The question is should we follow the security tips from the Ledger company that allowed such a data leak?
I wouldn't just blindly listen to security tips from literally anyone. But plausible deniability through a PIN/passphrase? It's not like it's a thing that only Ledger has and recommends. In my opinion, plausible deniability in such a case won't help since attackers are usually well aware of any tricks that one may come up with a Ledger hardware wallet. You don't think they'll leave you alone after taking your $100, do you? Personally, I doubt it.
It is better to get rid of your Ledger altogether and try to persuade attackers you had sold all stupid bitcoins and stupid hardware wallets because it was dangerous to deal with those after a leak happened. Otherwise, once you show you still have it, you are most likely done.
The plausible deniability route is far more convincing that simply saying that you lost literally all your bitcoin to be honest. And it's more likely for them to not leave you alone if you left them with $100nothing. And sure, there's a decent chance that the thief might know about the temporary PIN trick, but it's at least worth trying to pull it off. |
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It's the classic "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is".
Parang Facebook version lang nung typical giveaway scams sa Twitter.
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Could be both to be honest. As more and more people bet on bitcoin(through buying, using, and holding), we could probably say that Bitcoin is "harming" the US Dollar by slowly but surely taking away some of it's market share. "Harming" might be too exaggerated of a word to use especially in the short term, but yea.
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Well, I'm beginning to think that someone is picking on me.
*snip*
I think some people are taking a too tough line when reporting and also when deleting posts. I already said that in similar posts like this one created by other forum members.
Really, don't overthink it. It's not like someone would gain something significant from getting some random forum user's posts getting deleted. People report posts that they deem as low quality. That's it. Some people just has far higher quality standards as you and I have. |
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Think about it:
If you had some accurate strategy that you could personally use to make huge amounts of profit, would you share it publicly, Potentially ruining the strategy?
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I've seen Hero/Legendary members saying that they got a post deleted at some point, even though they are good forum members, so, no, I don't take it hard or personally.
Including myself, and even the most quality posters that have like a 1:5 activity to merit ratio has some of their posts deleted at some point in the past. So yea, really no reason to be surprised. Just move on and continue doing your thing.  |
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It's the typical reason that the reporter and/or the moderator thinks that the reply simply doesn't add much to the conversation. You might disagree and think otherwise, but that's that.
It's just one post, and various user's posts get deleted a lot. Don't take it too hard.
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But what about peoples personal or home address that is known to public and which hackers can now link to ledger wallet users.
This is why being extra paranoid in terms of privacy/security sure is beneficial in the long term. Things like: - using different emails for different purposes
- a burner mobile number
- using a PO box or a separate address(if I remember correctly Jameson Lopp actually rented out a different place just for receiving orders)
- etc
might seem to be too "crazy" or "too paranoid" for the typical person, but adversities like this shows how being extra paranoid does help a lot. |
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It is limited to when you die you stop earning it.
And is a unlimited supply so bad? fiat seems to be doing just fine, literally the measurement of bitcoins worth.
Really it is a limited and unlimited supply, unlimited it can never be mined out so future generations always have some and don`t have to kill each other to obtain it, and limited that you stop mining it when you pass. A supply we have never tried before.
There is more usd than zimbabwae $`s created, so you are wrong.
1. Literally one of the goals is to have an asset that has characteristics to lessen the likeliness of decreasing in value, hence the limited supply and the halvings every 4 years. 2. Kill each other to obtain it? Dafuq? Or maybe, you know, earning money the usual way by earning it? 3. The point is not which asset has a higher supply, what killed the Zimbabwean Bolivar is actually the huge sudden spike up in inflation. |
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You can use Purse.io to purchase stuff on Amazon using your bitcoin, and with discounts too.
Quick note though, if I remember correctly the last time I used this service was in 2017, so do your due diligence about the service as I don't have the slightest idea on how good/bad Purse.io has been since the last time I've used it.
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Quick reminder:  |
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Correct me if I'm wrong but that one topic is probably the craziest Bitcointalk topic ever. It's 7 freakin years old, the OP hasn't logged in since August, but yet people are still merit-ing that post lol. Hold On for Dear Life!!!
Funny how some "news" sites always think that this is what HODL actually means. |
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It's been more than a decade. What makes you think Satoshi would suddenly re-appear this year?
Also with the "Bitcoin upgrade" part, unless Satoshi is actually a developer right now under a different name, then he couldn't just simply push out updates just because he wanted to.
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You already got screwed up by leaving funds on a custodial service in the past, and you pretty much did the same mistake. You've already been in this space for more than 3 years, you should've known the risks of leaving funds on a custodial wallet/exchange by now. Especially Coinbase? Quite notorious for locking up accounts. But anyway, since they're disabling your account, they probably smelled something fishy. All you can do right now is to wait and wish they respond soon. You might want to check this out though: https://NotYourKeys.org/ |
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No reported cases as far as I know. In the first place, funds(or keys, to be technically specific) on hardware wallets are mostly being stolen via social engineering attacks and not really through technical vulnerabilities.
My advice: Ledger/Trezor for great security and great user experience. Coldcard for best security with decent user experience.
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You do realize that altcoins pretty much just mostly follow bitcoin's price, right? Literally 2 minutes of research(pretty much just comparing charts) should be enough for you to realize that.
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