can anyone recommend a utility that displays UTC/GMT alongside my PDT for Macs?
It's that hard to remember +7 during dst and +8 otherwise? hey, hey, this is the 21st century and the age of the Internet! |
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can anyone recommend a utility that displays UTC/GMT alongside my PDT for Macs?
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is the login for the support desk the same as the one for our account?
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EDIT: This wasn't completely his fault, since wallets are suppose to create 100 addresses for you to use, so the second address should have been in the backup, but there was a bug.
I'd just like to clarify this: There was NOT a bug. This happened before the 100 address pool code was added to the standard bitcoin software. are the pre loaded 100 addresses in 0.3.23 Windows version? these are hidden, right? as in not seen in address book? |
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When you load up the backups of different wallets, I recommend running bitcoin with the -rescan option. This will tell bitcoin to ignore how much the wallet "remembers" having and recheck how much it actually has. This way, you don't even have to worry about any of the issues you bring up.
To use the rescan option in windows, alter the shortcut to have -rescan at the end, or open up the command prompt and run the .exe with -rescan at the end.
The problem with the person you mention has nothing to do with the fact that the the coin "had no where to come back to". What happened is that he added a new address to his wallet, and sent the money to that new address. But he didn't back up a file that contained that new key and deleted the new wallet. So he lost the key forever. As long as you send the money to an address you know you have control of, and DO NOT DELETE ANY WALLETS, you should not have a problem consolidating your funds.
Here is what he did:
Made a wallet with one address
Backed up that wallet
Added a new address to the wallet on his hard drive
Sent all the money to that new address
Deleted that wallet on his hard drive
Loaded up his backup that only had the key for the first address not the new address
The main mistake was deleting the wallet. Don't delete any of them, that is the only way to mess up.
EDIT: This wasn't completely his fault, since wallets are suppose to create 100 addresses for you to use, so the second address should have been in the backup, but there was a bug. Still, it would have never have happened if he didn't delete the wallet.
so how do you organize all these extra wallets? |
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yes, but a good defense depends on knowing your attackers offense.
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Well, this seems much more complicated than executing my code, which is just a few bash scripts lines. The longest part is the conversion of the public key into a bitcoin address, but it's not that long.
you need to learn to think like an avg Joe. my steps are actually pretty easy and logical from a newbs standpoint. the bash lines for non Linux users are too foreign and incomprehensible and would scare a newb.
My script is not intended to avg Joe. At all. It is really designed to be used by linux nerds.
even as a non Linuxer (?), i do appreciate your code and i wouldn't be hanging out here bothering you all except for the fact that there are very few quality threads anymore where i respect the guys on them anymore than you. so i hope you don't mind if i throw in a newb type question in here every now and then since i learn quite a bit.  |
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Yeah, I expect to see, given the bitcoin, that in not too distant future
the certitude on this board that bitcoin will be adopted as a form of payment, let alone replace gold, or even replace ANYTHING, is bubble-esque. personally, i just liquidated 24 oz of gold bullion. last month liquidated 7 bags of silver. all so i could buy.... |
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For very wide adoption it will need to work better than other methods. Right now, if you have to send funds internationally, the bar for Bitcoin might even be lower than other, more expensive, complex, and legally recognized methods. Functionality will drive adoption of Bitcoin and similar methods. Any legal, or other obstacle, would have to actually target the functionality of Bitcoin for it to be effective.
I have done some venture capitol investing. Quite successfully in fact. And I have done very well with bitcoin. But many people will not even consider using BTC if it is illegal. Businesses/investors will will risk much less capitol on BTC. Scammers will see the lack of legal protection for users and move in. I would not put $100k of my money into such a shark tank. However if it had some legal protection, I might. ah yes. but this is how you make real money. investing when there is fear, uncertainty, doubt. i don't see how the gubmint gets away with declaring btc illegal. there is just no good argument for it. yes, they can huff, puff, stomp around about drugs, sex, porn, assassination but knowledgeable ppl will laugh in their faces. ppl complain about the whipsaws but what do you expect for a fledgling currency? as long as the block chain remains intact, we are good. and i think it will be as i think it would have been broken by now. and as for taking over 50% of the network? have you seen the network figures recently? insane! 45x the biggest supercomputer in the world? i think its unbreakable. |
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that was a REALLY good blog! |
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grondilu:
would u please comment on the live CD technique being discussed? it goes as follows:
1. boot into Ubuntu Live CD
2. download btc client with new wallet.
3. copy receiving address and email it to yourself
4. close client and copy wallet.dat from data directory directly to secure usb stick or cd rom
5. delete wallet.dat from data directory.
6. reload copied wallet.dat from usb stick or cd rom back into data directory and reopen client to verify it can be read properly.
7. once verified, close client and Ubuntu, erasing entire process
i should add #6 is my variation on this theme. i hope it makes sense in the sense of not leaving any fingerprints.
Well, this seems much more complicated than executing my code, which is just a few bash scripts lines. The longest part is the conversion of the public key into a bitcoin address, but it's not that long. you need to learn to think like an avg Joe. my steps are actually pretty easy and logical from a newbs standpoint. the bash lines for non Linux users are too foreign and incomprehensible and would scare a newb. |
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these banksters are having more and more battles to fight and even though they are quite a daunting adversary they are losing steam and breaking down behind the scenes. They will attempt all they can to maintain their face through fear, and the more they try and the bigger their stunt the more we realise how week and desperate they are and not the other way round. Fear is a very very weak level of power and I remain utterly convinced that this control system is done with one way or another and the world will be rid of these parasites gradually in a manner that we collectively can handle. I expect and contribute my thoughts and action to the dismantlement of this illusion.
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No.
precisely. my bet it was a Wall St financial institution. |
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i take seriously our OP. i have read Creature From Jekyll Island and i follow the news in the eCONomy quite closely.
in fact, it was my first thought that perhaps a bank was behind the hack. why would an individual take the time and effort to squash the price to zero? why wouldn't he just steal the bitcoin from an unlimited withdrawal acct before anyone would notice?
no, the intent of the hack was to drive the price down and destroy confidence.
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Aaron Krowne is a quality guy. too bad he thinks Bitcoins can be inflated.
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is this the original block chain for this data directory or did u import it from another wallet?
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grondilu:
would u please comment on the live CD technique being discussed? it goes as follows:
1. boot into Ubuntu Live CD
2. download btc client with new wallet.
3. copy receiving address and email it to yourself
4. close client and copy wallet.dat from data directory directly to secure usb stick or cd rom
5. delete wallet.dat from data directory.
6. reload copied wallet.dat from usb stick or cd rom back into data directory and reopen client to verify it can be read properly.
7. once verified, close client and Ubuntu, erasing entire process
i should add #6 is my variation on this theme. i hope it makes sense in the sense of not leaving any fingerprints.
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Oh lord....don't get me started on Gold-in-my-sacks... Which sack? LOL!  |
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