Bitcoin Forum
May 26, 2024, 05:18:02 AM *
News: Latest Bitcoin Core release: 27.0 [Torrent]
 
  Home Help Search Login Register More  
  Show Posts
Pages: « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 [47] 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 »
921  Economy / Lending / Re: Want to get a loan of 150 USDT on: August 08, 2023, 10:09:27 AM
Less than a month ago you needed a loan of $1000[1]. After getting all the answers you need in that thread and ignoring all of it, you are back with a new loan request and a new reason for needing the loan, also a new repayment interest rate.
What is familiar in both cases is you offer no collateral and will not be getting any takers.

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5460270.msg62570559#msg62570559

- Jay -
922  Other / Archival / Re: [Merit] Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rank on: August 08, 2023, 09:14:50 AM
Rank: Newbie
Congratulations on your potential new rank.

- Jay -
923  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Question of Consolidating UTXOs on: August 08, 2023, 07:23:29 AM
AFAIK, the witness data for spending Taproot inputs should not be smaller than that for Segwit inputs (due to the nature of Taproot placing hashes in order to prove a leaf of a script has been unlocked). So at least to be it is quite strange to see that native segwit addresses are more expensive.
Native Segwit is cheaper for majority of transactions, except in cases where there is a high number of inputs and low number of outputs, like when consolidating many smaller UTXOs into a single transaction. Charles-Tim explains more in this topic[1]
Taproot is also essentially a version (1) of Segwit.

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5370591

- Jay -
924  Economy / Services / Re: [OPEN] Duelbits.com | Signature Campaign ~ Full Members+ | Up to $70/Week on: August 08, 2023, 07:14:18 AM
Bitcointalk Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3471165
Current amount of posts (including this one): 597
SegWit (preferably bech32) BTC Address for Payouts: bc1qcj739rwkf6lx3e94kc7uswxzvwks6y7mt3pgss
EARNED merit in the last 120 days: 206
925  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: WARNING when using mobile device wallets (Android, iOS) on: August 08, 2023, 07:11:27 AM
Can you please say some third reliable keyboard partie?
You mean open source keyboards? o_e_l_e_o already mentioned three in the first page of this thread: Openboard, AnySoftKeyboard, and Florisboard.

Also if you can, you can use them, b ut in  the long run who can assure you they are not gonna change something and make a backdoor in one update? and yes you can check that, but are you gonna be always checking every update in a cellphone? most people no.
I will rather have the problem of needing to check the source code than having no clue what goes on whatsoever.
Even if you cannot check the codes directly, following regular updates will give you a heads up if anything changes, but with closed source keyboards or platforms in general you have no clue.

- Jay
926  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: WARNING when using mobile device wallets (Android, iOS) on: August 07, 2023, 04:25:06 PM
Does google keyboard(gkeyboard) and swiftkey keyboard counts on what to avoid for 3rd party keyboards. I’m using wallet software most of the time and I’m not aware that there’s still a possibility to hack my wallet through the use of tools outside the wallet.
Yes, they are closed source and collect user information based on what you type presenting a security risk.
Go for free and open source alternatives.

I rarely check my wallet address that I copy when using mobile phone. Thanks for the heads up.
Yuu should always. Not just a quick glance at the first and last few words, but a whole look at the two addresses, i.e, where you are copying from and where you are pasting too.

- Jay -
927  Other / Meta / Re: Is resetting a BTT account password bad? on: August 07, 2023, 03:07:17 PM
I just have to reply with my btc address in that thread?  Did you meant that? Sorry for the inconvenience I never signed before.
You are to sign a message which can only be done by the owner of the private keys, showing you own the bitcoin address in question.
You post that signed message in that Stake an address thread. Someone will verify the signature and quote the message to lock it in.

Here is a useful guide on How to sign a message?!

- Jay -
928  Other / Meta / Re: Is resetting a BTT account password bad? on: August 07, 2023, 03:01:20 PM
Resetting your password is not an issue if you have a good reason for doing it. The warning is put in place for anyone trading with that user to take some extra precautions. This could be asking you to produce a signed signature from an address you used at some point, which will not be an issue since you're the owner of the account.

You can preempt this and make a reply in the stake your address thread[1] about the change in password or email.

p.s: By the time of my writing, I don't remember my password. Tongue
If you can remember your password, it's a poor password choice and should be changed.
Passwords should be complex with a mixture of alphabets, numerals and special characters.

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=996318.0

- Jay -
929  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Are you running Bitcoin Core through Tor? Should it be a requirement? on: August 07, 2023, 12:01:48 PM
Unless they're high profile person or they live in authoritarian country.
These people are those who will be more interested in hiding their identity and ip address while running a node.
Is it possible you misunderstood my post you replied to?

- Jay -
930  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Question of Consolidating UTXOs on: August 07, 2023, 10:39:32 AM
You can possibly have a fee of 4.5 to 5 sats/vbyte[1] confirmed if you are not in a hurry, which you do not have to be when consolidating inputs.

what else should I know before proceeding?
Read the links above and switch to an address which saves up on fees to increase your chances of paying a lot less than you ordinarily would have to.
Also use a wallet that allows RBF, so you can adjust the fees slightly after making the transaction if the need arises.

[1] https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#BTC,1w,fee

- Jay -
931  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Are you running Bitcoin Core through Tor? Should it be a requirement? on: August 07, 2023, 06:49:39 AM
Yeah, it is designed to be censorship resistant, but its packets have some recognizable  patterns that allow to mark the relevant network traffic as to be originated from TOR app.
TOR users are more interested in hiding their identity and masking their ip addresses than the fact that they are using TOR.

