Possible, but from my experience, it would also state that their password had been recently changed in red letters here:
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my guess is one of 2 scenarios:
1. there was no buyer - you peeled your own coins - and whatever reason you are wanting to claim the funds as lost (maybe to avoid taxes?)
2. your account was compromised and they used your account to send the dm's in question with fake responses to boot.
and in all of this - how was it that the coins were peeled so fast? Did the buyer convince you to peel the coins and give them the keys?
why you would ever give any keys or mail any coins (and for this amount they should NEVER be shipped - there are people here, who would handle doing the person to person transaction and deliver the coin in person) without first confirming a payment transaction - even if they were paying an escrow - you would need to see the txn id showing the pymt was made.
Right? Ill escrow the 26BTC just peel it for me and send the 25 and mail the coin later? Sus AF. everything about this is sus tbh. I'd like to notate OP was a MTGOX team member, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=31710.0Somehow came out unscathed feedback wise and had no historical opinion of gox event. (however made a post accusing MJ?) Gone from 2016-2021 never bought cas publicly. So, if he bought them privately, he knows how to. Shows up randomly accusing MJ of escrow fraud. Considering the historical content of OP's interactions. OP was console scammed and didn't verify. Or OP is in fact attempting tax fraud. My personal opinion This probably isn't OP.Dear chartbatch,
I greatly apologize for the experience you have had. We really love bitcoin (seriously), and we absolutely wish to fulfill any and all orders purchased with our favorite crypto currency. To give some perspective, I'm very pro/bullish with BTC/XBT, and absolutely would not wish to harm the reputation of Bitcoin with a poor merchant experience (much less the reputation of Private Internet Access as well). From the sounds of your post, I presume from a lack of response from our hard working support team that it's highly probable that e-mails are either not making it to your mail server or are being blocked by a spam filter. If you are having this experience on live chat, please let me know who the agent was that was assisting you via PM.
Either way, please do not hesitate to PM me here in the future or via IRC (freenode.net / rasengan) if you need anything in the future. In the meantime, if you can send me a PM with an e-mail address I will send you a free account. Lastly, we will definitely provide you a refund of your payment. If you can provide me the BitPay invoice URL (should be visible on the bitpay html that you saved) I will forward it to our accounting team who will process the refund expeditiously.
Thanks again for your patience and understanding. We sincerely appreciate your business, and thank you for giving us a try as well as for using Bitcoin to make purchases.
Sincerely,
rasengan
edit** Here another WTF? Head scratcher. casascius, Here is your suggestion: https://gist.github.com/3178816/([1][123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz]{27,34})/ I have tried it with several strangely formulated QR codes and it seems to work well. When a QR is not matched to the match expression, the app will just exit. I'm uploading to Android Market (Google Play) now and it should be available within an hour. Thanks again, rasengan edit: Hope this is what you meant.  Real OP knows whats going on here, and wouldn't be gullible enough to be scammed I don't think. |
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Character count for various PX sizes doesn't this change?
There are many topics that explain how to create a signature, but I personally advise you to read ---> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1727100.msg17283187#msg17283187Signatures are ultimately an attempt to create images using █░▀ ▌ ▐▄ so using pt instead of px will give better results for most browsers, although the signature may stretch a bit in browsers without the other, so the smaller and coherent the signature shape, the better results you'll get . The best signatures are those that depend on fonts without using █, and therefore BESTCHANGE signature will be good and similar for all browsers, unlike other signatures. As for how to draw shapes, there are tools such as ASCII art generator, but the results will be dull and not good. For the test environment, tested it on Firefox and Chrome using [1] and clicking on Preview instead of Post. [1] p
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p This post was in the money. I know what I think I need to know now in order to proceed. There's an obvious demand for it. Hopefully it's within my scope.  Locking this , If anyone want to help shoot me a PM.nvm maybe we can just collaborate here. Here is a rough draft to maybe give the others an idea of what Im trying to accomplish feel free to build off it, contribute to it? (It's a quick gpt build) import sys
from PIL import Image
# Open the image file
with Image.open(sys.argv[1]) as image:
# Convert the image to grayscale
image = image.convert("L")
