Sportsbet and Stake are online casinos and sportsbooks that benefit from getting new players. If you sign up, you will most likely deposit and lose some money. If you stick around, you will keep losing money. Hence, advertising makes sense to them. Bitcointalk isn't selling anything and isn't providing a service that others purchase. Financially, it doesn't matter if 1, 10, or 100 people sign up tomorrow. theymos even stopped ad sales, meaning there is even less money to be made.

You can drive a car with flat tires, but it doesn't drive like one with optimum tire pressure.
 
All software go through changes to make it better, safer, faster, better-optimized for different devices and operating systems, etc. A bug doesn't fix itself. It requires manual testing and changing the code. The same is true for minor or major security vulnerabilities. The developers don't always have to work on bettering the code, the monitoring of the already existing one is equally important to ensure it still runs as expected. Not to mention how essential the devs are in introducing new protocol features and adding support for new systems, OSs, etc.

It doesn't solve the problem unless you already have a Lightning channel open and a route to the person that needs to receive those $0.50 in BTC. I am sure it's going to take a long time until it becomes normal for all bitcoiners to use the LN. Until then, you are still going to have to pay more sats to open a channel, route your transaction, and eventually close it with another higher sat transaction.

If it ever comes to that, it will be interesting to see two things: what the new dust limit will be, and what the new fee rate will look like. 

Would biometrics help in recovering private keys and seeds if they got lost? Yes, probably!
Would they make Bitcoin safer? No!
Should it be mandators? No!
Can it be an optional feature for those that want it? Yes (I would never use it, but why should I tell others what to do!?)

I prefer changes that make the network better and stronger. I know you might think that introducing a new recovery method (biometrics) is a step in that direction, but it isn't. Only those who have the keys can spend the coins. It's as simple as that. The fact that lost keys mean unspendable coins is proof that everything works as described and that it is safe. If you introduce a new system that makes unspendable coinn spendable again, you aren't making Bitcoin more secure. You are giving anyone with your fingerprint and other biometric data the keys to your coins. And that's easier to obtain than a seed that is written down on paper or engraved in metal and stored securely.     

I guess it depends on the type of fire and the flame in the building. Some basic googling shows that house fire temperatures start from 1100°C and can go up to 3000°C depending on the flame. Wikipedia and some other sources say that fiberglass starts softening up at 1200°C and starts melting at 1700°C. Maybe it could survive the weakest of flames, but it stands no chance against the worst types of fires.

You misunderstood. The quoted part doesn't refer to coinjoins and Wasabi. It goes back to this post where I explained that just because blockchain analysis gives the green light that certain coins meet the requirements to participate in your coinjoins, it doesn't mean that other services (like exchanges) will agree. It's exchanges and centralized services doing the coin confiscation because they don't like the history of your coins or the lack of one.   

Generalno pravilo na Bitcointalk-u da bi se otvorio novi podforum je da ima već dosta tema koje bi se mogle ubaciti u novonastalu sekciju. Dakle, kad admin otvori naš Hrvatski lokal, trebao bi da vidi teme o investicijama na sve strane. Ali to ovdje nije slučaj pa su šanse za dodatnu sekciju minimalne.

Ovo što sad imamo je dovoljno za tako nešto. Može se otvoriti tema u glavnom dijelu ako je riječ o Bitcoin investicijama ili nekom projektu koji se tiče bitcoina. U altcoin poforumu mogu ići teme vezane za investiranje u ili sa altovima. 

I didn't say that taint existed. On the other hand, blockchain analysis companies and centralized exchanges believe it exists. Better yet, they want the users to believe it exists, as an excuse to gather more information on them that they can then sell and share with their partners in government agencies and elsewhere.   

I don't think that's good enough. I don't want to have that problem even once. Especially if everything worked flawlessly until it suddenly didn't, and my coins got taken by someone who gave themselves the right to do so based on the "proof" they received by a surveillance agency whose standards and methods are unknown. The solution is to abandon centralized exchanges, but not that many people will want to hear that message. 

A što da ne, Prvi put je dobro bilo pa što ne ponoviti još jednom!? Najgore je to što ne sumnjam uopšte da ne bi uspjeli u svojim namjerama. Dobar marketing, niske naknade, plus ponudi klijentima neke dodatne beneficije i mjenačnica se diže na sami vrh. Nevjerovatno je da postoji mogućnost da će korisnicima kojima su ostali dužni možda ponuditi staking jednog dijela novca kojeg im trebaju vratiti. Odlična prilika da im se opet da novac na čuvanja uz garancije da će sve biti OK.

Ne! Kakvo pitanje takav i odgovor.

Interesting. I thought this was changed with Core 24.0 where nodes can support full RBF if they want to. I think it was o_e_l_e_o who explained in one of his threads that full RBF is disabled by default, but the option to enable it for the operators is there. The way I understood it is that each transaction is now considered as RBF-enabled instead of you deciding to opt-in or out. I didn't know that somehow Electrum and Electrum seeds were impacted if imported into Blue Wallet.

