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7821  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: [unofficial] CoinDebit NO-KYC pre-paid cards? on: May 19, 2022, 10:58:29 AM
they love stealing the content of other, more reputable, companies
Good find! It's ironic if even their Terms are stolen. It also explains why the Terms don't make sense for a site that sells debit cards. This one for example:
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remove Content that is confidential or proprietary to a third party
What were they thinking?

The link to the Privacy Policy in the TOS links back to the TOS. Right.

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restrictions or regulations pertaining to the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons or missile technology
Really? I'm not allowed to use my debit card to build nuclear weapons?

Had they appeared on the forum officially, I would have redtagged them like I did in the case of CriptoDebit.
Agreed. Even though I don't tag for plagiarism, stealing even the TOS makes it very likely they're scammers. Especially since they claim copyright on their TOS:
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23. Copyright/Trademark
Copyright © 2022, Coin Debit and/or its affiliates.

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Unauthorized copying, distribution, modification, public display, or public performance of copyrighted works may be an infringement of the rights of the copyright owner.
Now they're just making fun of themselves!
7822  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Is diversification into different coins really a good advice for Newbies? on: May 19, 2022, 10:02:01 AM
What's been constant the entire time?

Bitcoin - 1
One of the tricky things to consider is that even though Bitcoin's market cap has been falling for a while, that doesn't mean individual altcoins gained market cap. There's a continuous inflow of newly created money grabbing schemes altcoins that follow the old pump and dump scheme. The top 10 places are of course filled with other altcoins, and that's why people keep jumping in. Until it implodes and is repeated in the next one. Some people earn a lot of money, most people lose a lot. I still often see top 50 altcoins that are worth (tens of) billions, and have only been created a couple of months ago. It just doesn't make any sense.

Diversification is still a smart thing to do, just not into altcoins.
Real diversification includes - fiat, metals, real estate, etc. But most people don't have that much capital so you are better off having savings in fiat and crypto. So you can live off it while crypto is melting.
Stocks are a good option to diversify, and (if your budget is high enough) property works too. I wouldn't keep precious metal for long-term gains.

Halab's [Contest][ALT] Best portfolio 2022 shows what's left now of $1000 invested in different coins at the start of this year:
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Thu May 19 00:00:01 UTC 2022 (see source for daily updates)

1. LoyceV: $1001.95
Tether Price (500.71000679 USDT): $500.82
USD Coin Price (400.00000000 USDC): $400.89
Binance USD Price (50.03812905 BUSD): $50.12
TrueUSD Price (50.08835586 TUSD): $50.12

2. Bitcoin: $621.16
Bitcoin Price (0.02158895 BTC): $621.16

3. mole0815: $539.05
Fantom Price (88.88888889 FTM): $28.25
Cronos Price (358.11616572 CRO): $66.27
Monero Price (1.31044424 XMR): $203.73
Pirate Chain Price (285.71428571 ARRR): $240.81

4. Buchi-88: $426.58
IOTA Price (145.98540146 MIOTA): $48.64
Waves Price (20.60439560 WAVES): $127.29
Tezos Price (45.87155963 XTZ): $76.87
Bitpanda Ecosystem Token Price (275.22935780 BEST): $173.78

5. an@sha: $411.44
Dogecoin Price (2932.00103206 DOGE): $245.94
1inch Price (104.60251046 1INCH): $94.69
Theta Network Price (31.77966102 THETA): $38.68
Compound Price (0.49957536 COMP): $32.13

6. Yabes: $355.88
Conflux Price (999.96000160 CFX): $82.16
Litecoin Price (1.70532060 LTC): $112.83
Covalent Price (694.66755816 CQT): $105.98
PancakeSwap Price (12.72264631 CAKE): $54.91

7. Little Mouse: $348.09
Enjin Coin Price (193.05019305 ENJ): $124.95
Polkadot Price (7.47943156 DOT): $71.18
KuCoin Token Price (9.32400932 KCS): $134.00
Render Token Price (21.69197397 RNDR): $17.95

8. xandry: $327.04
Banano Price (11091.21101384 BAN): $86.76
Mysterium Price (555.23105385 MYST): $101.49
Storj Price (142.04545455 STORJ): $76.88
Polygon Price (98.81422925 MATIC): $61.90

