His reply was related to the topic. He even briefly mentioned a flaw he found with the service he tested.

That didn't happen either. His post was the first and only post made in that particular thread.

A post isn't necessarily bad/spam/off-topic just because it's in a megathread. If the problem is with the thread itself, then it's the thread that should be deleted or locked.

No arguments there. One liners and replies that don't move the discussion in the right direction should be avoided.   

True, but there are also valid reasons why you could do it and where it would be deemed necessary.

Why would a casino or cryptocurrency exchange have a mixer anyways? They are already a mixer and can be used to mix your coins in a way and remove the trace of where they came from. All the coins that get deposited all pooled together. When you make a withdrawal, you are issued different coins than what you initially deposited. If the casino has an internal exchange, you can even withdraw a different asset and break the link completely.     

I check the whole address before copying it and then I check it again when I paste it. My private work area has pens and papers all around and I usually note down part of the address on paper. I also check it on a block explorer if it's been part of the draft for a few hours.

That's true and I agree with you on that part.

I use QR codes when a mobile is part of the story. In this case, it's two computers.

I have separate USBs for all of my devices. A USB for one of my machines wont be used with the other ones. And if I have to take something to a copy shop for example, I have a USB for that, and that one only goes into the machine with the least importance to me. It gets formatted every time.

That's exactly right. The Bitcoin protocol does exactly what it's supposed to do. It's the end user who makes mistakes and then blames it on the coin, wallet, exchange, etc. When people suffer financial losses they call the features that bitcoin possesses weaknesses. But irreversibility is not a weakness. Those who are used to traditional banking don't understand that once your transaction is confirmed, that's it. There is no customer support to turn to to fix it or say you were hacked.

If you send coins to the wrong address - Bitcoin worked as advertised, it was you who made a mistake.
If you don't backup your seed properly or at all and you lose access to your coins - Bitcoin still functions the way it's supposed to. You just didn't do what was necessary to protect what you have.   
If you overpay the transaction fees by 500% - Bitcoin didn't scam. It did what you wanted it to do. 

No, that just wipes the device clean and resets it to the state it was in when you first bought it. You can use multiple seed phrases with the same device if you wanted to. But it would be tiring having to recover different wallets from seed if you do that often.

A getting started guide would either come with the package or it will point you towards the correct link where you can read more about it.

I wanted to check out your site but seems I have to register to see what you are offering. I don't like being forced to register if I don't want to. You have also not included any FAQ or TOS that I could read before signing up to see whether or not my country is restricted, etc. I don't know what payment methods are accepted or your limits or withdrawal fees. All that should be accessible and available so players an make up their mind whether to join your casino or not.

I took a quick look at it. I didn't know that FreeBitcoin had a Wheel of Fortune. I haven't visited the site for a long time. Trying my luck with the Wheel of Fortune is a good reason to come back.
Good review and easy to read. Can you introduce a night mode by any chance? it's not very pleasant looking at the white background for long.

Any changes that were to be made concerning plagiarized content and account banning would just bring about new discussions and complaints, such as:
Where was this rule when I was banned? I only had one plagiarized post, why did I not get a warning instead of a ban? Etc., etc.

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If someone browses this forum, reads books about Bitcoin, and watches YouTube videos on that subject, that person has probably acquired all kinds of info and knowledge that he will remember. Naturally, it's hard to remember what you heard or read where. But when making a post or replying to someone on Bitcointalk, you can always say something like: "I read", "I remember seeing", "Member X said in one of his posts", "I can't remember the source, but...." 

All that relieves you of the responsibility that you are trying to make it look like what was written are your words. You don't have to cite the source for everything if you don' know it, but make sure to mention that someone else said it. I haven't looked into what Mpamaegbu and Pokapoka124 are blamed for, so this is only a general recommendation.

If your post was only a "thanks, great thread" kind of post, I would understand the reason it got deleted. That's absolutely worthless, especially in a thread that old. But your post also contained a good piece of information, and that is that the node manager doesn't display peers with onion addresses. OP doesn't mention that, so I wouldn't classify your reply as being worthless.

However, if you added some more info and it looked a bit more like a review that showed what you thought about it, I think it wouldn't have been deleted. If you have valid questions or concerns about the app, you should have the right to express those in the original thread. 

Does the exchange not give you any other options to undergo the verification process? Not everyone has webcams. Laptops have them, but many desktop computers don't. There should be an option with instructions on how to take the needed pictures manually and upload them. Take a good look at all the buttons and what they do when you open the verification software. 

