Indeed, that's why I thought they want to attempt a week-end pump back then.
For somebody knowing both their statements it clearly shows that they are more confused than ever.
Changing their mind for profit is one thing; changing the statements like this is funny, stupid and make them lose any credibility (in case they still had any).
However, it's old story by now   I think it's better if I even lock this thread.

At least the transactions from yesterday are neither confirmed, nor in mempool, so from my understanding OP funds are not at risk.
I don't understand why they aren't in the mempool with 9+ / 13+ sat/vbyte and I don't know what is stuck there and made them not get broadcasted.
The tx fees are not extremely big, so I'd expect the missing funds indeed be meant to return to OP's change address if all is good.

The transaction from 2014 is confirmed.

Wow...  
Then how did OP recover the addresses/private keys with IanColeman bip39 tool?!
..and OP didn't check any of those (alleged) addresses on a block explorer to see it actually has funds or not?!

...Yet TryNinja's bot handles that nicely. 

My take is that it doesn't work.. because it's not implemented.
I don't expect it to be hard to implement as one mail per post, but then it may cause bitcointalk mails be seen as spam by various mail services.
And if it's done as one mail with all the relevant posts in it, then the mail may become big.


I know.
...and I guess that only the mod who has removed the topic can tell why he has done that.

If Zuckenberg/Fb/Meta will get a big slice of that metaverse-to-be, I would not be surprised if his coin-to-be will be pushed there.
Somebody has to make it happen. And it depends greatly on his choice of "money", hence it has better chance to be some centralized shitcoin (or fiat) at start. Afterwards... we'll see...

Indeed, you're right. I already understood that from LoyceV post.
However, I know that the forum has a rule about illegal stuff, which may be somewhat fuzzy. I don't know what else could have been the reason for the deletion.

* If you know how to safely generate and store it, paper wallet may be the safest option.
* Generating safely a seed and storing it, keeping one or more addresses at hand is another similarly safe option.
* If one wants to also spend and can safely handle cold storage, that's again very safe. Using multisig is even safer, but a bit more advanced too.
* If one wants a good mix of safety and convenience, also not a tech person, hardware wallet is the way to go (the seed still needs careful safe storing, offline)
* Then stand alone wallets come - Bitcoin Core, Electrum, Sparrow and so on.
* Then closed source stand alone wallets.
* Then web wallets, from non-custodial ones to custodial services (including exchanges).


It may worth mentioning that in theory a reputed custodial service may be seen safe by some, but it's far too easy to blame the user for any mistake, hack or inside job, it's also so easy to make mistakes (weak mail password, phishing, lack of 2FA) so I will not see it as a safe option at all.

Make a copy of the key file and open it with a text editor (notepad?)

In the file ignore the lines that start with #.
If you have at least one line that looks like
Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2021-12-02T11:28:19Z
or
Lxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2021-12-02T11:28:19Z
(obviously another chars instead of x) then you're good, you can import the private key into Electrum.
Please don't post it anywhere online.

If the file looks different, i.e. it starts with U2F, then it's encrypted and you need to remember your password (and if you don't remember it then you have a problem).
If it's not password protected, you can import it into Electrum as P2PKH:Kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(Make sure you've got Electrum from electrum.org and verified it too.)

From what I know, there's no PM on removal of topics. Only for posts.
Also from what I understand, the service can be used for stealing, hence may be seen as an illegal tool. And illegal stuff is against the rules, this would be my take for the reason of deletion.

Si eu consider ca Bitcoin este o investitie care are sanse mult mai bune sa creasca decat orice altcoin.
Istoric vorbind, eu cel putin nu am avut niciun altcoin cu randament mai bun decat bitcoin.

Dar asta deja e speculatie pe pret, nu are neaparat legatura cu minatul (minatul e o chestie, decizia de a pastra sau vinde e alta).

