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Interesting that you complain about negative feedback losing it's meaning, yet you are among those who are so eager to dish it out without concrete, hard evidence. Don't you see how your actions are contributing to the lack of value given to red-tags these days?
If you want your reviews held in high-regard, don't emulate one of the most egregious trust-abusers on the forum. Instead, consider how you would want to be treated by a jury of peers when and if an allegation is made against you. Do you want people's opinions of you to the final judgement, or would you rather be treated as innocent unless proven guilty without a reasonable doubt? If the trust system is to be trusted, red-tags have to be irrefutable.
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Does this mean your still having your temper tantrum (or whatever it was you called it) that you apologised for in another thread?
Lol, I referred to myself as cranky, and yes I'm still a cranky Yankee but this's par for the course. I wouldn't say I've had any tantrums, at least not since 1984 or so. But it's true, that particular newbie's stubborn ignorance did get me a bit more cranky than usual. His giddiness at watching the OP shoot himself in the foot isn't elevating my image of him, either. As you can see, I'm not in the habit of tagging every newbie that asks for an unsecured loan, usually they have to be exceptionally dense to get me motivated enough for that. Hell, even petulant scumbag34 only just recently got his first tag from me after a year of being an entitled loud-mouthed brat. Let's show some unity when monitoring potential scams, carpet pulls or deception being undertaken in the lending section.
Great idea, maybe a thread in meta were we can discuss certain questionable behavior and how to respond in a unified manner. |
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Lol, 82 NBA games aren't as demanding on a body as 17 NFL games. It's a gladiator sport, with a ball thrown into the mix just for fun. Mmm yes you have a good point here but, how do you can maintain that point when the brother sport of NFL (rugby) play the whole year , and also they dont make changes constantly between ofensive and defensive players. NFL games have ton of rest between efforts. Before anyone think im understimating the effort of NFL players, its huge and one of the most powerfulls when they have to make the strenght. Rugby is played with a ball that's the same shape, and that's about all the similarities the two games have. The tackling style in rugby is totally different, the speed of the game is totally different. Attempting to compare the two makes it sound like you've never watched a NFL football game. Please educate yourself before engaging in an argument about a subject you don't understand. |
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Lol, 82 NBA games aren't as demanding on a body as 17 NFL games. It's a gladiator sport, with a ball thrown into the mix just for fun. |
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I'll pass on joining that discussion for a few days. Seems rby has already had his fate decided.
Once the hyenas start to swarm there's nothing rational one can say to sedate their thirst for blood. But then again, drumming up enough sympathy to intervene is easier in some situations... |
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I can't believe we're only a month away from a cursory preseason teaser, and only six weeks away from unofficial football. To be honest, I haven't missed it. I'm glad that this thread has been largely active all off-season, happy to see you guys are enjoying it. But I just haven't had the heart heart for it.
After the 49ers' last game I began questioning reality. Is this life real, or am I living in matrix-like experimental reality where cruelty is inflicted on test-subjects through chemically induced highs and lows as hallucinations of football and women?
I don't know, I just don't know.
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Still no word from the "borrower," and now even the lender is too ashamed to log on. He was in such a hurry to hide in shame that he forgot to post a repayment address.
I want to test out if you are a real lender with good intentions.
Obviously nobody with half a brain wants to test out if your a real borrower with good intentions. Don't make me regret removing that red-tag, I can very easily replace it with another and you're skating on thin ice as it is.
@Timelord2067 and @HedgeFx, You two really need to leave this bickering out of the lending board. I'm tempted to tell you to get a room, but the reputation board would be suitable as well. |
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I had not, thank you. I'll look through it when I get a chance. What would be better is if admin did something decisive, and made an example of this account. This troll has multiple alts, it's like he's going to go away but at least set a precident of what's acceptable behavior. This is egregious harassment and trolling. Not the way I wanted to restart my lending business, i.e. with a locked thread.  |
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If you're concerned about the difference between Electrum seed phrases and Bip39 seed phrases, you can use another wallet to generate your seed. Sparrow, for example can be used to create a secure Bip39 seed phrase, and unlike Ian's tool, it uses the cpu's processing power to create entropy. If you insist on using the Ian Coleman tool, use the advanced feature to enter your own entropy. Here's a code that can be used to create a 256 bit HEX string that can be used to enter your own entropy. cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'A-F0-9' | fold -w 256 | head -n 1 |
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i have proof
No you don't, but it doesn't matter. Post a "public loan request form" and you might get it, lol. |
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This is my first loan, so I'm still a bit slow.
