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261  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: ATM-uri crypto Timisoara on: August 27, 2021, 10:33:16 AM
Au o taxa fixa pentru comisionul de tranzactie si un comision pe care il incaseaza. Taxa fixa e acolo pentru ca in functie de cat de plin e mempool-ul, taxa variaza.. si e un pic enervant sa tot ceri o taxa diferita la fiecare tranzactie, presupun.

Zici ca procentul pe care il incaseaza e 10-12%? Din ce stiam eu, e un pic mai bun de atat.

Rata dupa care se iau e probabil in functie de numarul (si volumul) de tranzactii pe care il au in zona respectiva si in functie totodata de pretul actual BTC. Nu stiu daca exista un avantaj in a oferi un pret average din ultimele 6-12h, dar poate ca gresesc.
262  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: PremiumPay - Masini, imobiliare, vacante platite cu crypto on: August 26, 2021, 09:24:36 PM
Am gasit cateva erori gramaticale pe site-ul vostru si, desi e mentionata posibilitatea prezentarii fizice a clientului la birou, nu pare sa existe nicaieri o adresa exacta a biroului. "Oradea, Bihor" e putin cam vag.

Din curiozitate, cum se va efectua mai exact plata + livrarea? Plata BTC se va face in baza a ce anume?
263  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: ATM-uri crypto Timisoara on: August 26, 2021, 01:54:22 PM
O fi cineva de prin Timisoara care le goleste zilnic, ma gandesc. Potrivit CoinATMRadar, mai exista un ATM in Timisoara pe strada Calea Aradului nr. 56A: https://coinatmradar.com/bitcoin_atm/23490/bitcoin-atm-general-bytes-timisoara-centrul-comercial-auchan-timisoara-nord/

Altfel nu imi explic situatia, decat prin faptul ca ar exista cineva care le goleste de cateva zile constant. Mai ales luand in considerare ca sunt 2 firme diferite de ATM-uri..
264  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: Despre securitatea portofelelor hardware on: August 26, 2021, 07:37:14 AM
Folosesc foarte des sistemul de operare Tails, iar daca dai click-dreapta pe orice fisier foto gasesti optiunea sa stergi metadata/EXIF. Asa am aflat si eu de treaba asta ce inainte parea un pic penibila, dar acum ma innebuneste. Am fost nepasator pana am urcat o poza pe imgbb cum spuneam si mai sus, iar cand am vazut ce detalii raman totusi impregnate in poze..  am zis OK, poate ca ar trebui sa imi pese Cheesy

Intre timp, am cautat si eu pe reddit si pare-se ca am avut dreptate: mi se confirma ideea ca screenshot-urile nu au impregnate EXIT/metadata.
265  Economy / Economics / Re: Bullish? Bankers Issue ‘Seismic’ Warning: crypto could replace USD in 5 years on: August 26, 2021, 07:31:12 AM
I have an even more "seismic warning" to issue: the "crypto" USD is bound to be replaced by will be worse than any kind of currently existing currency due to dimnished/inexistent privacy and due to full control. Yeah, they want to replace USD and I suppose it's because of cash still being a way to stay unidentified. But what they're gonna replace it with will be a nightmare for anyone like me who cares.
266  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: De ce NU ar trebui sa ne bucuram de monedele fiat digitale on: August 25, 2021, 12:36:00 PM
Revin cu un update, desi stirea pare sa fie de fapt din 2020. Ca tot vorbeam de China si cum in ultimul timp cam le slavim deciziile, aparent IMF se cam gandeste sa lege scorul de credit de istoricul de navigare de pe internet.. ceva ce China face deja de o vreme destul de buna de timp.

