My question is how can we block bad hacker's revision to bitcoin source itself and pretend that is legitimate source revision? If you don't trust the website from which you download Bitcoin Core, you can check the source code for yourself before compiling it. |
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Here is a perfect and short description Bcash marketing strategy:
-confuse people into thinking they are the real bitcoin. I found a really shady method he is using but have nothing to back up my words...yet... I noticed the same, both from Bitcoin Cash fans, as well as an article on Bitcoin.com claiming "Bitcoin Cash is Bitcoin". This causes many clueless Newbies to deposit their funds on the wrong chain, and lose it at an exchange. They only use Bitcoin and this forum for their own agenda, just like most altcoins (take Vitalik Buterin for example: last active on June 30, 2016) and ICOs for that matter. The conflict with anti-Bitcoin agendas is certainly heating up now, more than ever. It's all about money: altcoins, ICOs and forks are almost exclusively created to make the creator rich. The campaigns from governments, (central) banks, many more institutions and (rich) people against Bitcoin only make me think we're right believing in Bitcoin. They don't care about me losing my money, they only care about losing control over money. This thread is self-moderated, because it seems sure to be a troll magnet. When it comes to trolling, I like The Pirate Bay's stance on Bitcoin Cash:  |
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or can i get analysis of my account
You must have one of the highest Activity numbers for a Jr. Member now. Your account had a large "potential activity". This means you didn't post many messages, but the ones you posted had enough time between them to cover each "14-days Activity period". Right after the Merit system was introduced, you started posting many posts per day (including crossposting of the same post in different threads), which means your post count and thus Activity went up quickly. You even started a thread, in which these questions were answered already. So far my analysis. In what forums here can one make post to earn merits
Any post can earn merits. But, if you mainly post in threads where nobody else has earned any merits, it's very unlikely you'll get them there. In that case the whole thread isn't worth any merits, and people post there only for bounties or to increase their post count. Example: this thread has 96 posts, but it only has 1 post from a user who has earned 6 Merit points. Several other people who posted in that thread have 100, 250 or 500 Merit points, but they got them at the introduction, and not based on their post quality. Note: this doesn't mean you should start posting irrelevant posts in threads/boards with people who have earned many Merits just to earn them. |
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And how you explain why older versions of Bitcoin Core shows higher balances?
bitcoin-0.8.1-win32 shows additonal pending balances, but it cant be synchronized after 452000 block, i don't know why, If it isn't fully synchronized, the balance can't be trusted. This solves part of your mystery. bitcoin-0.13.1-win64 and bitcoin-0.14.2-win32 - fully synchronized
And both show different ammount of balances. Why do you use 3 different old versions? Try the latest version (0.15.1). Is any official guide exists how to run Bitcoin Core with rescan command?
There isn't much to it: -rescan
Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions on startup |
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Just wondering, do you think I should be trying to bump that thread more often so he can see it? I kind of expected more people to apply to be merit sources than actually have, so there really hasn't been much for me to update.
Don't ask me  I guess there is no rush to apply as a merit source, maybe more people will apply the coming months. |
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Sr. Member oegarod decided it's time to create his first topic. Unfortunately, it's copied from CNN: Copy: The Korea Customs Service (KCS) has revealed an investigation into illicit Forex trading practices, and uncovered $600 million (637.5 billion won) worth cryptocurrencies that were exchanged illegally in South Korea.
The statement further disclosed four instances of illegal tradings. In the first case, money was transferred from Japan to an unknown country whereby 53.7 billion won were sent to another person/entity using cryptocurrencies. In the second case, funds worth 472.3 billion Korean won were exchanged between Australia and South Korea. KCS explained that transferring funds between countries with the sole purpose of avoiding bank and remittance fees is considered illegal.
In the third case, foreign currency was sent to an overseas organization (as cryptocurrencies) which were then converted and remitted to the recipient. In the fourth case, funds worth 164.7 billion won were received by a paper company, citing ‘purchase of software’ as a coverup. KCS mentioned that it will start investigating cryptocurrency agents and forex operators for money laundering and illegal trading charges. Other areas that will undergo critical inspection include smuggling of drugs using virtual currencies. The names of the suspects were not revealed in the press release.
