This might be the issue. I haven't made too many transaction in past week, only 2 actually with 20k Sat fee and they got confirmed very fast, with 1st confirm under 15 min.

I don't think blockchain will help in this but I might be wrong. If you don't know the identifier, they will ask you to get it from your registered e-mail, which as you say you cannot remember, it will be a tough call for them. Ask the support and please keep us updated on how this went.

It's going down because simply there is no demand for it. You can hold it if you believe it will go up but it might not and you'll end up losing more. I say leave it and move on to something else.

Surely a download feature would be useful but the search function is pretty easy:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=pm;sa=search

That address posting was a joke. And the thread you mentioned is locked and he already did another giveaway of AGC yesterday I think, which I missed and he'll probably do one more soon which I am sure I'll miss again. So yaye!!

And soon you'll find out that them on-screen keyboard programs had the key-loggers built in. How can you not trust one but trust the other?

Reddit's interface is really easy once you get the hang of it and it's really a nice place to read and get knowledge on almost everything. Not to mention you'll meat very nice people who'd help you with any query within seconds. Just choose the subreddit that interests you and you'll find yourself visiting it everyday.

Your friend is not the only one with this problem. All gr8 Gamblers don't know when to stop and end up losing not only their winnings but their deposit as well. He's lucky that he came out in profit.

Changing the server worked.

One more question. the "Auto Connect" button, should it remain clicked or not?

How long should a freshly installed electrum with new addresses generated take to sync? It's not stopping, it goes to 'Synchronizing' then appears the Green Light and then it goes back to RE-Sync??

Also, where does it stores the data it downloads while Synchronizing??

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I hope this doesn't looks bad  . Good news that BTC was featured in a movie but criminal using it to buy untraceable goods, thats not how I would like to describe it to people.

I suggest you move those funds asap if you have keys for your addresses inside that blockchain wallet OP. Blockchain is having too many problems, just stroll around the forum and you'll easily find 4-5 threads at-least about people having trouble with blockchain wallet. This was the same problem I had with bittrex some days back and as soon as I received the email I moved all my funds.

I don't think it will drop that low but even if it goes below say $300 (I hope it doesn't) but if it does I think it would be a good time to buy and you're right one needs to be prepared for it will be a very small window to get in.

Yeah, It's best if you buy some bitcoin and try and either gamble with it or try trading with it. Faucets will give you nothing but sore fingers and a neck-ache. Also make sure you avoid Microwallet faucets as they're having problems. GL

That is a good site for faucets but most of the faucet their use Microwallet as payment method and it's having some problems, so just avoid Microwallet faucets OP and I would suggest you to try Primedice.com. They have a free faucet and then you can gamble and try to multiply it. But the best option for you is just buy some, maybe $5 worth of BTC and try and gamble with it. I know it's not the best option but you won't be able to make any money with faucets.

This is the reason why I have never traded at localbitcoin. I don't trust them.

Is blockchain selling bitcoin now? I think OP was asking if it is safe to purchase bitcoin from coinbase not asking about wallets.

Em.. USA is #1 where it counts  :

I haven't used faucets in a long time and most of them use microwallet. If you can't find a way to contact them, maybe it's better you try to contact the faucet owners and inform them that microwallet is not sending payments.

This is what I am wondering, how does hackers steal the passwords, do they have some sort of key loggers, if the wallet and keys were encrypted there's no way to steal those without knowing the password.