When people file to patent blockchains, other people with an interest in open source tend to submit evidence to show that it is open source. Also, the patent offices now know that it started off as open source and they can search github for evidence. It's not like it was in 2011 when nobody knew what blockchains were. |
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Just got this reply from bittrex:
Ryan Hentz (Bittrex)
Apr 2, 19:51
Hi,
We have looked into multiple accounts that were hacked in the same way as yours. All of the orders placed on these hacked accounts were done so from the users own machines as we have login data that shows this. The attacker also immediately withdrew the stolen funds via the api. The attacker seems to also be using a VPN as their account has lots of different ip's for the login
Have you installed any wallet software within the past couple of days? Another one of the users said they had installed some items and even saw that the attacked cleared their log files (they were on linux), it could even be something like a browser extension. Any changes to the system....
Thank you,
Ryan
Interesting that they mention multiple accounts - that means that more than two were hacked... It looks like they must have used some sort of bot. Too many to manually bruteforce. |
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Why does it matter who Satoshi is? Can't people respect his decision to step away from the coin and stay anonymous?
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Has Satoshi's coins ever moved. If they haven't then this Craig chap isn't him, given that he seems pretty materialistic and would definitely have been selling them.
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This smells funny,it does little to slow down the refugee issue and will cause disruption in Turkey that they really can not afford right now.
I know they are doing this to be in the EU but it seems like the EU is gambling that Turkey some how falls apart before that happens.
Actually now that I think about that,thats most likely what they think will happen. Do not see them giving Turkey what was agreed to and I also
do not think Turkey can handle the influx. So combine that with the border wars and you know they are going to fall into a interupted state.
Fuck Turkey, they are the ones funneling most of them into Europe. You think Greece is more able to handle them? Please. Do unto others. This. Turkey has been encouraging the refugees to leave, and has extorted $1.3 billion from Europe to take them back. They've taken the money, now they need to take the refugees. |
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Someone might have got your email and he might be bruteforcing manually. I don't know if there is any tool which can be used to bruteforce forms with captcha.
There are email lists for bitcoiners - when Cryptsy was dying, I got a phishing email, but it was to an old email address that I'd had at Mintpal not the email address I actually used at Cryptsy. So i knew they hadn't been hacked. I'm pretty sure that people with accounts at mtgox are on a list somewhere too. If the password you are using is similar, then they probably tried a variation of that. I forgot about craptsy, my passwords are very similar. Remember that bitcointalk got hacked a while back too. If you are using the same email and a similar password here too, that that could be how they got in. I know you said you have changed your passwords, but it might be worth using a different email as well. And having completely different passwords for each exchange you use. |
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Someone might have got your email and he might be bruteforcing manually. I don't know if there is any tool which can be used to bruteforce forms with captcha.
There are email lists for bitcoiners - when Cryptsy was dying, I got a phishing email, but it was to an old email address that I'd had at Mintpal not the email address I actually used at Cryptsy. So i knew they hadn't been hacked. I'm pretty sure that people with accounts at mtgox are on a list somewhere too. If the password you are using is similar, then they probably tried a variation of that. |
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I wonder if the banks in the Caribbean region will pay a license to the Bitcoin Foundation for using its Blockchain technology to run their digitized local currencies. Does anyone know if there is a patent over the Blockchain tech? By the way can we stop with this feud between Bitcoin and fiat please? There is no need for Bitcoin to replace fiat as you can see they both can coexist peacefully  It's all Open Source, so no patents, anyone can set up alts or blockchains. I also agree that there shouldn't be any feud between bitcoin and fiat. The significance of what is happening in the Caribbean is that if fiat goes on a blockchain, it removes the need for banks, because prior to blockchains you needed banks for payment processing. It sounds to me like central banks are planning for the next financial crisis and this time will let the banks fail because they don't need them anymore. |
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-overstock-com-investment-fintech-idUSKCN0WY5HIU.S. online retailer Overstock.com Inc (OSTK.O) said on Friday it has invested $4 million in a financial technology company that is working to move countries in the Caribbean region to adopt digital currencies.
The investment was announced at a media conference in Barbados attended by principals from the financial firm, Barbados-based Bitt, and Overstock, according to a statement from the U.S. retailer.
"A major impediment to economic advancement around the world is the fact that the vast majority of humans are unbanked," said Overstock Chief Executive Patrick Byrne.
"Yet mobile penetration in some countries exceeds 100 percent. Bitt has a vision for the Caribbean of frictionless mobile cash, beginning with central banks transparently issuing digital fiat which is then exchanged on a blockchain."
In February of 2016, Bitt launched a digitized Barbadian dollar on the bitcoin blockchain, backed by the Central Bank of Barbados.
