Follow the instructions that theymos as provided here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=497545.0

Make sure you follow that to the letter and don't make any mistakes otherwise he's not likely to reply. The email isn't likely to be enough, so look for an address that you have posted and get it signed.

I'm curious as to why this would be beneficial to the community. If they are banned, then they no longer are active in the community and therefore can't influence it under that name. What exactly would making the ban list public information do? Except, cause drama and put certain staff members in a awkward situation where they would feel obliged to tell the community why x was banned.

Maybe. Not a direct replacement with some edited values though. That's been tried by numerous altcoins and they have never succeeded in the long run. But, in the future if it's there's a new concept brought in and some new ideas then it's entirely possible. If it's going to improve on Bitcoin then I'm all for embracing future cryptocurrencies. At the moment though Bitcoin remains the king.

Anything in life is a risk. You'll be defined by the ones you take and the ones you don't. Anyone who uses the word gambling to discredit Bitcoin is providing a pretty weak argument. Banks are gambling and walking across the street is gambling. As long as you are sensible in your investments and aren't blowing your last penny on it. Then I don't see a problem with traditional gambling or "Bitcoin gambling".

Keep as many as you want. I don't keep all my funds on one wallet either. I have several which I've split the funds up. So if you lose one, then it's not such a big hit. (Don't lose them)

You can keep them split if you want. If someone is wondering around your belongings and only finds one piece of paper then maybe it could be a good idea. My codes aren't exactly in plain text though but one. I have a back up which if I were to have an accident someone  in the family will be able to access it.

I wouldn't recommend storing it on cloud. Even if they are encrypted.

I like your imagination! Anywhere which is safe from theft and accidental damage. For example, fire/water proof locations.

I wouldn't say I left my job for Bitcoin, but Bitcoin allowed me to leave my job to go on a few trips which would of taken many years to get the money for. Again, it's viable to leave your job to work in Bitcoin full time. Unfortunately I don't really like the environment which the workplace would be based in for me to ever do that.

I've known a few people to work full time in the Bitcoin business though and they have made a successful life from it.

Initially yes. These days things are getting a little easier to understand and things are a little more documented than they were a few years ago. Unfortunately, even now with the hard fork and other issues it does take some knowledge to understand that and not every day person is going to know what it means.

Therefore, I believe Bitcoin will be limited to those people who are familiar with computers and related fields or those who are willing to learn. You don't need to be smart, just dedicated to learning about the new concepts like with anything.

Creating a offline wallet on a live Linux cd. You would create the wallet just like you would on your personal computer but on a clean bootable live cd like Ubuntu offers. This option is good if you are not going to be accessing this wallet for a long period of time. Of course you can access it via the offline Ubuntu live cd if you wanted too. But, anything other than that could compromise it.

I'm not familiar with the options you have provided in your original message, except for tails. Tails is a very similar process to the one above.

I believe the current size is somewhere around 140GB but I may be mistaken there. If he's hoping to run a full node or sync is wallet then judging by the size of the SSD he is going for then 120GB wouldn't be enough. 1TB will be find for now. I would probably recommend hosting on a traditional hard drive either way.


I think one of the argument before this become a more well known concern was that technology would evolve with the size of the blocks too. Of course the size continues to grow at a very fast rate and seems to be growing too fast for technology to evolve.

Unless technology becomes cheaper, then it's only going to be the more wealthy and like you said big companies which are in control of the integrity of Bitcoin.

Trading is and will always be viable. Of course, depending on what the future holds it might not be the optimal time like it was three or four years ago. But, it can still be profitable. Of course people holding Bitcoin is great, I've held for many years but we need people to be dealing in Bitcoin every day too. Whether that's through trading or buying and selling goods. Otherwise Bitcoin loses it's value and becomes a collectors item which it wasn't created for.