Original: https://www.ccn.com/south-korea-600-million-uncovered-in-illegal-cryptocurrency-trading/ |
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Someone will be tagged soon  Good catch! lamjed, care to share which deleted posts of yours earned you 2 times 4 Merit points from two different users (both shitposters who don't post anything else than signature applications when they're not in a campaign) within 4 minutes apart? I guess 4 sMerit was all they had. February 03, 2018, 10:43:34 AM: 4 from majdoso for (Deleted/Off-limits/Ignored)
February 03, 2018, 10:39:33 AM: 4 from didoubk for (Deleted/Off-limits/Ignored) Merit turns out to be a great way to confirm alt-accounts! |
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I don't know how so many people missed BitcoinX (BCX). You should definitely add it to the list: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoinx/. The ratio is 10 000:1, which makes the price an effective $135 per Bitcoin owned right now. The people who managed to *redeem* and sell this early on managed to score $350-400 per Bitcoin. It was also rather trivial to do if you have a place to sync their Core fork. Unfortunately, I don't have enough VM-space to sync their blockchain, so I can't test it. Diamond, Super and BitcoinX can be deposited on Gate.io the last time I checked (it might have changed recently though), so you might want to add a link to that.
I didn't test Gate.io after reading many scam accusations. Have you been able to successfully use it? |
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Check the screenshot......
I did, entered it in my Bitcoin Core, and it doesn't verify. It is easier if you copy/paste the text than posting a screenshot though. Try again please. |
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Newbie mai_ngoc tries to be "constructive" by copy/pasting. Please end his posting career. Copy: On October 25th, the Bitcoin blockchain is set to hard fork and create a new cryptocurrency called Bitcoin Gold (BTG).Existing private keys holding a Bitcoin balance at that time will be credited with the same amount of Bitcoin Gold on November 1st, similar to how they received Bitcoin Cash at the beginning of August. A wallet for Bitcoin Gold may not be available in time, however, which could cause a delay of up to a few weeks before holders will be able to use the new coins.
The driving force behind Bitcoin Gold is a team of developers, miners, and other contributors led by Jack Liao, the CEO of Hong Kong mining manufacturer LightningAsic. His financial partner in the endeavor is known simply as Wubi, a Chinese mining tycoon and owner of Chinese Bitcoin news portal Jinse.com. The project’s anonymous lead developer goes by the name H4x3rotab, and several other developers and contributors can be found inside the project’s GitHub project and slack channel.
Deemed a “friendly fork” by the development team, many differences in this copy of Bitcoin make it less like Bitcoin Cash and more like a complimentary accessory to Bitcoin. H4x3rotab explained to Brave New Coin that there are “vested interests who benefit from blocking upcoming upgrades of Bitcoin by making hard forks like C-cash, D-cash, or SegWit4x and SegWit8x.”
His team’s plan to combat this ongoing attack is to have Bitcoin Gold take a similar, supporting role to Bitcoin, much like Litecoin did for the segwit upgrade when it deployed segwit first. However, unlike Litecoin, which has shorter block times and uses a mining algorithm that is different but still allows for ASICs, Bitcoin Gold “is also a real blockchain to pilot Bitcoin upgrades,” H4x3rotab says.
Original: https://bravenewcoin.com/news/bitcoin-gold-a-friendly-dividend-fork-or-bitcoins-disaster-recovery-plan/ |
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A Forkcoin isn't a giveaway, it's just a fork: everybody has the same number of coins as they had before, and the chain continues from there in a different direction. Usually the Fork creators give themselves a lot more coins (instant profit!). If you want to know how real airdrops handle it, have a look at Byteball or Bitcore. |
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no-one wants to give merit because they might never get any more, so the scarcity makes it so much more valuable You're giving away sMerits, not merits. Why would you want to keep them? |
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yeah i'm wrong to call it's a bug because i have no idea to call what it's but i see negative balance several times on Coinbase Coinbase can go negative, but Coinbase is not Bitcoin. It's a private website, just like any bank can give you a negative balance. Negative Bitcoin would be like having negative cash in your IRL wallet. It's not possible. |
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~ for the qrencode thing, how are bitcoin address/pubkey/privkey used in them? like do they simply serialize the bytes? no special schema or something? how do qrcode readers deal with them when importing? It'll be awesome if you have some 100 page manual or proper documentation link for it since this is going to be part of a project I'm working on.