# Resize the image to fit within a certain width(3888/12)?
width, height = image.size
aspect_ratio = height / width
new_width = 324
new_height = 12
image = image.resize((new_width, new_height))
# Iterate through the pixels in the image
for y in range(new_height):
for x in range(new_width):
# Get the pixel value
pixel = image.getpixel((x, y))
# Determine the ASCII character to use based on the pixel value
if pixel >= 250:
char = " "
elif pixel >= 245:
char = "▟"
elif pixel >= 240:
char = "▞"
elif pixel >= 235:
char = "▝"
elif pixel >= 230:
char = "▜"
elif pixel >= 225:
char = "▛"
elif pixel >= 220:
char = "▚"
elif pixel >= 215:
char = "▙"
elif pixel >= 210:
char = "▗"
elif pixel >= 205:
char = "▖"
elif pixel >= 200:
char = "▕"
elif pixel >= 195:
char = "▔"
elif pixel >= 190:
char = "▓"
elif pixel >= 185:
char = "▒"
elif pixel >= 180:
char = "░"
elif pixel >= 175:
char = "▐"
elif pixel >= 170:
char = "▏"
elif pixel >= 165:
char = "▎"
elif pixel >= 160:
char = "▍"
elif pixel >= 155:
char = "▌"
elif pixel >= 150:
char = "▋"
elif pixel >= 145:
char = "▊"
elif pixel >= 140:
char = "▉"
elif pixel >= 135:
char = "█"
elif pixel >= 130:
char = "▇"
elif pixel >= 125:
char = "▆"
elif pixel >= 120:
char = "▅"
elif pixel >= 115:
char = "▃"
elif pixel >= 110:
char = "▂"
elif pixel >= 105:
char = "▁"
elif pixel >= 100:
char = "▀"
else:
char = " "
# Print the ASCII character
sys.stdout.write(char)
# Print a newline after each row of pixels
sys.stdout.write("\n")
#To use this script, you can pass the file name of the input image as a command-line argument. For example:
#Copy code
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Microlancer is a P2P platform, like a mix of Fiverr & Mechanical Turk. Not necessarily a rewards/earnings platform. |
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Sorry if this has been posted before, I'm wanting to create some sort of drag and drop img to bbcode creator. So, here's what I know - Newbie: No styling (including links) allowed. Max 40 characters.
- Jr. Member: Links allowed. Max 100 characters.
- Member: Unlimited length.
- Full: Color allowed.
- Sr. Member: Size allowed
- Hero: Background color allowed
Signatures taller than 42px will be cut off. Things that would help Character count for various PX sizes doesn't this change? Any sort of live environment for testing that accurately replicate BCT signature paramaters? Would anyone be willing to disclose methods for making ascii art to bbcode in the manner you guys do? I could be wrong, but I feel there is some template you guys use to streamline your process. I feel an ascii converter is what needs to be built on with output parameter tightened up. I've always wondered why a tool like this hasn't been created for php boards like bitcointalk.org I imagine there is no one size fits all solution and lots of challenges ahead if I choose to proceed. Here is a rough draft to maybe give the others an idea of what Im trying to accomplish feel free to build off it, contribute to it? (It's a quick gpt build) import sys
from PIL import Image
# Open the image file
with Image.open(sys.argv[1]) as image:
# Convert the image to grayscale
image = image.convert("L")