Intre timp, Uniunea Europeana vrea sa declaram tot ce detinem, inclusiv criptomonede in scop .... ati ghicit, anti-spalare de bani Cheesy:

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Collection of data and interconnection of registers is a key instrument under EU law to speed up access for competent authorities to financial information and facilitate cross-border cooperation. This project shall look into various possibilities for collecting information to set up an asset registry which may afterwards feed into a future policy initiative. It shall aim at exploring how to collect and link information available from various sources on asset ownership (e.g. land registries, company registers, trusts and foundations registers, central depositories of securities ownership, etc.) and analyse the design, scope, and challenges for such a Union asset registry. The possibility to include in the registry data related to the ownership of other assets such as cryptocurrencies, works of art, real estate, and gold, shall also be considered.
267  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What would you consider living on crypto? on: August 25, 2021, 12:17:22 PM
I think that putting all your savings in Bitcoin works much better instead. If you live on Bitcoin, unless you earn at least 2x what you need for monthly expenses, there will be months in which you will struggle to live. Especially when quick dumps come and you happen to have to spend a little larger sum of money. You earn $500 a month? Should Bitcoin drop by -50%, any $1 coffee you bought before will now cost you $2 and any t-shirt you bought for $10 will now cost you $20. Got a $200 rent? It will now cost $400. Difficult living like that, and nobody will guarantee that by the end of the year you will recover from your losses.
268  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Who the whales of Bitcoin are and how much they weigh in the market on: August 25, 2021, 09:49:50 AM
Rich list means nothing. You could have an exchange holding 1 million BTC in a cold wallet and it could be either held in a single address which makes it obvious on a block explorer/the rich list or they could split it in as many addresses as they want. Splitting them into this many addys makes the whale quite "invisible" in the rich list, so again... that list is useless practically.

Also, I've had probably thousands of BTC addresses myself so linking that number to the number of Bitcoin users is again wrong. There could be way few people in the crypto space than we imagine, and the no of active addresses doesn't help us count them.
269  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Reminder: US House meeting to end privacy, mining and software development in US on: August 24, 2021, 10:21:36 PM
We're all springing off to a very Chinese-like style of governance and ruling at such a fast pace it's scary. Unfortunately, announcements against privacy aren't met by negativity as much as I wish they would be.

Now these guys are either absolutely incompetent or they are doing this with intention to kill crypto and push forward their new CBDCs that they're currently working on, and I unfortunately believe the latter applies. We can try fighting off this BS, but they found such good excuses for draconic laws that too many people are brainwashed into thinking everything's done for our good ..

Anyway, how many amendment filings (or however the procedure against these new rulings is called) are needed for it to be reconsidered/denied?
270  Other / Archival / Re: Few Tips For Crypto Beginners on: August 24, 2021, 02:02:01 PM
I tend to agree with Welsh, trading is for some people a so much easier way to make money than holding would be. In my case, it's more about the luck I am missing and the fact that sometimes I still can't control my emotions or follow my gut feeling. There have been little to no cases in which following my instinct went wrong, but I sometimes fear following it.

The main issue crypto users have in general is controlling their emotions. If you can't control them, you'll fuck up so easily you won't believe it! So until you get to distinguish between emotions and instinct, you better stay away and simply hodl your coins.

Other than that, it's a very well written thread and thanks for taking your time to write it. Useful for anyone who wants to listen.
271  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: The differences between digital money and cryptocurrency. on: August 24, 2021, 08:52:03 AM
Bitcoin is not cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency and digital currency are similar because both are being controlled by centralized bodies, could be inflated, can't store value, etc.
What? Huh How is Bitcoin not a cryptocurrency nor a digital currency? Bitcoin has both properties and is not controlled by centralized bodies, has a fixed inflation nobody can change within the flick of a finger and has so far been able to store a ton of value.
272  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: Holding KYC Bitcoin and non-KYC Bitcoin on: August 23, 2021, 10:57:07 PM
I might be wrong, but I personally think that unless these coins come from a direct link to your identity, proving their origin is going to be very hard. The main issue for authorities is that a large-scale investigation is needed for your initial, real addresses to be linked to all or most of your actions. And even then, some pieces of the puzzle will be missing if you tried to maximize your privacy while using crypto.

What I'd do is just avoid banks at all. And as Loyce said, if you go down the money-laundering rabbit hole, it's going to be a quite harsh ride.

To prove the "legitimate" origin those $100k or more, you would need to have an income in your past history of at least $100k that you haven't spent in a verifiable ledger (e.g. through card) but offline through cash. Because if you spent it, you don't have it anymore. But then, if you have $100k that you withdrew from an ATM and $100k more of your past earnings which you used for proving the ATM-withdrawn $100k, you'd have a total of $200k out of which $100k will once again be impossible to prove.

