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3061  Other / Meta / Re: Growing SEO spam on Bitcointalk on: August 19, 2023, 09:37:24 AM
I'd say that SEO spam is not always deleted fast and I don't think it should be discouraged to report this if it is older than 6 months.
I still report old spam, and it still gets deleted. The Old post warning isn't meant to keep spam:
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Old post: We generally do not moderate posts this old for on-topicness, substantiveness, multi-posting, and other "cleanliness" issues.
3062  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Bitcoin block data (728 GB): inputs, outputs and transactions on: August 19, 2023, 09:33:46 AM
pls add all bch addresses
You can find the data at gz.blockchair.com/bitcoin-cash/. I don't really want to add hundreds of GB of Forkcoin data to my server. If you need help downloading or processing the data, feel free to make me an offer.
3063  Other / Meta / Re: Growing SEO spam on Bitcointalk on: August 19, 2023, 09:22:55 AM
But later it's edited add SEO spam link, which wouldn't be noticed by most member.
Those are hard to find, but it has been going on for years. I report them with "Spammer. Nuke please.".
But they're hard to find, and I only find them when I stumble upon them. MindlessElectron can't find them, as it only sees new posts.

One way to find them all would be if Bitcointalk creates a page like patrol, but for edited posts only.
3064  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: [Contest][ALT] Best portfolio 2023 on: August 19, 2023, 09:06:33 AM
Let's start with the news: Bitcoin climbed to #3!

Now back to reality: everything is dropping:
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Sat Aug 19 00:00:01 UTC 2023 (see source for daily updates)

1. Vispilio: $3393.16
Radiant Capital Price (12244.32322564 RDNT): $3020.66
Digits DAO Price (51110.45992599 DIGITS): $229.42
GigaSwap Price (4377517.07231658 GIGA): $71.66
Band Protocol Price (70.92198582 BAND): $71.42

2. xSkylarx: $1860.45
XRP Price (735.10817852 XRP): $371.78
Solana Price (25.10040161 SOL): $535.39
Terra Luna Classic Price (689084.89525910 LUNC): $43.17
Ronin Price (1513.07676595 RON): $910.10

3. Bitcoin: $1574.96
Bitcoin Price (0.06045697 BTC): $1574.96

4. casperBGD: $1539.69
Fantom Price (2002.86409566 FTM): $401.87
Audius Price (1564.50452142 AUDIO): $245.52
Velodrome Finance Price (11012.44571553 VELO): $860.92
Evmos Domains Price (38459.91131144 EVD): $31.39

5. slackovic: $1422.58
Aleph Zero Price (362.37704849 AZERO): $304.39
Solana Price (30.12048193 SOL): $643.67
Gains Network Price (64.51612903 GNS): $253.55
Vela Exchange Price (226.43209811 DXP): $220.97

6. Yabes: $1359.92
Litecoin Price (2.85918513 LTC): $183.05
Dogecoin Price (4975.97315818 DOGE): $314.45
Solana Price (35.14056225 SOL): $749.55
Waves Price (75.75757576 WAVES): $112.88

7. Inwestour: $1319.55
XRP Price (1470.21635704 XRP): $744.08
Ethereum Price (0.16713883 ETH): $277.70
Loopring Price (1062.77831507 LRC): $197.86
USD Coin Price (99.90009990 USDC): $99.90

8. jokers10: $1280.68
Solana Price (30.12048193 SOL): $642.47
IOTA Price (591.84905482 MIOTA): $86.04
IoTeX Price (14319.56984012 IOTX): $204.91
Cartesi Price (2912.45170184 CTSI): $347.27

9. Halab: $1232.16
BNB Price (1.21624909 BNB): $262.87
Solana Price (25.10040161 SOL): $536.40
Aleph Zero Price (301.98087374 AZERO): $253.65
Ultra Price (1106.77011278 UOS): $179.24

10. xandry: $1211.39
TrueUSD Price (498.00796813 TUSD): $497.63
Helium Price (65.35947712 HNT): $118.30
GMX Price (4.79961603 GMX): $177.97
Maker Price (0.38974959 MKR): $417.48

11. F2b: $1191.40
Ethereum Price (0.26742213 ETH): $444.79
Hacken Price (15698.70008222 HAI): $323.16
Quant Price (2.27165168 QNT): $228.14
Monero Price (1.35749678 XMR): $195.30