Given the exceedingly slow number of users who have participated  in the poll  I would consider ~50% to be reasonable estimate.
If the poll is already flawed you cannot imply calculate for errors and assume that is a reasonable estimate.

- Jay -
932  Economy / Services / Re: [OPEN] [banned mixer] - Premium Mixing | Sig Campaign | Up to $210/W on: August 07, 2023, 06:34:24 AM
Username: un_rank
BTC SegWit Address: bc1qcj739rwkf6lx3e94kc7uswxzvwks6y7mt3pgss
933  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Are you running Bitcoin Core through Tor? Should it be a requirement? on: August 06, 2023, 05:59:07 PM
Poll results shows that ~ 2/3 of bitcointalk users use clearnet to run their nodes, the rest utilize darknet. At the same time,  statistics gathered  by  Bitnodes  API reveals opposite result - 82% of nodes route their traffic via TOR".
I am not sure if it is a typo but the calculations taken to arrive at 82% looks flawed from the article text:
Quote
The data shows that a significant portion of bitcoin nodes — 8,162 out of 14,838, nearly 82% — cannot be accurately located thanks to them routing their traffic through the Tor network
Those figures should give a total within the region of 55% and not 82%.

You can also not take a pool of 20 users who we cannot guarantee actually run a node to be any accurate.

- Jay -
934  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: WARNING when using mobile device wallets (Android, iOS) on: August 05, 2023, 07:47:15 PM
I have a question, if we can't trust the stock Android or Apple keyboard, can we trust their operating system or hardware product? Because we are also using their phone or computer to install Electrum.
You are not trusting that either, rather you are trusting verifying that electrum does not remotely store your private keys which will leave it exposed to be stolen. Even if the OS says they are not monitoring your data, they most likely are, what you have to do is limit to a minimum the amount of data they can access.

But as suggested above using an airgapped device or an open source hardware wallet like Passport is your safest option, cause the OS plays a huge role in the security of the applications that are run on them.

- Jay -
935  Other / Meta / Re: Community Vote: Add "Cybersecurity & Privacy" board to Bitcointalk. on: August 05, 2023, 07:39:09 PM
Your vote: Yes
Have you read the OP of Discussion: "Cyber... before posting?: Yes
What is your opinion on adding the board to BitcoinTalk?: Having a dedicated board for Security and Privacy related discussions will bring more emphasis to those subjects that are very important to Bitcoin going forward. It might not exactly prevent all victims from making costly mistakes but it is the best shot we have at making more users of the internet here (which is everyone) more security conscious.

N.B: Can I suggest that the hyperlink to the discussion thread be taking out from the format. It id already linked in the OP and does not have to be in every preceding reply on the thread.

- Jay -
936  Economy / Services / Re: [OPEN] Yo!Mix Bitcoin Mixer Signature Campaign| Reward up to $130/w | GREEN ZONE on: August 05, 2023, 07:12:01 PM
Current number of post (Including this one): 585
Rank: Sr. Member
bech32 address: bech32 address: bc1qcj739rwkf6lx3e94kc7uswxzvwks6y7mt3pgss
Merit earned in the last 120 days: 204


- Jay -
937  Other / Meta / Re: Search function stuck in pre 2020? on: August 04, 2023, 09:23:37 AM
Try Ninjastic.Space to search posts on Bitcointalk. The only drawback is that it misses later post edits.
Not much of a draw back considering there is a link to the post on the forum which captures later edits.

It could be seen as a plus where you get the original content and can see the latest version too.

- Jay -
938  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Can we choose our own seed words? on: August 04, 2023, 09:16:32 AM
Also have an online backup but I don't think that won't be reliable cause anything online could be hacked or compromised. I prefer offline backup if you are sure you can store them securely.
As you said an online back up exposes you to risks and threats and defeats the purpose of having it stored offline. Why did you opt for an online backup if you are aware of the risks of hacks?

I will suggest you sweep to a new address and back that up solely offline if you want to be really thorough or just delete the online back up and hope it was not already compromised.

- Jay -
939  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Can we choose our own seed words? on: August 04, 2023, 07:46:54 AM
If you do not wish to write your passphrase in anywhere in fear of compromising it try to make a rhyme or poem with it only for you.
It is not an option between writing it down and memorizing it, seed phrases are meant to be written down. That is also one of the reasons that 12 words phrases are used, they are easier to write down while providing sufficient entropy.

Think of how many song lyrics you could comfortably sing word-for-word some years back, try them now and check the accuracy level. Even if you could sing the song perfectly after several years, that is only for how long your delicate brain is working efficiently, if any accident or trauma affects the brain you probably will lose access to that memory. Aging of the brain also naturally deteriorates its performance.

Mnemonic phrase usually some random word so give them a meaning so that you won't forget and do not tell it to anyone. Even if you write it down in some place no one will understand what is it if you do not tell them.
Trying to commit it to memory why having a paper back up is not a bad idea and does not compromise your security in any way, it could be another means of recovering if you lose your back up. This is also why you should have more than 1 back up in different locations.

- Jay -
940  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: August 02, 2023, 04:52:51 PM
The money being spent by Saudi Pro league clubs is nothing compared to what European clubs have been spending for several years now especially in the premier league. The EPL has the biggest pull in Europe both financially and attractiveness, this has been normalized maybe because the league actually generates heavy revenue, bigger than the other top leagues while the Saudi League at this time is spending far more than they are generating.

In my personal opinion, I do not think the Saudi league can sustain these investments for several years if they do not focus on youth training centers and scouting facilities. Buying players who are at the twilight of their careers does not boost a league up, it just creates hype which will eventually fade away. They need to combine high profile signings with talent generation.

- Jay -
Pages: « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 [47] 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 »
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!