One of the top security tips for holding bitcoin is not to let anyone know you are holding it as it will endanger both your life and your coins.  Then this taught comes in, what if your holding is no longer a secret, how do you manage such condition? How do you secure yourself and your coins?

Well, I composed this as suggestion to help vulnerable members who failed to take precaution of one of the most important security tip. I will divide this into two sections;

1. Wallet security
2. Physical/Personal security

1. Wallet security: Since people are aware you hodl bitcoin you should be strict with your wallat security. The following suggestions should help;

a. Use Multisig Wallets: Of course you know that in multisig wallets, multiple private keys are needed to sign transactions before the coin can be used or spent. This will help prevent prevent a single compromise or coercion from draining all your bitcoin asset.

b. Segregating Holdings: splitting holding can also be of help. Store large bulk in cold, hidden storage and then keep a small portion on a hot wallet for day to day transactions this way, if you are ever forced to send some coins only a small portion of it will be at risk.

c. Diversify Brands of Hardware Wallets: Some coins can be stored in Trevor while the remainder can be stored in Ledger Nano x as the case maybe. This way, bug or an exploit in one type will not compromise everything.

2. Physical/Personal Security: As we all know, robbery is always associated with physical assault, so here are some suggestions that may reduce the possibility of such occurrence.

a. Install security devices such as CCTV cameras, alarms, motion sensor, etc as this will help you track strange activities around you.

b. You can also employ trusted security personnel or bodyguard if the threat level justifies this, especially if you are a public figure.

c. Also ensure to keep you location and travel plans undisclosed in order to reduce profiling by potential attackers.

d. Should there be any need to relocate from your existing neighbourhood? Please do, your potential attacker might just be your next door neighbour.

Note: These are just suggestions and not exhaustive as well. Feel free to contribute your ideas as well.

Please stay safe and be guided.

Well, I think the core relay rules does not just focus on setting fees rather they are put in place to maintain the network general health.

It was reversed because it no longer matched the real world conditions. Remember that satoshis had become more valuable so the previous rate was unnecessary high as it obstructed some legitimate transactions. Moreover, miners were already including rates below 1 sat/VB which made core developers to adjust the node policy with miners behavior.

My brothers and sisters I greet ona o. Something just enter my head today to torchlight on this matter small.

Even as we dey learn more about how to secure our bitcoin make we also try dey learn how to secure our live first. I know say na God dey protect but make we try our own first then live the rest for God. Na person wey dey alive dey hodl bitcoin.

Snake na wetin dey really worry for many of our homes, even some offices too. Make we see some reasons why snake dey enter house:

- Haunt for preys:
Snake no just dey come house, e dey come find food wey him go chop like lizard, rat, frog, etc.
- Condusive Environment:
Snake dey like where dey chilling especially for hot afternoon because of the kind body wey dem get naim make you ft jam snake for your WC at times.
More reasons dey but na d ones I ft remember b this, u go ft add your own for people to learn too.

So how we go ft take reduce or prevent this snakes from our homes? Oya check d following list, feel free to add more to this information:

-The first thing na to keep your house neat at all time, this one go reduce way rats and other rodents dey enter our house. You ft buy otapiapia or kill and dry to control rodents too.

- If you see hole or gap for door, window or any entry point for your house abeg try dey block am so that space no go dey for them to use enter.

- Try dey cut grass comot from your surroundings, some people go dey allow their environment dey like sambisa forest first before them go cut am, my brother na you life you dey endanger o, no use your hand kpai yourself.

- No dey hip firewood for house like that, snakes dey sabi use am as source of shelter and hideout.

If you ft do all these things,  snakes no go really dey enjoy to come around your environment like that. I say make I drop this safety tips for here because we need to stay alive to enjoy the bitcoin  wey we dey hodl.

If you get more contributions abeg feel free to add your own. Stay safe, one love.

 
Cookies are supposed to serve as a tool to improve security and user experience unfortunately, scammers can turn it into a tool for malicious activities,  so my brother just as you have said we need to be more security conscious and know the kind cookies we accept.