12. cryptofrka: $1173.52
Optimism Price (436.06378305 OP): $632.29
Aleph Zero Price (241.58469899 AZERO): $203.26
Ethereum Name Service Price (18.58736059 ENS): $149.26
Curve DAO Price (381.04455745 CRV): $188.70

13. UserU: $1129.17
Ethereum Price (0.41784708 ETH): $694.99
BNB Price (1.01354091 BNB): $219.02
Shiba Inu Price (18518518.51851850 SHIB): $159.44
SafeMoon Price (418567.66146248 SFM): $55.72

14. Smartprofit: $1089.42
Ethereum Price (0.30084990 ETH): $499.86
BNB Price (1.01354091 BNB): $218.90
Monero Price (1.96837033 XMR): $282.21
Celo Price (210.86947812 CELO): $88.45

15. Buchi-88: $1078.63
IOTA Price (1183.69810963 MIOTA): $172.11
Waves Price (227.27272727 WAVES): $338.64
Aleph Zero Price (362.37704849 AZERO): $305.10
Bitpanda Ecosystem Price (642.69004345 BEST): $262.78

16. Rikafip: $1071.08
Tether Price (500.00000000 USDT): $499.96
Ethereum Price (0.16713883 ETH): $277.90
BNB Price (0.81083273 BNB): $175.21
GALA Price (5991.99948229 GALA): $118.01

17. bullrun2020bro: $1044.55
Aleph Zero Price (301.98087374 AZERO): $254.08
GMX Price (5.99952004 GMX): $222.58
Fantom Price (1251.79005979 FTM): $250.95
Gains Network Price (80.64516129 GNS): $316.94

18. sky999: $1037.17
Dogecoin Price (4265.11984987 DOGE): $269.69
Optimism Price (327.04783729 OP): $470.95
Trust Wallet Price (140.84507042 TWT): $121.39
BNB Price (0.81083273 BNB): $175.14

19. perl: $1024.15
Monero Price (3.32586710 XMR): $476.73
Ethereum Price (0.15042495 ETH): $249.86
Dero Price (43.70179949 DERO): $137.66
Tether Price (160.00000000 USDT): $159.90

20. malcovi2: $1002.75
DUSK Network Price (4216.91827612 DUSK): $424.59
Dogecoin Price (2132.55992493 DOGE): $134.98
Algorand Price (1733.91361642 ALGO): $165.48
Ethereum Price (0.16713883 ETH): $277.70

21. antigin: $984.07
USD Coin Price (499.50049950 USDC): $499.50
Fantom Price (1502.14807174 FTM): $301.14
BNB Price (0.60812454 BNB): $131.35
Chia Price (1.73852573 XCH): $52.07

22. sam00: $983.65
Algorand Price (1444.92801369 ALGO): $138.17
Aleph Zero Price (301.98087374 AZERO): $253.89
Ethereum Price (0.20892354 ETH): $347.37
Monero Price (1.69687097 XMR): $244.23

23. LoyceV: $978.76
Tether Price (500.00000000 USDT): $499.69
Monero Price (2.71499355 XMR): $389.63
Dogecoin Price (710.85330831 DOGE): $44.92
TryHards Price (22253.57503683 TRY): $44.52

24. GazetaBitcoin: $978.21
Tether Price (500.00000000 USDT): $499.96
BNB Price (1.62166545 BNB): $350.28
Ethereum Price (0.04178471 ETH): $69.43
0x Protocol Price (336.85458661 ZRX): $58.54

25. Saint-loup: $963.15
Waves Price (189.39393939 WAVES): $282.20
Polygon Price (329.30049988 MATIC): $190.09
Shiba Inu Price (30864197.53086420 SHIB): $265.74
Dogecoin Price (3554.26654156 DOGE): $225.12

26. CoinEraser: $939.66
Polygon Price (526.88079981 MATIC): $304.25
Dogecoin Price (1421.70661662 DOGE): $89.84
Aleph Zero Price (483.16939798 AZERO): $406.80
Ethereum Price (0.08356942 ETH): $138.78

27. Koal-84: $932.20
Cardano Price (1217.54235018 ADA): $320.71
Pirate Chain Price (636.01296194 ARRR): $132.70
SundaeSwap Price (20800.46859296 SUNDAE): $235.71
Tezos Price (347.05207030 XTZ): $243.08