Say I have a total of $100k earned in BTC, undeclared. On the other hand, I have ~$100k that I earned through my monthly salary. The salary earnings have always been withdrawn from ATMs and never spent through card, which means they're "anonymous" spendings. Nobody knows if I ever spent it or not, so I'll be using that to prove the origin of my $100k BTC.

If I withdraw my $100k worth of BTC through an ATM and deposit it through Coinbase to launder it after which I purchase a car worth $100k, a question will arise: if you earned $100k through your job, how do you now have $100k worth of BTC + a $100k worth car?

What I do agree with is that if you can't prove the origin of your money, you better not declare anything at all until things clear out about your financial history and you are ready to declare 100% legitimately. I personally think that filing uncertain information could easily mean digging your own grave. If you're unsure about something, better get an expert help you with this stuff.
273  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Analysts announce the start of altcoin season on: August 23, 2021, 10:30:57 PM
I wonder when will people realise that these "analysts" only "predict" and "announce" when trends have already started. It's like saying water is wet, it's quite obvious when you see >90% of the coins green on CMC..
274  Economy / Services / Re: [OPEN SLOTS] ChipMixer Signature Campaign | Sr Member+ on: August 23, 2021, 10:28:25 PM
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275  Economy / Economics / Re: Do you think financial stability is mandatory to be a gainer in Bitcoin invest? on: August 23, 2021, 08:37:22 AM
It's one of the main reasons I always say consider the invested money as "lost". Say you timelocked your coins until 2030. What would you do? Die of hunger? Never pay rent again? When you put money in crypto, think of it as if you went to a restaurant every X days and spent that invested amount on food. Would you ever be able to withdraw that money? No. So... consider it lost. It's not mandatory to be financially stable to invest in Bitcoin. Studies did show that, at least until today, investing just a COFFEE worth of Bitcoin per day could change your life over the years.
276  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Why do most of you guys only care about partnerships & roadmaps? on: August 21, 2021, 11:30:07 AM
A good partnership really helps us to identify that this project has potential, Otherwise they certainly won't partner with it.
true, it gives alot of confidence and with partnerships we know the project will actually work somehow.

Take a look at theta, early partnerships in 2018, price was very low, and today it's one of the most promising project..
Having partnerships is as easy as 1-2-3 when you created a coin out of which a certain % is owned by the devs. If devs get money from the project, it's so easy to negotiate a price with an exchange/platform to list your coin or "partner" with it. Listings and partnerships don't really mean much.

If partnerships are bought, it means the coin has to pay to have artificial evolution & development. That is gonna be very bad as soon as they stop paying out or they run out of money.

listing is not as explosive as the past years. it do have some effects but not that great afaik. unless the token is coming from an unknown exchange to some big guy like binance, coinbase, etc. market is getting smarter, albeit just a little.
I doubt it's getting smarter, I think it's just that the trend is changing. I tend to agree with some of the above answers that nowadays "cryptonomics" start to matter a lot when it comes to picking a coin to invest in. People still seem to be tempted to follow the sheep rather than look after coins for themselves.
277  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: Despre securitatea portofelelor hardware on: August 21, 2021, 10:51:12 AM
Posibil sa fie o alta abordare pentru a scapa de informatiile EXIF care se imprima in poza odata ce folosesti butonul de declansare a camerei. De exemplu, daca urci o poza proaspat facuta de pe telefon pe imgbb, o sa vedeti ca sub poza se vede modelul telefonului si o gramada de informatii care poate nu vreti sa fie facute publice.

Exista totusi o alternativa mai simpla, zic eu.. si anume Scrambled EXIF, care sterge informatiile respective din poze inainte sa fie urcate. Posibil sa fiu un pic off topic, dar mi se pare interesanta ideea. Si la naiba, ca si-asa nu prea e viata pe partea Ro deci momentan who cares Cheesy
278  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / Re: How To Verify the Downloaded Version of Ledger Live on: August 21, 2021, 10:45:51 AM
I think there's one more way to do it. I know you can get the Debian or Ubuntu terminal from the Win10 store, has anyone tried verifying sha256 or sha512 hashes with it? It's a quite easy setup, IIRC you just download Debian or Ubuntu from the Store, launch it and you can use apt to get the software you need for future use. ADB can be used through it, someone should try a sha256sum command on it to see if it works.
279  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Why do most of you guys only care about partnerships & roadmaps? on: August 19, 2021, 08:44:07 PM
I've been lurking on so many websites for so many years and I find it quite disturbing to see how most of the today's crypto users/investors mostly only care about "new partnerships" and "roadmaps". I feel like most of you are blindly investing in coins that either have a very long and misleadingly bulky roadmap or coins of which devs are betting you their lives that they're gonna bring their coin/token to Binance. Is this all crypto is for you? Binance listing and "roadmaps"?

