Good source, thank you.

I did find some parts in that discussion quite interesting. For example, here is a quote from one of the replies:
How would TOR know that some exit nodes are "bad" and have ways to monitor or manipulate the traffic routed through them? And if they have such knowledge, why are those nodes not removed and blacklisted?

I find this segment interesting as well:
The emphasis is on "should". They didn't say "must" or "have to", but you have the option to do it or not.

Nothing of the above seems worrying to me either, but still interesting to think about... 

Provably Fair is a buzz word. It's thrown around like other buzz words such as fully decentralized, anonymous, private, etc. The sites are just telling you what you want to hear. They know that the majority won't know the difference, or have the time and patience to research it themselves. Therefore, I don't think such claims will stop. They will keep making their rounds and get even worse.

The best thing to do is expose those who are lying and giving players the tools to check such claims themselves. 

I hope your negative experience won't prevent you from trying crypto again, but being a bit smarter with the decisions you make. You also shouldn't blame the market for experimenting with trading strategies you never should have touched in the first place.

This thread of yours reminded me of something I wrote a few months ago, especially the last case with the rapper KSI: What Can Happen If You Want to Trade Cryptocurrencies, but You Don’t Know How?

That's true. Although it has been reported that Paypal accounts will have an option to withdraw their "coins" to private wallets, I think it's still not possible. According to their crypto TOS, you still can't send coins to other accounts or withdraw them from your cryptocurrency hub.

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@Montane
Although PayPal does deal with Bitcoin in a way, I don't think you are supposed to use your account to make such deals on your own. What I am trying to say is that you aren't allowed to accept fiat by selling BTC to someone and vice versa. But you are allowed to use their cryptocurrency hub and buy crypto if you are located in a legal jurisdiction. If you aren't, you can't. I am pretty sure if you do the first thing I mentioned, you are in breech of their TOS.   

There are many great forum references when it comes to the Lightning Network. Here are just some of them that you can take a look at:

Basics of the Lightning Network
A Beginner's guideline to Bitcoin Lightning Network
The Lightning Network FAQ

If you want to use LN on Electrum, read Electrum Lightning Network walkthrough.
For a list of wallets supporting LN payments, check out Open-source Lightning wallets.

A software wallet can't be compared with a hardware wallet in terms of security. The hardware wallet will always come on top. Since you mentioned Ledger, that one is very easy to use and set up. Hardware wallets aren't meant to target tech geeks, but the regular Joe looking for a safer way to store his private keys than in a hot wallet.

Bother Ledger and Trezor support 100s of coins and tokens including various ERC-20 tokens. Some natively, others by connecting 3rd-party wallets. There is no difference in the number of assets a Nano S and Nano X supports, only a difference in the internal storage of the device. But you can use the same coins on either one. With Trezor, it's a bit different. The Trezor T and Trezor One don't necessarily support the same assets. Monero is a good example. The Model T supports it, while Trezor One doesn't. for example.

You are comfortable with keeping your coins in someone else's wallet (that of Binance) but you don't entirely trust the security of Electrum? Electrum (hot wallet) is as safe as the system you run it on. If you are a cautious and security-conscious individual with a clean OS, you have nothing to worry about. If your system is vulnerable and full of malware, that is your fault, not that of Electrum.

Every TOR node doesn't need to be, but a few of them could. They could also be getting data from certain block explorers who would gladly sell it to them or hand it over for free depending on their agreement.

Is this a risk worth thinking about? How many entry and exit node combinations exist on the TOR network? Do the numbers change and increase regularly or are they more or less the same for years?

Based on your recommendation of acquiring an assault rifle, I think it's fair to conclude that you are an American.

Different countries and different laws.
There are regions in this godforsaken planet where you aren't allowed to tie someone up, pin him down, or arrest him until the police arrives. Once they come, he will be charged with whatever it is that he did and you will pay a fine for illegally detaining an individual. Or worse, depending on what you did to him. After all, he has rights. Those rights include robing you or hurting your family. You aren't allowed to take his constitutional rights away from him because that hurts his feelings and makes him sad.   

decodx was close, but "blockchain validator" was the term I was searching for.

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That's it from this round. Five rounds are gone, 5 to go.
For the upcoming two rounds, I am going to go back to the original rules where I will give members ranked Newbie - Member one day's head start to guess the terms. After that, everyone else can chip in.

