Anybody who followed the story about SilkRoad and Ross Ulbritch knows that it was not just one guy called Dread Pirate Roberts but it was more people behind that pseudonym and not just Ross.

I agree with you that administration wanted to make an example from Ross Ulbritch and send clear message to everyone who would dare to make open free marketplace like that again in future.
I also doubt in any proof claiming that he kingpin who was thinking of ordering some murders, and we know that some dirty agents got arrested in this case that makes everything dirty.

Double life sentence for Ross should be reduced but I doubt this will happen because current US administration is just a continuation of one that sentenced Ross.
I am not familiar with US law but I believe that after failed appeal only hope left for Ross is that US president pardons him, however I don't expect to see this from Biden.

They can't really make all mixing illegal in future but they can improve tracking and tracing transactions and freeze coins on exchanges if they want, however that will only result in making better mixers that will have improved mixing.
Bitcoin is public blockchain but privacy is basic human right and Bitcoin mixers will surely evolve and be more decentralized in future, and nobody will be able to do anything about that.
I can imagine future of mixing of Bitcoins inside wallet with other privacy oriented coins that will make it virtually impossible to track anything and there will be no website or central place to shut down.
Chipmixer is doing a great work so far and I would love to see something like Chipmixer 2.0 wallet that would remove the need of using any website (I know about old Chipmixer extension for Electrum wallet).

Airgapped computers are not directly connected to internet so you can't really use your work computer for that.

Any wallet can generate new receiving addresses, in Electrum for example you just click on New Address button or you select one manually from Adresses tab.

Sorry but I don't know what your talking about here.

I don't know what platform are you talking about but most used hardware wallets are Trezor and Ledger, and I would suggest using open source wallets.

We are over 20% Taproot signaling blocks and I am not surprised seeing that one of the largest pool Binance is doing nothing so far with 0/113 blocks.  

SatoshiLabs team wrote a nice article explaining how Taproot will benefit hardware wallets and it is easy to understand it even if you are not a tech expert.
Size of transactions with Taproot will be reduced resulting in more transactions per block, and it is especially important when there are higher number of inputs and outputs that will save a lot of time for something like coinjoin transactions and mixing coins.
For example if we have 100 inputs and two outputs time for transaction could be reduced up to 90%!
Multisig prvacy will also be much better with Taproot, but important thing is that more people need to use it if we want to have more benefits.
https://blog.trezor.io/how-taproot-will-benefit-hardware-wallets-fa43c0b6123e

I honestly don't know why all of you guys keep answering this guy repeated fake questions unless you like to play this game, and I don't know if he just hunts for merits and higher rank or what but it sure is very annoying.
He owns more accounts like this one Thomas29 that writes with same style so maybe he is some farmer idk.

You can also use Tor and .onion servers with your Electrum wallet to improve your privacy, and I think electrum should think of adding some easy switch option for this just like Wasabi and Trezor Suite have.

I think you can use pruned node that would reduce size multiple times, and everything else would work almost the same like with full node.

I guess you are using Blockchain.com and you want to transfer coins from their exchange to your wallet, but they have withdrawal fee that is probably higher than amount you want to withdraw,
and they are automatically calculated based on current network conditions.
After checking blockchain Deposit & Withdrawal page I can see that minimum you can withdraw from blockchain exchange is 0.0006 BTC that is currently worth around $35.52 and more than what you want to withdraw.
Your need to have more BTC for withdrawal or you can convert and withdraw some other coins as alternative option.
https://exchange-support.blockchain.com/hc/en-us/articles/360030874812-Deposit-Withdrawal-Fees-Crypto-

Passphrase is only optional but I would highly recommend that everyone who owns Trezor wallet uses secure passphrase because it is not stored anywhere on device and it improves security for your device.
If you lose your device or your seed words, nobody will be able to take your funds if they don't have your unique secure passphrase, so keep it safe on separate place.

Let me tell you something about this fake bitcointalk domains that are redirecting you to Binance exchange, they are all coming from China for sure, by the guy called Jack li Shandong.
This domains are even purchased at the same date and time, and he is forum member or he knows that bitcointalk is world's most popular crypto forum, and he probably have more purchased domains.

Bring it on, I see you are very good at insulting other people and name calling, so one more sticker for me being a cultist is nothing new for you, and I see no point of talking more with someone who thinks that he is always right about everything.

Have a nice day.

If you don't live in United States you don't need to worry about NSA, and using email addresses does not mean that everyone can read your emails and your emails should not be connected with your identity.
Using some secure encrypted email alternatives like Proton mail helps, and you are not buying anything from localcryptos or bisq exchange directly and you don't need to pass any kyc verification on their platform.


You can buy hardware wallet locally in official reseller stores and pay with cash, or you can buy with debit cards and use PO boxes, alternative name, phone number, and address for delivery.
If you want privacy with other coins than Monero would be your best choice but I don't think hardware wallets accept it as payment option yet.


