If you are referring to the configuration when setting it up, yes. The name of the 'COIN' variable should be "BitcoinSegwit".

More information please.

Do you have core installed and fully synced ?
Is armory connected to core ?
Is the address correct (did you double-check it) ?
Does your address contain balance (check on blockchain explorer) ?

If you can answer each question with yes, upload the armory logs using https://pastebin.com (or any similar site) and provide us the URL.

Storage ? No. Not a problem at all.

There are a lot reasons why increasing the blocksize will harm the state of decentralization of BTC. But storage is not one of them.

You can buy a 1 TB SSD for ~150$ currently. That's enough storage for the next 15 years at least.
Even with a blocksize increase, do you think 1TB SSD's are the maximum for an average buyer ? That the technology will not improve in the next 10-20 years ?

Or one could simply buy a 4TB HDD for ~120$. You don't need the blockchain to be stored on a SSD. A HDD is fast enough for the blocks itself.
What you should store on a SDD is the chainstate folder, which has quite a lot read/write operations happening.

What exactly are you looking for ?

Are you looking for a whole project (including full nodes, etc..) or are you just looking for a desktop application.

If you are only looking for a desktop application, how is it related to blockchains at all ?
If you are looking for a whole project, do you mean something like Bitmessage ?

Es gibt diverse Verbesserungen für das base layer von BTC um die Privatsphäre um ein vielfaches zu erhöhen.

Aktuell wäre das wohl coinjoin, was an sich in Ordnung ist, aber noch lange nicht genug Privatsphäre bietet um sich neugierigen (und technisch affinen + mächtigen) Augen zu entziehen.
Aber trotzdem, Coinjoin in Verbindung mit Schnorr Signaturen wären schon ein erheblicher Gewinn was Privatsphäre angeht.

Wenn dann statt Coinjoin, Payjoin und Payswap verwendet werden (siehe: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-April/016888.html), werden keine privacy coins mehr benötigt.
Dann hätte BTC weit aus mehr genug Privatsphäre als nötig um regelmäßige Tageseinkäufe damit zu erledigen ohne von Google getrackt werden zu können.

This means it is the average time it needs for a new block to be mined.
For example: If a block has been mined right now, you can expect the next block to be mined in 10 minutes (on average) -> Time between 2 blocks being mined.




The transaction gets the first confirmation when it will be included into the block.
This could be the next, the after next, or the 40th block from now on.

Once it is included into a block. Each block which builds upon, adds 1 confirmation to the transaction.


For example:
Currently are 80 blocks mined. You broadcast the transaction. It takes roughly 3 hours for it to confirm. Your transaction is being included into block #101.
It now has 1 confirmation.
Then, 60 minutes later, 6 new blocks have been generated -> we are at block #107 now. -> Your transaction has 6 more confirmations -> 7 confirmations in total.


On average(!) you get a new confirmation each 10 minutes (after the first one) because the average block time is 10 minutes.

Windows 7 definitely doesn't, because it is not supported.

A linux virtual machine seems (at least in your case) to not work properly with the nano s.
You can't generally say that you WILL get usb connection issues with with your virtual machine. But since the OS on your VM is supported and your nano s is not broken, it seems like the VM is the point of failure.




Your linux in the VM is a proper linux.
But the host OS (your win7, but doesn't matter which OS) handles the 'forwarding' of the USB connection to the VM.

It is an encapsulated machine with interfaces being managed by your host OS.


A regularly installed linux would have direct access to the USB ports and therefore no 'middleman' which can mess up something.




As mentioned, it is working like a real linux itself. The problem are the interfaces. Or more precisely: the management of the USB interfaces by your VM software / windows.

However, i believe it should work in a virtual machine.

Just to confirm, did you update the udev rules on your virtual machine ?
Check https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005165269 under "Linux" on how to do this.

If we are strictly talking about ownership (in terms of: i created the private key, it belongs to me), there is not a single method to absolutely be sure (in a bulletproof way).

A private key is not something one has, but something one knows. That's a big difference.

Proving ownership of a hardware token (i.e. a hardware token for pgp signing for example) can be done by signing messages easily.
But simply proving ownership of something you know is itself not possible (very strictly talking).

Information (something you know) can be duplicated. Hardware tokens (something you have) can not. Or.. at least they should not be able to be duplicated.


However, i think this is going way too far.
As per OP's title the question is how to prove that an address belongs to you. And regarding this, anything is fine. A signed messages (containing a random token + user not blatantly stupid to get phished) is the best way.
The question was not how to prove that one is the ONLY one who knows this private key. That's simply not possible.

Random like could also be any other wallet. 
Not more trustworthy or better than any other random wallet.

In fact, even less trustworthy because of all their scamming.




Sure, thats's right.

Check the commits -> build from source. Danger circumvented.

Just because the majority of people don't do it, it still CAN be done. And that's the big difference to a closed source wallet.




And you are wrong with this.

Changelly has scammed a lot of people. This is a fact.

Whether their wallet has bad intentions or not is anyone's guess.

But the fact that they operate illegally from russia.. doesn't make them really trustworthy, does it ?


I'd rather choose exodus.. hell or even jaxx (yes, no-security-jaxx) than touching anything from changelly.


I really don't care what wallet you are using, but saying that this wallet 'has a name behind it' - in a positive way - is misleading for newer people here.

No. I always try to be as precisely as possible.

In my words:
Passphrase = A passphrase you can set (a password)
Mnemonic code = A seed encoded into 12/24 words
Seed = very long random number (rarely(!) also means the mnemonic code for easier understanding)




This depends on what you are using.
If you want to install multiple non-wallet apps, you probably won't be able to have all installed at the same time.

