I wonder If these disk wiping programs were legit?
When I've used such a program, years ago, on a proper old-fashion HDD, it seemed to do what it said: made the data unrecoverable. At least from my tests back then it was so. However, in SSD era, all this doesn't matter anymore. |
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It doesn't have a classic hard-drive. It has an NVME, its already at the top of the performance chart hard-drive wise. I'll probably end up buying a new NVME to replace it before the new one arrives.
Then indeed the overwrite method may not work. So: either new wallets and account settings (maybe it's time for a hardware wallet too), either new SSD. |
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My bad, Thought the coin status was enough.
symbol: "ETHBTC",
status: "TRADING",
baseAsset: "ETH",
I think that they need something like "depositTipStatus": false, "depositTipEn": null, "depositTipCn": null, (source: https://web.archive.org/web/20181031060538/https://www.binance.com/assetWithdraw/getAllAsset.html ) Of course, it would be of use to find out what these guys really want, but all they say (for now) is that a certain web page doesn't work. (Interesting enough at some point it worked for me.) |
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Yep, this works, but it doesn't tell if a wallet is in maintenance or not, which is what these guys seem to need. |
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There are programs that overwrite your harddisk with random data, cluster by cluster. I've needed one long ago for Windows, I don't know what you use, but I'm sure a search will help you out. That should be pretty safe. Another idea would be to make on the new laptop completely new wallets for the crypto you've used and transfer your coins to the new wallets. Of course, you'll also need to change the passwords and 2FA for all the accounts if you are this paranoid.  But I think that proper full overwrite should do. |
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There has never been a successful vaccine for the coronavirus group of viruses, not a successful vaccine for Sars, Mers, the common cold.
Do not be the guinea pigs if your country's health care system declares that they have the vaccine available hehe.
Well pointed out. Everybody talks about vaccines like they'd be the holy grail. No. Medicines that help the body fight this, ameliorate symptoms, help recovery may be easier to get discovered and approved. Yes, most probably they are not as profitable as vaccines... |
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Just want to confirm this is the correct way if it involves a hardware wallet.
As long as you re-create from the master public key, you are doing it correctly. Your [2] looks very good to me. Also if you want to just check the balances, a very easy approach is on your phone, at least if it's Android. Install Mycelium, plug in the Ledger to have your wallet in, then you'll have the option to check the balance whenever you want without the hardware wallet on your phone. Of course, you'll be able to spend only with the Ledger connected again. |
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Should I pursue this?
only if you have extra time at your hand Time and possibly resources too. Step 2 is where I don't know how to do it (yet), but I do know there are brain wallet hunters out there who use a similar system to steal funds.
I never wrote anything like that, so I'll be speaking only theoretically. You need to run a node that listens to new transactions, it should match the output addresses of all new transactions against this database of compromised addresses, when it finds a match the program will make a CPFP transaction with high fee that spends the unconfirmed output. This transaction would ideally be pushed directly to miners, instead of relying on normal propagation. If this method fails, you can try to wait for the transaction to get 1 confirmation and then try to sweep it. It actually would interesting to look at the addresses of the victims of this fraud, if the coins get stolen in the same block as the incoming transaction, then the thieves use the CPFP method and you should do the same to have a chance to beat them. I also didn't do this, but there could be a way without full node (so less resources on OP side) : use Electrum wallet ( I found this, but I don't know whether it works) or maybe do what Electrum does and work directly with ElectrumX servers ( blockchain.address.subscribe looks very promising) However, if these notifications won't work you may need your own server  (hence resources) |
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Do you think CPU coins will have a future? Or is everything "dead lost"? Your input will be greatly appreciated. It depends by what you mean "have a future". Bitcoin has shown us that the more the mining actually costs (for industrial miners) the more the coin will be valuated on the free market (usually). And that's quite normal, since the miners are expected to be the big sellers. Of course, a coin can be considered pretty successful (have a future) without being super expensive. The blockchain is stable, there are services built around the coin and so on. Unfortunately there are 2 problems here: 1. In most people's mind success means money and this pretty much rules out CPU coins. 2. CPU coins have "low power" blockchains, meaning that there's always a risk that a script kiddie with a botnet behind himself may be able to ruin it. |
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In line with our thoughts! I just posted other designs! I'd like to know yours on these too!
