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1  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: New altcoin Cryptocurrency ThanosX on: September 05, 2019, 02:46:37 AM
ICOs are doomed to fail. The capital once allocated does not incentivise the team to continue working on a product. As they literally already cashed out on the project the moment the ICO closes. I think this is also the reason why 99.9% of ICOs are under water these days. People have lost billions.
2  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: How do you use crypto? on: September 05, 2019, 02:44:05 AM
I code crypto. My main usage is preservation of wealth, ease of transaction and the immutability of my private property. More privacy protection is to be wished for, and something I am working on as well at the moment.
3  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Experience in Arbitrage trading? on: September 05, 2019, 02:39:20 AM
You can most certainly  do arbitrage trading manually! The easiest way is via OTC (over the counter direct deals) and a fiat gate way exchange.  Smiley
4  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Bitcoin core shutdown fails / hungs on: September 05, 2019, 02:36:10 AM
So it basically wants to re-download the whole chain after you shut it down and start again? Odd I have never observed that issue. Which OS are you exactly running?
5  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Using mouse input for extra entropy on: September 05, 2019, 02:20:56 AM
A compromised computer producing not truly random numbers is unlikely to produce a collusion after two 'random' events. They will rather produce random numbers in a smaller space. The output will appear random without testing, but someone with knowledge of the specific space numbers will be generated will be able to generate a collusion with fairly low effort.

The movement of the mouse is intended to counter the above risk in adding user specific random to create a larger space of possible private keys even if the computer's random function is compromised.

If computer/OS random function (such as /dev/random) is compromised, then that means your computer most likely is compromised as well since you need superuser access to compromise it.
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Besides, good entropy won't help if the output is biased.
Using your mouse for additional 'randomness' will only help against a narrow subset of possible attacks, but one that is difficult to detect.

This might help you if you are using an 'offline' computer to generate private keys that has previously been exposed to the internet, but that will not be connected to the internet in the future. An attacker may anticipate this and mess with the /dev/random function and nothing else.

I understand this private key generation will take both the output from the /dev/random and the mouse movements converted into a number, and display a private key based on both. So if the /dev/random produces the same output two times, the difference in mouse movements will cause the software to produce two private keys.

The duration of mouse movements play a huge role as well. It gets exponentially more secure the longer you move your mouse around. every movement of the mouse so to say makes its predictability increasingly more difficult. So even if you move the mouse in a predictable manner for 10 seconds, if you move it in a non-standard way for 1 additional movement it becomes practically impossible to predict. Now do this for 30 seconds and you see where this is going. I don't have the math for this at hand right now, but it is simple statistics.
6  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is blockchain a perfect solution? on: May 16, 2019, 12:43:55 AM
Bitcoin comes close to being a miracle that is happened. It is also the first ever software which can't be shut down once it got released and executed, think about that. 
7  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Message to all Brits who voted for sovergnity, you are damn idiots on: May 16, 2019, 12:18:55 AM
Very deranged, you do realise what was the catalyst for people to vote leave? EU is turning into a socialist dystopia, all inclusive the gradual erosion of your freedoms which wars where fought over. Show some respect to our ancestors who gave their lives for the little freedom we have left today and stop spitting on their graves.
8  Economy / Economics / Re: Starbucks, Nordstrom And Whole Foods Now Accept Bitcoin on: May 16, 2019, 12:11:47 AM
I am pleasantly surprised by the developments in crypto adoption. We are slowly closing the economic loop. Next up, pay your rent in crypto. Then salary, gas and taxes.
9  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Should I make the jump to segwit? on: May 16, 2019, 12:05:07 AM
I'd suggest you use legacy addresses for long term storage and mind to short term use, go with segwit.
10  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency user friendly? on: May 16, 2019, 12:02:06 AM
There is a lot of work that needs to be done around the area of private key management. If you are not on top of the game in terms of it security, like multiple encrypted backups, strong passwords and multiple steps of verification, you soon see that we are far away from your average person being comfortable holding significant amounts in crypto currencies. Its not like keeping cash in a vault, but thats where we'll need to go, figuratively speaking.
11  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Mixing Bitcoin twice in series in case your mixer is a bad actor or mixes poorly on: May 12, 2019, 06:58:20 PM
Very nice work, thank you for sharing!

