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2001  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitmex is sending a physical bitcoin to the moon in summer of 2022 on: January 04, 2022, 11:31:28 AM
It's creative idea to spread words of Bitcoin (alongside with Bitmex), although i don't expect much.


- Will it be hidden from future astronauts?

The website made this statement

Come And Get It.

When the physical coin lands, it will remain on the Moon until anyone deems it worthy of retrieval. Decades from now, what will it be worth?

This project underlines BitMEX's faith in the resiliency of the Bitcoin Protocol and ensures this world-changing cryptocurrency will be a part of this historic journey.  It will be a time capsule that captures one of the most significant inventions in recent history, perfectly preserved for future generations.



- Are they going to use some elon musky tech for their bitcoin to land on mar.s.. i mean moon. TO THA MUUN

If you check image shown by OP carefully, it's shown it'll use Peregrine-1. Very quick research shows it's developed by NASA (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PEREGRN-1).
2002  Bitcoin / Electrum / Re: Trying to restore my wallet from 2009 or earlier on: January 04, 2022, 11:15:05 AM
Yes it was exist my friend. May be officially it started 2011 but in that dates i was so away from online connections
Exactly end of 2008 or first quarter of 2009

IMO it's very unlikely Electrum already exist since end of 2008,
1. It's earlier Git commit happened on Nov 4, 2011 (https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/tree/6db1a31e58ee15c448448139e7d3a9e72b14268f)
2. First post (on this forum) which mentioned Electrum was posted on June 12, 2011, 09:50:17 PM (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=16017.0)

Should it need a time, some while to synchronization?

If you see green/blue circle icon on bottom-right of Electrum, it means sync process already finished.
2003  Other / Meta / Re: Bitcointalk improvement proposal (BTIP)-suggestion on: January 04, 2022, 09:35:38 AM
While SMF is freely available, I understand that theymos has made extensive modifications to the version of SMF that he is using to run the forum. IIRC, one of the reasons he is using the old SMF version is that the license does not force him to make public the modifications that he has made.

It is difficult to propose feature improvements without seeing the code of the product you are improving.

So, I checked the forum footer and it appears to be a powered SMF software package, but you mentioned something about license that I'm not convinced of.
It is plainly stated on the web that it is a free, simple, and open source and that users can tweak it to their satisfaction. According to the wb, those who want to make adjustments can get a guide from the page.

You didn't read the license in detail, did you? If you check the license at https://www.simplemachines.org/about/smf/license.php, what you saw refer to SMF 2.0+ which use BSD.
2004  Other / Meta / Re: Bitcointalk improvement proposal (BTIP)-suggestion on: January 03, 2022, 09:07:30 AM
You made an effort, but i doubt it's useful since
1. theymos rarely add new feature since there's new forum software on developer (although who knows when it's ready to use).
2. All BTIP status likely remain as "Draft" forever.
2005  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Andreas Antonopoulos says to stop using paper wallets, do you agree? on: January 02, 2022, 11:41:49 AM
Could Trezor /ColdCards etc secretly build in some sort of attack that would enable them to steal coins somehow? Perhaps a highly technical employee plans to go rogue with a few million so they build it in and steal before anyone notices…
Sure, hardware wallets can definitely do this. Use a flawed RNG at any point in time when you're using your device. This is why independent audits and having their firmware being open source are necessary. The way most hardware wallet is designed makes it such that it is difficult to embed malicious codes without changing the chips themselves, ColdCard for example does a check on the firmware on every boot and its bootloader only takes in signed firmware.

Still, there is a certain level of trust which can really never be eliminated. I'd probably still support a well-known manufacturer though.

Independent audit/open source firmware could reduce the risks. But rogue firmware update (e.g. forcing fixed k value on ECDSA during signing transaction) signed/released by rouge employee is theoretically possible.
2006  Local / Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) / Re: [INFO][DISKUSI][UPADATE]ANTI VIRUS DUNIA CRYPTOCURRENCY on: January 01, 2022, 09:27:41 AM
saya pernah menginstal beberapa antivirus di atas salah satunya AVAST.dampak yang paling kelihatan setelah menginstal antivirus itu pc saya menjadi sedikit lelet.dan ketika scan kadang antivirus nya terlalu sensitif..

Hati-hati dengan antivirus yang gratis. Beberapa antivirus seperti Avast dan AVG diketahui mengkoleksi dan menjual history browsing penggunanya. Jika tidak perlu perlindungan aktif, saya sarankan Malwarebytes yang memiliki privacy policy lebih baik dibandingkan antivirus gratisan lainnya.

