and that is why I always recommend purchasing locally with cash whenever possible.
If something is not available in your country or city, I would take some cheap flight and go in country where I can purchase that item personally.
Wow, sounds like a radical solution to the problem. Kind of difficult though, depending on where you live. But I like that your answer is privacy-centered. Good point, but Trezor also has bitcoin only firmware and they released bitcoin only devices before.
Maybe that is why ledger was most targeted of all hardware wallets.
Yeah I guess... I don't know if the firmware is the problem. I mean the issue here is that their customers' emails have been leaked. So the problem is on their servers and not on the devices. I suppose hackers target Trezor because they are one of the biggest players out there. To be honest, I think trezor wallets are very easy to use, so they have a broad audience. Ledger too of course, but Ledger also has some other (more severe) issues that we have already discussed extensively in the forum. I own a trezor since 2019 and I am ok with it, but I don't use it since 2021 when I moved to better cold storage options. |
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I guess it depends on the energy you bring to this this place and who sees your posts. If you are negative and criticizing, you will surely be met by the same energy from the other side. I have never seen a normal conversation turn into bullying and abusive behavior without a reason. If you have some examples of that, do show us and let's figure out what happened. Generally, you are not going to get attacked by normal members of the forum (regardless of rank) if you don't give them any reasons to attack you.
Adding to that, with which I totally agree, it clearly depends on the person's character and, of course, being a legendary doesn't make you a better person. There may be people who hide behind their rank. However, there is a great button right below every user's avatar that says "Ignore". If you press it, you will never see this person's posts again. |
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I believe the problem is that they are so big that it's hard to run their 'promotional' stuff themselves (newsletters, support system, E-Mail ...). It's easier to use ' something as a service' than to host and maintain all the infrastructure yourself. That's why it's possible to both make a secure product, and simultaneously have insecurities in your customer data handling (which is terrible for privacy!). However, we've seen from Foundation Devices that it's possible: Your email is also no longer associated with your order number, but preserved in our self-hosted email marketing tool to update you with important company announcements, including security notifications and firmware updates. You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time.
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Rather than using Google Analytics or another third-party tool that collects your personal information, Foundation uses a self-hosted instance of Matomo Analytics.
I get your point, I don't like what happened to me either. For me foundation devices is top notch. I don't think they are as big as Trezor though, as you said. Another thing to consider is that the "Passport" is bitcoin-only, but Trezor supports multiple coins. As I have said in the past, when I was first introduced to cryptocurrencies I owned some altcoins, until 2021 when I fully moved to Bitcoin only. During this period I came across too many scammers. I think that's where the scammers shine, in the altcoins. You know, like Ponzi schemes, fake ICOs, NFTs etc. So, to this extend, I think trezor may be a "better" target for scamming. |
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Thanks again for your flawless timing! My delay is because of the kids, they're both ill and needed attention. Lots of virusses going around schools lately.
Oops.. I am wishing fast recovery. However, in Greece, anything below 45 minutes doesn't count as a delay, so you're perfectly on time! |
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Without a doubt this is bad, but it can happen. To be honest Trezor contacted me in the past saying some of my personal data were leaked. Then they contacted me again saying that the previous mail was a scam. I reckon that a company that is supposed to specialise in security systems, shouldn't behave like this , but you know sometimes things like these can happen. The reason I am saying this is because I think the period matches the one mentioned in the article so it could be the same thing... |
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Can anyone please try to use the website and tell me if you both see that the maximum amount of XMR allowed is 0? So basically you can't trade BTC for XMR?
PS. If you have mentioned it above, pardon me, I haven't read all the pages.
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Me too. I have switched to public nodes since then. Probably has to do with the minimum memory of the Raspberry Pi?
I am not sure because I use 8GB RPi and I reckon 8GB is a good number. Perhaps I am wrong though. So you have switched back to public nodes and connect to them via TOR. I think it's not a bad option. Just something doesn't feel right, you know what I mean. I just wanna make it work . But apparently I can't.  |
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I'd like to make a small comment / correction; Bisq has been around since December 2014, with over 200 contributors and also connects through Tor by default. However, I confess that it feels a bit more complicated than an instant exchange running in the browser. The only trouble I have with Bisq is that the connection is unstable between Bisq and my Bitcoin Core node. It connects and disconnects every 5 seconds. Imagine like a blinking light that turns on and off constantly. I have bloom filters enabled etc. I haven't figured out why, but this is not a subject to discuss here. Perhaps I will open a support topic in the future. |
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I have been trying to think of ways to make sure that all the people who ran the node for 14 days will still run it from now on. I don't know how, except for sending some merit if they show you a screenshot every week. But of course this is just a suggestion. I can think of many reasons to run Bitcoin Core, but weekly Merit isn't one of them. Sure... It's a hard exercise but I guess if people have taken the challenge and have ran Core for 14 days, that they will not stop it now just because the merit has been sent. |
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Kruw is in the contributors' list of wasabi: https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi/graphs/contributors. In his profile, you can see he has forked both WasabiWallet and WasabiDoc. He even reviews pull requests if you check the PR history. And of course he replies to issues. So there is no doubt he is involved in Wasabi Wallet. Playing devil's advocate here: Isn't the way Github works that anyone can add "commits"? If they're accepted, that doesn't mean the guy works for the project, nor does it mean the project shares his views. It just means he made 7 out of >30,000 "commits". Absolutely, but I don't mean he is getting paid by Wasabi Being involved in open source means just contributing. However someone in wasabi wallet repo requested Kruw to review their pr. I am just displaying the facts. I don't mean anything. He is contributing and that's for sure. I don't mean anything more than that! |
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NotATether I also want to thank you for this "challenge". As I said, I have been running nodes long enough. It was a fun challenge and the initiative was great in my opinion.