# Resize the image to fit within a certain width(3888/12)?
width, height = image.size
aspect_ratio = height / width
new_width = 324
new_height = 12
image = image.resize((new_width, new_height))
# Iterate through the pixels in the image
for y in range(new_height):
for x in range(new_width):
# Get the pixel value
pixel = image.getpixel((x, y))
# Determine the ASCII character to use based on the pixel value
if pixel >= 250:
char = " "
elif pixel >= 245:
char = "▟"
elif pixel >= 240:
char = "▞"
elif pixel >= 235:
char = "▝"
elif pixel >= 230:
char = "▜"
elif pixel >= 225:
char = "▛"
elif pixel >= 220:
char = "▚"
elif pixel >= 215:
char = "▙"
elif pixel >= 210:
char = "▗"
elif pixel >= 205:
char = "▖"
elif pixel >= 200:
char = "▕"
elif pixel >= 195:
char = "▔"
elif pixel >= 190:
char = "▓"
elif pixel >= 185:
char = "▒"
elif pixel >= 180:
char = "░"
elif pixel >= 175:
char = "▐"
elif pixel >= 170:
char = "▏"
elif pixel >= 165:
char = "▎"
elif pixel >= 160:
char = "▍"
elif pixel >= 155:
char = "▌"
elif pixel >= 150:
char = "▋"
elif pixel >= 145:
char = "▊"
elif pixel >= 140:
char = "▉"
elif pixel >= 135:
char = "█"
elif pixel >= 130:
char = "▇"
elif pixel >= 125:
char = "▆"
elif pixel >= 120:
char = "▅"
elif pixel >= 115:
char = "▃"
elif pixel >= 110:
char = "▂"
elif pixel >= 105:
char = "▁"
elif pixel >= 100:
char = "▀"
else:
char = " "
# Print the ASCII character
sys.stdout.write(char)
# Print a newline after each row of pixels
sys.stdout.write("\n")
#To use this script, you can pass the file name of the input image as a command-line argument. For example:
#Copy code
#python ascii_art.py image.jpg |
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Hilarious! I avoid asking it anything that requires logic as its has none being a MLLM.
Sure, feels legit sometimes though.
Actually, I have successfully gotten ChatGPT to write code for me like a password hashing algorithm with salt, and generate instructions for making an OpenSSL certificate. I even managed to get it to document my code. So I had this 500-line file with about 30 C++ functions in them, and it spat out Doxygen for every single one! The only limitation is that it will stop printing stuff after a character limit so I either command it something like "finish what you were writing" or, if that just makes it repeat stuff again, send my functions to it in pieces. What would normally take me the entire day and a load of coffee only took me 1 hour with an AI. I plan to document about 100 more (medium length) functions across 10+ files with it as well. Seriously, if they're going to sell this thing for $200/year, it's definitely worth it for me (as long as they remove the character limit because it's a time sink). I mean they are getting my money too, just not yet I kind of expect it to be cut off tomorrow. The MLLM with doxygen is indeed amazing if wipe_method == "quick":
subprocess.run(["shred", "-n", "1", "-v", d])
elif wipe_method == "7-pass":
subprocess.run(["shred", "-n", "7", "-v", d])
elif wipe_method == "nist 800-88":
subprocess.run(["shred", "-n", "1", "-x", "-v", d])
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if wipe_method == "quick-Nist-800-80-1-pass-clean":
subprocess.run(["shred", "-n", "1", "-z", "-v", "-p", "-w", d])
elif wipe_method == "Nist-800-88-3-pass":
subprocess.run(["shred", "-n", "3", "-z", "-v", "-p", "-w", d])
elif wipe_method == "Nist-800-88-7-pass":
subprocess.run(["shred", "-n", "7", "-z", "-v", "-p", "-w", d])
elif wipe_method == "Nist-800-88-35-pass-Nuke":
subprocess.run(["shred", "-n", "35", "-z", "-v", "-p", "-w", d]) This is incomplete but gives you an idea of much you can elaborate on it. by simply asking "what else could be added" To me it ungated a lot of information, sure beats playing wack a mole on google Keywords/AdWords. Now, I get a solution, I check it and implement it , if it doesnt work i poke why , and adjust from there instead of toiling in obscurity on google. If I can't find out why through gpt, odds are its given me enough value to figure out the rest. even this stoichiometric approach is much faster than anything I've ever tried in the past. making it the most valuable employee in the arsenal in my opinion. It's a workflow consultant without even trying to be. Just throwing it out there https://github.com/doxygen/doxygen is free, however the way GPT packs and wraps it up can't really be beaten. |
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This subject is close to home right now and very important to solve an approach.