First of all, besides bringing pump and dump volume, Binance/Coinbase/etc listings and similar kind of "partnerships" bring no advantage. They're literally there just to make it look like the newly listed token has some good potential. Truth is, Binance has been (at least allegedly) known for asking quite a lot of money for listings. Even if Binance doesn't, there are plenty of exchanges who do. And then, just take a look at Binance's listed coins. >50% of them are coins I never even heard about, pure shitcoins. Is it that necessary for a coin to be listed on known exchanges as a partnership or should this be coming from the exchanges themselves instead?

Second of all, these "roadmaps" are usually the exact same for all coins/tokens. New website, new wallet design, exchange, paper wallets, possibly HW support, marketing team and so on. But at the end of the day, if you look at the roadmap you need only a braincell or two to realise that all these hyped-up updates are literally worthless when it comes to the coin's development.

DigiByte brought some new tech to the crypto space for security. PoS was great for crypto development and studying. Kadena now came with a new, interesting concept of having multiple chains to avoid congestion. Monero came with the strong privacy support, PirateChain has a quite interesting idea of increasing privacy with every tx. There are a few coins here and there that come up with interesting new tech, but most of them are identical and have no real future, no real use case, no real development.

If we want this space to truly evolve, we need to come up with new stuff and test it out. Alts are most of the time testing grounds for large coins, the same way PoS was a testing ground for Ethereum and the same way some coins adopted SegWit long before Bitcoin did.

Yes, this is a rant. Take it as it is, I'm just tired of hearing "development", " partnerships" and "roadmaps" everywhere when I already know for sure they're all crap and bullshit. It's just pathetic, we should start to look for real for things that actually bring value to the crypto space.
280  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / Re: PiTrezor DIY Hardware Wallet (with a twist) on: August 19, 2021, 05:23:21 PM
What are you basing this on regarding Ledger being totally closed-source? Has it something to do with the reproducibility? The code handling the secure element is closed-source. The Ledger Live app, and the rest of the wallet is open-source if I am not mistaken.

If we can say that nothing bad has happened with Trezor despite them not using a secure element and having a non-fixable seed extraction bug, why can't we say that nothing bad has happened with Ledger devices despite them having a closed-source secure element? Wouldn't you agree? The data leak has nothing to do with it.

Trezor is developing a new and open-source secure element, but they even said themselves that not all components of it will be completely open-source. So, it's again a partially closed-source device even if 99.9% of the code is open-source.    
Do you define "nothing bad" as in no bad happening has been exposed to the public yet? To me personally, it's much more than that.

For example, how do we know our pubkeys are not being shared around with governments or intel agencies (or Ledger themselves)? If a government seizes your Ledger, are they able to bypass security since the Secure Element is closed-source and we have no idea what it does? Are seeds acultually easier to extract from a Ledger through a collab between the Ledger company and a government? I do not think there is any public case in which Ledger has refused the request of a specific gov to hand out proprietary sources, and that's good and concerning at the same time.

To me, closed source means doubts. If something is advertised as safe/secure yet nobody know what it truly does, it cancels the effect of safety/security for me.

That might be just me though. For me, how good/bad the security of a HW is does not only mean whether there has been a history of thefts/vulnerabilities yet. If a government is making use of these SEs, they will most likely never tell you about it publicly.



I have a question about this DIY Trezor One.. I have a Pi, I've tried it myself but I'm a bit reluctant to use it as a HW replacement. Is 8t as safe as a Trezor One provided I followed all steps carefully or are there more risks/flaws with this DIY version than there are
with a Trezor?
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