I feel for you. I've only ever lost Bitcoin through bad investments so far, but have had a few people try and send various different malicious code to me through the years. But, this is why I've always sworn by paper wallets. Keeping a offline copy which was created on a offline computer and stored in a safe location is the best way for me to make sure everything is secure.

Obviously, I know for some people who need constant access it's much easier to store their wallet on their personal computer. But, if you are going to do that then it's best to keep very small amounts in different wallets and different computers if possible.

I've always been a fan of a paper wallet. Trezor requires investment whilst a paper wallet is free. I've had several paper wallets which were created on a live Ubuntu cd and then stored in a secure location for many years. I've recently only opened them after around 3 years of inactivity and moved the funds around.

As long as you do the paper wallet right, and store it in a safe location from theft but also accidental damage. Then you really can't go wrong. Of course this only applies if you are not going to need constant access to the funds. So for holding Bitcoin it's a good investment. But, if you want to access the wallet and specifically send funds to others, then a trezor or a general wallet could be the best option.

This question has been circulating for many years now and the truth is no one really knows. I personally believe the blockchain is groundbreaking and Bitcoin has already made people sit up and notice that a cryptocurrency and it's technology is viable in todays market.
Whether Bitcoin will survive or if it will be  replaced by another currency in the future. What we know is that Bitcoin has defied it's doubters from day one.

We all hoped many years ago that we would be seeing Bitcoin hitting the figure it's hitting today. But, not many of us actually thought it would happen so soon. If you search around the forum you'll find many different posts on whether Bitcoin will survive. As long as there's use for it and people using it, investing and selling. Then it's still alive and will remain so. 

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Newbie restrictions are there for a purpose. Unfortunately, as with anything your going to have to grind it out until you rank up. Once you have ranked up you will then be looking at less restrictions each time. I'm sure once you have reached member you won't find it so limiting.

Not exactly. If what he claims is true and he knows most of the password, then it's definitely possible. Of course, it also depends on how much of the password he doesn't know. Then again, we are all relying on this information, as well as his maths.  

That amount of money is big for anyone. Dave's wallet recovery has been well known to be trusted and probably is your best bet. I would keep trying to contact him. He may be away but it's probably better than just anyone that looks trustworthy on the forum.

Otherwise, btcrecover is a free program. I've helped a few people use it in the past. I recommend you give it a try yourself. It's open source and can be checked by yourself for any malicious code. You may not have the computing power to do it in the time frame you plan. But, if you run it occasionally and save the progress you could get it within a decent time frame depending on your hardware.

A Bitcoin address effectively can act as 2 factor authentication. If you remember posting a Bitcoin address then you could sign the address and provide that information to theymos. If the hacker has changed the post that contained the address, then theymos will likely be able to see the post history. Basically, check the post history or try to remember any time you posted an address and tell him about it and provide a signed message. Even if you have sent the address via personal message you can tell him about it and he'll be able to find it. I believe I remember reading a post by theymos years back that he will ignore any messages which do not contain the information described above.

Found the link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=497545.0

Awesome. Follow the above link to the letter and wait patiently. I see you did this but posted it publicly and assume you did the same in the personal message to theymos. If that is the case you should just wait. Make sure that it's correct and has the information though. Wait a week and just message him again. He has many messages per week, and the inbox is rather messy and one message can easily be overlooked so sending him a reminder in a week should be okay.

I assure you that your post is among hundreds per day deleted. The mods responsibility is to act upon reports, and not check previous posts. However, depending on the mod and how time strapped they are. They may well check previous posts in that specific thread.  

You lost all credibility with your first sentence. Although, I haven't been here for a while. I'm pretty sure SMF doesn't tell you who moved your thread, just that a moderator has. Seems, that you don't actually care about your thread being moved, but rather concentrate your efforts on attacking mprep.

Haven't checked. Though, my biggest files are probably videos which are a few hours long captured from a camera, which creates huge files. I have hard drives which are full with many smaller files though. (below 5gb)