This is a common stock s corp approach with 2 founders out of pocket incorporating in DE.
The founders of this company are trying to balance the desire to accept outside investment with the desire to maintain control over the company.
The founders want the options of accepting investors however dont want them at first unless they can help found with sweat equity as infrastructure is service based, tested, working.
Injections can propagate long-term holding goals, however it is preferred these are organically obtained due to workload concerns of the scaling method
At first glance this philosophy sounds so dumb, but considering a very low assumed PAR evaluation labor cost would eat up any (small) investment unless the PAR value is passed on NON IPed property.
So, imagine a out of pocket startup if you will worth $0.00 getting externally funded $1,000,000 the $1,000,000 could instantly go towards a long-term goal such as real-estate Aqisitions
But you practically work for said investor, not the corporation as they've contributed most physical value and likely own a pretty good chunk of shares if you were evaluated low.
However, this can help a lot with insolvency concerns in the first 3 to 5 years as a revenue driver.
Also if the company gets $1,000,000 in funding in this scenario the potential for misallocation is higher if the corporation hasn't grown into this type of capitol.
The founders want a way to consider outside Invesment opportunities responsibly, not just accept capitol and hope for the best on a contingency plan drafted up in a quarter.
It's not that the founders are irresponsible, an over injection could potentially skip necessary scaling plans needed to sustain with the corporation being ran by 2 individuals at first out of pocket.
so an injection would be used to lay the path to sustain the measure and diluted into infrastructure rather than intended purpose.
for example hiring brokers and deploying necessary infrastructure might cost
a LOT more than organically growing into it with potential of the investment going stagnant if pushed to quick.
a $1,000,000 injection in the beginning (Forced Infrastructure deployment cost +2 properties)
won't go as far as a $1,000,000 injected at year 5. (Existing organically grown company infrastructure + 5 properties)
However a $1,000,000 injection with founding direction via sweat equity is a win-win for all involved, but a much harder pitch essentially asking someone to contribute time and money & have the company self-sustaining.
Is share dilution the answer to this?
The way its structured at the moment is 500,000 outstanding shares remain with founders and investors as new shares are issued in the corporation's name every quarter increasing 2.5% a quarter.
The idea is involvement structure in establishing and the ability to let it self-sustain in 5 years, allowing founders to step off a little bit after 5 years.
Anything over 2.5% profit each quarter ran concurrently basically dilutes the effects of dilution, right?
The corporation is services based with existing infrastructure with a couple year's long bootstrap and non-IPed portfolio.
Aggressively bootstrapped in the last 4 months with technical writings nearing completion.
All services have deployment plans, terms pricing structures, and inhouse tools to apply organic marketing and success as well as long term
holdings goals.
Year 1:
Quarter 1: 97.5% ownership by shareholders, 2.5% ownership by the company (25,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 2: 95% ownership by shareholders, 5% ownership by the company (50,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 3: 92.5% ownership by shareholders, 7.5% ownership by the company (75,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 4: 90% ownership by shareholders, 10% ownership by the company (100,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Year 2:
Quarter 1: 87.5% ownership by shareholders, 12.5% ownership by the company (125,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 2: 85% ownership by shareholders, 15% ownership by the company (150,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 3: 82.5% ownership by shareholders, 17.5% ownership by the company (175,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 4: 80% ownership by shareholders, 20% ownership by the company (200,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Year 3:
Quarter 1: 77.5% ownership by shareholders, 22.5% ownership by the company (225,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 2: 75% ownership by shareholders, 25% ownership by the company (250,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 3: 72.5% ownership by shareholders, 27.5% ownership by the company (275,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 4: 70% ownership by shareholders, 30% ownership by the company (300,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Year 4:
Quarter 1: 67.5% ownership by shareholders, 32.5% ownership by the company (325,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 2: 65% ownership by shareholders, 35% ownership by the company (350,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 3: 62.5% ownership by shareholders, 37.5% ownership by the company (375,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 4: 60% ownership by shareholders, 40% ownership by the company (400,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Year 5:
Quarter 1: 57.5% ownership by shareholders, 42.5% ownership by the company (425,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 2: 55% ownership by shareholders, 45% ownership by the company (450,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 3: 52.5% ownership by shareholders, 47.5% ownership by the company (475,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Quarter 4: 50% ownership by shareholders, 50% ownership by the company (500,000 shares issued for and by the company)
Trying to figure this out has turned my thought processing into mashed potatoes.