Sumber:
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/avast-avg-data-collection
https://restoreprivacy.com/antivirus-privacy/

btw, menurut saya rada kontradiksi jika ada user yang menggunakan antivirus baik itu yang gratisan ataupun yang berbayar sementara OS nya di-aktivasi via crack semisal KMSpico* atau lainnya.
kalau saya selalu pisahkan PC versi cracking untuk hal sensitif seperti wallet. soalnya maka Adobe Reader DC pro versi cracking di windows. Khusus wallet ke linux, entah aman atau gak soalnya msh dalam 1 PC alias dual boot.

Windows sendiri tidak menyertakan driver untuk membaca partisi linux (seperti ext4 dan btrfs), sehingga resiko virus/malware windows membaca wallet di partisi linux relatif sangat kecil.
2007  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: is bitcoin scalability problem solve now? on: January 01, 2022, 09:16:33 AM
How does WBTC solve Bitcoin scalability again? If anything Ethereum is far more expensive to transact with; not to mention that WBTC doesn't inherit the security and decentralization of the Bitcoin network. You're simply not going to get scalability on the base chain without sacrificing security/decentralization.

There are wrapped BTC tokens not only on ETH but also on BSC, KCC, SOL or even TRC20. And how does it help bitcoin scalability? It takes out all the load made by people who wants to transfer bitcoins from exchange x to exchange y without paying ~25$ fee (standard BTC withdrawal fee is 0.0005 BTC). You dont need security/decentralization for this purpose (transfer of value from risky place - exchange - to other risky place - other exchange). Who does that? Mostly arbitrage trader balancing their portfolio but also BTC/altcoin traders who does not touch stable coins.

1. High BTC withdrawal fee is caused by exchange greed to earn more profit. In fact only small fraction of the fee is used to pay Bitcoin transaction fee.
2. WBTC require you to trust BitGo, read https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/100844 for more info.
2008  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: I need test audience for a project on: December 30, 2021, 09:54:30 AM
Please deposit and withdraw BTC (testnet) and ETH (testnet Rinkeby) if you can, trade around and help iron out bugs (if any).

1. Honestly you'll have harder time looking for tester since not everyone have testnet coin. As for myself, i returned few micro tBTC to faucet where i got tBTC after i done experimenting with LN few years ago.
2. Since it's not easy to obtain tBTC in big quantity, you should specify minimum withdraw/deposit amount of your exchange.
2009  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Getting "Error opening block database" when opening Bitcoin Core. Please help! on: December 29, 2021, 10:07:26 AM
Is there any danger in uploading the debug log to this forum as I did? Could the information in the debug log help malicious users gain access to my computer or my network?

Short answer: No.

Longer answer,
Aside from what @nc50lc said, debug.log contain basic system information and Bitcoin Core configuration. Merely knowing what OS do you use and value of your configuration isn't enough to comprise your system.
2010  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: No outgoing connections on: December 28, 2021, 10:04:38 AM
Seems the permission denied errorwarning is expected and does not indicate the issues. One more thing I would try to check is:
Code:
cat /var/log/syslog | grep tor


Don't forget grep is case sensitive, so it should be Tor (not tor).

Code:
# -b -0 indicate current boot 
sudo journalctl -x -b -0 | grep Tor

Code:
sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep Tor
2011  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Best offline portfolio tracker? on: December 28, 2021, 09:56:10 AM
I have an open source program suggestion that may be of use to you - Portfolio Performance[1].

For those who wondering where's the source code, it's available on https://github.com/buchen/portfolio (i managed to find out since they use GitHub to host the installer/binary). Too bad their forum/help page only available on German language.
2012  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Bitcoin’s Evolution (unofficial BIP) on: December 27, 2021, 10:35:28 AM
This isn't bad idea, but it's definitely not suitable for Bitcoin where decentralization and backward compatibility are greatly valued. Your idea could be more well received on altcoin community/developer which use PoW and don't really care about decentralization.

Benefits to this is you are doing 'useful' work but the downside is no one probably cares about folding that random protein.

But some people definitely care about the benefit, although only very few regular people who know about benefit.
2013  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Bitcoin Node on NUC device? on: December 27, 2021, 10:13:03 AM
The downside is the faster NUC is more power hungry.
I have one of those power meters, and when I tested NUC consumed around 13W on regular use (not with Bitcoin core), idle is bit less and when shutdown it was 2W for this model.
This is decent and less than my older Netbook with power plug, but probably more than Raspberry Pi would consume.

Correct, even Raspberry Pi 4 (without any USB device) consume about 7 watt during high load. Official Raspberry Pi blog made good article about it at https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/thermal-testing-raspberry-pi-4/.