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If you google "altcoin trading", there are a few blogs out there that talk about altcoins. Just be very careful about the small illiquid coins - they usually have one pump, many noobs buy at the top - and then the coin never recovers it's value, so you are left with a big loss. You really want to trade coins that are on several exchanges, that way there is liquidity, and you sometimes get arbitrage opportunities.
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Also, CLDMIne added already reddcoin on thier mining list and you can start mining now. Glad to know that these two biggest company are using reddcoin,now i will start collecting this coin. Reddcoin is Proof of Stake. You can't mine it... POS? Does this mean i could've made more reddcoin by having reddcoin? oops. how does that work? You have reddcoin in your wallet, you enable the wallet for staking, and then you mint coins (at about 5% per annum) |
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Also, CLDMIne added already reddcoin on thier mining list and you can start mining now. Glad to know that these two biggest company are using reddcoin,now i will start collecting this coin. Reddcoin is Proof of Stake. You can't mine it... |
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According to bitinfocharts - https://bitinfocharts.com/#2 in transactions is Ether, and #3 is Doge. Litecoin and Dash have pitiful transactions by comparison. |
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http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/04/01/privacy-focused-email-service-provider-fastmail-accepts-bitcoin-payments/FastMail, an email service offering paid email accounts for individuals and organizations has silently been accepting bitcoin payments for premium upgrade via BitPay.
Since its launch 17 years ago in 1999, FastMail has continued its legacy as one of the most prominent privacy and security focused email service providers in the industry. Today, FastMail is the only email service provider amongst popular platforms including Gmail, Protonmail and Tutanota to accept bitcoin payments for its services. FastMail is currently used by over 100,000 individuals and businesses internationally.
Although the company has still not given an official statement regarding bitcoin payments and premium upgrade options, users are allowed to upgrade and downgrade from Lite to Premier with bitcoin. Premier is FastMail’s most expensive premium service, which is offered at US$120 per year. With the Premier package, users receive 60 gigabytes of mail space and 30 gigabytes of file space.
FastMail is the only reliable email service provider to accept bitcoin payments to date. While its competitors including ProtonMail and Tutanota have either been accepting bitcoin for donations or hinting the community of doing so, none of these platforms provide users methods of using bitcoin to purchase their products and services.
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They're legal situation is that they have not paid what they owed, and have done absolutely nothing to pay back what they owe.
That's not quite correct - they may have lost BTC and LTC but they have other coins and should have returned them. For example here is their doge cold wallet address: https://bitinfocharts.com/dogecoin/address/DDTtqnuZ5kfRT5qh2c7sNtqrJmV3iXYdGGThere are coins there, which means they can return doge to customers if they choose - am not sure why this didn't happen. |
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I'd say the main thing is to stay away from coins being pumped. You'll end up over paying and being a bag holder. The only people who profit from pumps are those who accumulate the coins well before the pump started, and they profit by essentially then selling to people who have jumped in due to FOMO.
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Most of the exchanges arn't very liquid for a given coin - for example Kraken is great for BTC/Eur trading, but try trading doge there and you'll be lucky to get your order filled in several days.
The other thing is security - I've lost count how many exchanges have gone bust and walked away with people's coins - mt gox, mintpal, cryptsy etc. There needs to be some sort of insurance in place so that when they get hacked they can compensate users. Of course it helps if the "hacking" is not done by insiders in a long con.
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If you go to letstalkbitcoin.com, there are a ton of videos and podcasts, which should answer most of your questions.
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The question in my mind, would not be if the nodes would be capable to handle the load, but rather if the increase in the block size will compromise it's security and open it up to all sorts of attacks
Why should the increase in the block size compromise security? |
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http://themerkle.com/homeland-security-bitcoin-task-force-is-very-real/The blockchain is as transparent as a payment ledger has ever been, as anyone in the world can track a transaction from source to destination in real-time. However, that does not mean just anyone can link an identity to a specific wallet address as that kind of information is off-limits to everyday consumers and enterprises.
Law enforcement agencies – especially Homeland Security – on the other hand, seem to have access to specific tools that will let them monitor Bitcoin transactions and link it to personal behavior. Although the exact details of how this would work, remain shrouded in mystery for the time being, a recent police report shows how one man was arrested for selling drugs on the darknet, and one law enforcement official tracked him down based on his Bitcoin activity.
The report also mentions how a combination of surveillance and public records were used to find the home address of this individual. Although users need to install Tor before they can access the darknet, that technology has been breached by the FBI – in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University – not too long ago. By the look of things, law enforcement agencies still have some access to Tor, which allows them to obtain sensitive information about its users.
Despite the media thinking internet criminals prefer bitcoin payment options for their anonymity, it looks like that scenario is coming to an end. Now that dedicated Bitcoin task forces are a real thing, any shred of anonymity associated with digital currency has just evaporated. Granted, not everyone will be caught, but the risk factor has increased by a significant margin.
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