9. elma: $322.73
Alchemist Price (1.07991361 MIST): $6.40
Polkadot Price (9.34928945 DOT): $88.98
Shiden Network Price (258.06451613 SDN): $106.30
NEAR Protocol Price (20.53388090 NEAR): $121.05

10. MishaMuc: $299.80
IOTA Price (291.97080292 MIOTA): $97.28
Solana Price (1.46886016 SOL): $73.09
Floshin Price (45547711227.51080000 FLOSHIN): $42.54
Bitpanda Ecosystem Token Price (137.61467890 BEST): $86.89

11. -doubleU-: $286.46
Cardano Price (152.67175573 ADA): $77.25
IOTA Price (145.98540146 MIOTA): $48.64
Avalanche Price (2.73647724 AVAX): $80.84
XAYA Price (724.01509813 CHI): $79.73

12. sam00: $262.80
Defi Warrior Price (51616.84608682 FIWA): $19.93
Elrond Price (1.04663820 EGLD): $95.57
Enjin Coin Price (96.52509653 ENJ): $62.48
Holo Price (33814.81115781 HOT): $84.83

13. Saint-loup: $258.41
Atari Price (6802.58887096 ATRI): $30.02
Flow Price (28.12148481 FLOW): $80.49
Polygon Price (79.05138340 MATIC): $49.52
Dogecoin Price (1172.80041283 DOGE): $98.38

14. GrosWesh: $254.63
Casper Network Price (3489.30527932 CSPR): $128.48
CHEQD Network Price (1024.30155438 CHEQ): $43.65
Hathor Price (125.78616352 HTR): $21.36
Internet Computer Price (8.17995910 ICP): $61.13

15. perl: $218.40
Anchor Protocol Price (73.09941520 ANC): $7.41
BEAM Price (430.30963360 BEAM): $56.65
Avalanche Price (2.28039770 AVAX): $67.36
Orchid Protocol Price (680.29247134 OXT): $86.97

16. chem96: $213.85
Algorand Price (240.96385542 ALGO): $104.61
Anchor Protocol Price (73.09941520 ANC): $7.41
BEAM Price (344.24770688 BEAM): $45.32
FireBot Price (132.74336283 FBX): $56.51

17. Halab: $199.54
Ethereum Price (0.02712674 ETH): $51.95
Ultra Price (222.92993631 UOS): $80.27
Gods Unchained Price (80.64516129 GODS): $26.66
The Sandbox Price (34.01360544 SAND): $40.66

18. DarkStar_: $197.23
Mirrored Apple Price (1.40481007 MAAPL): $22.56
Mirrored Microsoft Price (0.74098225 MMSFT): $140.28
Mirrored Google Price (0.08518962 MGOOGL): $20.98
Mirrored Facebook Price (0.70803478 MFB): $13.40

19. 1miau: $160.17
JOE Price (212.26415094 JOE): $90.18
BENQI Price (1330.76938432 QI): $17.16
Algorand Price (60.24096386 ALGO): $26.15
Sherpa Price (435.93803402 SHERPA): $26.68

20. MinoRaiola: $152.89
Elemon Price (384.61538462 ELMON): $9.56
Verasity Price (11598.25724587 VRA): $91.28
Anyswap Price (5.91016548 ANY): $40.38
DeRace Price (27.70083102 DERC): $11.67

Altcoins can recover much faster to Bitcoin.
That's only because many people believe this: once it goes up, they buy it. Not because they think it's any good, but because they expect to make a quick profit. That makes it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
7823  Economy / Speculation / Re: What was the most deceitful speculation you ever fell for on: May 19, 2022, 08:55:30 AM
"Inflation is temporary."
7824  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Remove Proxyban (evil fees) - email to get whitelisted for free on: May 19, 2022, 08:17:43 AM
He's whitelisted now.
7825  Other / Meta / Re: How do you feel when someone gives you MERIT? on: May 19, 2022, 06:57:05 AM
Merit ruined my life.
I'd honestly love too see a brief writing about this! Would you ? Please!!!!
Ion mean too bring back old memories, buh might be a motivation or lesson to me or any!
"Merit ruined my life" is something shitposters used to say. It confirms the Merit system works.
7826  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: [TESTED IT] Minimum transaction value on: May 19, 2022, 06:54:10 AM
I also wanted to know if it's 546 or 547 sats that is accepted. Now we know that it's 546 sat.
I was 1 sat off Shocked

