lets talk about how many credit cards are being hacked! story from CNN

currently over 90% of credit card readers currently use the same password. with having this password an attacker can gain complete control of a store's credit card readers, potentially allowing them to hack into the machines and steal customers' payment data .

i think the subreddit of /r/GirlsGoneBitcoin is far more active and even effective rather than this youtube channel that only has a couple of not so interesting videos.
it has a kind of gone wild thing going on and everyone can participate and get paid (tipped) in bitcoin.

if i were you i would divide my coins into many portions and do different things with them. how big any of the portions are is up to you and what you feel like doing.

i put the biggest portion apart in a cold wallet, and secure it to hold for long term investment. for using or selling when the price is higher.

i would use another big portion for trading, you can do this either with bitcoin < > fiat or bitcoin < > altcoin. whichever you prefer and you know you can profit from.

another portion but a small one, can go towards lending. i think the best place is here on this forum in lending section and only with collateral so you don't risk losing your bitcoins.

many people would suggest gambling as a means to earn profit. but as far as i have tried gambling, i found it a means to lose money not earn anything.

the thing is, they are alternative cryptocurrencies. so i think altcoin term is suitable for them.

and this is not going to change until we stop seeing new coins everyday that are scam/pump & dump/copy

Altcoins are not mature enough to be a separate thing, it needs a new feature that is actually useful and most importantly people have to accept it as a currency then it can be considered as a stand alone and be called coin not altcoin!

i am very interested to know what is your results at the end of this week.
can you post your results here after a week, please.

never download any file from any of unknown or new altcoins that just came out, unless you know programming and can check the code yourself.

if you want to invest or have an altcoin's wallet you can always make an address on an exchanger, although it is not recommended to keep money on an exchanger, but it is safer to download an unknown altcoin's wallet.

another way is to make a virtual machine on you computer, with a program like virtualbox. this way you can protect your system from any malware. you still have to be careful though.

also you can mostly trust altcoins that are old and have a huge number of users, that way you have lower chance of getting malwares.

best answer so far.
i always say, easiest way to earn bitcoin is working for it. this can be either working and receiving payment for your job in bitcoin or getting fiat and exchanging it to bitcoin.

but other than that i think trading, especially altcoin trading is a nice way to earn bitcoin these days. since there are a lot of altcoins out there with enough potential to give you a good profit, and the market is hot, everyone can earn a great deal there.

to the mooooon, ....
                                oh wait,...
                                                                what.......

oh man, i do this all the time. i keep getting these reds over and over again, and look at the numbers and see that for example the number is high and i kept betting low and got red. then i decide to change the bet to high and when i do i get red again with a low number

people these days don't even put enough effort in making new gambling website. i mean what is this 4 line announcement.

at first i thought that this post was made by a user who found some random website, but the username shows that it is official owner.

dude at least take a look at some successful gambling websites and follow their footsteps, maybe then you can be a little bit more successful.

it looks like Trafficola's winning was a one time that bankrupted the casino, and they were not prepared for such a sudden big win.
i hope they can pay him soon and this doesn't affect the casino and they can continue their service, although the website needs more work, i find it interesting.

being greedy is in the nature of all human beings. you just have to use your head, and not let your greed guide you in making decisions.

being greedy is not always a bad thing, always wanting more can make you achieve more bigger goals. but you always have to use your head, and judgement to try not to make stupid decisions which might make you regret them afterwards.

i agree. many people still think that bitcoin is going to start going up and even reach $1000 , so they are waiting with cash in hand to jump on the train to the moon.

while i am one of those guys, but i don't think that the price will go anywhere near $1000 , but it is going to go up if we can see any good news that results in a nice movement in the market.

honestly bitcoin market is getting boring nowadays, it just at the same price with 1-2 $ ups and downs.

that is what i said, it was blockchain.info fault and it was unforgivable.
all i am saying is, everywhere you look it is recommend that you should use every address just once, and this simple act could have prevented their losses.

if you are referring to the reusing of the "R values" by blockchain.info . i have to say, it could be easily avoided if the simple rule of "always use every address once" was followed, it could have been prevented.


i have experienced a "TCP SYN Flood attack" which is a kind of DDoS attack. the attacker needs your IP to do this kind of attack AFAIK. besides i wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary.

i must add that the attack was simply blocked by my dear AntiVirus (Eset Smart Security) and i blocked the attacker's IP afterwards, just to be safe.

this is exactly my concern. if it is only based on ratings and the past history of the person, it can not be fully trusted. since it doesn't matter what the person did in the past, he can still run away with the loan.

for instance, here in the lending section, everyone who wants to take a load must provide something as collateral. so the lender is going to be safe.

dogechain.info has nothing to do with blockchain.info AFAIK.
at the bottom of the page it mentions "Block.io, Inc. Much reserved, such wow."
i think you should contact Block.IO here is the link: https://block.io/contacts

can you give me some links on bots that can do this?

and i read a bit more about Bitcoin Arbitrage, and i think my last question was wrong
besides it takes time to cash out of exchanger, it need to get confirmed by the exchanger and then goes to your other address and get 3 or more confirmations.
what if the price changes in this time?
you don't actually cash out, you do the trades and keep both bitcoin and fiat at all exchangers, right?

i agree. of all the "my bitcoin was stolen" stories that i have heard so far, almost all of them was the person's fault. like clicking on a phishing email, opening a suspicious link like fake blockchain.info address, having keylogger, using Tor,...
all of these can be prevented by taking necessary precautions. like having a good and up to date antivirus or using offline wallets,...

now that you mentioned it, i remember there was a browser based game, i don't remember the name, but it was something like miner or coin mine. there was this little dude who dug the ground and mined different ores that was worth small amounts of satoshi. although the payment was so low, the game was fun.