I don't know why, but that post of yours reminded me of this gem from the Hitman video game:



It will be interesting to see what the service fees will be like when doing coinjoins directly with your Trezor, compared to what Wasabi users pay. I would expect Trezor to take a cut, which would increase the overall price a user has to pay. 

You asked me the same thing back in October 2022.


I told you back then that they were in the list before, but I removed them following a scam incident and the way they showed no professionalism in handling the case. Nothing has changed. I think they even earned themselves a negative rating by yahoo62278 or it might have been a neutral, I don't remember. 

Just to add to what o_e_l_e_o said. Even if you "pass" all their imaginary taint security checks, there is no guarantee that other services and exchanges will consider your bitcoin "equally clean" according to whatever imaginary standards they have.

The following two scenarios can still happen.

A) You want to participate in a Wasabi coinjoin. Chainanalysis gives the green light and considers your coins as clean. You finish the process. After some time you move those coins to a CEX to exchange them for an altcoin or fiat, and there are no problems.

B) You want to participate in a Wasabi coinjoin. Chainanalysis gives the green light and considers your coins as clean. You finish the process. You deposit your "clean" BTC into a CEX, and the exchange freezes your account because you participated in a coinjoin with the Wasabi wallet. Yow now have to explain to them why you did that, the source of your funds, and whatever else they need.

It's a flawed concept where each party has its own standards and definitions of what is allowed and what isn't.   

I am not sure what that part about the diligent condition is supposed to mean. Check the rewards on the wheel carefully. You will notice a padlock icon next to some of them, while others don't show it. The wheel regularly stops at the 0.10 coins pocket (close to the 1 BTC slot). That's a locked reward. I am sure that's also what you won. I think the locked rewards need to be unlocked with deposits and wagering. 

It depends on the device you use. For example, Trezors get shipped with no firmware installed. Once you unpack it, you get to choose if you want to use the the multi-coin or Bitcoin-only firmware. Ledgers come with the firmware already installed. Worse case scenario, it will be an outdated firmware that you can upgrade. A fake Ledger can't connect to Ledger's servers through Ledger Live. I assume Trezor uses a similar approach with their proprietary software, the Trezor Suite.

I just saw their Twitter announcement about the upcoming coinjoin implementation and wanted to share it here, but the news is already out.
I took a look at the comments to see what the general mood among the users are. One guy called Chris Blec asked them straight if Chainalysis will have their say in the coinjoin process, but Trezor didn't feel like replying. Another funny comment says that Chainalysis is coming on 19 April to Trezor.

If you already have a safe, sure, why not. Put one copy of it in your safe. If possible, you should make at least two or three copies and store them in separate locations. Maybe you have parents living in some other city or a brother/sister. A copy should only be with someone you absolutely trust. If you don't have someone like that, I would suggest storing 2-3 copies in different places of your home. Alternatively, extend the seed with a passphrase, so that even if someone would try to steal your coins (the people who have a copy of your seed), they wouldn't be able to without the seed extension.   

Don't store anything on USB, CDs/DVD/, email, clouds, or any similar online or digital medium. Physical offline copies only.

Paper is OK and good enough. Metal storage is even better. Some people use washers. Use your imagination and hide the paper/steel plate somewhere the thief won't look or know that something might be hiding there.


If you were able to remember the passphrase, maybe it's not secure enough. You can't change it now, but it's something worth to think about in the future.

From what I can see on the wheel, some rewards are locked while others are unlocked. When you spin it, you will mostly get the 0.10 locked coin reward, but there is a theoretical chance to win other prizes. I will add it because the same type of wheel is present on BitKing and Luckydice like you said.

Their announcement says it will be a temporary suspension, but they don't know for how long. Since they will halt deposits on 14 April and have announced it well in advance, I am going to leave them in the table for the time being. Maybe they will come back. All players should check their accounts and not deposit blindly anyways.

Thanks for the updates! 

In truth, It's not something that newbies should do. Airgapped systems are for the more advanced userbase. Beginners will be safe enough if they move their coins from centralized exchanges (or don't use them to begin with), are careful what they click/download/give permissions to, and use a hardware wallet from a top manufacturer. They can slowly improve their knowledge with time and if they want to.   

That's like saying I am a virgin because I only have sex once a week. I am a 100% virgin during the other days, though.

Too bad that there are so many restrictions and that you are solely focused on the EU and nothing else. I also find it regretful that a huge nation like Russia is blacklisted. Bitcoin is a currency of everyone or no one, but that's your decision.

I tried searching for it manually and couldn't find it on my PC. I didn't try over the phone. "PeachBitcoin", "Peach Bitcoin", or simply "Peach" doesn't show me any good results. Can you post the link to the app so I can check?