So you used Bitcoin Core in the past and you have the correct wallet.dat? Is the file corrupted or password-protected that prevents you to load the wallet in Bitcoin Core? Why don't you download Bitcoin Core, open your wallet, and let the software sync? You can try exporting all your private keys by entering 'dumpwallet' (unless the command changed). After that, import those keys in Electrum if you don't feel like downloading the whole blockchain from scratch. Would that not work?

It's very rare to find a licensed crypto casino without certain country restrictions. Almost all of them restrict players from certain territories from gambling at their site. I haven't considered that when creating this list. It's up to each individual player to get acquainted with the terms and conditions of the site they play at. Since these faucets don't require depositing your own money, the greatest danger is wasting your time on a casino you are not allowed to gamble at in the first place.

OK, so the amount of coins we send and the location of the receiver doesn't have any affect on the required transaction fees. The mining fees are determined based on the size of the transaction. In that case, what would be the ideal type of bitcoin transaction (size-wise) that Ivan can send to his brother, and what would a bad one look like or be made up of?

Let's break it down step by step:

No. Newbie restrictions and a newbie jail is not welcome. Everyone should be allowed to post anywhere they want if this forum is to keep its importance in the future.

The forum allows you to read its content even without being logged in, so the rank doesn't matter.

This is a discussion board. People are not applying for a visa or studying for their master's degree. Who would be interested in going through all that to become a member here? The moderators have enough to do without giving them the task to check the post quality of each and every newbie. All members (no matter their ranks) should get merits in the same way: Based on the quality of their posts. 

In other parts of the forum, yes, but it will increase in the B&H board.

Limiting newbies to the B&H board wont reduce the number of plagiarized posts, but it will make them easier to find. 

Such posts can be moved to the appropriate sub-boards. What if the newbie posts in a foreign language, starts a discussion about an altcoin/ICO, starts a scam thread, etc. All those would go in B&H as well?

Highly unlikely. 

It will increase off-topic posts because all threads by newbies will be posted in the same sub.

it will result in newbies no longer being interested in joining Bitcointalk and spending their time elsewhere. 

Newbies aren't the only ones that need to be moderated, all members do, including legendaries.

A higher rank does not equal greater competence and technical knowledge. Many high ranked members got their merits airdropped and didn't earned them by being merited by other forum members.

The admins don't care about the bounties and signature campaigns members participate in.

Just do a search for site:bitcointalk.org merit giveaway to see all relevant results. Click on tools/settings in your browser and adjust the date range. Change it to past year/month/week/day to see different results. The site:bitcointalk.org searches have always given the best results in my opinion.

You can also try to search through Ninjastic.space and customize the post title and post content according to your liking.

I don't know anything about brute forcing (and hopefully will never have to find out), but how plausible is some sort of dictionary attack made up from the BIP39 words list for finding 12 English words compared to bruteforcing an extended seed with random characters that represent 12 word-like structures (Jbf-1, 5nY9?, Unf^%8, etc.)? I hope you understand my question.   

Interesting! I used Ledger Live last night and didn't notice and new notifications that could hint that there is a new update available. Usually, the notifications area shows an unread message that would trigger you to click on it. Will try it again later today. This update doesn't seem to solve any recently discovered vulnerabilities, otherwise Ledger would have bombarded us with messages to upgrade asap.

They seem to have introduced a daily chart for your portfolio, and a new decentralized crypto exchange the other day. I will wait for a couple of days/weeks before installing the new update just to make sure it's stable and doesn't introduce some unwanted issues. 

Trezor is completely open-source, so if you don't trust them and believe they have a way to record your seed phrase, feel free to go through thousands of lines of code to expose that vulnerability. Ledger is almost open-source, (their secure element isn't). Again, feel free to inspect their codebase if you like. Since most people don't have the skills to do that, you are left with trusting that others have done it. Alternatively, pay someone to do it for you or get someone to create your own hardware wallet based on open-source code. You would then have to trust that person has done a good job.

Since most of that is undoable for the majority of people, you can either trust that Trezor and Ledger, who have been in the business for years, don't have a way to get to your seed, since they could have emptied all of our accounts at any time (I am not sure what they are waiting for if they can), or you find alternative ways to store your private keys. Things like paper wallets and non-custodial software on airgapped machines.    