There is no 1 size fits all solution. There is no template. I don't know a single soul that knows what the fuck I'm talking about on this stuff.
long story short what's the best way for 2 founders to incorporate without an existing LLC or business or the want for external investment but plans to make the corp self-sustain in 5 years?
The idea is to form with the end in mind, franchising services as soon as possible based on a scaling structure that initiates upon overbooking the 2 founder's workloads.
(for example overbooking consistently, invokes a new hire or a new contract can invoke new hires)
Is one way to do this is through the use of a vesting schedule for the shares issued to investors?
Meaning that the investors would receive their shares over a period of time, rather than all at once?
Doesn't the dilution method pitched above have the same end result?
Another possible option to consider is the use of a convertible debt structure,
where the investors provide funding to the company in the form of a loan that can be converted into equity at a later date.
This can provide the company with the funding it needs while giving the founders more control over the terms of the investment and the dilution of their ownership.
If any of you guys are into corporate law or corporate finance deployment structure consultation, please reach out or speculate here.
We have a general layout of the land, an LLC would be a simple approach/solution with out-of-pocket approach but doesn't align with the long-term goals.
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That explanation though!!!  Hilarious! I avoid asking it anything that requires logic as its has none being a MLLM. Sure, feels legit sometimes though. The math it does is loosely based on memory, ask it what 123x456 is under primed constraints, It will say something like 56,888 or 56,088 or 58,066 instead of 56,088 The answer is usually visually close or just totally inaccurate. It may get it right first try here and there but it points out quickly that its logic is memory based and not actually processed. Here is an example of the logic without numbers. Q.how can i determine my sisters age based on my date of birth.
A.To determine your sister's age based on your date of birth, you will need to know the exact date of your sister's birth. Once you have this information, you can use a calendar or a calculator to find the difference in the number of years between the two dates.
For example, if your date of birth is January 1, 2000 and your sister's date of birth is January 1, 2005, then your sister is 5 years old.
If you do not know your sister's exact date of birth, it may be difficult to determine her age accurately. It is always important to respect people's privacy and to ask for their permission before sharing personal information about them.
Q. What year is this example based on?
A. The example I provided was based on a hypothetical scenario and does not reflect the current year. The dates and ages mentioned in the example are purely for illustration purposes and are not intended to represent any real person or event.
To determine your sister's age based on your date of birth, you will need to know the exact date of your sister's birth and the current date. Once you have this information, you can use a calendar or a calculator to find the difference in the number of years between the two dates. This will give you your sister's age as of the current date.