To complete the test, you should do the same to a Bech32 address. Sweeping from the dust inputs into a new address to make it interesting.
7827  Economy / Services / Re: LoyceV's Avatar for Rent [first 🦊🦊🦊3 YEARS🦊🦊🦊 rented out] on: May 18, 2022, 06:22:40 PM
One hundred and sixty-fifth week paid.
Thanks again for your flawless timing! I blame one of the kids for being late: he's still awake.
7828  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: [ANN] bitaddress.org Safe JavaScript Bitcoin address/private key on: May 18, 2022, 02:48:47 PM
The majority in El Salvador and 90% of people in the Central African Republic do not have access to the Internet. In both of these countries, bitcoin is now legal tender. But bitcoin can not be a practical currency if people can't use it.
I assume the legal tender is definded as Bitcoin the way we know it, and not as Bitcoin in the form of some printed piece of paper that can be traded. That would make it a private form of money instead of legal tender.

It could work:
~ the Bitcoin Standard: let's take El Salvador as an example, and let's assume they implement a Bitcoin Standard. Instead of holding 10 tonnes of gold, they hold 19,348 Bitcoin (worth about the same as 10 tonnes of gold). The can now issue banknotes, let's call them ElSalvos, worth 19,348 Bitcoin. If they issue 1 billion ElSalvos, each Elsalvo is worth 0.0193mBTC. At the El Salvador Central Bank, you can exchange your ElSalvos for Bitcoin if you want.
But this assumes a trusted party (and a government is trusted by force), and there's no need to print private keys on banknotes.
7829  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: [unofficial] CoinDebit NO-KYC pre-paid cards? on: May 18, 2022, 02:10:38 PM
this is basically more or less the same thing you are getting with any other website you use.
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You can always order and create new card and change your IP address if they ban you for any reason.
I wouldn't mind that condition if they'll return your money when they decide to block your access. I don't use any other site that says they can just keep my money if they feel like it (and that wouldn't even be legal).
7830  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: [ANN] bitaddress.org Safe JavaScript Bitcoin address/private key on: May 18, 2022, 02:06:39 PM
I've considered printing the private key portion in invisible ink, which requires a special reader, and doesn't allow the printing party to view the QR code, but even this involves an element of trust in the minting process, and would also require that the private key and QR code is not visible as the paper wallets are generated.
Who's "the printing party"? If you're outsourcing the printing, you're increasing the risk of someone gaining access. Invisible ink doesn't make that impossible.

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Perhaps the only way for someone without Internet access to securely purchase bitcoin is at a BTM that prints a paper wallet as he deposits the cash. But one still has to trust the BTM and those who operate it - or have some type of escrow or reputation trademark.
I wouldn't trust the private key from a Bitcoin ATM for long-term storage. Sweeping it to your own wallet is the best thing to do. Why would anyone want to "use" Bitcoin without internet?

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By way of comparison, many industries - including banking - are overly trusted. It's a double standard. But I will continue my quest for trustless money.
I don't trust banks at all, but I'm still forced to use them.
No need to look further: trustless money (Bitcoin) exists already. But if you're looking for trustless offline money, maybe gold works? There's no way to make "BitCheques" trustless. Even if you use BIP38, if you give it to someone else they'd still have to trust the parties who printed the paper and the password.
7831  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: [unofficial] CoinDebit NO-KYC pre-paid cards? on: May 18, 2022, 01:58:00 PM
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Coin Debit may, in its sole discretion, at any time discontinue providing or limit access to the Site
I wouldn't use a site with such conditions. They're basically saying they can decide to kick you as a user whenever they feel like it.
7832  Other / Meta / Re: How do you feel when someone gives you MERIT? on: May 18, 2022, 11:28:33 AM
What's merit?
It has something to do with cycling.
7833  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: [BACK ONLINE] Bitcoin block data (665 GB): inputs, outputs and transactions on: May 18, 2022, 11:26:27 AM
Would anyone be interested in block data for Ethereum? Apart from the disk space it takes (it's even larger than Bitcoin's block data), I wouldn't mind adding it to my collection.
I'm currently downloading it to compile a list of Eth addresses and their balance from this data. Amazingly, I couldn't find a complete list anywhere.
7834  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: [ANN] bitaddress.org Safe JavaScript Bitcoin address/private key on: May 18, 2022, 09:46:08 AM
I am using this tool to create BitCheques (a physical bitcoin currency). I need to guarantee to holders that the private key is not recorded or memorized before the BitCheques are folded and sealed. What is the simplest, most user-friendly, and most straightforward way to do this without significantly altering the program?
Are you talking about proving the software isn't compromised, or do you mean you want to prove you didn't record the private keys? The former is probably possible (Bitaddress has been around for many years), the latter isn't. Having some else create private keys for you means you can't ever be 100% sure you're the only one who can access it.

