I see only 4 posts in July, and before that his last post was on 04 February - and bpip is showing 24 post deleted so far. Personally, I don’t think this is the worst example of shilling, once per week in altcoins board some would even tolerate as acceptable behavior.

To be clear, I do not approve of this behavior - but all we can do is report posts like this. I have to admit that I have no interest in altcoins, so I am not active at all in that part of the forum.

It’s amazing that someone is falling victim to something that hasn’t existed since 2017, and that there are still people who don’t realize that one shouldn’t believe the ads that appear at the top of the search results. Somehow it seems to me that the OP was activated after 3 years of hibernation, because how else to explain what happened to him

As usual when the price of BTC rises, we have more and more people who will try to sell their BTC - which means that bad guys can expect a lot of catch in the coming period.

I personally don't think it's stupid to use cryptocurrencies as a means of payment, BTC was originally intended for just that, but over time it turned into something else. I understand that most are in this game after all for profit, but I like to pay with BTC regardless of its value relative to fiat.

That guy is become legend, despite probably paying for the most expensive pizza in the world - but has shown people that BTC can be used effectively as a payment currency, not just as a store of value. I just feel good when I pay something with BTC because not everyone has the privilege of being their own bank

I am sure that although everyone will say that they would not reveal his identity, some might change their minds if, say, someone offered a rather generous reward for that information. Money is the biggest motivator after all, and I might ask the question in the poll as follows: "Would you reveal the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto for the $1 million prize paid out in BTC?"

If the offer also contained guaranteed anonymity, I would like to see who would be consistent with the idea of "I respect his privacy".

Of course some believe, although it remains questionable whether the amount at the scammer BTC address came entirely from the victims or the scammer wanted to create the impression that people were paying for the video not to be released. Those who pay certainly have a reason for it, because they’ve probably compromised themselves at some point - and the internet is actually full of porn chat videos of people who weren’t even aware that someone was secretly recording that video chat.

I personally have never received such an e-mail, but I have always been very careful to whom and where I give my information, which ultimately proves that investing in privacy pays off in the long run.

The first thing is that you didn't check his Trust - and as far as I can see Steamtyme left a negative feedback more than a year ago. Another mistake is that you did not suspect that something strange was happening because the user in question wants a deal via Telegram - and this is usually a sign that the scammer wants to leave as few traces as possible (Telegram chat can be deleted).

I suggest you find some people for the trade who already have a good reputation, and for larger amounts it would be desirable to use escrow. This will reduce the possibility of scam to almost zero.

Coinbase has positioned itself as one of the biggest players in the crypto world, and no matter how many complain about this or that, the fact is that (if they are telling the truth) they store about 1 million of all mined BTCs so far. And as we can see they are constantly developing their business because it is the only way to stay on top, and except maybe Binance, they have no serious competitor on the world level.

Maybe this is just a response to what blockchain.com offered some time ago - although of course there is a difference between the two services - but it is crucial that in both cases users coins remain in the company's possession - which again brings us to the issue of real ownership and private key controls.

The only thing I can say is that we on the bitcointalk forum are constantly commenting on what the WB said or did, as if Bitcoin is completely dependent on one man. The man has expressed his opinion on Bitcoin countless times, and the probability of changing is extremely small or non-existent - after all, he is a man who belongs to the world of another old-school economy.

I understand that people are excited because WB has done something it has never done before, but I don't believe that gold can be followed by Bitcoin - after all, WB isn't Jamie Dimon or Michael Saylor.

I am not sure whether such a distribution of merits would be against the rules of the forum, although it seems to me that such an idea would not be very well-received by the administration and campaign managers. The question arises who will supply campaign with merits, managers who are merit sources or some donators? What we know for sure is that buying/selling merits is against the rules of the forum.

Merits should not be taken as some sort of automatic rewards, I think they still have to be earned on an individual level.

I believe that most people still take seriously how important it is not to set a simple password, which some unfortunately do to make it easier to remember. Of course, there are those who want to hack someone's account out of pure malice, but this is only possible if the owner allows it - not only with a simple password, but also with some social engineering, which is usually done via e-mail.

Therefore, it is not wise to show your e-mail publicly as some members do because you are only enabling a new vector of attack. Strong password with at least 10+ letters/numbers and special characters + unique e-mail is quite enough for you to sleep peacefully. Of course, provided that you do not install a RAT or keylogger on the computer - then all of the above becomes meaningless.