Like what? TerribleOne of my friends said this and after poking around he's right. " neural networks are inherently bullshit
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The address in question is a multi-signature address and has been generated using three different public keys. I don't know how, but it should be possible to derive all the three public keys from data of a transaction made from that address. Supposedly its possible, however I haven't found a great solution. If I do, I'll let you know. Ive messed with all the mergers/calculators like https://github.com/ThePiachu tools One of the problems with vanity addresses is that there are 6 derivatives from 1 key. Finding the others first is a common problem. I used to wonder though, if each derivative is in fact a new master key to a new set of 6 derivatives and some type of formula is found to solve for all 6 derived keys from a master key wouldn't this potentially compromise some security? for example, find an accurate child derivative sum it up somehow for the master sum then the master sum gives access to all the child derivatives? I've often wondered if this were made possible and each derivative is also a master key with a set of derivatives if crawling this structure would have overlapped another set of keys in use. (a collision approach?) If Infinity= 0 Infinity x Infinity= 0 Infinity/6^6= 0Even if, everything's still all good however collision possibilities still increase. (I think? ) edit, just to be clear as far as I know or anyone does, It's not possible to determine the master private key from a derived private key or address. The relationship between the master private key and the derived private keys is one-way. This is a speculation of what if. I found this a while back while researching BTC pay servers. ExtKey masterKey = new ExtKey();
Console.WriteLine("Master key : " + masterKey.ToString(Network.Main));
for (int i = 0 ; i < 5 ; i++)
{
ExtKey key = masterKey.Derive((uint)i);
Console.WriteLine("Key " + i + " : " + key.ToString(Network.Main));
}
Master key :
xprv9s21ZrQH143K3JneCAiVkz46BsJ4jUdH8C16DccAgMVfy2yY5L8A4XqTvZqCiKXhNWFZXdLH6VbsCs
qBFsSXahfnLajiB6ir46RxgdkNsFk
Key 0 :
xprv9tvBA4Kt8UTuEW9Fiuy1PXPWWGch1cyzd1HSAz6oQ1gcirnBrDxLt8qsis6vpNwmSVtLZXWgHbqff9
rVeAErb2swwzky82462r6bWZAW6Ty
Key 1 :
xprv9tvBA4Kt8UTuHyzrhkRWh9xTavFtYoWhZTopNHGJSe3KomssRrQ9MTAhVWKFp4d7D8CgmT7TRza
uoAZXp3xwHQfxr7FpXfJKpPDUtiLdmcF
Key 2 :
xprv9tvBA4Kt8UTuLoEZPpW9fBEzC3gfTdj6QzMp8DzMbAeXgDHhSMmdnxSFHCQXycFu8FcqTJRm2ka
mjeE8CCKzbiXyoKWZ9ihiF7J5JicgaLU
Key 3 :
xprv9tvBA4Kt8UTuPwJQyxuZoFj9hcEMCoz7DAWLkz9tRMwnBDiZghWePdD7etfi9RpWEWQjKCM8wH
vKQwQ4uiGk8XhdKybzB8n2RVuruQ97Vna
Key 4 :
xprv9tvBA4Kt8UTuQoh1dQeJTXsmmTFwCqi4RXWdjBp114rJjNtPBHjxAckQp3yeEFw7Gf4gpnbwQTgDp
GtQgcN59E71D2V97RRDtxeJ4rVkw4E
Key 5 :
xprv9tvBA4Kt8UTuTdiEhN8iVDr5rfAPSVsCKpDia4GtEsb87eHr8yRVveRhkeLEMvo3XWL3GjzZvncfWVK
nKLWUMNqSgdxoNm7zDzzD63dxGsm
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Nicehash is the gateway to rentals, but the deposits and fee's make renting from these guys unideal as well as a questionable history of fraud hence no one's mentioned em thus far.  maybe check this alternative out (my reference included) MiningRigRentals.com - Are these the mining rentals you are talking about mate have you tried putting money into it? if your answer is yes, how are you? I hope the real answer is not because you will get a commission here. Because as far as I know, at this time I don't see anyone who can say that these types of mining are profitable just by using their website platforms. Admittedly right now the whole mining ecosphere isn't ideal, so I'm not even currently using these services. When flexpool started its boom I was renting 30-50% of the entire pool hashrate when it started hitting a block every few hours , I'd do burst rentals for a few hours right after a block was found (luck reset) if we hit 1 block i was breaking even if we hit 2 or 3 during my rental the payouts where phenomenal. eventually I got penciled out after about a week. I did this 11 times , broke even 5 times hit more than 1 block 4 times and got nothing 2 times. Your luck may vary. I advise you to really understand your risk before attempting this, luck is a metric you cannot ignore and things like doubling down after a unlucky streak should be taken with caution. Dont deviate from your plan. This is how nerds like me really gamble. |
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I'll analyze bluewallet, It's new to me, it appears to check a lot of bells and whistles on top and a simple UI and SC is available. https://bluewallet.io/features/bluewallet seems to be built on electrum, electrums built on core. What are the odds of this being maintained forever & would feature creep become an issue? I see some of you understand what I'm getting at, imagine bluewallet(example) being like what nicehash did for mining. Most casual miners people started with nicehash, nicehash educated them enough to ween off the platform with information they didnt gate. We need a wallet that's an obvious concierge to more advanced capabilities. @LoyceV I'm sure there is a comparative product you've encountered that fits the bill of this scenario. @ETFbitcoin "This isn't true, there are many wallet and node software which doesn't use Bitcoin Core source code as it's base." Maybe this is where I'm wet behind the ears, identifying SPV vs full node's and things of this nature, what your saying is something like bitcoind isn't even associated with core SC, although this is true, I was pointing out that a wallet software wouldn't be the source of a centralization. I guess I could rephrase that in saying the only way of centralization realistically happening would be through bitcoins mining stratum? |