Thank you for the feedback.
And obviously, I'm glad it has worked out

At creation, a new random seed is generated. Basically a random set* of 12 words from this list is picked: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/english.txt
It's not your own list of words, but you can add custom words though to it if you want.
It's ... random. For generating random numbers (or lists) a computer doesn't need to go online.


* actually a checksum is also made (and Electrum adds its own version info too) so at least the last word may not be exactly random, still the explanation can be seen as a simplification, not too far from reality.

Well, the part "Unless a kind person was to give me the money to claim the wager" can be understood that way.
While you are right - we are in gambling section and not in lending - I would not be surprised if some fellow gambler is "interested" in taking the risk, and it would not be advised since it can end bad for both of you (money is a sensitive thing, especially when something goes wrong).

So point was only to help - both you and any potential gambler-lender - in getting things right.

You don't have to apologize (btw, I also didn't say that you are scammer - I'd need proof for that -; what I said was this can be seen like that). Language is an imperfect way to transmit information. My advice is to not accept any help here. As other said discuss with the support there about what you need to do to get to withdraw those funds, research to make 100% sure it's not a scam site, and if it's indeed a prize there to grab easily, get a loan and grab it. Good luck!

A cold wallet NEVER has to go online. You said it. then why would you still go online with it for whatever reason?
You've missed something.

When a wallet is created, a HD wallet, a random seed is generated for it and the private keys and addresses are generated based on that forever. No need for anything online.
If you want to properly use a cold wallet, you need a companion watch only wallet on another device, online.
The link between the two is made through master public key.

The online wallet has all the info to create transactions, but cannot sign them because no private keys available.
The unsigned transactions are transferred to the cold wallet, you sign them there, transfer back to the online wallet and broadcast them.

As you see, the cold wallet remains offline. Its only use is to sign transactions. It won't have up-to-date balance info, for example. But the watch only, online wallet, will have the correct balance and that's good enough.

More details here: https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/coldstorage.html

OP, this kind of posts look more like attempt to scam, really. I mean, you didn't say clearly what are the rules for the claim and basically you want all the risk to stay in lender's hands, which is not normal.
If you truly believe you can get that bonus, I am sure that you will find proper collateral and lend the needed amount of money - whether on Bitcointalk, from pawn shop or, why not, from family or friends.

Bitcoin's 10% a day is not done solely by a whale. Or at least I don't think so, not at current prices and volumes. But it is related to the fact the market is not properly regulated and:
* whales can manipulate it. Not at 10%, but still.
* inside trading may be more a rule than an exception
* huge margin trading is allowed
* many traders are too young/inexperienced

All these can have a cascading effect of whatever the whale does. It's not guaranteed though.
It's not that gold price cannot be manipulated. But the potential effects are not that big.

If you plan to indeed trade, maybe let some bots do the job after you know how to fine tune them.

Or, just leave trading and HODL. Trading is not for everybody, you know. For me, some years ago, one simple way to ensure that fear won't make me sell early was the paper wallet: until you get to the point you'd sweep the paper wallet you may get to your senses, understand why you made the paper wallet, and stop doing the stupid thing. But this works only when HODLing.

Gold price changes very slowly, the changes are very small.
On the other hand Bitcoin has days with 10% price change... easily.

The result is that you can lose in years with gold less than in one day with Bitcoin.
Just imagine those who bought Bitcoin in the winter of 2017/2018 at over 15k and sold in 2019 4x cheaper...
Yes, on very long term, or if you know when to buy and when to sell, Bitcoin is a great investment. Ah, you need strong hearth too for certain changes in the price.
...While gold just changes a little bit now and then.


All in all I find the risk status pretty much OK for now. I am certain that in some more years (and I hope they won't be many), Bitcoin will also become "risk off".

Thanks for the update.
I've noticed Yura with missing info here, but I also noticed that you were less active on the forum, hence most probably busy IRL (I hope that all is well), so I didn't panic

Unless your users consent to mine for you, what you do is most probably illegal. So have your fun until somebody will sue you.