28. GrosWesh: $925.21
CHEQD Network Price (9447.92022932 CHEQ): $277.07
Aleph Zero Price (301.98087374 AZERO): $254.25
GigaSwap Price (4377517.07231658 GIGA): $71.66
Casper Network Price (9055.01173167 CSPR): $322.23

29. Trofo: $922.04
MASQ Price (1561.24124924 MASQ): $310.65
Algorand Price (1444.92801369 ALGO): $137.85
Quant Price (2.36630383 QNT): $237.65
Curve DAO Price (476.30569681 CRV): $235.89

30. NeuroticFish: $892.70
BNB Price (1.70274872 BNB): $367.76
Monero Price (2.85074323 XMR): $409.14
Dash Price (2.61220613 DASH): $69.12
Golem Price (277.56035550 GLM): $46.69

31. Becassine: $880.88
BNB Price (0.97299927 BNB): $210.15
Enjin Coin Price (455.04751110 ENJ): $110.18
Polygon Price (645.42897976 MATIC): $372.42
SafePal Price (405.34960136 SFP): $188.13

32. DireWolfM14: $877.63
Monero Price (2.71499355 XMR): $390.55
Dogecoin Price (4265.11984987 DOGE): $270.14
Binance USD Price (149.85014985 BUSD): $150.00
Grin Price (2035.05725294 GRIN): $66.94

33. Betwrong: $874.84
BNB Price (1.70274872 BNB): $368.17
IOTA Price (1183.69810963 MIOTA): $172.07
XRP Price (529.27788853 XRP): $268.33
Edgeware Price (491799.24754715 EDG): $66.27

34. entebah: $869.26
Dash Price (3.56209926 DASH): $94.25
Cardano Price (1014.61862515 ADA): $267.58
Horizen Price (21.73913043 ZEN): $157.17
BNB Price (1.62166545 BNB): $350.25

35. Royse777: $862.19
KuCoin Price (61.63328197 KCS): $300.77
BNB Price (1.21624909 BNB): $262.71
Cardano Price (1014.61862515 ADA): $267.26
1inch Price (130.17612830 1INCH): $31.45

36. internetional: $852.58
BiLira Price (7646.28295070 TRYB): $274.29
PAX Gold Price (0.27425061 PAXG): $514.14
Zcash Price (1.34084205 ZEC): $32.73
Dash Price (1.18736642 DASH): $31.42

37. tokeweed: $810.03
Dogecoin Price (3554.26654156 DOGE): $224.72
Shiba Inu Price (24691358.02469140 SHIB): $212.59
Ethereum Price (0.04178471 ETH): $69.43
Dogechain Price (524120.00251578 DC): $303.29

38. elma: $803.33
NEAR Protocol Price (198.41269841 NEAR): $226.19
GigaSwap Price (4377517.07231658 GIGA): $71.66
Internet Computer Price (63.61323155 ICP): $223.28
Waves Price (189.39393939 WAVES): $282.20

39. n0nce: $801.61
Monero Price (3.05436775 XMR): $438.36
Grin Price (3391.76208824 GRIN): $111.93
Ethereum Classic Price (12.72264631 ETC): $196.18
Algorand Price (577.97120547 ALGO): $55.13

40. julerz12: $722.89
Cosmos Hub Price (48.12834225 ATOM): $364.81
Gnosis Price (2.99796139 GNO): $299.35
Evmos Price (696.74515501 EVMOS): $42.03
JUNO Price (89.28571429 JUNO): $16.70

41. 3meek: $679.20
Polkadot Price (58.00464037 DOT): $261.60
Zcash Price (6.70421024 ZEC): $163.65
Shiden Network Price (749.28817623 SDN): $187.73
BEAM Price (2347.48396668 BEAM): $66.22
3065  Other / Meta / Re: LoyceV's Weekly Trust list overview in Human Readable Format on: August 19, 2023, 09:03:17 AM
Update:

