I keep reporting that kind of posts whenever I saw that in any boards especially in bitcoin discussion It's good for my "reported accuracy"  What if all Brandnew/Newbie accounts cannot make a new thread or they can't make a new thread if they have below 20 activity or so(as long the account is a newbie). Then they'd just spam existing threads, which makes them harder to spot. I made a suggestion a while back that all newbies are essentially shadowbanned until their first post on the forum is checked by a moderator and they're whitelisted. I've seen several forums using this system. Any idea why it isn't implemented? though the smarter ones could easily bypass it That is indeed easy: post something semi-decent, be accepted, start the spam. Or even edit the first post to make it spam. |
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username: maksosip for Happy Hour  for Happy Hour Username: BitLab  Somehow these images didn't show up earlier, but they show up again now. Happy Hour tickets credited: Bitlab 2231,2232,2233,2234,2235,2236,2237,2238,2239,2240 maksosip 2241,2242,2243,2244,2245,2246,2247,2248,2249,2250 |
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It does seem like a very small issue though as that's not even a 1% increase in size. Your math is off: from 225 to 257 bytes is over 14% increase. The percentage is even larger with more inputs and less outputs, and (as far as I know) it's the reason compressed addresses were introduced. For this reason, most wallets now use compressed addresses. are there other differences like this in other 'normal' bitcoin addresses? I don't think so. |
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Clearly generating vanity addresses has zero affect on transaction fees.
I don't know if my question was unclear, I've changed my post a bit. Example: 1 vanity input with 2 outputs: 257 bytes. 1 compressed input with 2 outputs: 225 bytes. Doing the same with 11 inputs and 1 output gives a (relatively) larger difference, as inputs are larger than outputs. Of course vanity addresses don't create larger transactions than "normal" addresses, that's not the point. The point is: compressed (input) addresses create smaller inputs, and if it would be possible to generate compressed vanity addresses, you could have the best of both worlds. |
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Still online and possibly for sale!
You really don't get it, now do you? What makes an escrow secure is not putting the word "secure" on an unknown website from an unknown person living in Cebu City *, Philippines. An escrow can only be called secure based on its reputation. The one thing you need, you don't have. *I specifically mention this from your profile, because I've been there. I got scammed by many people there, from the cab driver to the taxi meter to the bill in resorts. It's a poor country were people do almost anything to get money. Disclaimer: I've met nice people too  But that's not the point here. |
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LoyceV's Legendary Campaign/Services Portfolio I'm making this overview for future reference, to keep an overview of the campaigns I've managed. I'm available for offers. I'll updated this thread if anything new comes up. It's self-moderated to stop signature spam.
Campaigns
1. June 2016 - May 2017: Rollin.io Lottery Tickets – Daily Giveaway (previous thread)
2. December 2016 - January 2017: Rollin New Year Lottery | $500* Giveaway
3. December 2016 - January 2017: Rollin New Year Contests | $2000* Giveaway
4. February 2017: Rollin Bet ID Prediction | $200 Giveaway
5. March 2017: Rollin Bet ID Prediction | $250 Giveaway
6. April 2017: MAY THE FOURS BE WITH YOU | $250 Rollin Giveaway
7. May 2017: JOIN THE 1% | $300* Rollin Giveaway Contest
8. June 2017: Two the Moon! | $350* Giveaway Contest
9. July 2017: Money Grows on Threes! | $375* Giveaway Contest
10. August 2017: Daily Quest! | $500* Giveaway Contest
11. November-December 2017: Bitlogic.cc Fair Crypto-Betting Signature Campaign | Member to Legendary
12. February 2018: ✅ CryptoBust.io ✅ Giveaway Contest ✅
13. February - April 2018: [BOUNTY][ICO] 🔥Truegame.io- Blockchain Based Games On Chance 🔥 (I am judging Facebook and Content entries)
14. March - April 2018: [ANN][BOUNTY]⚡Vernam- The World's First 0% commission insurance on blockchain ⚡ (I am judging Facebook, Twitter and Content entries)
15. July-August 2018: PlayBitcoinGames.com Signature Campaign | Copper/Member to Legendary My first signature campaign which requires earned Merit
Funds entrusted to me at once
1. 0.1 BTC
2. 0.65 BTC
3. 1.25 BTC (partial overlap with #1 and #2)
4. 0.21 BTC (partial overlap with #1)
5. 0.21 BTC (partial overlap with #1)
6. 0.13 BTC (partial overlap with #1)
7. 0.25 BTC
8. 0.15 BTC
9. 0.15 BTC
10. 0.12 BTC (more than $500, I returned the remainder)
11. 0.28518 BTC
12. Admin pays prizes
13. None
14. None
15. 0.2 BTC
Services
1. Pretty Addy Giveaway (previous thread): I offer free and secure vanity Bitcoin addresses, with a prefix up to 6 characters long. Occasionally, I've done longer addresses for a small fee.
