Just keep on making baseless assumptions then. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I did. I will use shorter sentences from now on.
My reply was in my developed post. I will be more straightforward.

No, because I cannot import your API key to Bitcoin Core.

What you claim could be compared with saying that your credit card pin code is your bank account number.
Is it ?

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The major and less subtle nuance, is that if I hold a private key, I am the only one to be able to spend the BTC.
If I hold an API key that allows me to spend funds on a BTC private key, then myself and the API operator can spend my funds.

This is all it boils down to.

You forgot to address this in this very thread :


You shouldn't be rude and plain ignoring people who reply to your questions, even more so when you direct your questions to said people.

Your definition of what you think a private key is, is irrelevant.


An API key isn't a private key, because I cannot import it in Bitcoin Core and spend my BTC.

It could match your description only indirectly, by extension; because the API key that was given to you allows you to manipulate the cryptographic private key that you gave in exchange of the API key.

Also, you are shortcutting the fact that this API key was given to you by a privately owned third party entity and this entity does the manipulations around the cryptographic private key on your behalf.
This isn't really among the "best practices".

To be clear, strictly speaking a cryptographic private key comes in a pair, with a public key.
So, unless the "API key" is mathematically linked to another set of data that has been generated by a cryptographic signature algorithm, no, this cannot be called "private key".

Please can you submit the cryptographic standard specifying the use of api keys delivered by privately owned third-party services as a cryptographic private key ?
Yet, theoretically means there is no scientific proof, so your claims are nonsensical.

Otherwise .. maybe you're onto something that we all missed out in some way ?

Thank you in advance for enlightening us

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I doubt your ban request will succeed. You're not the first one to strongly disagree with TMAN yet he's still here.
You should consider joining his princess fan club.

Thanks a lot to everyone for your kind words !
I am glad that you enjoyed the contest and had fun with it !
Yes it was a very exciting event and holding it made me very proud.

Thank you all for your support and your participation, whether you were a contestant or a voter.
I hope many more users had fun and enjoyed our event.

This wouldn't have been possible without you all !!

Many thanks again !!

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The listing for the 10th Anniversary of Bitcointalk Commemorative Coldkey is now available on our shop.

Find out what to do now was difficult.
We understand that the winner got more than 20% of the votes, but this event was supposed to appeal to every member of Bitcointalk.
We have finally opted to offer a wider choice of different designs that made it to the poll.
We are very proud of them, so you can pick your favorite among them all and get it.

The price is 14,90€ per Coldkey and there is a 8€ shipping fee. The shipping is tracked worldwide.

Please visit :
>> https://www.coldkey.eu/product/10th-anniversary-of-bitcointalk-commemorative-coldkey/ <<

Limited time only !!
They will be available for one month and there won't be any more produced ever again.

The mintage, as well as the list of public addresses, will be made public on the forum once the production has stopped.

Thank you everyone for all your support ! We are happy to provide nice and high quality cold storage wallets for everyone.

Thanks a lot for your kind words jayquar.
I am happy that you enjoyed our event.

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Time to lock this thread !
Thanks to everybody who voted.

Please continue the conversation here : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5195845

e - yogg 

Thanks Krogoth !

Thanks a lot for your vote

The poll ends in ~30 mn

Hey F2b
Yes, the deadline of the poll is today. : (Voting closes: Today at 01:11:55 PM) <- This is forum time.
So there is about a few hours left to vote.

Here are the results as of now :

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Later on today we will publish the list of winners and get in touch with them to give them their prizes.
The winning design will be featured on a Coldkey that will also be released later on today. I will update this thread when this is the case.

10 YEARS ! 🎂
Happy 10th anniversary Bitcointalk !!

This forum is awesome !
It is so unique on the historical side as well as on how full of life this place is.

A lot of stories have been brought to life on Bitcointalk.
Many fortunes were made, some others have been destroyed ...
The amount of knowledge present here is incredible and rarely seen on other forums.
Top computer scientists, as well as the best of many different disciplines can be found on Bitcointalk.

I am very proud to be a member of this community.

All the best for Bitcointalk ! I wish it to keep thriving as it has in the last decade.
Hats off and a thousand thanks to theymos for all the hard work he does to keep this place top notch.
Many times I really did not envy your position, and you always came back with better ways to address issues.
Thank you to every member of the Staff as well. This forum would not be what it is without you all.

Please, keep up the awesome work ! We all want to see at least another decade to unfold.

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Wow !

We are very thankful to you for featuring our Coldkey 10th anniversary of Bitcointalk event !!
It makes us very happy to provide a collectible item designed by the community and produced within it as well to commemorate this moment !

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Thank you asche and micgoossens for your kind words.

Yes, Bitcoin and crypto in general needs to be made more easily accessible.
We are working towards that.

Thanks so much for all your support !

Hello MamaSan !

Merci de ton avis.
Tu as résumé ce qui me plaisait le moins vis à vis de ce release. Par contre au niveau fonctionnel elles font bien leur taf'.  
Ça reste qu'esthétique, mais ce n'est pas non plus négligeable.
Le design de notre gamme de Coldkeys principale (BTC) va changer en 2020.

Hey Krogoth

Can I have #2 please ?

2 - yogg

Thanks !

What is the name of the company that operates game-protect.com?

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Do not listen/try to reason this scammer, he's just a waste of time and effort.
If you do listen to him, you will very likely experience a loss of coins.

Je te remercie de partager ton opinion à ce sujet et cela me conforte dans mes pensées.
Voui, c'est pas évident mais l'important c'est de retomber sur ses pattes

Les prix du concours seront distribués comme prévu initialement.
En revanche du point de vue de la production, je ne suis juste pas encore sûr de comment est-ce que ça va se dénouer.

I have that feeling as well.
Brand new accounts cannot vote (I tested it) but I know some people hoard lots of accounts as well on Bitcointalk so .. not really sure of what's going on.
Well, let's see what happens and how it ends.

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Thank you much Sat0shisGhost for sharing this.

Yes, we require original content and this is clearly explicited in the contest rules.
We cannot use this entry.

I am sorry plvbob0070 but we have to disqualify you totally from our event.

Quelques points de taille de police en plus et je t'aurais qualifié de prétentieux...

Bonjour à tous

Notre sondage est ouvert ! Venez choisir le design de Coldkey favori de la communauté qui commémore ses 10 ans !
Je vous invite à y venir pour exprimer votre voix, votre choix et vos préférences.

Voici l'URL pour y acceder : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5202453.0

Il y'a vraiment des modèles sympas qui rendent vachement bien une fois sortis !