regulile de mai jos:

Imi pare foarte rau sa aud de pierderea suferita. Ce nu inteleg eu este ce a fost in mintea ta sa apelezi la un exchange centralizat? Nu ai deloc experienta in crypto...? Nu ai studiat deloc ce presupun aceste capuse ale lumii crypto, numite exchange-uri centralizate?


Nu stiai de regula "nu detii cheile private = nu detii monedele?" (regula dovedita si in instanta, de altfel). Nu stiai ca aceste exchange-uri pot fi sparte de hackeri? Ca iti pot bloca banii dupa bunul plac? Ca iti pot fura hackerii datele personale de la exchange-uri, pentru a le vinde apoi pe dark web, de unde le cumpara infractorii care apoi iti pot sparge casa? Nu stiai ca pot fugi cu banii clientilor? Ca te predau pe mana autoritatilor? Ca iti pot vinde datele personale, asa cum a facut-o Coinbase? Nu stiai ca procesul KYC este unul deosebit de periculos pentru tine? Nu stiai ca datele personale odata dezvaluite nu mai sunt personale...?

Daca nu stiai aceste lucruri, foarte rau. Daca le stiai dar le-ai ignorat este si mai rau.

Nu mi-o lua in nume de rau. Sper insa ca dupa ceea ce ai patit, sa folosesti Bitcoin asa cum a fost el conceput: in mod anonim, peer-to-peer si excluzand intermediarii. Iata ce se poate intampla folosind Bitcoin impotriva firii, impotriva scopului pentru care el a fost creat.

Revenind, daca cele de mai sus te-au pus pe ganduri si vei inceta sa mai folosesti exchange-urile centralizate, tot ramane o problema, asa cum scrisesem mai sus: datele personale odata dezvaluite nu mai sunt personale. Din pacate, tu ti-ai predat deja datele catre Binance. Este foarte greu, daca nu chiar imposibil sa le ai sterse, chiar si daca iti inchizi contul. Vreo 5 ani, daca nu ma insel, ti le pastreaza ei oricum, in vederea unor eventuale situatii legale ce ar putea aparea. Mai departe, poti invoca tu orice GDPR, tot nu vei avea certitudinea ca ti-au sters datele.

Mai departe, stiai ca si Binance a fost spart de hackeri? Faptul ca iti detii banii la Binance nu reprezinta nicio siguranta. Fondurile trebuie sa stea mereu in portofelul tau personal, unde tu detii cheile private.

Ai idee cate exchange-uri au fost sparte pana acum? Pe langa Mt. Gox, care a insemnat cea mai mare pierdere posibila in toata istoria crypto (s-a furat o suma de peste 800.000 BTC, din care au fost recuperati vreo 200.000 BTC, gasindu-se un portofel "uitat"), acest topic iti poate deschide ochii in fata numarului acestor orori.

Referitor la ce a spus NeuroticFish, intr-adevar, la sume mici (de care sa nu iti pese daca le pierzi), poti ignora riscul de a pierde bani. Insa in continuare nu stii ce se va intampla cu datele tale personale. Acum depinde de cat pret pui tu pe datele tale personale.



Dacă e cineva interesat de informații referitoare la stepn puteți sa îmi scrieți sau le găsiți online, sau în aplicație segaseste witelist-ul. Numai bine!

Sincer, nu stiu cati din cei mai vechi, cu experienta sau maximalisti Bitcoin vor fi interesati de monede marunte. Poate doar cei care merg pe premisa ca "au pierdut trenul Bitcoin" (ceea ce este, desigur, o mentalitate gresita: cel mai bun moment de a cumpara BTC este "acum", iar acest "acum" a fost valabil incepand cu ziua in care au fost cumparate cele doua pizza cu 10.000 BTC  Cheesy).
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