While the story behind BccKing new owner may or may not be true, I would say that I didn't really got to see people "starting their journey" by telling they took over an account.
So I've seen it as a rather honest approach, hence my neutral feedback (since a warning is still in order there).

I don't like to apply the same rule everywhere, I prefer to think and take my own decision, case by case. And here it's.. fuzzy. Your negative feedback is not bad, and also not great either; although when you get such a strong feedback as you've got, you should indeed think it over and see if you did good. But it's your feedback and your decision.

I do agree that the new user should have made a new account. Clearly. But for the negative feedback you made... I expect you may get various answers, favoring your decision, or telling it was too harsh, .. or neutral. Again, it's your decision.

Since something like what DaveF has just posted was not done, at least as far as I know, it's your word against his word.
And, if I want to tell in a completely impartial way, your word will weight less since you are an account seller and his trust rating looks pretty good; also he has a solid case, posted almost 2 months ago (I mean, even he trying to lower prices may or may not have been part of a strategy to look like a legit buyer).

So you have no chance at all. However, I'm a bit surprised that you care about all this since selling accounts seems to be your main business.

Exactly this is my fear: since they have no idea they can re-enable that, the newbies will just feel restricted / with their hands tied.

And together with the other restrictions a newbie also has, plus the possible evil fee some are seeing, it can be a disappointing experience for the genuine newbies on this forum. And a disappointing experience can make them give up and go away.

So the first step is an explanatory welcome message, as Welsh said; then the extra restrictions can also be implemented. But in this order.

Maybe it can be, if the exe is only a launcher and the actual game is somewhere else or it's in dlls.


Yes, most probably those cracks you downloaded have downloaded some more "tools" that have helped the hacker.

After the cleanup I recommend:
1. Consider making a small linux partition only for crypto stuff (with a browser, maybe a wallet too); Linux Mint is very easy for Windows users, many other flavors of Linux are not that bad either.
2. Consider buying a hardware wallet for your funds. You seem to not be knowledgeable enough with your computer security, so it may be a very good direction.
3. Stop using cracks / hacked software. I mean, what you were expecting?!

I will rule out solo mining. I don't think it makes sense.

So, when you do pool mining, your miner gets work from time to time and sends hashes.
Of course, you can stop whenever you want, but a PPLNS pool may penalize you a little when you're back. So you may have to read more about PPS/FPPS/PPLNS/PPS+ and whatever methods exist and see what is best for you. (One page google has returned to me is https://medium.com/luxor/mining-pool-payment-methods-pps-vs-pplns-ac699f44149f#)

I don't know how many hours would your mining go every day (probably @philipma1957 will come with the proper math), I think that it makes sense only if it's more than 2-3h
Keep in mind that if you are on PPLNS, you mine for 1h and the next block found by that specific pool is only after 4-5h, you will probably earn nothing. Again, you have to look for the pool type that suits you best (payment type and maybe also frequency of mined blocks). But imho you can mine too even if it's not 24/7.

(I will add to previous answer)
Keep in mind that if you don't do port forwarding, your node will not be accessible from outside, will only connect to other nodes (will have outbound connections, but no inbound connections).
While it still verify transactions even from this stance, some don't consider it proper full node.


The transaction fee will be received by the miner (or mining pool) that's mining the block in which the transaction is included.

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Please also consider moving this topic to beginners & help.
Also maybe you ask more questions on the matter, you seem to have some sort of confusion (just a hunch), and if so, it would be better you clear everything up instead of assuming incorrectly this or that.

OK, then I guess that I've made a confusion in terms; however, I've read somewhere that recovering methane from the new waste is being pushed (more or less), while I heard nothing about also considering the old waste.
Of course, I have no idea what are all the possible methods for how that "recovering" would work; indeed, burning on-site makes sense - I think that's already being done for municipal centralized heating.


Do you know by chance for how long would a landfill produce this gas, as an approximated estimation? Maybe what I'm asking is stupid though, since one cannot compare the waste of let's say Tampa FL, with the waste of Rio de Janeiro.