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Re-design Core
or have a light wallet/version of core targeted for retail investors kind of like electrum but redesigned easy enough for a child to understand and navigate. Why release a new wallet "kind of like Electrum" when we already have Electrum? There is limit to how simple you can make a UI and still have access to the important features of bitcoin. I'd argue Electrum gets pretty close, if you hide all the extra tabs and advanced features. All you have then is a tab showing your history, a tab to generate a new address to receive to, and a tab to enter an address to send to. You can't get much simpler than that, and that's certainly no more complicated than your average online banking portal or brokerage account. I agree with pooya - these are issue to be solved, but they aren't to be solved by changing Core or by the Core developers. Core is first and foremost node software. The average retail investor won't be running a node, and so will be looking elsewhere for their information and software. Does it educate you in the process? Is it intuitive to all? Does it have confusing jargon to retail investors (casual users)? Has electrum accomplished what I'm talking about already? I'm talking about improving user interaction to make cold storage intuitive to all "easy enough for a child to understand and navigate". Sort of like nicehash did for mining, or how apple made the home computer or cashapp for banking. Electrum wouldn't be a bad place to start, My entire point isn't about necessarily about starting with core, just utilizing an existing structure for trust & marketability. I could attempt make said client. Intuitive versions for newcomers, with advanced options like sweep % of deposit to sandmany in different % distribution and ntimelock all the neat bells and whistles bitcoin offers. all with a simple ass UI like cashapp. However, in the event I succeeded in creating it, it would fail due to lack of trust even if I launch with source code (understandable) But I already pointed out. Doesn't matter if it's through core or not at this point, a strategy needs to be deployed with a real cause & multiple backers.
It can't be one person's opinion, or one teams project, a consensus needs to be formed and a direction needs to be laid out.
This should have been indicative of wanting to move on from the "core" concept. What do you propose? How do you propose I reword this topic to avoid unnecessary filibuster and focus on the goal? The core idea was a loose proposal, I want to contribute to this cause in some fashion, any ideas? |
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I agree that we have a UI unfriendliness problem and a lack certain features. But I disagree with wanting to see all that in bitcoin core project or by their team. Because that would put pressure on those developers and would also grow the project size which would make it harder to review, maintain and update.
Let core be core and let other developers enter the scene and built stuff on top of core or even as standalone projects (like Electrum). That way we have dedicated team to a dedicated feature who don't have to worry about the backend (eg. core) and having to merge all their stuff in their project or having to follow their conventions or even programming language (ie. C++).
For example a C#, Python, Rust,... dev can not contribute to the C++ core (or make any major contribution). But they can create projects on top of core in the programming language they are expert at. That way we are also expanding the development circle hence making bitcoin even more decentralized.
I hear you; I selected core as the main option as its root, trust is established and "if" core did such a project it would be the easy organic marketing approach. I'm proposing a UX redesign of a light "Wallet" version of core targeting retail investors. Not really wanting to reinvent the wheel. Just add training wheels. But after the above examples by other posters, we definitely need to hit the drawing board. One of these guys has their own ecosystem (pandora?), This poster either is a bad actor, (this isn't the topic to debate that) or we %100 missed a mark in educating. Another felt educated enough to offer advice and weigh in on a topic about the subject totally uninformed. So, my point has been proven we, have to rethink things. Doesn't matter if it's through core or not at this point, a strategy needs to be deployed with a real cause & multiple backers. It can't be one person's opinion, or one teams project, a consensus needs to be formed and a direction needs to be laid out. |
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I received a DM about this thread.
bitaddress.org has never been hacked.
