An easy way to check for that attack vector is to allow the wallet to generate a seed, write it down, reset the device, and go through the initialization steps again.  If the wallet generates the same seed twice it's a forgery, or has been tampered with to produce a specific seed to which a hacker has access.  A genuine wallet will never generate the same seed twice.

 

Do you have the Trezor Bridge installed?  That might solve your issue:

https://wiki.trezor.io/Trezor_Bridge

If you haven't contacted bitpay's support team, it might be a good idea.  If they can help you they will.  If not, then you're right back here.



Not to be a stickler, but there are "private keys," and a "seed phrase."  I don't mean to be pedantic, but if you take a moment to learn the proper terms it may be easier for us to help you.  One of the issues you're facing is that (I suspect) you don't know the difference between your bitpay account, and your bitpay wallet.  Which is why I recommend you contact bitpay's support team.  They will at least be able to tell you if the funds made their way to your account.

I think you're talking about the seed phrase, which can be used to recover your wallet.  I recommend you store it in a fire resistant document safe.

I don't like the idea of a flag that doesn't have a reference thread, maybe theymos can implement a little indicator near the "delete" button that informs moderators if the thread has been used as reference for a flag.  That would at least warn a moderator if the person reporting the thread is the subject of the flag, there may be an effort to manipulate the system.

I don't think anyone is missing those reference threads started by korner, but why did they all get deleted?  Was it due to being banned?  I thought that only happened if the account was nuked, but he still has many posts.

How badly damaged, and in what way?  If the hard drive is still intact you may be able to recover your missing information.

But, I'm still a bit confused, because the BitPay merchant account is different from the BitPay wallet.  When you receive payments from your customers does the bitcoin go straight to your BitPay merchant account?  If so, all you need to do is regain access to your account.  Contact BitPay tech support, and they should be able to help you regain access to your account.

If you follow the OP's timeline this seems like the most plausible scenario.  It's hard to point to any one thing that caused this, the proper trouble shooting steps were taken out of sequence, in my opinion.  It's unfortunate because it would have been nice to help the OP figure out exactly what caused his issue so he can avoid it in the future.  As it is, this might happen to him again if he continues downloading and installing software the way he's been.

I think that's an accurate assumption.  I'm no programmer, but it's my understanding that Electrum can only assemble the transactions, then they are signed internally by the Ledger (any hardware wallet) then the signed Tx is broadcast by Electrum.  Electrum has no access the private keys, not even when the hardware wallet is connected.

If a tree fell in the middle of the forest and there was no one around to hear it, did it make a sound?

If a post was made in a thread that was buried on page 42 of a discussion board, and the thread wasn't bumped, would the post ever be read?

If you want to make a post in a thread that's buried on page 42 of a discussion board but don't feel the need for the thread to be bumped, does the post really need to be made?

I think you would have a hard time convincing the Anarcho-Capitalist that own's this place to put any such restrictions on campaigns.  However, that's not so say that he won't step in if things get out of control.  The Yobit ban earlier this is year was a prime example.  And, the way the Yobit campaign has been running since it's return it's a prime example of how the community will step up and address spam.

Like others have said, report spammers to the mods if appropriate, or the campaign manager if he's a subtle spammer.



Many thousand sets of eyeballs per day. 

I had to reserve myself from replying to every stupid thing said in that post, but the "no risk" thingy won out.  I only have so much time to invest, and judging by the name it looks like a troll account just stirring the pot.

Many have tried to damage reputations of others around here, and many have failed.  Timelord2067's review is not trusted, so it really doesn't mean much.  It would be pretty hard to justify the claim that it cost you potential income, and impossible to prove that any agreement was implied.  That's not proper justification for a flag, and if you create a flag under that premise then you are abusing the system.

I've read your justification for using that address, and I believe you.  The best thing to do at this point is for both you and Timelord2067 to remove your feedback.  You left feedback for retaliatory purposes, which I think is wrong in the first place.  Perhaps by rationally discussing the situation with Timelord2067 in PM you can convince him to remove his feedback.

Likely story, Mr. Wee Wanker.

Since your business already has a contract, ask your client for an advance to get started.  Isn't that how the these things typically work?

I wonder if he actually meant this address: 1P24xfd96qvMzLN81qxNhgPn2pm8Efa5AG.

According to blockchain that address received a payment, and instantly broadcast this transaction:
0ddca07771e20587b00a1685702f1be13c2748832fa8c835040cdc2c3001ab33

According to blockchair the the same transaction was confirmed about an hour and half after the payment:
0ddca07771e20587b00a1685702f1be13c2748832fa8c835040cdc2c3001ab33


I was thinking the same thing, maybe the OP was trying to multi-task and succeeding about as well I do when I try.

Seems like that could fall into a catch 22.  If few reports are made, and a moderator is deemed unnecessary, then more bad posts may go unreported.  People may feel it's not worth their time to report a post if they're under the impression that no one will look at it.

If a post is reported in a section without a specific moderator does it go int a pool that all moderators can see?

I wondered about the logic of sharing the email address with mods for a report.  Maybe it was designed to discourage abusing the feature to annoy a mod or stalk another member?  I'm not using an email that discloses any personal information so it never bothered me, but I can see how it may discourage some one from making reports in specific board moderated by someone with whom they've had issues.

The terminology could use an update, I agree the use of the word "abusive" should be addressed.  Being a global forum it's likely someone would have to translate that phrase, and the meaning could easily be lost in that translation.  I'm not sure how I feel about links to rules and guidelines that are not official.


Very good point, even if it is off-topic.  

Bitcointalk Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2003859
Current amount of Posts (Including this one): 1789
SegWit BTC address for payouts: bc1q2nwf4njwkpeuyycx5a95nj6mf8m45djdk863xs
EARNED merit in the last 120 days: 184

That's Luno.com's hot wallet.  Both members could be using webwallets from the same exchange.  Exchanges often divert customer deposits to more secure hot wallet. That's not a connection.  If this is your only proof, I suggest you lock this thread, because that isn't sufficient evidence to make this allegation.

Do you have anything to offer as collateral?

I get it, an $18 loan isn't a huge risk for some of us, but you are not active and people have been scammed for less.

If I'm not mistaken, Timelord2067's allegation stems solely from walletexplorer's links to this address quoted here:


The link to the other addresses can be established by searching for irfan_pak10's address at walletexplorer.com.  Indeed, the results of that search suggests that the address irfan_pak10 used in the post above is part of wallet 0523ba5fba, which contains addresses that are linked to other accounts on this forum, some with negative trust.  

I don't know how accurate the results are from walletexplorer.com.  It could be part of an exchange's, or a gambling site's wallet.  Or it could be the wallet of an account farmer.

That option is enabled on Windows by default.  It doesn't matter, because you would have to manually start a "Remote Assistance" session to grant anyone access to your computer.  If you haven't used that feature then that's not your issue.


In your original post you said that you copy and pasted your receiving address, how did you share it with the person who was to send you the payment?  Did you email it to him, use a messaging app, social media..?