2. [CLOSED] I'm sharing 0.0096* + 0.0056* BTC per Bitcoin you own by signing a message: I am looking for signatures from Bitcoin addresses with a high balance, to join the Byteball and Stellar Lumens airdrops.
3. LoyceV's Hero Small 10 Month 10 Person 10 Altcoin Investment Experiment: ENDED: 10 people each put 0.01 BTC in a pot, for which I buy 10 different altcoins. 10 months later, on August 4, 2018, I'll sell everything. I have been entrusted with 0.09 BTC.
4. LoyceV's Bitcoin Fork claiming guide (and service): my small Howto and if needed Service to claim Forkcoins.
5. LoyceV's Legendary 10 Month 10 Person 10 Altcoin Investment DEPOSIT TIME ROUND 2 see description at #3.
Contest
I've hosted a Put your money where your mouth is! Bitcoin price prediction contest (which failed to get responses).
Translations
1. [ANN][NBC]✔Nobtcoin Hybride PoW+PoS ◕◡◕ Zerocoin Protocol - AIRDROP
2. [ANN]NL[ICO][BKB] BetKing Bankroll Token Crowdsale! Casino - 7400 Bitcoin winst!
Miscellaneous
1. I busted a few Alt-accounts cheating giveaways
2. I found a few hundred farmed spam-accounts shitposting giveaways
3. I got several dozen spam-accounts banned from Bitcointalk, while all of them ended up on my personal blacklist
4. I report copy/pasting to get banned
5. I made a Byteball: Blackbytes FAQ
6. I'm raising awareness: Fees are low, use this opportunity to Consolidate your small inputs!
7. LoyceV's Merit data analysis with weekly updates
8. Once in a while, a bot-cloud gets my attention. Here I got about 700 of them banned, here another 142 spambot accounts.
9. [GUIDES] on Bitcointalk. Index thread
10. [overview] Recover Bitcoin from any old storage format
Scraping the forum
I made Scraper-scripts to scrape certain threads. It's highly customized, I plan to make it easier to adjust if I need it for something else.
This is very useful for threads that require users to post a username, Bitcoin address or BetID. The tricky part here is to exclude nested quotes.
I've been using a scraper for entries and results in Campaign 1 for months, and made a new one to create and post a table of all entries in Campaigns 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. My scraper LoyceBot now also posts account levels and activity so I can easily check eligibility.
Future plans
1. I'm no longer considering making a SMAS-like thread to join forces with other giveaways. Let's call it GAS for now: Giveaways Against Spam. Slogan: "We give you gas". I won't do this, as there are no giveaways left to manage.