This has already become quite common, someone claims to have a compromising video about you and asks you to pay a ransom in exchange for that video. Of course, in most cases there is no video, but the fraudster reckons that some use the Internet for pornography, and some really pay in panic and fear without even looking for proof that the video exists.

Unfortunately, crypto has made things even easier for these scammers, but one should be even more careful with things like this - blackmail is a criminal offense, and everyone should report it to the authorities instead of paying ransoms.

If Bitcoin has been legalized as a payment method in Germany in Japan for years and has not destroyed their financial system, then what is this Aksakov talking about? The structure of government in dictatorial-communist countries such as Russia or China is such that it does not want to allow the slightest chance of creating any alternative that would allow people to become financially independent.

When we consider the situation in those countries, should we be surprised that millions are looking for a way out of such countries in legal and illegal ways? Money is one of the very important control factors of any society, it represents the power needed especially for the repressive systems of the police, secret services and the army that suppress any idea of changing the system.

If you know how much money is involved (total invested) then it would be better for your husband to sell half of the crypto and give you the part of the money that legally belongs to you after the divorce. Why solve it through the courts and wait for some verdicts if you can agree as mature and normal people that everyone gets their share.

On the other hand, if he doesn't want to cooperate, it will be difficult for you to prove that the money was invested in crypto at all - unless you have information about where the crypto was bought and if there is a trace of money.

Why do we even talk about clicking on Google Ads when there is such a simple option that we don't see them at all, and it's completely free? For me, anyone who uses a browser without AdBlock is someone who shouldn’t even use the Internet at all, because let’s be honest the thing is so simple that it’s not a problem to explain it to an 8-year-old within 15 minutes.

I'm just wondering how it's possible that there are so many unintelligent people on the Internet, so it's become a real paradise for scammers - money that literally falls from the sky and you don't even have to get up from a comfortable armchair...

The only logical explanation that comes to my mind is that this reported post in not handled by the same moderator which deleted previous posts. Although there are rules, their interpretation is not always identical by all moderators - and I have read such an interpretation more than once by the moderators themselves.

As far as I know Mike has booked a chair at Bloomberg since I know for BTC, which just means that from time to time he has to come up with a story that will be media attractive enough to promote his company. I don't know if Mike actually said what is written in the article, but BTC doesn't have a $20 billion market cap - it seems that someone has a problem with the basics

And what about gold mining on asteroids? Will it be profitable in the next 50 years maybe or will EM still establish a colony on Mars before that and call it X Æ A-12?

If we take into account what Snowden published about Bitcoin, then we know that some three letters agencies worked very seriously on identifying and tracking Bitcoin users. If they already had very sophisticated tools in 2013, it is not at all a question of what they have today - something much better than what all these analysis companies have at the moment.

Also, analysis of some mixers has shown that they are far from perfect tools for hiding traces, and everything a man designs is subject to reverse engineering, so I think most still live under the misconception that they can be completely anonymous on the internet.

As for terrorists, I thought Al-Qaeda and ISIS were a thing of the past - they served their purpose and now we are waiting for some new super terrorist organization because the fight against terror must not stop - maybe terrorists are waiting for the price of BTC to rise - terrorists Hodlers

This example proves that no matter what someone has $100k in crypto (although that fact is also questioned in this story), this does not mean that he has enough intelligence to follow the simplest instructions such as downloading software from the official site, or not entering his seed anywhere except in the hardware wallet.

I'm not surprised that this genius may want to hide his shame, but it's pretty frivolous that Ledger didn't reveal what actually happened, but indirectly tells us what may have happened - another illogical move on their part.

Or it is the most common attempt to attract attention in order to promote something else, such as some shitcoins that the user normally promotes. People are not so stupid as not to see what is happening, and when someone avoids giving an answer to the simple question "What actually happened" everything can be reduced to this tweet :

It was a long time ago when I used MultiBit Classic, and now I can't remember exactly whether I made a backup directly from the wallet or I just copied that file from C: \ Documents and Settings \ example \ AppData \ Roaming \ MultiBit Classic.

If you make a copy of that folder with all the files then there is no fear that you will do something irreversible. If you don't try something you won't be able to find out if you have anything in that wallet at all - maybe it's just 1000 satoshi?