Many people will learn from this challenge.
I have been trying to think of ways to make sure that all the people who ran the node for 14 days will still run it from now on. I don't know how, except for sending some merit if they show you a screenshot every week. But of course this is just a suggestion.
I don't want to participate in this if you do it because it will look like I ask for this merit, which I don't. But especially for low rank users this is a great idea.
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Kruw is not anymore posting. Is he already banned?
Some people are now trying to create an argument that Kruw has nothing to do with Wasabi. I wonder when Bitcoin SV will become the same? We will see a group will try to convince others that Bitcoin SV is not the Bitcoin SV.
Question is not Kruw. Question is all these misconduct from Wasabi and its franchise. Clearly Wasabi team is a group of hypocrites, scamming their community.
I don't know about Kruw, but Bitcoin SV must be banned. He used awful language against o_e_l_e_o and many people (including me) reported him. As a result most of the posts have been removed by the mods. Kruw is in the contributors' list of wasabi: https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi/graphs/contributors. In his profile, you can see he has forked both WasabiWallet and WasabiDoc. He even reviews pull requests if you check the PR history. And of course he replies to issues. So there is no doubt he is involved in Wasabi Wallet. |
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I am just adding the "explain it like I am 5" version, as people have already mentioned the correct answer above.
Suppose you have:
1. a pk (private key) written on a piece of paper in WIF format
2. a classic seed phrase of 12 words
3. a classic seed phrase of 24 words
Also suppose you have the perfect backup setup for both cases. Suppose you have eliminated any risk that may occur due to human mistake.
The only way for an attacker to steal your funds would be to technically attack your keys. The way to do it isn't brute-forcing the pk. The best way for them to find the pk is to solve the ECDSA algorithm, which means to find a pk from the public key.
In all of the cases above (1,2,3) the pk has a max security of 128 bits. So you can never have any more than 128 bits of security.
We have options (2) and (3) because it is easier to backup than in option (1). We have implemented all these options to avoid human mistake.
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What's icing to the cake. I've heard ppl say icing on the cake & tip of the iceberg.
It is supposed to mean "something that makes some situation even better than it already is". I believe BlackHatCoiner used it in a negative sense, and therefore the conversation you have seen above. But anyway, it's crystal clear what he wanted to say. |
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DAY 14 (final for the contest - but not final for my node):{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 826652,
"headers": 826652,
"bestblockhash": "00000000000000000000386add456f9dfa218ca360d6b89c7dd99801d86aa0e8",
"difficulty": 70343519904866.8,
"time": 1705824941,
"mediantime": 1705818634,
"verificationprogress": 0.9999986128841603,
"initialblockdownload": false,
"chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000667357e5c42581c48fecdbe4",
"size_on_disk": 616242482271,
"pruned": false,
"warnings": ""
}
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I don't really know much about Wasabi. I don't use it anyway and I will never use it. Even if I wasn't aware of all the other reasons to avoid Wasabi, I would never use it because of Kruw's behaviour and attitude. This post literally summarizes his personality: Good riddance o_e_l_e_o. No one else I've interacted with on this forum has done more damage to the future of Bitcoin and future of freedom than you. Even after your involvement with the Chipmixer scam, you knowlingy spread continuous lies about privacy weaknesses in Bitcoin that do not exist. Your scheme of tricking people into giving up their data and stealing their coins will finally come to an end. Why should I ever trust a product that this guy promotes? Even if someone consistently spread lies about me, I would never wish him death. Death is permanent and unfortunately it is beyond our ability to control. I don't wish it to anyone. ANYONE! But this guy, literally said that it is best for the community that a member of the forum dies... No further comment... |
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DAY 13:{
"chain": "main",
"blocks": 826528,
"headers": 826528,
"bestblockhash": "00000000000000000002a28d6e42a52050c498763666c128b3bf892a2fd82bf8",
"difficulty": 73197634206448.34,
"time": 1705741563,
"mediantime": 1705739934,
"verificationprogress": 0.9999970392334309,
"initialblockdownload": false,
"chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000066540a266dd9d07996c75bb9",
"size_on_disk": 616003949862,
"pruned": false,
"warnings": ""
}
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So, Sparrow has just many features with a very good interface, it looks like an upgraded version of Electrum in every aspect.
Τhis is indeed a contributing factor to choose Sparrow. It has a simpler UX in my opinion. And I love how it explains the whole transaction process to the end user. As I said above, I have used both and I still use both. I can't really choose but if you put a gun to my head and ask me to choose only one, I would do a deep research to check the security features of both. If they proved to be equal, I would choose Sparrow for its UI and UX. |
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DAY 12:{
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"headers": 826379,
"bestblockhash": "000000000000000000012359df8ed548d973ef4c68a2283092385fff80791d44",
"difficulty": 73197634206448.34,
"time": 1705647868,
"mediantime": 1705645253,
"verificationprogress": 0.9999957009800249,
"initialblockdownload": false,
"chainwork": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000662d4aa47d899245f32eee0c",
"size_on_disk": 615713257117,
"pruned": false,
"warnings": ""
}
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