2. I'm considering to - very original - start a Loyce Lending Service (LoyceLS) (plans are on hold at the moment).
Reputation
See LoyceV's reputation thread, it's not self-moderated. Feel free to add comments.Any offers? PM me, post here, or use Telegram @LoyceV (note that Telegram itself is not trusted, finalize any deal on Bitcointalk). |
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Congratulations Winners of Draw 451500:
#1 First Prize: adri3000 wins 33 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #422
#2 Second Prize: XnashuaX wins 16 mBTC with Free Lottery Ticket #38
#3 Third Prize: natsag3 wins 6 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #525
Total pot: 55 mBTCFull Lottery Results are of course public. The next Draw is at Block 452000. As always, you can claim Free Lottery Tickets every day.Next server seed: FPEY3135MM9l26V282u942K1WTpMk77x
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I recently transfered 11 inputs from a vanity addy, and it made me realize the transaction gets quite big, which requires higher fees. Using vanity addresses instead of compressed addresses also adds more to the already large number of unconfirmed transactions. I just found out Lifeboat supports compressed keys, which are 15% faster to find (source: README in this zip) than regular keys! But it's specialized for AMD, and available for Windows only. So I can't use it. The last version of vanitygen is 4 years old now. It would be very nice to see an update that includes compressed keys. Unfortunately I don't have the skills to chance the source myself. It might be a relatively small change to add compressed keys. |
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The following Rollin users received Free Lottery Tickets (Ticket number(s) shown behind the name):2x Anais_58xi 11,12 2x Barcode 13,14 2x BitLab 15,16 4x CASIO 17,18,19,20 Dress 21 3x Erikalui 22,23,24 2x IIO 25,26 2x LondonGeezer 27,28 4x RefbackTeam 29,30,31,32 RemoteConsoleXD 33 Scarface4 34 2x SergiuS 35,36 Visions 37 XnashuaX 38 4x aRp 39,40,41,42 2x angayan17 43,44 2x ashitha 45,46 batakoluck 47 gio999 48 6x hitava 49,50,341,342,370 (I owe you one, I'll add one next round) james1 343 kustepuchen 344 legend 345 2x logged 346,347 2x maksosip 348,349 2x only 350,351 rajapalak 352 3x shanem 353,354,355 3x singpays 356,357,358 4x somuchee 359,360,361,362 2x star2343 363,364 timoteo 365 2x vaga7 366,367 2x vavilon 368,369 If you posted your name but didn't get tickets, one of these options is most likely the cause:- You used the wrong format in your post. Use this format: Username: Loyce
- The username you posted doesn't exist on Rollin.io
- You never talked in Rollin Chatter Box
- You have Red Trust on Bitcointalk
- You are Blacklisted for abusing this giveaway
- You have already claimed Free Tickets today
- You posted shortly before I posted this, and your post wasn't there yet when my Scraping Bot checked for new posts. If this happened, your post will be included in the next run.
You can always send me a message. Remaining ticket(s) donated in Rollin Chatter Box:- Next Draw is at Block 451500.
Lottery pot: 37 mBTC.
Good luck!
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Satoshi never thought bitcoin can be so huge on users and market cap, therefore he designed only for 1MB.
Before you make up stuff, please read what satoshi himself says about this: It can be phased in, like:
if (blocknumber > 115000)
maxblocksize = largerlimit We have 4 times more blocks by now, and it's still not implemented. |
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Should have been at least 2-4MB some time ago.
i disagree. we need to increase the block size but things are not that bad if we only see legit transactions in the pool. right now we have a massive scale spam attack which is increasing the number of unconfirmed transactions. Who decides whether or not a transaction is "spam"? And even if it is spam, they do pay fees. The problem is: even with fees that would have been called very high just a few months ago, I'm now waiting almost 24 hours for my transaction. As a Bitcoin user I don't really care if "spam" is the cause, it should just work. Sites like https://btc.com/stats/unconfirmed-tx or https://bitcoinfees.21.co/ nicely show you how much to pay for a fast transaction, but the end-result is we're all paying more, without processing a single transaction more. The last 4 blocks all have more than 1 Bitcoin in fees, up to 1.7 Bitcoin. That's huge! Remember when "cheap transactions" was an argument to use Bitcoin? To grow, it needs more users. To get more users, it needs to be able to handle them. Meanwhile, the miners have a 1.7 Bitcoin per block incentive not to increase block size. |
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I forgot to post the previous Draw results. To keep this thread complete, I'm posting it now. This is not the latest Draw.Congratulations Winners of Draw 451000:
#1 First Prize: lolgato wins 82 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #668
#2 Second Prize: lolgato wins 41 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #763
#3 Third Prize: Dress wins 15 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #839
Total pot: 138 mBTCFull Lottery Results are of course public. The next Draw is at Block 451500. As always, you can claim Free Lottery Tickets every day.Next server seed: V315RIVF3207PL9MtL90b32G4483MsOB
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Congratulations Winners of Draw 451200:
#1 First Prize: artcode wins 15 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #216
#2 Second Prize: legend wins 7 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #16
#3 Third Prize: Loyce wins 3 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #99
Total pot: 25 mBTCFull Lottery Results are of course public. The next Draw is at Block 451500. As always, you can claim Free Lottery Tickets every day.Next server seed: R204MDRB22W6Kg8HOG8wWK1C33726Ok8
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Public key: 04DD775FD4077CEDC7943D270E1AA42FB187C2E3C41F6FF00F99B53453546DC33FFB0B68241A334 3E4C970D044ED3CB12A3E80854F86FFBB306FEBC051B390F676
Prefix: qHKG
May I ask: what does it stand for? I got you an addy with a number after the prefix. This way it stands out a bit more: Address: 1 qHKG5xn7H3iDfgb1LYQ69quacMqnqBjw (Balance:  ) PrivkeyPart: 5J11srdr67BQGCLPHYGWK1cw6CXzDkjYYdvxTYyAMgW6mhTzTqJ |
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Rollin Bet ID Prediction | $200* Giveaway Closed for new entries One of the most popular bitcoin dice sites ever, Rollin.io, is continuing the Prediction Contest of the New Year Giveaway Promo at Bitcointalk to reward the loyal players of Rollin, Bitcointalkers and just about everyone interested.