That's an understatement. Did you bother looking at the trust page of the borrower? Did you bother looking up his post history? No, you say? It shows. He's made a total of 16 posts so far this year (with that throwaway account anyway,) four of which were loan requests. Three got denied, lol. It's been nearly 42 hours since you've sent the money, and this worthless account has yet to log on to confirm that he's received your generous gift loan. |
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Things started seeming strange when the Windows signing certificate was never renewed several versions back
Even when the Windows certificate was expired, we had other ways of trusting the software was authentic. More practical and direct ways in fact, that don't rely on a third-party certification. First thing to remember is the official website is bitcoincore.org. Bookmark it, and don't go anywhere else to download the software. On the downloads page you'll notice that you can download the SHA checksums and their corresponding signature files. Learn how to verify a file using GPG, I wrote a tutorial focused on verifying Electrum, but the principal is the same to verify Bitcoin Core. By using GPG to verify the checksum file, and using a tool (like CertUtil) to confirm the checksum of the .exe file, you are getting the assurance of all of the developers that the file is authentic. No trust in a third-party CA is required. |
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I guess my two Ledger devices are going into my growing HW wallet museum.
My museum is rapidly growing as well.  As long as you only use it with (verified) Electrum, you should be good to go for many years.
Is that really true? I wish I could predict the future, but I can't say for sure. My previous experience with Electrum and hardware wallet firmware does give me hope. I don't really understand the process by which private keys can be extracted from the Ledger device--do you have to be using Ledger Live for that to happen? What if you have to update the bitcoin app? And even if that is true that you can use Ledger with Electrum safely, you're still screwed if you hold any other coins aside from BTC, ones that need frequent updates to their apps to keep working. A lot of folks hold more than just bitcoin, and I still think Ledger users are playing Russian roulette if they continue to use one of their devices.
Privat keys are never to be extracted from hardware wallets. Transaction data is sent to the wallet, which checks the data against the keys housed within, and either signs or rejects the transaction, and returns the resulting data back to the PC. Keys always remain locked within a secure element, that's the point and that's what eliminates Ledger devices from meeting the very definition of "hardware wallet." With Trezors it's not so much a security issue as it is a privacy issue. Their contracting with Wasabi's coinjoin provider suggests a lack of concern for their users' privacy. With Ledger it's a whole other level of villainy; their firm ware is an encrypted secret, no public oversight is possible. As Synchronice mentioned, it's been this way all along and all along they told us it was impossible for software like Ledger Live to the extract private keys from the hardware. But magically they found a way to break their own security protocol, promote it a "feature," and enrich themselves on a lie. Fortunately Ledger Live is open source and capable of being reviewed by peers. If some piece of code in previous releases of Ledger Live could have extracted seeds from the device, it'll be found sooner or later. That's above my paygrade, however. |
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Besides I keep secrets from my husband anyway  You must be quite the lady. I have principles too, so I don't lend money to people who confess to being unethical unless I have guarantees to protect my investments. Best of luck. |
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Bitcoin Core (V.20.0)
You're really making things hard on yourself. Install the latest stable release and life will be a lot simpler. Coupling your ColdCard with core is the simplest thing ever. Once you're logged in and set the appropriate passphrase, the ColdCard can create a wallet.dat file you can save onto the mSD card. Open that file core and you're done. |
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While I am risking someone else's money and lets assume I lose it all, My husband will pay the loan back.
Does your husband know this? Keeping secrets about money is never a good thing for relationships. Or maybe you should just ask him for the money because you're very unlikely to get a single sat here. I'll tell you what; you go tell your husband that I agree to loan you BTC0.1 if he sends me BTC0.1 or $3660 USD worth of an altcoin, in advance. Then I'll know we're all the same page and if you screw the pooch in your trading adventure, I'll be covered. |
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The only use of the leger is for Bitcoin and I use it with electrum.
As long as you only use it with (verified) Electrum, you should be good to go for many years. Electrum is usually agnostic to firmware versions when it communicates with hardware wallets. I've used both of my Trezor models with outdated firmware and Electrum hasn't had any issues transacting with them. In fact, that's what I plan to do going forward. I'll likely never update the firmware on them again, unless my Monero node forces me to update my Model T. I'm done with Trezor Suite now that they've imbedded a mole into it. Ledger's Nano shouldn't be any different. I do suggest that you start looking for an alternative now while you have time, however. If something happens in the future that breaks the ability to connect your Ledger to a wallet without updating the firmware, you'll want to have an alternative at the ready. I do recommend both the Foundation Passport and the ColdCard. Both products are produced by companies who seem to feel strongly about keeping bitcoin private, secure, and self-custodial. |
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