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Ballet uses bip38 and generates a passphrase - and generates the key over multiple locations. But I would like to omit the need for passwords altogether and keep everything self-contained.
If the buyer creates a BIP38 password, and you only store the encrypted private key, the buyer can be sure you can't access the funds (assuming the password is strong enough). That's the only way to be absolutely sure.

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Is there a way to split or further encrypt the private key - or somehow tie it to the serial number? I'm not sure if this has been covered already in this thread.
Encrypting the private key works, see BIP38. I can't think of another way to do this without trusting you. Using a serial number won't help, as long as both you and the buyer know it, you can both recreate the private key.
7835  Economy / Services / Re: [OPEN 11 left] [banned mixer] Premium Review and Suggestion Campaign on: May 18, 2022, 08:35:08 AM
Yes, I remember your feedback... however, this was not a good reason for not replying...
Not responding gave me the impression I touched a fundamental problem in the mixer. The "unique selling points" they use to stand out from the competition aren't there.
7836  Economy / Services / Re: [OPEN 11 left] [banned mixer] Premium Review and Suggestion Campaign on: May 17, 2022, 05:10:36 PM
Have these members left any feedback after all?
Not in this topic.

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Excepting the two of us, as far as I see, they replied to all other users, which makes me wonder...  Huh
They never replied to the final part of my review. I felt I was quite brutal:
From /en/terms-and-conditions]Terms and Conditions:
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The service is provided on a non-custodial basis.
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trustless CoinJoin
I'll get back to this later.
To conclude: it's not non-custodial, it's not trustless, and it's not coinjoin.
I was hoping for a reply to this too. The coinjoin-part was more or less cleared already, but the other 2 claims are definitely not true. The fact that a normal coinjoin transaction is actually trustless and non-custodial makes it even more misleading.
7837  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Ethereum: Welcome to the Beginning on: May 17, 2022, 01:59:23 PM
At the risk of asking a very dumb question: Can someone explain to me how balances are added up in Ethereum?
Take this address on Blockchair.com for example. I would explect to add the IN values and subtract the OUT values, but if I do that, I end up negative. Starting at the bottom:
Value: 14.76460117-0.25549460792244-4.7008466996913-2.418450506546063-3.862402665130086-3.985543928631006=-0.45813723792

What am I missing here?
7838  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: May 16, 2022, 06:06:34 PM
Fucking Lightning channel waiting to open for almost 3 days now at 1sat/vb.
That's why I usually pay a fraction more than 1 sat/vbyte. 1.1 would have been enough to confirm a day and a half ago.
7839  Other / Meta / Re: Feature request: Split Quote button on: May 16, 2022, 06:01:06 PM
But there is a solution, you don't need to insert quote first
That doesn't help much to split someone else's text. You'll need to manually remove the first [ quote] and the last [ /quote] again.
7840  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: [Contest][ALT] Best portfolio 2022 on: May 16, 2022, 08:06:18 AM
What's happening to DarkStar_'s pick?

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Thu May 12 00:00:01 UTC 2022 (see source for daily updates)

2. DarkStar_: $677.08
Mirrored Apple Price (1.40481007 MAAPL): $210.43
Mirrored Microsoft Price (0.74098225 MMSFT): $185.40
Mirrored Google Price (0.08518962 MGOOGL): $168.66
Mirrored Facebook Price (0.70803478 MFB): $112.60

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Sat May 14 00:00:02 UTC 2022 (see source for daily updates)

20. DarkStar_: $116.47
Mirrored Apple Price (1.40481007 MAAPL): $36.59
Mirrored Microsoft Price (0.74098225 MMSFT): $30.19
Mirrored Google Price (0.08518962 MGOOGL): $30.81
Mirrored Facebook Price (0.70803478 MFB): $18.88

Are the "Mirrored stocks" broken?
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