Please read everything before posting.
Rollin Bet ID Prediction Contest
Predict the total number of Bets the moment March starts. In other words: predict the Bet ID of the first Bet made on March 1, 2017. Closest 3 predictions win.
You can join 3 times: once in the first week (1-7), once in the second week (8-14), and once in the third week (15-21). Predictions made after February 21, 2017 ends (Rollin time) are invalid.
Special : Level 6/7/8 players get to make 2 predictions per post and level 9+ gets 3 predictions.
Prizes:
#1: 100 mBTC
#2: 60 mBTC
#3: 40 mBTC
Craziest prediction gets 10 mBTC
How to Join:
Post your prediction, Rollin username and Bitcoin address.
Use this template, and substitute your own details:
MyPrediction: 1234567890
RollinUsername: Loyce
BitcoinAddress: 1addy
Under these 3 lines, you can type whatever you want want.
If your Rollin account level allows you to make 2 or 3 Predictions, just separate them by space. Like this:MyPrediction: 1234567890 987654321
LoyceBot will list entries in this thread. Non-qualifying entries will be removed even after LoyceBot posted them.
Please check your entry thoroughly.Winners will be paid within the first week of March (I may ask winners to confirm their entry in Rollin Chatter Box).Rules
1. This Giveaway is self-moderated to stop signature spam. I will remove all non-qualifying posts. If you quote the entire OP, your entry will be deleted.
2. Only one entry per person per week (Rollin time).
3. Eligibility: Bitcointalk account Full Member or higher with a minimum of 50 mBTC (=0.05 BTC) wagered on Rollin (Bitcointalk accounts that are mainly used for giveaways or Activity-spam are rejected, no matter what the level is) OR Rollin account level 3 and above (Bitcointalk Newbie accounts accepted). If you're a new player: you'll reach lvl 3 after wagering 1 BTC in total.
4. Anybody who has been blacklisted for any other giveaway (including HiLoGames) will be rejected here. Just don't cheat 
Users with Red Trust on DT2 are not allowed to join.
5. No post should be edited (changes may be overlooked).
6. No post should be deleted.
7. In case of dispute, it will be settled in a manner as fair as possible to all the parties concerned. As in all decisions, it may seem to favor one party more than the other to one or the other, and a perfect solution is more often not available than otherwise.
8. We reserve the right to change this giveaway at any moment, and to exclude people from the giveaway if we feel we need to do so.FAQ
Q. Is there any other contest, competition or giveaway I can participate in?
Yes. Rollin gives away 1000 m฿ every week to the Caesars of Rollin. Rollin has a Twitter giveaway, and a Lottery Tickets – Daily Giveaway (this Lottery runs year-round in Rollin Chatter Box.
Q. Is there an escrow?
No. Funds for this giveaway are stored in 1RoLLiNLVU9u89UiYN2EyEHoJU4LhE3xM (Balance:  ) (signed).
Q. Can I win more than one prize?
No, you can win one prize per month. If this Giveaway is continued into the next month, you're welcome to join again.
Q. What happens if my entry is incomplete?
Your entry won't show up in LoyceBot's post. It will be deleted (unless I overlook it).