No one should know you are rich and you shouldn't look and act rich. That's the easiest way to stay under the radar. If you walk around town like a pimp in shinny clothes and a golden cane, people will start asking questions. 

Ledger and Trezor call that plausible deniability. If the thief doesn't know exactly what you have, you give him access to a wallet that holds enough coins to satisfy him. He can't know that you have other funds protected by passphrases unless you or someone else told him about it.   

o_e_l_e_o was just suggesting an alternative in case the kid doesn't have both parents. If one of them is deceased, divorced, imprisoned, etc. I mentioned that the mom could hold one key while the dad has possession of the other. But if the kid has only one parent, a grandparent, uncle, trusted friend, etc. could take the place of the missing parent. It would still be the parent/s who are depositing money into the account for their child to spend, so that part remains the same.

But in your scenario, if the grandparent held one of the private keys, he could prevent the parent from stealing coins that were meant for the grandchild. I understand what you were trying to say.   

"Cosigner" is correct but "blockchain contracts" isn't the term I am looking for. I have revealed one more letter for word #3. 

He left a few breadcrumbs. Maybe he is taking the weekend off from guessing and will be back on Monday.

You don't hear that every day.

I think Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina will be one of the stars of the January or next summer's transfer market. His contract expires at the end of the next season, so Fiorentina doesn't have much time to cash-in big on this player. A few days ago I read an interesting post by a well-known Italian journalist Romeo Agresti who said that Fiorentina is ready to negotiate with anyone except Juventus. I don't really believe that. Although the rivalry between the two teams is well-documented since the Roberto Baggio move to Juve in the 90s, Fiorentina did sell Federico Chiesa to Juve last year. I guess they are just trying to increase the prize even further. He is going to be a great acquisition wherever he lands.   

Are you absolutely sure that the prefix is needed for legacy addresses as well? Won't Electrum recover a legacy address by default if there is no nested segwit or native segwit prefix provided?

When I was mixing coins with ChipMixer ones, I forgot to include the "p2wpkh:" prefix for a native segwit address (I just entered the private key) and the Electrum client recovered a wallet with a legacy address. 

I don't know who the other guy you mentioned is, but McAfee was certainly a much bigger player than OP is. The person that "had an accident" in Greece was of a similar caliber probably. McAfee kept running his mouth against the government, kept criticizing. Wasn't there a time when he was considering running for president and he promised to make crypto an integral part of his campaign? He was a very controversial character indeed.   

It's not what you wanted, but why not a 2 out of 3 multisignature wallet where the child has access to one key and the parent (admin) controls two other keys? You could even divide the keys further so that the mommy and daddy control one key each. If the child wanted to spend from the wallet, he/she needs a signature (permission) from mommy or daddy.  

That's the correct term, nice work.

Unfortunately, that wasn't it.

It depends on the term. Making the first letter known for some of the words is too revealing, and cygan is already embarrassing me by guessing 80% of all terms in his first attempt.

This time I opted for something different than an activated alcoholism.

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Another letter revealed in word #3.

Not a particular one. I am just assuming that in the same way that a three-letter agency can set up and run their own Electrum servers, they might be able to set up and run their own TOR routers to examine the traffic that runs through them and take a closer look at those individuals that might be of interest to them.

This might sound stupid and generic, but don't get phished or keylogged. Pay attention to the sites you are visiting and only download and install the most basic software that you need from the official sources. Don't click on unknown links, don't open emails and attachments from people you don't know, don't torrent, watch porn, and play with patches and cracks and illegal software on a PC you use for your financials. Doesn't matter if it's crypto or fiat-related. Verify and double-check everything you can.   

Why do you think using the TOR version is safer? Couldn't that be a great honeypot as well? Someone creates a TOR-only blockchain explorer that logs addresses. Your IP is protected, that's true. Unless the TOR server you are connected to is also malicious.

dkbit98 is right. The price is €200 and more depending on where you are.

The prices differ even for EU countries such as Austria and Croatia, for example.
If you want to ship it to Austria, it's €164 for the device + €34.8 for VAT. The total price is €208.8.
If you order it in Croatia, you pay a VAT of €43.5. That brings the total price to €217.5.