They will say, ok sir you are going to jail, and then you will have the choice of telling them the truth about your private keys or go to prison.
This is government version of totally legal wrench attack.

You should keep passphrase separately from your 24 mnemonic words, but it is good thing to have several passphrase copies stored in different locations, and please don't trust flimsy human memory to remember anything.
Safest thing would be to send your coins to different wallet you control, than reset you trezor wallet, generate totally new seed words and add new secure passphrase.


Passphrase is like a added salt and once you mix it with your seed words you can't change it or remove it anymore, but you can create multiple passphrases just make sure you pick one that is secure mix of several words and numbers.

First you called that guy who wrote an article a moron, than you say that I lie and spread propaganda... I think you need to chill a bit, but I can understand if you are some eco warrior who wants to save the world like Greta Thunberg.




Nobody said that bitcoin is greener than life except maybe you in previous post, and we are nowhere near the point of no return, whatever that means.


Here we go mister honesty talking about lies and dark winter scenarios again... I am not defending anyone or anything but I can think with my head.
You think that same thing can't happen if we are using greenest possible nuclear or hydro energy, and drop of hashrate can and will happen in future sooner or later.


I didn't wrote any of this articles and sure I can change my opinion about anything, articles I read and not gospels set in stones, but maybe you should apply for new job of fortune teller if you are so good in predicting future, I am sure you will get lot of customers.
Can you please tell us Bitcoin price in 2022 and 2023, and when the world will end because of Bitcoin?  


I am not defending anything but I like to hear different opinions and think with my own head, and not mainstream news or some random dude on forum.


I was talking in future tense and something like this didn't happen yet, but maybe you can tell me exact day when this will start so I can prepare.


It was 2sat/b today actually, but I don't expect that to be the case every day, and I am well aware how high fees can be on Bitcoin network.

Here is released github code v0.5 with instructions for creating your won BlockClock Micro device that is ten times cheaper than original BlockClock Mini.
In theory this should even work on cheaper esp32 devices but I didn't test it myself so I can't confirm it.

https://github.com/kkdao/micro-blockclock

Trust wallet have their own servers and in theory they can block specific countries for transactions, but your coins should be fine if you keep your backup phrase safe.
I am not using this wallet so I can't confirm it if they actually block someone, however something like vpn services can help you to change your location, but I would suggest using different wallets.
Trust wallet is not my wallet of choice and I would suggest using Electrum, Wasabi, BlueWallet and other open source software and hardware wallets.

Like I said, it's somewhere between 39% and 72% according to various research and you need to take this seriously because climate change global warming propaganda shit is just getting started.
CNN will be one of the first to report this news 24/7, this will include Bitcoin in bad image package, and I already see some crypto influencers claiming that Bitcoin should switch to Proof-of-stake because it's bad for environment, and btw I don't agree with this at all.
We can survive few incidents with hashrate drops but remember what happened with fees days and weeks after that with very high fees, and constant media fud would be like putting more petrol on fire.

It's not completely wrong, but it isn't completely accurate also because it is based on assumptions and samples.

There is no single entity that is controlling Bitcoin mining, but one entity can certainly disrupt mining like we saw in recent electricity testing restrictions in China, meaning that more pools in different countries is better.


Same thing would happen to Russia if they ever have biggest hashrate, and it's always easy for some people to blame Russia for everything 

Better read previous posts before asking questions like this.
China is NOT equal all Chinese mining pools, and that is NOT equal all miners in that pools located in China.
For example I know some people from Europe, that have asic miners running in EU but they use Binance pool, and they are also part of that 65% like many others.

It is true that many miners join chinese pools because they have lower fees and other incentives, but nothing is stopping pools from US and other countries to have even lower fees in this open market.
We can still assume that many actual mining devices are actually located in China and joining their own chinese pools, but I am not sure if it's possible to be more precise and see actual IP addresses of each miner inside specific pool.

This is wrong information and China is actually not controlling 75% or 65% of Bitcoin hashpower, but like I said before I would like to confirm that with more precise data if anyone can share that info.
Wherever pool location is, if something happens to pool itself it also affect all miners connected with that pool, resulting in drop of hashpower until miners configure to use some other available pool.

It's no surprise that we see rise of other big mining pool outside of China, and United States is first obvious choice but I recently examined all other countries that have potential for doing something similar.
More than 150 countries are currently producing hydroelectricity that can all be used for Bitcoin mining, and along with US and China other there are other countries like Brazil, Canada, Russia and India.
I would like to see more balance of countries and I would love to see bigger mining pools in Russia, Brazil and other countries that have cheaper electricity.
Focusing more on hydro energy for mining bitcoin we are closing the mouth of many bitcoin bad for climate trashtalkers and distributing hashpower in more countries.