Sim City 2000. I was too young to ever really understand how to accomplish anything, but building and then destroying things was fun. I remember thinking, "why do they even have money in the game if you can just issue bonds to get as much money as you want?". I guess the US government played a lot of Sim City, too  |
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Why do you need to root it? You're already much freer on stock Android than jailbroken ios.
How do you figure? Jailbreaking is rooting. There are things you can't do on stock Android, but you can do anything on jailbroken iOS. |
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no torrent?  |
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If you had to convert all your wealth to either Bitcoin or gold and keep it there for 10 years, which would you choose? Keep in mind the fact that Bitcoin has only been around for 5 years, and could be fundamentally different in any number of ways in 10 years.
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Which brand? I wanted to get one from Bitplastic, but:
- BTC0.25 fee to get the card
- Fee of $1.50 + 5% for every single transaction
Really hope there are more Bitcoin debit services in the near future, the current ones I've heard of are all atrocious.
Kim Dotcom said something about starting one, but it seems like it was just a publicity stunt without the stunt.
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You are Tweety.
You are cute, and everyone loves you. You are a best friend that
no one takes the chance of losing. You never hurt feelings and
seldom have your own feelings hurt. Life is a breeze. You are
witty, and calm most of the time. Just keep clear of back stabbers,
and you are worry-free.
私は可愛いです！！〜〜〜〜〜〜
Is this just random? It contradicts nearly everything I said.
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Bitcoin has been around an entire FIVE YEARS, and Mt. Gox just happened to have some issues in the same year that a reporter harassed a guy for having a Japanese name and degree in mathematics? It can't be a coincidence
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Okay, so currently I store 80-90% of my bitcoins at BTC-E, which I know is bad. So I was thinking of some secure ways to store most of my bitcoins. Personally, a paper wallet doesn't work that good for me (I don't have access to a printer, and also I'm afraid I might lose the bitcoins). Neither does a cold wallet on another computer, because it's a hassle to set up and my only other computers are old and I don't know long their hard drives will survive (buying a new one is currently too expensive for me).
So I came up with an idea, and would like to know how safe it is. Basically I want to generate a new wallet.dat file and write down my public keys so I can send bitcoins to them when I want. Then I would encrypt my wallet.dat in the Bitcoin-qt. I would then continue by encrypting it X times with 7-Zip with different secure passwords. Then I will save it in my Google Drive, so I can keep the wallet file even if my hard drives crashes or if I lose access to them. I would only unlock and access my
Would this be safe (provided my passwords are safe enough)? Is there any better method? Could my method be improved?
It would be better to just use Bitcoin-Qt's built-in encryption (Settings --> Encrypt Wallet). Encrypting things multiple times is pointless; one secure password will make it take trillions of years to crack. However, if you feel more secure encrypting the wallet.dat with something other than Bitcoin-Qt's built-in encryption feature, I would recommend Truecrypt instead 7-Zip. Truecrypt uses XTS for AES, arguably the most secure mode of operation, and lets you use multiple ciphers (such as AES-Twofish-Serpent, my favorite). I was thinking of using Bitcoin-Qt's built-in encryption together with 7-Zip. Does it become more safe if you encrypt several times or is it just as safe or less safe? And yeah, I will be looking into Truecrypt. There's no clear cut answer about whether encrypting multiple times makes it more secure. Your only real concern is the quality of your passwords. A 15-character random password in Bitcoin-Qt is much more secure than both a 14-character random password in Bitcoin-Qt and a different 14-character random password in 7-Zip/Truecrypt combined. If you get carried away with an encrypted wallet in an encrypted 7-Zip archive in a Truecrypt volume, you give yourself the illusion of security, which could cause you to overlook actual security. My recommendation would be to generate a long, random password (14-20 characters of letters, numbers, and symbols), write it down on a piece of paper, use the password with Bitcoin-Qt's built-in encryption, and keep that paper somewhere safe (such as a book). |
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Okay, so currently I store 80-90% of my bitcoins at BTC-E, which I know is bad. So I was thinking of some secure ways to store most of my bitcoins. Personally, a paper wallet doesn't work that good for me (I don't have access to a printer, and also I'm afraid I might lose the bitcoins). Neither does a cold wallet on another computer, because it's a hassle to set up and my only other computers are old and I don't know long their hard drives will survive (buying a new one is currently too expensive for me).
So I came up with an idea, and would like to know how safe it is. Basically I want to generate a new wallet.dat file and write down my public keys so I can send bitcoins to them when I want. Then I would encrypt my wallet.dat in the Bitcoin-qt. I would then continue by encrypting it X times with 7-Zip with different secure passwords. Then I will save it in my Google Drive, so I can keep the wallet file even if my hard drives crashes or if I lose access to them. I would only unlock and access my
Would this be safe (provided my passwords are safe enough)? Is there any better method? Could my method be improved?
It would be better to just use Bitcoin-Qt's built-in encryption (Settings --> Encrypt Wallet). Encrypting things multiple times is pointless; one secure password will make it take trillions of years to crack. However, if you feel more secure encrypting the wallet.dat with something other than Bitcoin-Qt's built-in encryption feature, I would recommend Truecrypt instead 7-Zip. Truecrypt uses XTS for AES, arguably the most secure mode of operation, and lets you use multiple ciphers (such as AES-Twofish-Serpent, my favorite). |
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Holy shit, this is still going on?  |
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Where do they get sent exactly? Are they just general "help desk" emails for questions or suggestions?
Also, I don't really have any at the moment, but are you open to ideas for places to add?
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Various news sources have declared Bitcoin "dead" multiple times. I forget the name, but one claimed Bitcoin was "dead" on no less than three occasions over the years. It's as though they don't realize people can go back and read the articles later on.
There was also that time that some major news agency claimed that "sure, Bitcoin claims they won't print more money, but sooner or later they'll get greedy and screw over all their users". I'll see if I can find a link.
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The first time I heard about Bitcoin was when Lulzsec was accepting donations in it. Hearing only that it was an "online currency", my first thought was that it was some kind of online game currency that people took to seriously (like farmville cash, etc). Later on, I heard about Wikileaks accepting it and began doing some research. From that point on, I was hooked.
What about everyone else?
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Great idea. Just sent out one for WSJ/NYT. Normally I wouldn't buy from either of them, but if one begins accepting Bitcoin I could spare a few dollars.
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Unnecessarycoin:
- Block every 5 seconds
- Difficulty retarget twice per block
- 10 coins in the genesis block, increasing exponentially each block
- After 10^90 blocks, rewards cease and are replaced by a mandatory 100% transaction fee
- 80% premine
- Logo has a photo of a Yorkshire terrier
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24 for sure
Might not be your thing, but Monk is interesting, too. It's about a detective with severe OCD, phobias, etc.
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If he/they live in the USA, it's likely. If not, another intelligence agency might, but it's unlikely they would give the NSA their information on him/them.
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It's a big Internet - there are plenty of places you can go and air your views. Or you can create your own site. Meanwhile, reddit has apparently decided they are serving the market of people who want to discuss the subject without the interjections of those who disagree.
Freedom of speech is a property right - you have the right to use your own press, your own soapbox, etc. Nobody's obligated to provide one. And some people just want to be left alone in private. If they do, of course, the rest of us are free to point them out just in case anyone wants to avoid that group. Maybe that's all you were doing here.
Sure, they're allowed to tell people what to say and not to say on their own site, but it seems pointless to have discussions on discussion-oriented sites like reddit if you tell people what to converse about. |
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Has anyone bought holographic stickers from bitcoinpaperwallet.com? Are they good, worth it, etc? Are there any batter alternatives you know of?
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