Because of the high refractive index.



Well, in case you are indeed serious:
Sure, go on, and aquire a diamond large enough for that. Then have one flat side on it. I suggest at least as large as a stamp for readability. Go on and engravve or laser your keys on it. And start over again once you transfer the funds somewhere else or the like :-)
But yes, technically there do exist enough bitcoins to make all of this worthwile.. Even more once you try to aquire a significant part of them.

Oh, and: Diamond starts burning over 700°C, is brittle, and will have a low reading contrast.

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Finally, one of the largest Bitcoin related mysteries is solved:
"Yum. There's jelly on my hand."


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SHA256("Thou shall not steal")

..has some irony in it.. heh

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Some changes have been made to p2pool recently. Hope is that this cured the luck for good!

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Schön, dann bis übermorgen!

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(nicht am KuDamm)

I would, ahem, suggest, y'know, to have an encrypted version on your computer, as a working version. Engrave the private key unencrypted and directly onto your metal. Keep this in a safe place. Vault, buried, some family member's place. This would only be used in case all encrypted "computer" versions vanish in a catastrophic event. More like an insurance than a cold wallet..


Tough? It is? At least Tungsten Carbide (the stuff "tungsten" rings/bands are made of) is brittle. Pure tungsten might indeed be tough, though.
Good luck engraving it. I would guess a diamond tip engraver (preferably) or a laser (no deep engrave) is necessary..

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Coincidently, I "tested" my passphrase some days ago, and could not come up with the details. Which order? Capitals? All capitals? Spaces in between?
I finally wrote down all combinations and tried them in a script. Yay for linux scripting. Not yay for how difficult it is to esthablish a secure solution intended for years and decades.. ;-)

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..Then apparently I missed something between flashy spectacular announcements on the first page and this latest one.. :-P

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Titanium: Melting point of 1668°C (which is ok), but will erode pretty quickly in harsh environment (saltwater, electrochemical corrosion etc).
If you are serious, go for stainless steel :-)
(And solder it in between two pieces of copper or something)
This would not be a "cold wallet" or similar, but more of a last-resort-backup you don't actually intent to use anytime soon. But maybe your inheritants will be happy to find it in xx years.

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I don't get the slightest idea what you are talking about.

And am somewhat impressed and disturbed by the energy and time you are able to invest in this technique.. digging up one whois and company impressum after another, interconnecting them, and linking them to random never-heard names..

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wow.
I am just.. speechless..

Now would be a good timing for some bitcoin[ica] consultancy people to pop up?

Zhou, you realize that it won't be as easy as to simply return the money and all is done? Even if everyone is paid 100% in the end, there will be people who still accuse you of having stolen it and then returned, when the evidence showed up.
I understand you mostly are worried about your reputation at this point. Act accordingly!

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My resumée from this:
- Bitcoinica was not run professionaly
- the professionality of Bitcoin Consultancy Group / Intersango is at question
- MtGox, AurumXChange, BitInstant are not run professionaly

I guess I better dump the little I have left on MtGox. And print out another paperwallet professionaly. I don't want to afford more than a little playmoney on MtGox by this point now.

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Shouldn't you get a proportional payout nevertheless? Like 1gh/s which runs 12h a day sould give you the same as 500mh/s on 24/7? You receive payments for blocks for the next 24 hours for that.
As long as we don't dip into extremes (super long block round, super low hashrate or the like) it shouldn't do any harm?

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I am honestly shocked by reading this.
Not shocked by the bitcoinica drama (which is almost comical by now), but by the reactions and assumptions here.

Let me sum up the general sentiment here:

- ZT programmed the bitcoinica, which was, mildly said successful. That makes him stand out of 99% of the users here alone.
- Hacks happened. Involving clever things like breaching-several-layers, TOR and the like
- Suddenly, ZTs personal verified accounts, addresses, name shoots up literally everywhere
- How much did ZT receive on his bankaccount (I assume it was stopped anyway)? 5k$? like a few percent of the whole sum? Reminds me of something.. Oh, right, Bitcoin faucet did the last hack! They provable received stolen coins!!1!

Conclusion, it must have been him then?

You seriously assume he, would he have "hacked" several hundred thousand $  out of his former project, would fucking exchange it on his own name the very next name?!?
He would not be clever enough to register a new emailaddress, apparently he had TOR installed already and knew several emailproviders?!?
He would not make everything to bitcoins and let the sit for a while?!?
He, Zhou Tong, would do all the mistakes you could imagine, although no single "hacker" of the other large scams/hacks waas ever found/proven/caught?!?

You must be fucking kidding me.

WHAT. THE. FUCK.



*breath in*
*breath out*


Seriously. I am reading here for some time. I always felt some people here are a bit quick with insults and impulsive and all that. But this really shocks me. There are less than a handfull of reasonable posts in this thread. People are touting proven fact that ZT was the thief. And/or are demanding scammertags for Amir. For today, you people disgust me. I will try hard to *always* assume to be surrounded by 10 year olds on this forum. I will only assume reason to people I personally met.
Most of you people won't care at all. But to me, this very thread (and to some extend whole forum) did a noticeable dent in my heart.

People. Please think about it for one single minute from a rational, observing, sceptical perspective. And then try to do this every so often in your life.

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I was sure just about anyone sees it as a great plus, that you *can* securely stuff all coins in your mattress. On paper, on a usb drive, engraved in stone, in an encrypted email. That, for me, is one of the key features (among others). You don't have to, though. With results one can observe now, and could observe several times in the past.

On the contrary. It is now pretty simple and reasonably secure to create and manage a secure wallet. No matter if offline/paper (bitaddress.org) or cold (armory) or hot (encryption). It still involves more clicks, more live-cd-booting, more planning and more thoughts than a regular bank account, paypal, or buying bullion.

And yet, to me it seems a million times more secure and reasonable than those!

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You guys were giving me a heartattack when I saw satoshi posting in this thread.. 

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I won't even read through five pages of scapegoat-bashing.

1) Don't play with more than you are comfortable to lose
2) If any tag whatsoever would be grated at this early time, a "has been hacked" or "in dept" one is all I can see here.

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I can't believe I just finished to read through 34 pages. It took me several days. And amazingly little facts came around, oh-so-much speculation, and a bit of drama too. There were more drama in the last few drama, however, so "well done!" :-)

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Nope, only a different address per currency. That address then is static.

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There is no real difference between transferring through a client or transferring directly generated coins. They all land on the address you chose. I guess it is a glitch on Vircurex' side. What exactly did they answer?

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