For many years it's been hosted on github.com
I have no indication that my github has been compromised.
I have no indication that my domain registrar account or DNSSEC has been compromised.
I have a script that monitors the checksum of bitaddress.org and received no alerts of any issue.
If the site was compromised then there would be proof in the form of a malicious version of the code. As people saw with BitcoinPaperWallet.com when it was sold to a scammer.
I've been offered $2000 for my domain but I'm not selling for any price.
It's always better to use the code from github because they'll be faster to react to a DNS seizure than I will.
My guess about OP is
1) malicious crypto browser extension
2) IT guy monitoring which PC connects to bitaddress.org and then monitor which printer that PC used and reprint whatever is in the memory of the printer.
Thank you for clarifying Merry Christmas! |
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VIRTUAL_ENV is likely running from the wrong directory if bitcoin.rpc ModuleNotFoundError: is a line 1 error.
can you expand on this? I'm guessing your pip or py environment paths are wrong. Or you are actually missing the bitcoin.rpc module from bitcoinlib try this. pip install --upgrade bitcoin |
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I really think this is not a good idea, this would centralize a lot the ecosistem focusing on a simple "official" application. If that wallet is committed, there won't be too many alternatives, it would be catastrophic.
We definitely have to try to make things easier for inexperienced users but we have to find a way to do it in a decentralised way with open source projects where the whole community can participate.
I ask, how could making core better centralize anything? makes 0 sense. It's not about improving the core. You talked about launching an official mobile wallet, for example. That's what centralises the system. "an official core sanctioned APK or iOS App" wouldn't centralize anything it's just a wallet. All existing wallets and exchanges are built on core. edit- figured I would inform you the only way to decentralize bitcoin would be through mining. |
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VIRTUAL_ENV is likely running from the wrong directory if bitcoin.rpc ModuleNotFoundError: is a line 1 error.
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If you place your trust in a particular developer, it's possible that BTC will experience an FTX moment. Imagine every bitcoiner promoting a specific wallet. The App Store and other third parties can introduce a malware/backdoor into that wallet. As a result, a lot of cryptocurrency will be lost by millions of people.
You are 100% missing the point and contradicting yourself due to misunderstanding. Therefore, solidifying my argument even further. however, you might be onto something about the app situation but it's beside the point. This is due to a variety of things Which all come down to one: responsibility. If people aren't responsible, no matter how good UI, or educational papers we give them, they'll just screw it up. On the other hand, if a person is responsible, then despite the potentially non-friendly UI, they'll just take the time and read how to acquire bitcoin privately, how to store them securely, how to move them across wallets, which fee rate is sufficient, which wallet software is the best for their use etc. 2. Mathematics. You don't need math to configure and use a bitcoin wallet. Your right, but outside looking in it sure looks like it! (Fixed it to commonsense) Admittedly even I don't fully grasp bitcoin ( I mentioned math as a personal experience with my project endeavors not thinking as I made the post) We need to figure out how to re-educate the whole responsibility aspect. Not keep allowing exchanges to accept responsibility they don't actually have. I really think this is not a good idea, this would centralize a lot the ecosistem focusing on a simple "official" application. If that wallet is committed, there won't be too many alternatives, it would be catastrophic.
We definitely have to try to make things easier for inexperienced users but we have to find a way to do it in a decentralised way with open source projects where the whole community can participate.
I ask, how could making core better centralize anything? makes 0 sense. |
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It will centralize bitcoin and place a great deal of trust in the hands of a select group of central figures.
A core wallet isn't centralized. All exchanges run on core. This breaks that idea of trust-less.
No it doesn't, I propose and educational tiering here, kind of like a Russian nesting doll, a simple set of read more buttons can open the next level of education if wanted. You have to understand people just react 90% of the time before they observe and react informed. |
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