New Trust lists created in the past week:
Week 240 (2023-08-19_Sat_05.07h)
NEW 177723: hopenotlate (Trust: +2 / =0 / -0) (138 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
NEW 1031572: rdluffy (Trust: +1 / =1 / -0) (1053 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
NEW 3421100: Silence Scream (Trust: awaiting update) (719 Merit earned) (Trust list) (BPIP)
3066  Other / Meta / Re: The future of Bitcointalk: Low Ranking Top Merit earners in the past 30 days on: August 19, 2023, 08:58:52 AM
Update:
     1. Newbie pluja (Trust: +0 / =1 / -0) earned 214 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     2. Newbie LuckyGambler91 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 53 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     3. Newbie jaydee3839 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 20 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     4. Newbie tw0.625 (Trust: +0 / =1 / -0) earned 19 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     5. Newbie thebitcoinhole (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 19 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     6. Newbie rapsacw (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 19 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     7. Newbie EL MOHA (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 19 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     8. Newbie bitcoinhistorian (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 14 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     9. Newbie crypto-hardware.com (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 13 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    10. Newbie mgecl128 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 12 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    11. Newbie jccla (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 12 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    12. Newbie KalOlak Banned! (Trust: +0 / =1 / -0) earned 12 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    13. Newbie DifDrama (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 12 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    14. Newbie Medusah (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 12 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    15. Newbie ertil (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 12 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    16. Newbie FantasticPangolin705 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    17. Newbie Wettwahn (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 9 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    18. Newbie Donneski (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 9 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    19. Newbie kaimoure (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    20. Newbie Revolter (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    21. Newbie Nalain420 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    22. Newbie xcrunner2414 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    23. Newbie AlexanderCurl (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    24. Newbie johank (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    25. Newbie 0xB10C (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)

     1. Jr. Member DYING_S0UL (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 35 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     2. Jr. Member L-titipi (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 23 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     3. Jr. Member LiveBTCdata (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 21 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     4. Jr. Member Agbamoni (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 19 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     5. Jr. Member Dictator69 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 16 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     6. Jr. Member CryptoCuMan (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 12 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     7. Jr. Member Knight Hider (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 11 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     8. Jr. Member Martin1two (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     9. Jr. Member zherbert (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 9 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    10. Jr. Member BitcoinPak (Trust: +0 / =1 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    11. Jr. Member Greyhats (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    12. Jr. Member ProkhorZ (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    13. Jr. Member Starbox (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    14. Jr. Member overtorment2 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)

     1. Member Odohu (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 49 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     2. Member Salahmu (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 39 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     3. Member virginorange (Trust: +1 / =0 / -0) earned 39 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     4. Member hafiztalha (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 38 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     5. Member Abu-Naim (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 36 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     6. Member rachael9385 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 35 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     7. Member cafter (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 29 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     8. Member JunaidAzizi (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 28 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
     9. Member PytagoraZ (Trust: +0 / =1 / -0) earned 27 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    10. Member Arenga pinnata (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 26 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    11. Member SeriouslyGiveaway (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 24 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    12. Member SmartCharpa (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 24 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    13. Member Hatchy (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 23 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    14. Member Spaceman1000$ (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 22 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    15. Member Bitcoin Smith (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 22 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    16. Member Paulo2 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 21 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    17. Member 2Pizza410000BTC (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 20 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    18. Member Solokan (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 20 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    19. Member cedricfung (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 20 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    20. Member Kaliandra (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 18 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    21. Member lightbit (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 18 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    22. Member AprilioMP (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 17 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    23. Member Promocodeudo (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 17 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    24. Member Jon_Hodl (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 17 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    25. Member Subbir (Trust: +0 / =1 / -0) earned 16 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    26. Member Stakefast (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 16 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    27. Member l99l (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 15 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    28. Member Broadanbig (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 15 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    29. Member Gaza13 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 15 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    30. Member CYBER_COWBOY (Trust: +0 / =3 / -5) earned 14 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    31. Member pjvperes (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 13 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    32. Member Lunorael (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 12 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    33. Member usque_ad_finem (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 12 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    34. Member tech30338 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 11 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    35. Member developeralgo (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 11 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    36. Member Amphenomenon (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    37. Member eXch.cc (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    38. Member Lukmanfirdaus1 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    39. Member welik (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 10 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    40. Member cilphex (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    41. Member Danydee72 (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    42. Member Unikon (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    43. Member nopara73 (Trust: +0 / =2 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
    44. Member knircky (Trust: +0 / =0 / -0) earned 8 Merit in 30 days (BPIP)
3067  Other / Meta / Re: Still kicking. on: August 19, 2023, 08:39:33 AM
Yes i have posted BTC addresses from my original account but because the wallets became corrupted i deleted them
I guess it's time for you to accept reality: you'll have to follow instructions in Recovering hacked/lost accounts, and if those guys decide they can't guarantee you're the original account owner, you won't get it back.

