As soon as you get Glenn M. Lilly sign a message with one of the known addresses to belong to Satoshi I believe you. And not a second earlier.
As simple as that.

Have a nice day.

You should also search a little and read about (Bitcoin) wallet security, since you will have sooner or later a wallet with some money in it.
If you've mastered that and have a wallet, you can add an address of yours to this thread as a backup safety measure.

A list of books you can read you can find in this thread, but you'll have to check all those posts and links since some goodies are almost at the end.

For long run I'll start with advising against USDT, since it doesn't have a proper audit and there's a huge chance it's not properly backed.

My advice is to check the background of each and every stablecoin until you find a few good options.
If you want to stay on USD related stable coins, Gemini's GUSD could be an option (although there are not that many exchanges accepting it).
But you can also look at GOLD token (Digital Gold), which is stable against gold. If you want to research, you can start with https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5161544.

However, whatever advises you get (including mine!) DYOR since it's your money.

If the user keeps it always (but always!!) offline, this is not a big concern. And on an old computer with small RAM and no SSD, Windows 10 is not fast. Win7 could be faster (but then why not XP?  ).
The real problem is that newer software asks for newer dependencies so OP has to leave Win7 if he wants to use the latest Electrum. And for slower PCs Linux could be the good option. Depends what else OP is using that PC for...

I've had it 3. I've changed it to 2 now.



Hmm, I guess you're right.
However, I've changed to 2 and the Trust Depth could be of help next time.

Thank you.

If it's an offline computer you can install on it windows 10 and it will work without key virtually forever. (Yes, the official Win10)

I use Tails OS stick instead of an "offline computer". They also have DVD/ISO if you want it on something faster than an usb stick. And it already have Electrum on it! (But on default settings the wallet is never saved; this can be a feature in my case or a problem for others; the default setting can be change though).

Or, almost any Linux should do if you use the AppImage for Electrum.

I don't know, that btalk feature doesn't work for me.
And your list, although comprehensive, doesn't help me much (I just extracted now a name from there for an example). The last version from http://loyce.club/trust/ is already the real thing.
And I think that creating a huge amount of extra data would not be the good direction. This would be more like "on the fly" data / response created from what you already have.

I will give you an example from my list.

Problem: why do I trust moe7865? (not a real problem, just an example)
What I do: going to http://loyce.club/trust/2020-05-16_Sat_05.03h/, searching for the user, see who is trusting him, so:
. . . . . . . . . moe7865
. . . . . . . . . wlefever
worthyou - donalddraper - icon73
mickelody - . . . . . . .  . . - buckrogers

and in buckrogers' list I see yogg, which I know he's in my trust list.

So NeuroticFish - yogg - buckrogers - icon73 - wlefever - moe7865 is one chain.

I don't know if this was discussed until now, I've found myself already a couple of times surfing your lists to find out why I do (indirectly) trust this or that user (usually long gone users!).

It's clearly not a feature request, since last time I asked for WO "last week" viewer and I am sad (ashamed) to hear I am the only one using it now and then; so it's up to you if you find it worthy and add it or not.

So, back to the idea: it's not easy to go on the trust "tree" and pinpoint the possible weak links = people who most probably you would not actually trust, but they are trusted (also indirectly) by people added to your trust list. However, if the software knows who are you and who is the culprit, it should not be hard to find the "lines" of interest (not sure though how that could be displayed).

I would not pay attention to the predictions of a newspaper wannabe who cannot even spell cost correctly.
And FYI, this kind of predictions are thrown out only for publicity / traffic.

Cumva lumea pare sa se astepte la inteligenta din partea politicienilor. Chiar nu e cazul.

The MultiBit name is still in many bitcoiners' memory related to a defunct wallet project. (see multibit.org)
This could cause confusion.

It's only one reason to say that even 0.1 Bitcoin could be a bit high as price 
Best of luck, you'll need it.

Halving should (in theory) sooner or later make the miners sell less Bitcoin on higher prices, because they now work more for much less coins.
Also FOMO rush is fueled by people's expectations (social engineering helps there) and a bit of market manipulation here and there.
Technological advancement would be a big plus, but a new bubble can easily start without that too.

The problem is that the more the people expect/want/push towards a big price increase, the more the chance it'll be just another bubble, which, when it'll pop, will leave even more people with a grudge against Bitcoin.

PS. My vote goes now for 2021 too.

Some blockchains were not made from start to be (properly) decentralized (or not at all). Not all devs are working for a greater good (BCH and BSV are wonderful examples).
One has to read as much as possible and whenever something stinks just leave that boat.

But yes, it's a real problem and it's not new. In some cases the success of a blockchain (basically the market cap) is not reflected by the strength of the underlying blockchain (difficulty). And if this happens, especially if it lasts too long, somebody will profit by making 51% attack. Creating hype is cheap. Meeting the requirements for the success to last may be much more difficult.


About miners' profits I am not sure I understood. But wherever a businessman can find super cheap electricity, maybe also cheap miner devices, he's start a mining business there. China is such an example and I think that it's not the business men to blame, it's the idiocy (and greed) of western governments which add a ton of fees into electricity price making it unreasonably high.
But this can be beaten with enough funds and future proof thinking. One can build up on renewable energy. This will ensure on long term that one will stay in business, even after many halvings, because after ROI the energy will be almost for free (some maintenance costs remain).