Mixers are becoming increasingly more popular these days... Geehh I wonder why.
12  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Whats up with Craig Wright? on: May 11, 2019, 05:48:23 PM
Craig is a fraud. Its that simple. One of crypto's greatest advantages is that you can easily prove who you are by sining a message with your private key. And if that private key has been associated with SN, then that would end the discussion right there. Very easy, yet Craig hasn't done so as of yet, not even when asked to do so in front of court.
13  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What is this GotSatoshi.com? New drama unfolding? on: May 10, 2019, 11:57:53 PM
I can add a little to this... we sold the domain name about a month ago out of our crypto portfolio at MinerBrand.com but we sold it on Afternic and have no idea who the buyer is and we never dealt directly with him/her. Any prior domain history you see is ours and doesn't reflect the buyer's identity. I've seen various posts on other websites and Twitter hinting that the name was not transferred and that the owner since 2017 is the same person who created the site. That's not true. It was transferred last month (actually I think it was just pushed to another GoDaddy account) but Afternic handled the whole transfer and we have no clue who bought it.

Thanks for sharing, guess we'll know more in about 3 days.

What are you guys guessing? Just a marketing stunt?
14  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A Bill to Ban Buying All Cryptocurrencies on: May 10, 2019, 11:04:59 PM
They stand no chance. Tried to ban Alcohol, didn't work, imagine banning a digital good this time.

More and more privacy oriented features are being built to protect from exactly this kind of hostile behaviour.
15  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Even former bears are switching sides on: May 10, 2019, 07:48:28 PM
Apparently Vinny Lingham and Tone Vays are bullish, Vays for the short term, and Lingham thinks the bull is knocking on the door.

https://chainbulletin.com/vinny-lingham-announces-that-the-next-48-hours-will-decide-if-the-bull-market-is-back/


Vinny failed at calling the top, Vays failed with his prediction of a longer crypto winter. Do you think they are correct this time?

The majority is wrong in a majority of time.
16  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Lil Pump now accepts Bitcoin as payment on: May 10, 2019, 02:21:25 AM
Very interesting to see bitcoin seeping into mainstream music.

Culture usually shifts on the heels of music. This might be how it reaches the masses.

Could very well catch on, as trends like this can spread like a virus across the rap industry and literally reach millions.
17  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Any thoughts on Casa Node? on: May 10, 2019, 12:17:45 AM
I wonder if raspberry PI still handles bitcoin nodes. There are a couple projects out there doing just that. Should do it, just need proper storage. I don't think it matters too much what node you end up running, as long as it keeps supporting the latest official updates and releases.
18  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Has Bitcoin attained the maturity stage or is too early? on: May 09, 2019, 05:58:48 PM
Don't get distracted by short term price speculation. The most important metric is volatility.

You'll see a direct correlation between volatility and adoption. The lower the volatility the further along we are on the adoption curve.
19  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Hack and The Rollback on: May 09, 2019, 03:22:29 PM
No doubt it would have created a clean fork, chain split in two. Between the two camps, the immutable absolutist and the naive realists.

Exactly how it unfolded for ETH and ETC. They must have forgotten the damage that fork caused to ETH. They lost a good chunk of the community there and gave up a core philosophy.
20  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: An Experiment on trade - Smart contract for trustless trading on: May 08, 2019, 04:15:43 PM
I think this could be useful if you combine it with a reputation system.

Much how ebay works, you only risk low value transaction with people who have a low reputation score.

There are a few projects out there working on a system like this.
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