Good to see you back, ChuckBuck.  I'm sorry to hear about your accident and injuries, I wish you a speedy and full recovery.

I understand your addiction to speed, I suffer from the same affliction.  I've been riding dirt bikes and street bikes since I was 13 years old, and have owned many motorcycles since, and had at least one in the garage since I was 17.  I've had accidents, but I've been very lucky that I've never suffered any injuries worse than road rash, and a bruised ego.  I used to take risks when I was younger, but I mostly limit my speedy ways to controlled environments; track-days at the local race track.

It takes a lot of focus and discipline to ride at high speeds and maintain your safety.  The equipment has to be reliable, and requires inspection.  People often neglect their bikes for months at a time, then think they can just hop on them and go.  Even people who commute on their bikes regularly tend to overlook simple things like tire pressure.  

Once you're riding you have to constantly lookout for potential obstacles, see the big picture.  This isn't something that can be taken lightly, it's not just some words out of the driver's manual.  You're life depends on how focused you are, and that cannot be stressed enough.  

And then there are always idiots out there who refuses to acknowledge your existence, and even then, if they're made aware, they can be dismissive of the gravity of their neglect.

The risks are real, and only those who understand them should ever consider riding motorcycles.  

Wow, what a clusterfuck of a thread this has become!  

Public Service Announcement:  Everyone engaging in, and contributing to personal squabbles in this thread; you're not helping the situation.  If this were my thread I would delete every post made since March 3rd.

Your question was mostly answered before you asked it.


Who's your plumber?

The same thing happened to me once, it turned out to be the cable.  I was using a cheap cable, but of course I didn't suspected it was the issue until after going through the same steps as you.  I switched to the shorty that's provided with the Trezor One, and voila!

If you're using an old version of Electrum it won't connect to the servers.  You need to be running version 3.3.8 or newer.  Make sure to download the newer version from the correct source and verify it's authenticity.  

Here's a guide that will help: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5240594.0

Yes, I restored the wallets from seed not long ago, and the software prompted me for an alphanumeric password.  Special characters are also allowed.  If you upgraded your wallet recently but still had the old wallet files in your phone, that may not have triggered you to change you password.

Can you please elaborate on why?

One thing that never seems to get mentioned in these "anti Chipmixer" threads is that "money laundering" isn't something that happens in a vacuum.  I can push money around a dozen bank accounts, even throw in some foreign banks for good measure, and it's not a crime.  Moving money around for privacy reasons is not illegal, because it alone is not a crime.  Money laundering is an enhancement to criminal activity.  One needs to have obtained the money through criminal acts for the act of obfuscating it's origins to be "money laundering."

I suggest you back up your wallet files before upgrading.  The wallet files will be located in the following directories:

Windows: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\wallets
Ubuntu: ~/.electrum/wallets/

You will also be able to restore your wallet with the seed phrase that was created by Electrum when you first set up your wallet.  The best practice is to uninstall the old version and then install the new.  As HCP (kindly) suggested, make sure to verify the download before installing it.

Lol, I was just thinking it might be time to add him to my trust list.


Do you have any proof of this?  Why not post some links?

Honestly though, you and your AdkinsBet cohorts have done nothing but attack those who are critical of the service, so it makes it hard to believe that you're being objective. 

Try reaching out to bL4nkcode, if I'm not mistaken he still offers escrow services.

But just a warning, no escrow will protect you if you end up buying stolen keys.  You may not get scammed by the seller immediately, but you'll have no recourse if the codes stop working two weeks from now.

I had legendster excluded from my trust list in the past, but several weeks ago I decided to remove him.  Part of my decision to remove him was because of my inability to find the exact post which convinced me to exclude him in the first place.  My memory does serve me however, and the reason was due to a post he made while defending his choice to participate in the Yobit campaign back in 2019.  He mentioned that he had been scammed by them, which he said justified his wearing of their banner as an attempt to recoup some of the money he lost.  That seemed like a shitty thing to do.

Since then he's sent me a few PMs mostly small talk, but always polite and frequently asking what he can do to convince me to remove him from my exclusions.  Earlier this year I decided to remove him because I didn't feel that he was such a threat.  However, this latest episode has me believing my original instinct was correct.  Although his reviews aren't blatantly wrong, many seem to share a common theme; someone calls him out for one reason or another and that person gets a red tag.

Legendster has demonstrated quite clearly that he can be a hot-head.  The thread by Mike Mayor is a prim example, even though I think his for Mike Mayor in that situation is warranted.  My objection to his being on DT stems from his attitude about it.  He strikes me as the type who desperately wants the status, and yet can't be objective and reserved enough when he has it.  I agree that he should not be on DT.

It's my favorite mobile wallet.  I only have one hot wallet set up to use on my phone, and the rest are watch-only.  As others have said, Electrum mobile isn't nearly as feature filled as the desktop version, but I don't need on my phone.  I only want a light, simple, easy to use wallet on my phone, and Electrum works perfectly for that.



The older versions worked that way, but the newer versions require a password.

I don't blame you for wanting to keep your identity a secret, and good job standing your ground.  I wouldn't have reacted to Nicehash's message any differently.  