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Why gamble there if your country is blocked and this could cause you issues down the road when you decide to withdraw your funds? They have systems in place to recognize VPN usage and you have to verify your identity and address before you can withdraw money.  

It would be much better if Stake made it possible to change the size of the streaming window. It makes no sense to purchase a new monitor for something as trivial as that. It can only benefit them and their customers, so they don't go looking for alternative streams.   

Update:
FortuneJack has made some changes to the amount of satoshis that can be claimed. Players no longer receive 523 satoshis per claim. The new changes foresee that players will be rewarded $0.05 worth of bitcoin for every claim. You can still claim the free faucet 5 times per day, but only if your account balance is below $0.0036.

Too bad that they decreased the rewards. FortuneJack used to have the best faucet among all crypto casinos in my opinion. Now it's just like the rest of them.  

They did that for a long time, but they have actually changed that. Not sure what prompted them to make that change, but I felt it's important to mention. When you visit the site now and click on the "Buy/Sell Bitcoin" button, it automatically sets you up to purchase the real Bitcoin. And they no longer call it Bitcoin Core, it's just Bitcoin now. If you want Bitcoin Cash, you'll have to select it manually from the dropdown menu.

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I will try my luck with the number 17 once worn by the great David Trezeguet.

Electrum kao cold storage novčanik je sasvim dovoljan onome ko čuva samo bitcoin. Ja se ne bi usudio da ga koristim kao hot wallet na računaru kojeg koristim svakodnevno za razne druge stvari.

Što se mjenačnica tiče. Možda cijeli život budeš čuvao kripto na mjenačnicama i nikada ne budeš imao problema (što ti i želim). Ali šta ćeš ako se desi Mt.Gox, Cryptopia, itd? Ni ti ljudi tada nisu imali problema dok nisu nastali problemi. Bilo bi šteta da se lupaš u glavu jednog dana i kažeš kud nisam sklonio lovu sa te usrane mjenačnice...

Aaa pa dovoljno je bitcoin pao pa se malo išlo u šoping. Sad treba opet manipulsati masom da vrijednost investicije poraste.

Check my OP regarding the full-screen feature. Stake doesn't give you the option to switch to full-screen, but you can stream matches in any screen size with Bet365. But Bet365 doesn't support cryptocurrencies and is a fiat-only sportsbook. You also need to make a deposit or place a bet to gain access to Bet365's streaming service.

Good enough, I am adding it to OP!

Ako nisi mogao poslati sve, vrlo moguće da je to razlog. Bitno je znati da i ako se na novu i praznu DOT adresu šalje manje od 1 DOT, transackija neće proči i izgubit ćete to što ste slali. Dakle, kod prve aktivacije adrese mora biti 1 DOT ili više. Poslje toga se onda mogu slati bilo kakvi iznosi.

Čim spominješ uključivanje i isključivanje "Keep Alive" opcije pretpostavljam da si koristio Polkadot.JS novčanik. Ledger je tek nedavno izbacio svoju aplikaciju za DOT.

Those were the good old days my friend. You would have to take a trip to the past if you want to see that. Investigative and research-based journalism is a Walkman nowadays. Journalists, or more precisely article writers, are agenda pushers and click creators. Clicks, likes, and shares. Spectacular claims and thought-provoking headlines that leave you disappointed when you are done with the piece.

Thanks for the update Saint-loup!
I am going to update the OP to mention that Stake now also streams NBA and MLB matches because that wasn't there before.

Is there an official announcement about them streaming all UFC events or confirmation on their ANN thread? Because if there isn't, I am not going to mention it just yet.

I read both articles now. I have no reasons not to believe that what you are saying about CZ contacting mining pools to organize a roll back aren't true, but the two articles show no proof of that. They do link to his tweet where he stated that he changed his mind about the roll back, but they show no proof that messages were sent to mining pools with such proposals. Where did you read about the 300 BTC reward he offered for the reorg?

Nevertheless, I am glad his proposal was turned down. I can't imagine what kind of negative consequences it would have had for the network. The miners passed the test with this one. Although, had they done it and succeeded, the faith in the network would have been seriously damaged, and so would their potential future mining rewards.