Q. What happens if my prediction has been picked already?
Your prediction is ignored. Make sure you check the latest entries before submitting yours.
Q. What happens if I enter more often than allowed?
Your second entry is rejected. If you do this repeatedly, all your entries will be deleted.
Q. My entry has been deleted. Can I enter again?
Yes. Make sure your entry qualifies first. Feel free to contact me. You can only post an entry for the current week.
Q. Can Rollin Mod Loyce join?
No  I don't want any conflicts of interest.
Q. Can other Rollin Mods join?
Yes
Q. Can Rollin Admin join?
Yes, but Admin won't win a prize. I'd like to see Admin's prediction though.This thread will be managed by me ("Mod Loyce" in Rollin Chatter Box, "LoyceV" on Bitcointalk) on behalf of Rollin as well as any Rollin Mods and Staff.Special thanks to ndnh for allowing me to copy/paste and edit parts of last year's giveaway  * $200 is rounded (down) at current Bitcoin value. The total giveaway will be 0.21 BTC. |
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I forgot to click self-moderate.
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It might work, but it would exchange efficiency for complications. Since it's already complicated enough, and some people actually lost their private key before I found their addy, it's not worth changing vanitygen for this. Especially for short prefixes. If it works, it could work for large vanity pools, where multiple computers are searching for multiple addresses that pay half a Bitcoin each, but that's outside the scope of this giveaway. |
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Freezing Bitcoins requires a hardfork, which will destroy Bitcoin's credibility. Since it's the longest chain that continues, it requires miners' consent, which would destroy the value of their new blocks. So no, it can't be frozen.
But: I've read several times that exchanges and mixers may reject Bitcoins from the Bitfinex hack. This large amount of Bitcoins can be traced back, no matter how often it's moved to different wallets.
If this would happen, the 120,000 Bitcoins can't be spend. In a way, that's the same as being frozen.
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The following Rollin users received Free Lottery Tickets (Ticket number(s) shown behind the name):31pikachus 151 2x Anais_58xi 152,153 4x Barcode 154,155,156,157 BitLab 158 2x CASIO 159,160 2x Dress 161,162 Gio999 163 IIO 164 LondonGeezer 165 2x RefbackTeam 166,167 Scarface4 168 2x SergiuS 169,170 Zoel 171 2x aRp 172,173 2x angayan17 174,175 ashitha 176 2x batakoluck 177,178 gio999 180 6x hitava 181,182,183,184,185,186 kustepuchen 187 logged 188 mpopo 189 natsag3 190 only 191 saiid 192 3x shanem 193,194,195 2x somuchee 196,197 star2343 198 vaga7 199 wio 200 If you posted your name but didn't get tickets, one of these options is most likely the cause:- You used the wrong format in your post. Use this format: Username: Loyce
- The username you posted doesn't exist on Rollin.io
- You never talked in Rollin Chatter Box
- You have Red Trust on Bitcointalk
- You are Blacklisted for abusing this giveaway
- You have already claimed Free Tickets today
- You posted shortly before I posted this, and your post wasn't there yet when my Scraping Bot checked for new posts. If this happened, your post will be included in the next run.
You can always send me a message. Remaining ticket(s) donated in Rollin Chatter Box:PvP 179 Next Draw is at Block 451200.
Lottery pot: 20 mBTC.
Good luck!
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This giveaway is now closed Contest 13 Winners:
The Bet ID of the first Bet made on February 1, 2017: 3,933,033,008.
Prizes:
#1: 100 mBTC
Winner #1: wio. Prediction: 3,933,333,333. Difference: 300,325 bets.
#2: 60 mBTC
Winner #2: CASIO. Prediction: 3,931,191,837. Difference: 1,841,171 bets.
#3: 40 mBTC
Winner #3: Shahista. Prediction: 3,930,000,000. Difference: 3,033,008 bets.I would have been third. Unfortunately, I didn't allow myself to join
Craziest prediction: 10 mBTC
Winner: SimpleRed7. Prediction: 2017 777 2017 888.
Payments go directly to your Bitcoin address: All valid entries have been paid.Congratulations! Thank you all for joining.If anything, feel free to reply to this thread. If not, I'll lock the thread it in a few days.
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