One thing that I like about Rpi is that it can be totaly silent (especially Pi 400), and for NUC I can still hear that little fan buzzz, but nothing terrible.

But for 24/7 usage i would use active fan, especially if i use case or place it on room with high temperature (above 25C/standard room temperature).
2014  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Stablecoin-like open source framework? on: December 23, 2021, 11:08:58 AM
But coming back to my original question, technically speaking, what sort of crypto framework could suit best this use case?

Within decentralized/P2P system, there is none due to oracle problem.
2015  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Send SMS all around the world with lightning! on: December 23, 2021, 09:27:00 AM
Used IP addresses are logged and recorded so it's better to use Tor browser when sending SMS with this website (if possible).

I managed to open the website with Tor Browser and tried the API with Tor (there's option to use SOCKS5 proxy on cURL) without any problem, so i guess it's possible to use Tor/Tor Browser.
2016  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: Old phone as cold storage? on: December 22, 2021, 11:22:01 AM
I understand that you are just testing this, but I still don't think it can be called an airgapped cold storage solution. There must be a distinction between a setup that doesn't have the required hardware to establish a network connection and a device that has but only has it turned off by enabling flight mode. Your airgapped system becomes a hot wallet by sliding your finger down the screen, disabling flight mode, or enabling WIFI. It's not enough for an attack, but the prerequisites for one are there. Nevertheless, it's an interesting concept to think about.   

Tails OS or similar USB sticks is seen as a good option for simple and effective cold storage. Still, if one forgets the network cable plugged in to the laptop, he may have surprises.
Or if you have a properly airgapped Windows laptop with cold storage and somebody else from your family plugs the network cable in,... same story.
I mean that there are always this kind of risks. In most cases for home brew cold storage the prerequisites are there.

It's definitely big concern if you use Windows as airgapped storage. But with Tails, there are less concerns since,
1. You usually need to manually choose boot to Tails.
2. Tails doesn't connect to Tor network automatically.
3. Tails is designed with security and privacy in mind, so it's unlikely your Tails compromised when you connect it to network/LAN cable.
2017  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Python Request : Add, Subtract, Divide and Multiply Public Keys on: December 21, 2021, 09:55:32 AM
I doubt people is willing to do your request for free. I would recommend you to check Services board to see any developer who're experienced with both C and Python. But why don't you just use the tool as it is? You just need to compile it (if you're linux user) or use compiled windows version (https://github.com/WanderingPhilosopher/Windows-KeySubtractor/releases/tag/v1.0).
2018  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Can't NFTs work on Bitcoin? on: December 18, 2021, 11:49:37 AM
But it is definitely possible to implement NFT directly on Bitcoin; simply through using a coloured coin.
To be honest, we have these for years and they can directly act as an NFT without any modification to the spec.

Colored coins prove majority of Bitcoin community don't really care about NFT/token which shown by lack of interest.

What we need to keep in mind in topic of NFTs (or by extension tokens) is that there has never been any connection between the token and the underlying object whatsoever. For example in case of artwork (digital or physical) it is an arbitrary data (eg. a hash) that is stored in a blockchain and a non-existent link between that data and the art.

For some people, it's not connection between NFT/token with object. NFT is proof that you're legitimate owner of the object, although it has no legal power and many people don't care about it.
2019  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Transaction Fee Alternative for Bitcoin, Proof of Individual Work on: December 17, 2021, 11:54:00 AM
Every year the network should revisit the requirement and make sure that it takes roughly a given timeframe on a decent desktop per kilobyte, say 8 hours for 1kb (so you could run it while you sleep).

Decent computer shouldn't be standard since most people use smartphone (which have less computational power) or old hardware (e.g. 10 years old laptop or RPi 3).

Question: won't this mean that no one will use coins to pay transaction fees? ↑

No, this process is designed to take time and so just paying the very small transaction fee will probably almost universally be done, especially for financial transactions which people need done quickly.

If the protocol discourage people from batching transaction, this will lead to bloated blockchain. Wallet and services will make lots of smaller transaction to reduce computational usage.
2020  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Samuel Dobson: time to leave as a maintainer of Bitcoin Core. on: December 17, 2021, 11:44:53 AM
With his experience, it's likely he'll back into Bitcoin development (whether for Bitcoin Core or other project). Some cryptocurrency company give back to Bitcoin community by hiring developer solely for Bitcoin development, so i expect some company will give him such offer after he finished his PhD.

This may or may not be the reason, but it shows the flaw of having developers that are doxxed; and that we definitely need more developers that are anonymous.

Additionally, there should be viable alternative for centralized platform such as GitHub. Few repository such as youtube-dl become victim of abuse of the DMCA.
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