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Fact is his shitty foresight allowed Bitcointalk to be hacked and Mine and many thousands of users had our info compromised. So i should be nice about his weak security?
As far as I know, only the encrypted password database was taken. That means only the weak passwords could be brute-forced, so it is indeed your own weak security that made it possible to hack the account.

Can you be more polite next time ?
Why? Are you offended on behalf of the guy who can smite OP? Maybe the internet and especially a forum that allows freedom of speech isn't for you.
If you don't like someone's posts, Ignore them. It's that simple.
3068  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: [bip39.org] Open Source BIP39 Mnemonic Generator via Email and Password on: August 19, 2023, 08:23:33 AM
I tried it, and my browser instantly produced a mnemonic. That means the encryption is easy to brute force.
Now compare WarpWallet: it takes a very long time to create a private key, which means the encryption is very difficult to brute force. If you do anything brain wallet related, at least make use of heavy encryption.
Hello, that is why I recommend you to set enough length of nonce ( > 10000 ) to make it resistant to the brute force attack.
That's just another thing you'd have to remember. You could accomplish the same by adding a few more random characters. But if the encryption itself is a million times heavier, it gets more secure without requiring the user to remember more data.

With your system, the user needs to back up an email address or other ID, a password, one or more "additional phrases", and a nonce. The loss of any one of these results in loss of their seed phrase and their coins. How is this simpler than just backing up a 12 word seed phrase which was properly generated from dev/urandom?
Good point. Also known as KISS.
3069  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: [ANN] Whirlwind.money | ⚡No Fee⚡ | Ultimate Privacy | Anonymity Mining 12% APR🔥 on: August 19, 2023, 07:49:59 AM
I haven't been keeping up with the recent news on this... So, we have another bitcoin mixer go out of business? Exit scam?
Has anyone managed to come up with a ballpark figure for the total amount they scammed?

Given the nature of the scam, I think it's a lot of money.

The multisig pool address has 12.7 BTC in it, somewhere around 350k USD, judging by how much they spent on their review campaign, the other campaign, the leftover in escrow, the website, the code, the design, and all that, it makes me doubt that they would settle with just 350k, also, it's almost sure that the 350k sure includes some of their own funds.
Maybe it includes their own funds, maybe it didn't. The multisig address sent and received 1700 Bitcoin, including change sent back to itself. They could have withdrawn their own money already, and they could even have withdrawn customer money too. You'd have to check all 1169 transactions to see how much came from external deposits, but it still wouldn't tell you much.

We may find out eventually if a large deposit was made, someone might come here and tell the story, also to anyone that might say "Oh it was obvious, I knew it" I'd call b.s on that, it was a "masterpiece", the guy/guys behind it were pretty intelligent, far more sophisticated than the average "send me your 1 BTC and get 2 BTC tomorrow".
There were signs, but giving them the benefit of the doubt is better than tagging for something they may or may not do.

I've been advertising and recommending this shit for months, in such a way that I'm practically part of this scam. And it's just feels awful.

It makes you question the integrity of the service you're currently carrying in your signature.
Not enough members here seem to realize that whatever is in their signature reflects back to their own image here. It's always good to question the integrity before you advertise something.



What are the odds this guy started talking about his plans the day ChipMixer was seized?



There is another hypothesis, which is that the developer of the service has a relationship in one way or another with Tornado Cash. Both services are very similar in terms of name, design, logo and a lot of things. On 10 August 2022, Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev[1] was arrested.
Did you read that as 2023 instead of 2022? Otherwise, it doesn't make sense.
3070  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: [WARNING] Whirlwind.money - withdrawals are not being processed ⚠️ on: August 19, 2023, 07:39:45 AM
They agreed to a 7 day delay. They couldn't withdraw from escrow to pull an exit scam.
If they decided to leave those 40k, wouldn't that mean that people deposited more than that + what sig campaign members didn't withdraw?
That would be my guess. But we can't know for sure how much was deposited by themselves, and how much came from customers.

I am trying to figure out what we could have learned from this.

Shall a signature wearer not use the service he was advertising (namely: transfer any amount out of it asap because of NYKNYC)?
Shall a signature wearer use the service and be fully accountable, in a harsh way, for any losses?
It starts by not advertising a service you don't trust. And if you do trust it, you can just use it. Why would you recommend others to use something you wouldn't trust with your own money?

