Can you explain in more details what exactly happened and perhaps post some proof of the scam according to the Scam Report Format or in any other way you think is better?
You deposited your BTC into an address they provided you with, and after that?

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Another point worth considering is how much was hacked and stolen in relation to the amount the exchange earned at that time. Even though Binance lost $40 million worth of crypto, they make much more than that and can afford to pay it back from their own pockets. If the stolen sum was something crazy like $400 million worth of BTC, we would maybe have seen a different ending to that story.   

Djelomično je i to spomenuto u tom članku. Problem je što to rudarima nije u interesu. Ako si uložio novac u mining farmu, želiš da ti ona radi, vrati uloženi novac i donose profit što prije a ne da bude aktivirana samo u trenutcima kada ima viška električne energije. U članku se novadi Texas gdje imaju solarne i vjetroelektrane čija bi se energija mogla koristiti baš u tim trenutcima kada je ima previše.

Gašenjem farmi gubi se hashrate a gubitkom hashrate-a smanjuje se i sigurnost blockchaina. Tu je i problem pronalaska sljedećeg bloka ako se u lošem trenutku izgubi velika količina hashrate a ima još dosta vremena do narednog difficulty adjustment-a. Uglavnom, ne vjerujem da bi s takvim rješenjem rudari bili zadovoljni. Ali iz ugla politike, ko ih j**e.     

Maybe, but I don't think he is because of that post above where he accuses blacks of robing white people through Bitcoin. Muslims aren't exactly white. If you think or Arabs and Turks, you don't picture a white person. Some European Muslims are white like Albanians or Bosnians, but the majority isn't. Even if you go further up to the ex-Soviet countries to Azerbaijan, for example. The people there have a more Asian look than a Caucasian one. A very interesting blend of Russian and Asian to be precise. Anyways, it doesn't matter, he needs help.

The truth has finally been spoken. I see it so clearly now. Satoshi was a black thief who created Bitcoin to rob the superior white race off its riches. Damn those blacks and their evil Bitcoin creations taking all our money. It has to stop!

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On a serious note. This person really shouldn't be here. His suffering is more than just mild-mannered. Isn't this the same guy who not only hates blacks, but also Jewish people and Indians? I don't remember coming across any Islamophobic comments from him (yet), but I see no reason why he shouldn't discriminate against Muslims when he has a problem with everything else.     

Zanimljivo je kako navode da je najveći problem sa trenutnim hardverskim novčanicima to što se seed mora zapisati na komad papira i pohraniti na sigurno mjesto ili u digitalnom obliku. A ako izgubiš seed naravno izgubio si i kripto. Onda kao rješenje nude kreiranje upravo jedne digitalne datoteke koja može biti u obliku slike, PDF-a, .txt file-a, itd. U tom slučaju, nema šanse da se datoteka izgubi.

A kako onda uraditi wallet recovery iz te datoteke ako jednog dana OrigoKey prestane pružati svoje usluge i proizvoditi hardverske novčanike? Taj dio nam nisu objasnili.

Ne znam da li ste vidjeli temu u Bitcoin Discussion forumu gdje su procurili dokumenti koji pokazuju da je Evropska Komisija tajno razgovarala sa određenim članovima  njemačke vlada po pitanju velike potrošnje električne energije kod Bitoina. Iza zatvorenih vrata su spominjali i mogućnost zabrane ne samo rudarenja u EU već i trgovanja Bitcoinom. Nešto slično smo čitali i ranije ali ima par novih novih detalja.

https://netzpolitik.org/2022/climate-measures-behind-closed-doors-eu-officials-talk-about-banning-bitcoin/

Evo par zanimljivih dijelova ovog članka.

Naravno problem zabrinutim birokratama predstavlja POW algoritam i žele da ga se Bitcoin odrekne i pređe na POS kao što će Ethereum jednog dana.
Želja im je da "zaštite" kriptovalute koje su održive a ne Bitcoin.


Na pitanje kako bi takva zabrana uticala na investitore dobijamo odgovor iz kojeg se vidi da ih je baš briga šta će s njima da bude.
 

Somehow after reading this piece I have a bad feeling. It's a different kind of feeling compared to the usual FUD and silly attempts and opinions we see by those in power. The truth doesn't matter. If they get enough scumbags to pursue this dream of their... who knows what can happen. If you read the article, you would see that no one mentioned that it would be desirable to have miners who use fossil fuels switch to cleaner energy sources. Wouldn't that be proof of caring about the environment? Compare it with old diesel cars in Germany. There isn't an outright ban on all cars, just those below the EURO 5 or EURO 6 standard.

If their goal is reduce emissions from fossil fuels, make it more affordable to acquire green energy. But that's not going to happen.
They need to get enough support from the biggest mining centre (the US) to be able to drastically change anything. I doubt and hope they won't.

Whoever that is on the conspiracy forum, it's surely not satoshi. Satoshi didn't write nonsense like that. He is/was most probably a native English speaker. That post was written by someone who isn't. CDs are unreliable storage mediums, and they are digital. I have music CDs who have stopped working for no reason at all.

