people want that policy, this is why Biden won. even though it might have terrible consequences for the US and the whole world.
It is questionable how he won the elections and I doubt that most of the people wanted to vote for senile old man like Biden, but I agree that consequences will be terrible, and similar thing would happen in case Trump won. I don't think that people realize all the problems that are waiting us in next few years and even people holding Bitcoin, Gold and other assets will have to suffer for sometime, but inflation and high prices will destroy fiat currencies. Just in last few years more money has been printed than in all recorded history before that, so think about that in combination with increased taxes. I can't even imagine what will happen with rest of the world and third world countries after situation goes really bad in United States with Mother of all Depressions, but our best bet and hope is Bitcoin.
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As far as I know this is pretty much the main problem with Ross Ulbricht's case, not necessarily the fact that he was imprisoned. I mean, actual killers and rapists have had far less prison time than Ulbricht's absurd double life + 40 yrs without parole sentence. His life sentence was as if he caused a new Holocaust.
I'm convinced that the drawn-out prison sentence was more of a message.
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.
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Do you think there's a possibility this will happen in the future? If not, why? What do you think will happen once mixers (both custodial and non-custodial) are banned by the government? Will this force people to use privacy coins more thoroughly? Or will everything remain the same? Any input will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance 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).
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What is airgapped here? I have few laptops that I use for work.
Airgapped computers are not directly connected to internet so you can't really use your work computer for that. How do I use a seperate address?
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. What could be a danger proof material? Sorry but I don't know what your talking about here. Which hardware wallet is most used to the people on this platform?
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.
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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
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Just send the 0.05 BTC already and put us all out of our misery... when you do so, please use a fee of 1098234832098 sats/vbyte... then you won't have any BTC and you'll stop bugging us with the same questions... over and over and over and over and over 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.
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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. True, but it require you to run a Bitcoin node, which download or/and store 350 GB+ blockchain.
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.
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Hi, im trying to send 30$ worth of btc from my trading account to private key account, but it shows me insufficient funds error every time. I feel stuck can anyone help please? Regards.
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-
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so now i understand that the PASS PHRASE is only optional to create a HIDDEN WALLET: https://wiki.trezor.io/Passphrasecorrect ?. does it serve any other purposed if my wallet is lost or stolen ? 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.
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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. Domain Name: BITCOITALK.ORG Registry Domain ID: D402200000016060916-LROR Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.publicdomainregistry.com Registrar URL: http://www.publicdomainregistry.comUpdated Date: 2021-04-23T03:48:57Z Creation Date: 2021-02-21T05:05:27Z Registry Expiry Date: 2022-02-21T05:05:27Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Registrar IANA ID: 303 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse-contact@publicdomainregistry.comRegistrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2013775952 Reseller: Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibitedRegistrant Organization: Jack liRegistrant State/Province: ShandongRegistrant Country: CNDomain Name: BTCOINTALK.ORG Registry Domain ID: D402200000016060918-LROR Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.publicdomainregistry.com Registrar URL: http://www.publicdomainregistry.comUpdated Date: 2021-04-23T03:48:57Z Creation Date: 2021-02-21T05:05:29Z Registry Expiry Date: 2022-02-21T05:05:29Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Registrar IANA ID: 303 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse-contact@publicdomainregistry.comRegistrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2013775952 Reseller: Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibitedRegistrant Organization: Jack liRegistrant State/Province: ShandongRegistrant Country: CN
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cultist's ego!
that's the cultist way
You see, this is cultism
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.
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It seems that even if you buy bitcoin on the supposedly most secure exhanges, like bisq or localcryptos.com your identity can and probably will be seen by the authorities or someone else, but especially the authorities. For instance on localcryptos.com they ask for your email upfront. Virtually any email I would bet can be have the user of the email found out by the authorities, I mean we are talking abut the NSA here folks.