Who said he didn't? He did spend at least 10 BTC.
Remember, he did sent the first ever Bitcoin transaction, 10 BTC to Hal Finney: https://mempool.space/tx/f4184fc596403b9d638783cf57adfe4c75c605f6356fbc91338530e9831e9e16


Whether he did monetize or not some of his BTC, we don't know and we will never know. Keep in mind that he "disappeared" early. I do hope that at some point he did mine more secretly or buy bitcoin very cheap and now he's enjoying life (if he's alive, that is).

Lately there's some attention towards biodiesel, which is, from my understanding, exactly this. Just, of course, they focus on making biodiesel from new waste, ignoring the old, for some reason (insufficient knowledge?, landfills may stop emitting gas after a short while? I don't know).

@BccKing : you should read the forum rules and stop spamming with separate replies for everybody.
All those replies should have been sitting in one big post.

This was the (my) point. Using Bitcoin address is the proper way on bitcointalk. And it's already there, nothing needs to be implemented/added, one has to just learn to use it (which is also not a big deal).

1. Post an address that is yours and will ever be yours, maybe sign a message too with it. There's a topic about that, do the search. found it: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=996318.new#new
2. Whenever you do a trade, request that everything related to the trade is disregarded if it's not signed from that address.

This is it all. You don't need 2FA. Bitcoin offers the tools you need, you only have to start using them.


PS. 2FA is overrated. People tend to keep 2FA tool on the same devices as the browser or exchange/social media apps they use with 2FA.

From what I see (on Ninjastic Space) this scott2k account didn't post any bitcoin address (nor PGP key), hence I would not expect miracles in recovering that account.

OK, if one was around when there was the gold rush or when the first Bitcoin blocks were mined easily and cheap, I would understand to be seen as a loss. But for the first cars or the electricity... nothing really big to monetize (unless I am missing something).

Even burning your finger can get your funds inaccessible for a while.
Even more, fingerprints and other biometrics can be copied as well. Also there were already stories about people getting their funds stolen after taking drugs.

Also keep in mind that the private key is after all only a number (from an overly big interval). It could be implemented to get from your fingerprint to a private key, in a way or another (just look at Weird Bitcoin wallets, for example). But it's far from safe.

Merit is awarded for useful/quality posts. Some guidelines for quality posts are in this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5409763.0
I will not get deeply into details, but if you post useful and well written stuff, sooner or later somebody will notice that and award you with merits.
Even good questions can get merited.

PS. For example, this post of yours is rather badly written and hard to understand everything you meant. Just saying...

Maybe my use of the word "trend" is an overstatement. Still, from a couple of years ago when basically everybody (ok, don't take it ad-literam) had their coins at exchanges and other custodian wallets, the things are changing. Of course, some are lazy, careless or incapable to take care of their money (after all, it does require a bit of skill) and they still have their coins in others' hands.
But the charts about the funds leaving exchanges or the charts on how many hardware wallets are being bought do show a direction I like. We cannot expect wonders overnight, but the direction is good.


True, there are plenty of topics on this matter here on bitcointalk. And if not all the people from the forum read/care/comply, then what could we expect from the outsiders?!

Welcome to the forum!
Since this is your dad's account it may be a better idea to start your new account.
With differences in knowledge and other aspects you may be accused of buying or stealing accounts, or you may be accused of shitposting for asking newbie questions from a 5 years old account. Just saying.


Bitcoin is still very young, you didn't really miss it. Don't look back to the past, look towards the future. It may be much better.


This I don't understand.


Most of those didn't understand the value of Bitcoin and spent, wasted or lost that long ago.
I think that those who bought at 1$ or so may be in a better position. Of course, there are just speculations.


Hate is not healthy. But avoiding them may actually be
Again, welcome to the forum and enjoy the ride!

There's no actual number and as others said "sky is the limit" because fiat is continuously eroded by inflation. So in 10s of years in the future Bitcoin may worth *a lot* because of its scarcity (and demand!) and also because fiat is losing value continuously.

The only missing part of the "equation" is the demand. If, for some reason, the demand would go down, the price will also go down. If the demand remains the same, the price will grow. If the demand rises (and that's what I expect) the price will skyrocket.

Is it me or you just ask random questions?
What is bitcoin, what is a block, and questions on programming languages and wallet creation.. these are imho at quite different levels, which means you are either tremendously confused (which is not normal after so much time and posts here, so just go to the links others have provided for you and fill the gap), either you have decided to post questions, no matter what (which is ugly).