No digital or online copies of your seed and private keys are recommended. All physical ways to do backups work. Some are better than others. A piece of paper is OK. A laminated piece of paper is better. Engraving your words on stainless steal is even better. Engraving and hiding your steal backups in places people would never look is a whole new level. You could also secure your seed with washers.

It wouldn't be the first time something like that happened. But let's say that John really purchased those coins for him, he didn't get scammed, and the whole story is true. His house burnt down destroying his backup. The best thing that can happen is if John has a copy of the seed/private keys and he managed to get hold of him. Doubtful. The second-best thing is if the coins are stored on a centralized exchange where OP underwent KYC and he can get back into his account by proving who he is and restoring the password through email.

When we are on the subject of KYC, did you have to do identity verification on the site where you bought the coins or did John maybe ask you for your personal documents?   

The coins he sent are not on Coinbase. He deposited on some fake trading platform that was advertised to him over WhatsApp. Coinbase can only take action if assets are located in their wallets. Centralized stablecoins can be frozen by the issuers controlling them no matter where they are. Both on private wallets and on exchanges.

You can follow the money trail on a service such as Wallet Explorer. Check where they are moving the coins, maybe they will end up on a centralized exchange where they went through KYC. Doubtful but possible. Even if that happens, you can't just contact the exchange and ask for information about account owners. No one is going to give you that. Unless you are planning to take legal actions, you should just forget about it.

So is this a website where they made you believe that you can trade and be profitable? If that is the case, you really need to use common sense and think logically before you believe in things like that. Do you even know how to trade? Can you read charts, recognize patterns, etc.? Before sending your crypto anywhere, do some research on what you are doing before it's too late.

The entire system is set up to scam people. Those running the site are behind the scam. It makes no sense to contact customer service on such platforms.

So John gave you the paper, which means that he was the one who generated the wallet and wrote down the recovery seed or the private key. If that is what was on the paper. Or was it maybe login details to an exchange (a username and password). The only way to regain access to your coins is through the seed and private key.

Before your imprisonment, did you ever check that the coins are there?
You said you met him on Tinder, can't you find him there any longer?
What about his full name, you surely know that if you call him a friend. You shared a home with the guy. have you tried looking for him over social media? 

You are welcome to take your suggestions to Electrum's GitHub, explain your reasoning, and propose new solutions. Anyone can create a new issue thread. Who knows, maybe you will even get some support by the community. I remain skeptical, but that's just me. Maybe the Electrum developers even have a way to check how often a feature of their software is used. Although that would look like spying on their customers. Ask and see if there is any data that can back up your theory of unused and unwanted features.   

Mt. Gox is a very peculiar case and I don't think we will ever find out the entire truth about what happened there. Was it only a hack or was it an exit scam? Was it a combination of both, where we first had a hack and then the owner took advantage of the situation and stole some coins as well? Who knows. But Mt. Gox is a good example that even the best and most popular CEXes can break overnight. CZ is a businessman like any other. He certainly doesn't put his customer's interests above his own, but by refunding millions of dollars worth of BTC, he has placed himself in a position where people will gladly return and use his exchange instead of something else. That doesn't have to mean anything, but still. 

They are very rare, but you can come across older slot games with RTP rates above 99%. For example, there is a game by Playtech called Ugga Bugga. It's RTP rate is 99.07% If you try it out for free and play a few spins, you really don't notice the higher returning rates. Visually, it's not very appealing either. The most old-school kind of slot where you are actually presented with a slot machine is Mega Joker with an RTP of 99% This is a game developed by NetEnt. 

You can find several other examples by doing a Google search for "slot games with the highest RTP" or something like that. Here is just one example.

I didn't come across this thread yet, so thanks for making me aware of it. Yes, it's a good source of information for source games. I have included it in my collection. I wish the table was actually posted on Bitcointalk instead of on a Google spreadsheet. That would have made it even better. At least we can see the average RTP rates in the OP though.

Don't worry, I understood what you were trying to say. I was also just explaining my reasoning why certain discussion threads aren't included. When I think about it, it would be better if I removed the word "discussions" from the title altogether. The threads aren't pointing to discussions in that sense. 

That's because people believe that admitting they have a problem or a disease is a sign of weakness. But it isn't. In a moment of weakness, you became addicted. That's not good. But it's worse lying about it and not being willing to accept that situation and show a desire to change.

One thing that you can hear is that gambling addicts will try to tell you how they are not addicted, they are just playing because they like it and they can stop anytime. The thing is, that time never seems to come...

That's the problem and the point I am trying to make. You are not supposed to have network adapters and WIFI cards present in your airgapped system. They should be physically removed. If they aren't there, a bug, vulnerability, or malware can't activate something that doesn't exist. That's why I said properly airgapped device.

Unfortunately, we are going back to your security model again. If your security model mitigates most attack vectors, you don't need to worry what is going on with the code in the features you aren't using.