I think that this list would be worthy to get pinned and maybe also moved to More (although many miss that gem).
And speaking about More, you could "import" other links from there, like Support for hacked/lost accounts


Edit: I'll put two more that could be worthy
Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?)
List of Bitcointalk.org Userscripts/ Add-ons

Your post is not clear enough on the fact that for ranking up, along with activity also merit is necessary.
I'd add also to into your post the list from: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

It's the very low value difference AND ... you are on hourly for DOGE instead of your usual daily.

Same user, same binaries, another ANN:

ANN: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248165
Archived ANN: https://archive.is/dlqLt
Binaries link is the same as in the quoted ANN.

It's not relevant if he posts under drugs or not. The relevant part is that whenever and whatever he posts about crypto, the news and crypto forums ... all start "going out for jogging".
Too much fuss for somebody who changes his statements because ... whatever.

Eeee, aia-i o greseala. Nu m-a interesat BAT niciodata. Folosesc Brave pt care ad blocker integrat si e bazat pe codul chrome (deci grafica si setari cu care sunt obisnuit).


Acum 20 de ani foloseam derivate pe baza a 2-3 parole si le tineam minte. Am inteles ca nu nici pe departe sigur. Acum las codul/aplicatiile sa imi genereze parole aleator. Imi place ce rezulta, dar nu se poate tine minte. Daca aplicatia e de bun simt si paroleaza continutul, riscurile sunt infime. Pe partea asta, avand in vedere ca se poate parola separat, am relativa incredere inclusiv in pastrarea parolelor la Google. Dar hai sa nu sarim calul 


Aualeeeu... Na, jos palaria, nu as putea face asta, as pierde mult prea mult timp.


Am ajuns acum muuulti ani la aceasta concluzie, desi bineniteles ca nu as putea demonstra asta. E doar asa, un feeling. Ceva de genul ca daca nu sunt in contul meu si pe compul meu, parca si Google search e o umbra de idee mai slab. Dar tot timpul m-am gandit si ca poate sunt paranoic si ma insel eu.


Foarte corect punctat. Ajungem sa fugim de Google si de fapt sa ne dam datele la alti 10. Mare afacere.


Comoditate: am nevoie destul de des (iar acum cu temele elevilor si mai des) sa imi transfer usor poze si filme pe comp sa le pun in classroom. Clar cel mai comod e camera uploads.
Siguranta: in cloud stiu ca nu pierd ceva aiurea. Din si prin cloud imi sincronizez date cu 2 comp-uri. Nu m-as baza pe 1 HDD si nici nu prea am chef sa tin cel putin mirroring, desi daca as gasi un NAS care stie sa fie cloud cu camera uploads (dar nu doar pt 1-2 ani cat tine vreo licenta), poate ca m-as baga (bineinteles, si NAS-urile ajung destul de des hackuite, si atunci sa vezi cata lume are acces la poze!)
Te pricepi? Ai vreo sugestie?


Sa inteleg ca nu ai folosit asa ceva? Eu am folosit.
E o gramada de lucru sa pui harti. Trebuie update frecvent si hartile piratate sunt de obicei minim 6 luni in urma.
Exista o gramada de provideri, de multe ori 2 tari vecine pot sa aiba provideri diferiti. Si te poti trezi ca hartile nu se "lipesc" bine.
Acum mai multi ani era sa ajung in Croatia cand am vrut sa ies din Ungaria spre Slovenia. De fapt chiar am trecut granita pe sosea "judeteana" in loc de autostrada.


Profesorii si inspectoratul nu au idee de securitate si privacy. Si se cred prea destepti sa intrebe un tinerel (ca de o firma de audit nu au bani) cu ce se mananca asta.
Deci toate sunt aruncate la cos si hai cu hei-rup-ul. Datele? Teoretic nu se va intampla nimic cu ele. Practic, daca cineva din afara subiectului da peste ele din intamplare, ceea ce nu e deloc exclus, le va putea folosi ca sursa de poze gratuite pentru orice, poate trimit unor prieteni cele amuzante (si de acolo pot ajunge pe imgur sau 9gag) sau te miri ce. Dar probabil nu va avea rabdare sa sape printre ele si le va sterge sa faca loc.

Am urmarit partial drama cu BtcXchange pe vremea aia. Chiar am folosit serviciile BtcXchange o vreme. De fapt cred ca am folosit si CoinFlux.


Consider acest comentariu cam incorect, fiindca amesteca merele cu perele.
La exchange-urile care doar pune fata in fata utilizatori (BtcXchange, Bitfinex, Bitstamp) clar spread-ul e mic. Cu cat mai activ e exchange-ul si mai mari volumele, cu atat mai mic devine spread-ul.
Din pacate nu stiu daca mai exista astfel de exchange-uri la noi.

Din ce stiu, la noi acum sunt doar din cei care iti vand ei si tot ei cumpara. Ca valutarii. Cum ei fixeaza pretul, mda, e mult mai nasol. Da, acolo spread-ul e cat casa.