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Maybe a new "standard" of a reputable escrow should be initiated for any sig campaign? This has obvious implications for anyone willing to start a new one for the associated cost. And also maybe for the escrow.
That's up to each campaign, and between the campaign and it's participants. As long as people are willing to join, there's no reason for them to change anything.
3071  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: startup crash of the bitcoin mainnet on: August 19, 2023, 07:26:00 AM
Why are you worrying about cached data? Let Bitcoin Core take care of it while it runs.
3072  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: [WARNING] Whirlwind.money - withdrawals are not being processed ⚠️ on: August 17, 2023, 05:38:21 PM
But I don't know why did they left $40k in escrow with minerjones.
They agreed to a 7 day delay. They couldn't withdraw from escrow to pull an exit scam.
3073  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: [bip39.org] Open Source BIP39 Mnemonic Generator via Email and Password on: August 17, 2023, 05:11:51 PM
I tried it, and my browser instantly produced a mnemonic. That means the encryption is easy to brute force.
Now compare WarpWallet: it takes a very long time to create a private key, which means the encryption is very difficult to brute force. If you do anything brain wallet related, at least make use of heavy encryption.
3074  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: [ANN] Whirlwind.money | ⚡No Fee⚡ | Ultimate Privacy | Anonymity Mining 12% APR on: August 17, 2023, 04:59:48 PM
When people should have been suspecting Whirlwind to be scam is when they began anonymity mining or something with 12% APR.
There were questions about it:
Our goal is to grow the Anonymity Set to 10,000 deposits so until that is reached we will offer a reward to everyone using the service. Each month we will allocate 1BTC to distribute between all funded Notes proportionally to their balance. Payments will be made every day and you are free to withdraw your deposit anytime. If the amount allocated for rewards is 1BTC a month that means 1/30 = 0.0333BTC will be distributed every day.

If the multi-sig balance is 10BTC and you have a Note with a 1BTC balance you will automatically receive 10% of 0.0333BTC every day you keep your Note funded, which is 0.0033BTC a day.
On second thought: this sounds a lot like the many "services" in the past that paid interest on Bitcoin deposits. Usually, that didn't end well.
Are you sure you want to be associated with those?
Do you have any example of a service that had an actual reason for offering a reward on Bitcoin deposits?

The goal of this campaign is to grow the Anonymity Set
I think their "anonymity set" (which means the total number of deposits) was around 400 at the time. So, by offering 12%, they only managed to get on average 1 deposit per day since then. Maybe most people recognize by now when something is "too good to be true" by now. At that rate, it's going to take 25 years to reach their goal (of 10000 deposits), which makes it clear things didn't go as they expected.



$40k in DAI

This is from the review campaign, isnt it?

Should this sum only be used to pay out the unpaid contributions from the Bounty campaign ~ or if someone used the mixing service and still waiting for the withdrawl?
It wasn't very clear, but I'd say it was implied that it's okay to use the $40k to cover the risk of the anonymity mining. See these posts. The money in escrow was initially meant to cover the review campaign, but wasn't asked back. After that, whirlwindmoney agreed to add a 7 day delay if they ask the money back. Come to think of it: this delay could very well be the reason the money is still in escrow and this scenario was prevented. You're welcome Smiley

I don't see the problem here, it's money from ww, it shouldn't be a problem if it's used to cover the mess they made
That makes sense.

the unpaid promised interest (12%)
The EU bank guarantee stops paying interest the moment a bank goes bankrupt, but you'd get interest until that happened. Considering it is at most a few percent, and considering how complicated it will be to calculate (and prove) the exact amounts, I'd say forget about the "interest". But I have no skin in this game.

Can WWM manipulate notes data, such as changing balance to zero or creating fake notes and claiming part of the $40,000.
Of course. They can create and sign any LoG they want. Or even make a real deposit through their own site, and use that deposit to claim the majority of the $40k. Or maybe they did already, there were a few larger deposits into the multisig addy lately.
3075  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: How do I "restart with -reindex-chainstate."? on: August 17, 2023, 08:31:05 AM
Downloading the 577GB blockchain on a late 2013 MacBook Pro is impossible.  Even at 450Mbps internet, the processor slows down at 86% and never finished even 3 weeks later.
Your internet speed doesn't matter here, the limitations are CPU, disk and RAM (dbcache). The hardware is old, but 10 years should still be doable. My laptop is old, but 16 GB RAM and SSD makes all the difference.