QR-codes convert to text, that's it. Unless you need to know how it works exactly internally. You can adjust the error tolerance, for instance if you want to be able to put a Bitcoin logo in it. The man page isn't that long. From my cheat sheet: # Make QR code with 7% error tolerance
qrencode -t png -o file.png -s 10 'private key here'
# Make QR code with 25% error tolerance (preferred option!)
qrencode -t png -o file.png -s 10 -l Q 'private key here'
# Make QR code with 30% error tolerance
qrencode -t png -o file.png -s 10 -l H 'private key here' Example with 25% error tolerance used for the logo:  |
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The market is rudicolous, price are falling too fast. I won't make any trading before the market is green or getting stabilized again. And you're not the only one. That's why all coins instantly go up 20-30% the moment they start rising. Everybody jumps in again! One thing didn't change: many people want to invest their money in crypto. |
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Is there some light program/script that allows to generate bitcoin addresses, as well as converting address/private key to/from QR code (image file), and it'll be awesome if it supports mini private key format as well.
Ideally I'm looking for libraries to use in my project, but if they're stand alone CLI I can still manage to use them.
A year ago, I've been playing around with miniprivatekey.py, bitcoin-tool and qrencode. I used this to search for mini private keys with vanity addresses. Combined together, these 3 programs can do most of what you're looking for. Update: I think I made up the name "miniprivatekey.py", so it's not helping you. I used this script. The rest of the programs can easily be found. Note: I haven't used this for anything holding actual funds. I'll leave it up to you to make sure it's secure and random enough. |
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Which is why he should not only be a merit source,but a staff member.
It doesn't work that way, nearly no one who "wants" to become a mod becomes one on BCTtalk or we'd have either Lutpin or shorena be one(who are at the top for making the most reports AFAIK). I didn't ask  As much as I appreciate shorena's contributions to the forum, he hasn't posted between October 29, 2017 and January 19, 2018. As for becoming a merit source, I believe this is way too early to ask to be one You clearly haven't been following the Merit-thing, as my quote in the OP shows: theymos literally asked for people to open a thread in Meta if they want to be Merit sources. secondly your examples aren't that noteworthy I could have cherry-picked 10 exceptional posts, but (as explained in the OP) I did my normal way instead. In my opinion that makes more sense to spread Merit on posts that deserve it. you'd have to get at least the approval from some merit sources That's not required. Well theymos rarely replies or reacts when you just make a thread, might as well send a PM with a link to this thread, don't expect a reply though. Theymos has seen the " Unofficial merit source application thread": <Table updated -theymos>[/center]
I'm in that table now, several others are, so I just keep bumping this thread until I hear from theymos. No need to PM him on this. P.S: I have the 36 sMerits things, does that mean I'm a merit source? If you're a source, it will say so on the Merit-page. |
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Great project @LoyceV -20 Merit for you  they can maybe set a characters limit needed to post the comment, for example, minimum 15 characters are needed to post it, but i guess they will surely find another way
That won't work, you'll get posts like: "Sir, Great Project, thank you!". |
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I was just looking at Bitcoin $500,000 by 2020: most "predictions" just extrapolate whatever is happening, which last year usually resulted in a very high prediction. Bitcoin went up for a very long time, and has been dropping hard for 6-7 weeks. For 6 weeks, I've been expecting the drop to end, but so far it just keeps going down. Each time crypto bounces up a bit, most coins instantly increase by 20-30%. I can only assume that means many speculators are waiting and ready to jump in the moment they expect a rise again. I also think positive feedback mechanisms (either going long or short) increase the magnitude of fluctuations. The moment short positions are closed, the price has to go up again, which triggers more positions to close. Bitcoin (and crypto in general) is heavily manipulated. Of course I don't like seeing my stash drop in value, but it isn't the first time. The fact that among others billionaires, governments, (central) banks and stock brokers warn against Bitcoin tells me we're on to something here. They don't care about the general population risking their money, they care about losing control over money. And that brings me to what I believe: Bitcoin can easily double (or much more!) in a few days, you're right there. But it's impossible to time the market, it can just as well lose a lot more first. This is not even a prediction at this point, it is just speculation. I would have guessed that people would have learned that it is practically impossible to predict the price of bitcoin at this point. If enough people make enough predictions, some of them will be correct. That makes it an easy mistake to assume credibility based on past predictions. |
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But installing the VM on an external harddisk and DETACH that from the computer, that's like the XXL version of a hardware wallet. Not really. A hardware wallet keeps the private keys away from the online computer. In your setup, your wallet has been online, and any malware can patiently wait for to fund your private keys after they are stolen. It's not needed to backup your entire partition, all you have to do is backup your wallet.dat. Note that Bitcoin doesn't have "accounts", it has "wallets". |
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