I'm somewhat disappointed that the other designs have dropped Satoshi's quote, but maybe it'll come back in a nicer design. From the new batch the most I like t2.png. It's not perfect, but I like the idea and the comparison. |
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Eu cred ca (tot timpul) mai exista o varianta sa obtii (nu chiar cumperi) Bitcoin/crypto fara KYC: oferi servicii. Si nu ma refer la obisnuitele traduceri si semnaturi.
Uite, de exemplu era intr-o vreme un serviciu (si poate mai este) de plata a facturilor. Eu l-am incercat si mergea, doar ca punea un adaos generos pentru serviciul sau, doar pentru ca l-a facut printr-o pagina de web.
Banuiesc ca asemenea servicii (direct prin intermediul forumului sau nu) e o metoda facila sa obtii crypto. Adica cineva te contacteaza pe privat, iti trimite o poza cu codul de bare si o suma in crypto si tu faci plata la un zebra pay (sau ce o fi aproape de tine) cu cash.
Adica in afara de mici "afaceri"/"trocuri" de genul asta, mai devreme sau mai tarziu o sa fie nevoie de KYC, fiind operatiuni financiare. Clar, si asta va fi asa doar pentru o vreme, apoi va fi ca la casele de schimb valutar: unele mai cer un buletin, altele mai uita sau pun buletineul cine stie cui, ca nu verifica nimeni...
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I will share with you some of the design we made, please express your feedback! Thank you!
Sorry to say, I don't like it. The Satoshi quote is cool, but the image with the thinking/unconvinced person and those paths/thoughts I don't like. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but money or payments may go better. I mean, since we don't care to convince them, we don't pay attention to the direction of their thought, we just presenting what we have: "A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System"( TM) |
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Goldman & Sachs recently held a conference call and discusses the bitcoin and gold in the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic.
Bitcoin is a competition to banks. It allows people do the same things like some of the banks' products, but with lower fees. Of course, since instead of making them money, Bitcoin makes them lose money, they will advise as much as possible against it. Maybe they should think of hiring a PR company that's free of dinosaurs, else they too will become extinct in a not so far future. |
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1. Please make sure you have a backup of the wallet file(s) or seed(s) before deleting anything. Verifying if the seeds are actually the correct ones for the expected wallets can be also a good step.
2. You also mentioned Windows registry. Electrum uses to put there some data too, there will be "Open with" handlers for .txn files, for .wallet files and maybe others too. If you are sure you know what you are doing (since
removing too much from registry can create problems too), search with regedit for "electrum" and I'm sure you'll find most of the occurences. However, if you plan to reinstall, this may be just unneeded extra work.
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Bears are still in control, bulls are sweating  There is a last attempt of a bullish run but clearly to kill some shorts that have been placed too low. 9.4k today or tomorrow is likely, maybe 9.8k but after that it will bloody for the bulls. By using the Elliott Waves theory once can easily see we reached our top for 2020, but perhaps October-November will be the best opportunity of a lifetime to buy Bitcoin at a cheap price. If we make a double bottom at 3.1k end of the year, I will clearly turn bullish for the years to come!  Best of luck  Although your "desired" (?) trend line is downwards, the market went up in the last ~24h. Not much, but still.. let's be honest and admit that the bears are sweating too  |
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71 - NeuroticFish
Thank you!
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Since I see everybody keeps reapplying, I'll follow the trend to make sure my application doesn't get lost in the sea of posts. (I wonder how Darkstar_ can cope with such volume of work..) Username: NeuroticFish
Post Count: 7209 7845
BTC Address (must be SegWit): bc1qqhdclvxlltqhqm7w7cquxvfuq8s5ffuwyq2sx9
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Is there any way to check my real balance on the blockchain?
If you know for sure the receiving address and you know for sure it's yours, then it's easy to check: https://www.blockchain.com/en/btc/address/HERE_COMES_YOUR_ADDRESSYou'll be able with this to also check if funds were sent to your address, but not confirmed (which can be your case too). |
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