There is a problem with that. I don't use Coinbase but I would assume that all users there have to undergo KYC before they can buy and withdraw, right? That means that Coinbase knows exactly who bought or sold what on their platform and where they sent those coins to. You can't protect your anonymity on centralized exchanges where you have undergone KYC. You can mix your coins after withdrawing from the site, but the exchange will always know what you had at one point.

I am not going to speculate whether or not the fact that a lot of Bitcoin is being withdrawn from Coinbase is a good or a bad sign. But I do see a few positives in it:

- Crypto owners prefer to keep their coins in their own private wallets. Hopefully open-source and non-custodial ones.
- A smaller amount of bitcoin on Coinbase means less selling pressure. Temporarily at least. We know that all that can change in the space of a few blockchain confirmations when thousands of Bitcoins can be dumped.
- The smaller supply coupled with increased demand affects the price positively.   

I really don't think you are a "Bitcoin pro" in the way I understand that term. If you were, you would be involved in serious technical discussions about the way Bitcoin and its blockchain works, future improvements, etc. But you are not. You might know how to use wallet, how to pay and store your coins, how to trade, save on fees, and stuff like that. That's good, but that doesn't make you a "professional" That makes you a user or an enthusiast.

I consider pros those people you can turn to when you need help. People who can code and come up with better, faster, and more secure solutions. The guys who have the knowledge and experience to tackle and find workarounds to almost any problems. I doubt that's you, but you are welcome to prove me wrong.

I understood the bolded part as a suggestion to users to still verify one instance of Ledger Live before they install it. After that, Ledger will carry out the other checks for all future updates. But you know the saying: Don't verify, update!" It shouldn't matter what Ledger says.

Yes, it's normal (he said hoping you would stop asking unnecessary questions). Just make sure you have a priest present in the room to provide your software with the needed blessings. He should also be able to speed up the download time.   

Oh good. It's been almost a day and I was worried that you wouldn't tell us that you haven't done any Ledger Live updates in months. Thanks for that. See you tomorrow where I expect you to tell us how long and why you haven't done any Ledger Live updates.

Seems like it's a common error that not only affects Trezor when there are issues with imperfect code. Take a look at this thread back from 2017:
https://github.com/trezor-graveyard/trezor-chrome-extension/issues/12

The user explained how he got the same type of error when he was attempting to restore his wallet from seed. That error was fixed within a few days and it was no longer happening in the newer versions.

Whatever hardware wallet you end up buying (if you do), just make sure you follow the official security documentation that tells you how to verify the software and hardware components of it.

But it is worrying that criminals have found ways to create identical devices with replacement chips that contain fake firmware. You wouldn't notice a physical difference if you compared it to a genuine device. But such a fake device has to communicate with a fake software as well. If you connected it to Ledger Live to install an app for your coin, it wouldn't be able to connect to Ledger servers.

That's a weird statement to make. Athletes are surely not highly intelligent people. They might be smart and have a good understanding of the sport they play, but for most of their lives, they focused on physical development and not on the mental aspects. And a highly intelligent individual does not become a gambling addict and pisses away his future. 

I agree with this. Although, all gambling addicts act in the same way. That does not apply exclusively to athletes. All gambling addicts chase wins and try to recover from losses immediately by making illogical decisions. That's how a bad situations become even worse.

If the wallet closed itself when it detects a VPN connection, I would understand that. But in this particular case, the wallet makes the VPN turn off. How can Exodus possibly have an affect on other software?

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Have you tried with some other VPN to see if the issues continue with other software as well?
Some time ago I came across Tachyon VPN on the forum. I think it should still be free to use. Sometimes I fire it up when I am outside accessing my stuff on a public network.

I really have to ask... Are you receiving regular and repeated blows to your head or something? Click the update button to update your version of Ledger live, what's wrong with you?

How would that verify anything? The update button does what its name suggests. It updates the software to the newest release. You have to do the verification yourself as explained in the OP. 

Now we have two people claiming it works and one who says it doesn't. I will just wait for the next reply from someone who is interested in checking before I put it back on the list. Like in sports, let's see if the result will be 3:1 or a draw after all. 

BlueWallet has been added. Thanks for the tip.

Since I have several laptops and devices and only one of them has crypto software and my Ledger Live installation, I sometimes need to save a bitcoin address to check it on the other device or do something with it. For that purpose I also sometimes save it as a draft in my email so I can access it quickly on the second device. 

So what actually happened? I assume you didn't get infected with some clipboard hijacker. Was the copy/pasted thing correct and you just didn't see it properly or did you copy the wrong stuff?