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. I want to buy a hard wallet, which requires bitcoin to buy, since my bank is anti cryptocurrency and blocked the credit card purchase. If I buy the hardwallet with bitcoin, I assume the authorities will know I bought it with bitcoin. My question then is, can I buy another privacy coin using this hardwallet where my security and anonimity is virtually guarenteed, using another private key and with an exchange like, bisq, I know I said they probably are not totally outside the all seeing eyes of the authorities, but does anyone have any other suggestions?
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. The final answer to this whole question of anonymity, especially as it concerns privacy concerns seems, that no matter what they will know or guess that you bought some of this privacy coin, but as a last resort if they came after you, you could say, oh sorry, I lost my private keys and lost the coins. What are your opinions on this? 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.
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on my trezor i have stored my BTC for years now, I STILL HAVE ACCESS TO MY BTC AND MY TREZOR WALLET THANK GOD, but i wrote the 23 word (i think) passphrase on a paper and stored that paper in a safe place, but recently i F moved to a different country, i took those documents with me but i think i lost them !
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. am worried they might fall to the wrong hands ! so i need to change the passphrases which i no longer remember, how to do that ??...
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.
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So we should strat our own propaganda that is just as toxic as theirs as it's based on lies too, how does that make you better than them?
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. Look where all the environment-friendly garbage describing Bitcoin as being greener than life has led us, into a shitty situation like this where there is no point of return, all those claims of clean power have been busted in a flash because of one freak accident. 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. What are you going to say if this happens again in Inner Mongolia and another 30% of the hash rate goes down? To what LIE are you going to resort then? 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. are you going to change your speech just like CNN does when they are caught red-handed? 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? You don't need to defend it, nobody does, what is being defended here is not bitcoin's consumption is the cultist's ego! 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. And where was the FUD?
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. Could you in reality send a transaction with 2sat/b fee and get a confirmation in 5 seconds? It was a fact, it wasn't FUD.
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.
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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. INSTRUCTIONS Step 1) Follow this guide using M5Burner to flash the UIFlow firmware to your device.
Step 2) Ensure your device is connected to the IDE via WiFi before proceeding. If it is not connected, you will not be able to upload the code and images. You will need to reset the device in order for the IDE to detect the device.
Step 3) Upload the micropython code to the UIFlow IDE. To do this, open the blockclock_v0.5.py file in a text editor, and then copy and paste the code into UIFlow under the "Python" tab.
Step 4) Insert your WiFi SSID beside wlan_AP = and your WiFi password beside wlan_PW = in the code before flashing the device.
Step 5) Upload the images via the Device File Manager icon near the top right of the IDE. Add them one by one.
Step 6) Click the "Run" icon beside the Device File Manager icon to flash the firmware to your device.
Enjoy! https://github.com/kkdao/micro-blockclock
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Some exchanges like the Binance and some wallets have blocked some countries. When a wallet is non-custodial, then can it block people assets? Trust Wallet is for the Binance and is a non-custodial wallet and that exchange blocked the US and some countries. Is Trust Wallet dangerous to use? When that wallet is non-custodial, then can it block assets?
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.
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We just had one coal mine accident leading to a hashrate drop of 30% and you still quote that moron claiming 72% of energy coming from hydro?
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.
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No, the stats that the user is providing is not completely wrong.
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. US was once the leading hashrate in bitcoin world to the point where more than 70% of the hashrate was coming from there. funny enough nobody said any FUD about "America controls bitcoin" back then, they just did it to China. now US is pulling itself back up with 7.6% hashrate but there are now a lot of countries that are taking the lead and increasing their hashrate in a competition...
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
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How is it wrong? China control 75% of hash rate in 2019, but drastically reduce to 65% in 2020. This image is the hash rate generated by each country a month ago.
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.
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Don't look at the data and judge it solely based on where the pools are based in. Most pools have servers in different locations and people from all over the world can connect to their pools, mainly from the lower fees or payout variance.
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. China control over 75% of mining hashrate before but now controlling lesser today, at the begining of this year, China controls around 65%
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.
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