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"Error: Unsupported chainstate database format found. Please restart with -reindex-chainstate. This will rebuild the chainstate database."
Did you also copy the chainstate directory? I've never had any problems when upgrading Bitcoin Core to a newer version, so it could be something went wrong with your copy.

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Redownloading the blockchain is not an option.
Just a heads up: -reindex-chainstate is going to take a while too.



Are you sure you want to use Bitcoin Core if your computer has such a hard time with it? Electrum for instance is much lighter to run.
3076  Other / Meta / Re: Still kicking. on: August 17, 2023, 08:15:58 AM
I don't think Theymos minds all that much if he's called a cunt.  I think I've slung that epithet at him once or twice myself (with a dose of love attached, of course).  He's too high up there to take offense, know what I mean?
It's one of the things I love about Bitcointalk: the freedom to say whatever you want, even about someone who can wipe your account off the board. OP has a sense of humor, I like it.
3077  Other / Meta / Re: Still kicking. on: August 17, 2023, 08:04:50 AM
If not I'll piss off for another few years.
You (or at least otrkid70) posted 4 Bitcoin addresses in 2014 and 2015. You know the drill: dig up your private key, and sign a message.

You should never delete a wallet.
3078  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: [WARNING] Whirlwind.money - withdrawals are not being processed ⚠️ on: August 17, 2023, 07:42:36 AM
I don't know about you, but I think the whole idea of paying users in notes was kind of risky, in case they didn't work, and I guess now we see why; because they depend on the operator's presence to redeem.
After the discussion about privacy for campaign participants, it made sense. There's a risk involved, but that's the same risk they advertised for others in their signature. It forced the campaign participants to "put their money where their mouth is".
3079  Economy / Services / Re: LoyceV's Avatar for Rent [first 🦊🦊🦊🦊4 YEARS🦊🦊🦊🦊 (229 weeks) rented out] on: August 17, 2023, 07:39:08 AM
You allowed your computer to spend time with your wife?  Grin I would never trust my computer to allow it such privileges! O M G!
I'm the one with root access, so no worries there Cheesy

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do you also trust your freezer that much? Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
My wife likes warmth, not cold. So no worries here either Cheesy
3080  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: [WARNING] Whirlwind.money - withdrawals are not being processed ⚠️ on: August 17, 2023, 07:26:46 AM
Withdrawal Log:
Code:
<SIGNED MESSAGE>You used credit from your public Public Address wwLckQCopiVAVuENvCP2M8anGiGJRyitwFK on Mon Aug 14 2023 12:15:34 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time). The withdraw address(es) are the following: 1 - bc1qlgawn2pngyf89cpmy24qex7jlj548u6fwm6uzc which will receive 0.001 BTC 0 hours in the future. ; 2 - bc1qr9rrl034k6undwf09fh377grw7vtka5wpy4w5f which will receive 0.001 BTC 0 hours in the future. ; 3 - bc1q3unhr4da52lg8ddg86gmmleazgkws2zpl6w4zs which will receive 0.001 BTC 0 hours in the future. ; 4 - bc1qc3ssucykfsqfzaggsqeg5u7jkecp98re0wh08w which will receive 0.001 BTC 0 hours in the future. ; This message was signed using the letter signing address which can be found on our website or at /verification/letter_signing_address on the system's API.</SIGNED MESSAGE>

<SIGNING ADDRESS>1JmCabMgyVZ8zmgaV5JGH7BXe48buVaUUd</SIGNING ADDRESS>

<SIGNATURE>H4hJ6/jiU6BKyzqzIdPX4aItpMLJYL/kS+MjumOqThbSL8Z3nCvZWjOcjPS09fy3fEiG6GWPWNGsAC8/CVAuRFw=</SIGNATURE>
This is all you need to prove you were scammed.
I verified the signed message, and confirm the address belongs to the site:
Signing Address: 1JmCabMgyVZ8zmgaV5JGH7BXe48buVaUUd

Scam confirmed!

My guess: they abandoned the project due to the lack of users, but kept it open for deposits. It's an exit scam by the book.

Result was to let it continue as it is because they were not paying anyone any bitcoin but using the NOTES.
Now that you mention it: Do signature campaigns that pay in "IOUs" even belong on the Services board? Or should they be moved to the Altcoin board?

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[1.] They had plan from the beginning to scam at some point.
I think they were hoping to make big profits, and if something is profitable, there's no need to scam. We've seen it with casinos too: fake it, then either make it, or break it and walk away.
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