You mean to say i would have.

No need to reply here. Just vote and reply voted so the thread does not fall down. Your vote is secret!

So i was rummaging some old threads and this one piqued my interest.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1726836.0

Lets see 5 years down the road, has anything changed?

What about billions of people who missed the bandwagon? Not to mention 4 million or so Lost BTC.

There have been more than 19400 cryptocurrencies but strangely no one has come with an idea to restart bitcoin so to allow new users to buy and mine it from the start. We already know that 4 million or more have been lost. What stops a computer programmer to copy the entire bitcoin code and change only the limit from 21million to 20 million.
 What stops the average crypto user to not to invest in it?

Yes there have been forks like bitcoin cash or bitcoin sv but they dont start from 0

Satoshi himself stated that bitcoin is only one of the first, there might be superior versions of a cryptocurrency.

I mean to say that govts start trying to starve the miners with cutting electricity to mining farms and raiding solar farms (off grid even)
We move to mining block on home electricity connections with less than 10kw load.

both are same version 4.2.0

I have the same problem. I had bought btc via watch only wallet. I want to update my cold storage offline wallet. How to  do it?

I tried Qr code\text  load transaction in my offline wallet but nothing happens.

This video is about sending btc and signing and updating tranx\broadcast but what about receiving it and updating it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQumISxkJsQ

What if energy reqd to mine\verify transactions is greatly reduced by authorities. The electricity consumption is also reduced, how would then bitcoin eco system work?

Was hoping any site staff or admin atleast replied.

no reg is reqd. only two check ticks

Ok i understand. I think it is done to save server space.

So yesterday i was replying to a user asking for help
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5398197.msg60104461#msg60104461

I first quickly replied to the questions and then edited my reply afterwords. What shocked me is that the forum software does not tell if a user has edited the reply!

eg of edited reply
https://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message5111991/pg1#93765729
not related to the topic
https://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message5130899/pg1


Can the admins add this feature?


Apologies for linking a conspiracy forum. I am a user there since 15 years and it was from that website i heard about bitcoin back in 2011.

ps: i have edited it 3 times!

I did not know this!
ANyways even more better option is to use raspberry pi zero
https://armantheparman.com/how-to-set-up-a-raspberry-pi-zero-air-gapped-with-electrum-desktop-wallet/

what if paper smudges and ink wears off?

dvd RW gold plated can last 100 years

When creating electrum seed you can extend the seed to 24 words!!!!



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Tried to Send you PM but could not: SO here is my message

Hope you liked my replies. can you tell me your btc history?
Here is mine
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5395810.msg59948590#msg59948590

I read your reply here
" I am also willing to pay for someone knowledgeable with a large post history to walk me through the process on discord voice call, so I can learn more about the whole process."


hope you have understood the steps. I am not a computer geek but used a lot of trial and error. the most difficult part was to how to link electrum via bwt to bitcoin core.

will help you if you need guidance but it will be very slow process as i can only do via this web forum. no third party site.

knew about btc back in may 2011 and dled the btc core app on 30 sep 2011. got free btc .0* something via bitcoin facuet, mined via bitminter in 2012 via geforce 525m and forgot about it. HDD crashed and i did not saved the wallet.dat file.

started this year with a bang.

follow trader university youtube channel.

btc address for donation is in my profile page.

The best way to save private key is to save wallet.dat file. save the file on cd rom.

Lets say  in future electrum does not exist, your wallet.dat file can be loaded as it has the private keys.

core meaning bitcoin core?
well bitcoin core will solve your fear of not using seed words. But it will be online and act as node.

solution is to buy raspberry pi 400. install raspberry os or ubuntu 22.04 (slower)
install electrum

steps
https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/install-electrum-on-linux/

warning do not download old version. use electrum 4.2.1 and must verify the sign

then disconnect the pi 400 FOREVER

then create new wallet. generate seed (you can extend to 24 words )and save it on paper and lock it.

save the wallet.dat file on cd rom.

then on your online pc create watch only wallet.

and use this step to buy\sell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQumISxkJsQ

WArning

before creating electrum WATCH only wallet which is connected to internet in windows. first download bwt plugin and put it in electrum plugins folder (destination is in c:\users\appdata\roaming\electrum)

and then link it with bitcoin core. This will make sure your transcasction is not leaking to third party. This has to be done offline.

once your electrum is connected with bitcoin core showin as connecting to only 1 node, you can then connect to the internet.

Then create a watch only wallet

who said that?
Its the most open source app with lightning network.

just follow the links above


ps: burn your wallet.dat file on cd rom. its emp proof and will out last all other electronic wallets.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5395813.msg59953606#msg59953606

air gapped raspberry pi 400 with raspberry os and electrum. You can extend the seed words to 24 words!


this also
https://armantheparman.com/bitcoin-core-and-electrum-personal-server-electrum-wallet-on-a-raspberry-pi/



see video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQumISxkJsQ


to be more secure your watch only electrum should be connected with bitcoin core via bwt plugin. (hence no need for using electurm personal serveR as the first link stated)
https://github.com/bwt-dev/bwt-electrum-plugin
https://armantheparman.com/why-should-you-run-your-own-bitcoin-node/