But you can always just uninstall, install a different application, uninstall it and reinstall the first one.
The data will NOT get lost. It is always derived from your seed.




I currently don't have a clue, sorry.
The virtual machine itself might be a problem, i don't know.

I would also suggest to simply update to windows 10.
Windows 7 is outdated, way less secure and you should have stopped using it like 3 years ago.

If you don't want to upgrade to win10 - for whatever reason - your fallback option would be a bootable linux distro (or even a dualboot beside windows).
This definitely works, since it is like a standard linux install.
But it is way less convenient.. you'd have to reboot your machine each time and boot into your live distro.

They aren't trustworthy at all.
Currently, it is just a random wallet.

How can you be sure that they actually know how to code software properly ?
You can't check what the wallet is doing. You have to blindly trust the developer.

How are the binaries uploaded ? Who has access to the github ?
You can't even be sure that a new version is truly being uploaded by the original developer instead of someone who gained access to their github.




A name which already scammed dozens of people.
Rather have no name behind it, than THIS one.




Their main purpose might not be to scam people, but as mentioned.. Access to github, intentions turning into bad ones, code quality.. all factors which you can't control.

With open source, you'd be able to check what the software does. Find backdoors in new updates, etc..
Closed source? No chance.

Good that its just number 1 mentioned in this list, and not number 1 of all mixers 




They probably are scared now.
Happens if you can't properly organize the infrastructure.

For anonymous, professional and reliable mixing, ChipMixer is the only option right now.

It is safe.
If the server doesn't work properly, choose a different one (note that you have to untick the 'select server automatically' option for it to work).

Also, no server was 'hacked'.

Old versions of electrum had a 'vulnerability' which allowed server to show a message.
This was exploited by quite a lot malicious server to show a faked 'update message'.

Your coins never were at risk. Never download electrum from anywhere else than https://electrum.org/.
And preferably always verify the signature before installing it.

Wow, only 4 people (with 2 DT of them) claiming this newbie is a scammer.

Guys, better trust him everything you have.

Regarding safety overall, yes. That's correct.

But as bones261 already pointed out, in a targeted attack it doesn't matter which OS you are using.

Since 98%+ of all malware is written for windows, using MAC / linux is definitely a safer option. Especially when storing BTC on your computer.


Note, that running linux in a virtual machine won't protect you at all.
If you host (your win7) is compromised, your guest (VM) will be too. Just not vice versa .




Hardware wallets do not only store your private keys encrypted.
They have a secure element built in, which does not leak the private keys under any circumstances.

The secure element itself is responsible for signing transactions upon approving them on their built-in screen.
The private keys are basically always cut off from the internet or from an internet-connected device, which is not the case with your computer.

Encryption is only one (small) aspect which makes a hardware wallet secure.




Where electrum is installed doesn't matter.
It matters where your wallet file is stored.

You can easily install electrum directly on your main drive, but store the wallet file on your encrypted hard drive.


But generally, yes if your wallet file is stored on a drive which is connected to your computer all the time, it is less secure than a non-mounted and/or encrypted hard drive.

However, once your computer is compromised (e.g. with a malware which waits for you to open electrum), it doesn't matter where your file is stored if you open it anyway at some time.




You CAN use it wherever you want.
Make sure to have a backup of your 12 word mnemonic code, and you are fine.




Feel free to ask as many questions as you want. A lot of us will be happy to help you out where we can.

To import a watch-only wallet, you can simply add a new 'account' and then enter either an address or the master public key (xpub).

But AFAIK, you can not create unsigned transaction with mycelium.

The 'offline wallet tool' from the drop down menu is for importing private keys / xpriv / seeds from a printed version (e.g. from a paper wallet).
This is not for creating unsigned transaction on an offline mobile.

Congratulations on successfully updating and repairing!



This is an application for 2FA.

This basically is a hardware token (comparable to RSA secureID tokens).
This is way more secure than using a 2FA application on your mobile.

Whether or not you want to use it, depends on you.




You can check this site for all available apps.
Scroll down to the bottom to see non-wallet applications.

One example would be OpenPGP (useful if you are using PGP).




Attach to pin:
Will create a second 'ledger account'.
You then will be able to login either with your first or your second pin, each of those two generating a different set of private keys / addresses.

Temporary:
Creates a second 'ledger account' for just one session.
This is basically the same as above, just that the information are not stored on the nano s.
You will have to enter your passphrase each time you want to access this 'temporary account'.




In which OS ?
Your linux VM ?

Did you add the USB-filter "empty" to catch all USB devices ?

Another tip for newcomer:

Do not accept wallet files from stranger which claim to have 'lost bitcoin' in there.
There might be some vulnerability for code execution etc. in core, which would lose to your system getting compromised.

Or.. it simply is malware.

Do you have a problem with the Bootloader? Yes.
Is your MCU non-genuine? No.
Repair device? Maybe.

Choose yourself. You can not brick your nano s with the built-in functions from ledger live.




Well.. you are using an outdated OS which is not supported by ledger live.

The majority of people do not have a single problem with their nano s.

Do you finally have access to a windows 10 machine or linux or mac (something which is supported) ?
Or are you still trying to fix it using windows 7 ?

To be fair.. he didn't blame anyone.
He politely explained what the did and asked for ideas on what could have happened and how to recover his coins.

I don't see a single statement from him blaming electrum.
Whether there was a change in the 'seed system' (aka derivation) is a normal question. No blaming there.