However, there were a few days this past week where your clients were scrambling trying to find your software, and since this thread is under constant attack by malware shilling sockpuppets, this episode put your clients in a high-risk situation.  Many didn't know whether the software they found was the right version, and there was also suspicion that your Mega and Bitcointalk.org accounts were hacked, or (god forbid,) you went rogue yourself.

Checksums are great, but they don't guarantee that your accounts haven't been hacked, or the software and checksums weren't replaced by the hacker.  To help the members of this forum (and the folks at Github will appreciate it also) I suggest you create and stake a PGP key that you use to sign the binaries and/or the checksums.  That gives the community a second factor for authentication.  If this kind of thing happens in the future we can use the PGP to authenticate your checksums or the binaries and avoid this kind of drama.

@OP; Pooya87's suggestion above is my favorite method for generating cold wallets.  Once the "paper" wallet has been backed up you can import the master public key into a watch-only wallet.  This comes in very handy for sending coins to your cold storage while maintaining privacy.  Since only the public keys are available in a watch only wallet the wallet is incapable of spending the coins.

However, Electrum has an additional checksum built into the seeds it generates, which helps Electrum determine the type of wallet it represents.  This means that wallets created by an Electrum seed have to be restored in Electrum.  For this reason I prefer to use Bip39 seeds for cold storage.  You can use a variety of desktop clients (including Electrum,) or a hardware wallet to restore your wallets from the seed phrase.

I recommend the Ian Coleman tool, you can download it an use it off-line for security: https://iancoleman.io/bip39/

I would be careful about applying such general rules of that sort.  AdkinsBet's shills have been annoying, and they haven't addressed their scam accusations from January, but we have no way of knowing for certain that the accusations are real.  Sure, if it quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it's probably a duck, but circumstantial evidence of that sort isn't sufficient in my opinion.

The more DT members go on assumptions and presumptions to leave reviews and tags, the less valuable the system becomes.  Saturating the trust system is already a problem, and this kind of attitude will only make it worse.

I understand the frustration of many members.  Actmyname has made references to how easy it is for a scammer to just switch accounts, create a new alt, or buy a high ranking account, and keep promoting the same scam.  But, if nothing else, this latest episode of whack-a-mole has taught us is that the system can identify scammers and their alts rather quickly.



That already happens on a regular basis.  Look at all the people who got tagged for wearing the Yobit or LiveCoin signatures.  If anything I think there are many people here who are overzealous when it comes to tagging other for supporting scams, and rightfully so.

Is all this drama over Ratimov being kicked off the Chipmixer campaign?

This is such a prime example of chickenshit deflection; blame the campaign manager and cry "Racism," rather than look at Ratimov's actions.  Let's pretend for a second that DarkStar_ isn't a racist, what other reason could he have had to remove Ratimov?   

Blockchain.com is a custodial wallet, and a web wallet.  If they eve get hacked your keys are at risk of being compromised.  Like other have mentioned, I recommend you don't use their service for long term storage.  Electrum is a much better option, but don't forget to verify its authenticity.


Many will argue (and I among them) that a "paper wallet" is the safest, for all time.  By definition the term implies that the secret key or backup mnemonic phrase is only stored on paper, or other archival media, and not any digital device.  This makes it absolutely impervious to hacks.  As long as the backup is stored safely and securely, your funds are equally safe and secure.

The official NFL year 2021 starts on March 17th, 10 days away.  As has happened every year prior, the rumor mill is getting up to full steam.

Here's a Yahoo Sports article suggesting that the Patriots top priority this off season is to lure Garoppolo from the 9ers.

The 49ers's John Lynch and Coach Shanahan, have been adamant that Garoppolo is their guy.  There can be a lot of talk this time of year to prop up a guy to enhance his trade value but realistically, I believe them.  Who else do they have to work with?  Neither Mullins nor Beathard have been able to win as consistently as a healthy Garoppolo.  The only way I can see it happening is if the 9ers can swing a high draft pick and a veteran QB.  I think the value of keeping Garoppolo is higher than anything another team would offer in trade.

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This one seems far more plausible; a CBS Sports article claiming Khalil Mack gets traded for Russell Wilson.  As much as I would like to see Russell Wilson out of the NFC West, I'm afraid this might be one of those "be careful what you wish for" moments.

I'm sorry, but I'm having a hard time believing this, maybe I'm just being overly skeptical and cynical, but just being honest.


The last password change was two years before the account woke up, which brings up the question; why would someone repay a loan to retrieve the account and not use it?  

There are too many strange things about the loan, and whether it was paid off or not.  Not the least of strange things is the fact that Parodium deleted his messages in loan request thread.  If he was afraid of losing his funds he would want those posts there as proof that his loan was defaulted.  The only reason to delete those posts is the hide the fact that a loan was given.  Also, SmokerFace deleted the text of the OP of the loan request thread.  Only a scammer would get a loan and then delete the text of the request.  Or, someone trying to hide the fact that a loan was given...

Another strange thing about the excuse given by Parodium; no reviews were left for the transaction, good, bad, or indifferent.  If the loan wasn't paid, but had to be "worked-off" why wouldn't Parodium leave a neutral review to warn other lenders?

In my opinion the most likely scenario is that Parodium still has control of the account, and tried to use it to recoup his lost funds.  I have no proof, of course, but something doesn't smell right about all this.