Even websites with great designs can also serve as threat.

To add to the list please do not autosave your password on any browser, if possible, back-up your pass by writing it down on a piece of paper and keep safe.

I think the down side of this would be the uncertainty in government regulations. The government can decide to impose task or restrict usage and another issue would be security concern because if the private key gets high-jacked by hackers then you loss your coin, beside bitcoin is still controversial in some sectors.

My suggestion to companies is that companies split their reserve across digital asset (Bitcoin) and physical asset such as gold. This way there will be balance.

No matter how we sugar-coat it, government indirectly influence bitcoin in one way or the other since they hold it in reasonable sum and stipulated law in the society.

The idea of decentralisation is perfect but it should be noted that this cannot be 100% achieved maybe 80%. But I don't think we should be bothered by this since we are not using bitcoin for criminal activities.

What I am about to say is quite controversial. I normally bet two slips containing thesame game, one for a possible cash out and the other one I can leave till the end of the game. The idea is even if the game cuts at full time I will use the cash out slip to recover my stake and if the other slip goes through its a win-win situation.

OP the idea is simple, people get convinced to buy your product if you are a living evidence of what that product can actually do.
So yes, keeping himself anonymous makes people trust his process in decentralisation.

Hi OP, everyone feels that way you are not alone. In as much as many measure have been put in place by sports authorities to combat point-shaving,  it can not be completely eliminated, so yes, it still exist.

However, what is worth noting is that this act has reduced drastically as compared to the situation before now. It is just like the way crime can not be completely eliminated in the society despite bills passed into law by the government to eliminate it.

Both decentralised and centralised gambling comes with risk of fraud. But I think we need to weigh the risk involved.

For centralised gambling, you deposit money into the Casino's account, trusting them to pay if you win. Imagine if the company shuts down suddenly, what will happen to your funds?

For decentralised gambling on the other hand, run on a blockchain instead of being controlled by a company or a central authority. Now imagine if there is a bug in the smart contract, attackers/ hackers will exploit this and drain funds.

For me, both are risky. I will advice you choose the risk you are more comfortable with 

Hello friends, I have been researching in this forum about Bitcoin inheritance protocol for a while now and I have come across different threads.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5185907.msg52497274#msg52497274
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5512560.msg64615711#msg64615711

Many of these threads only focus on time locked transaction.
Disadvantage: What if the supposed heir doesn't have a bitcoin address.

Though I am a newbie but this is my proposal and please correct me where necessary and do not underrate my opinion because of my rank. Thank you in advance!

Proposal:
What if a system is created where the holder and the heir have two different set of seed phrases. One for the holder and the other for the heir.

Criteria:
-The seed phrase of the heir cannot access the wallet/address until N years as stipulated by the holder.
- Only after N years can the heir access the wallet/address.

Question:
What if the holder is alive till N years?
Answer:
Then the holder have to login a day before N years to modify the duration.

N/B: N is an integer ranging from 1, 2, 3.......

Advantages of this proposed method:
- Only the holder can have access to this account until he/she passes away.
- Eliminates any risk of the heir harming the account holder to gain early access to the inheritance.

Again, I am not a developer, this is just my opinion to developers and the community so feel free to let me know if this makes sense.

Really nice, I must say this brief lecture has been helpful to me as a newbie here. But I have a question, is anyone free to mine and if so, what tools do I need for mining?

Thank you for this thread. I had already implemented all you have said except one, I never knew my bitcointalk account could be hacked because I saved my password in Google password manager. Now that I know this I will quickly go ahead to delete it from my Google password manager.

Great idea, this act really shows you take this local board to your heart and I really appreciate that.
Sad to say I can't participate right now because I'm just new here and do not meet your requirements but I look forward to participate in later events when I rank better

Congrats to the winners in advance and kudos to the organiser.

Thank you for this thread. I have covered few of these topics you've recommended. I am actually new to this forum, although I have made threads on topics I have learnt so far including mempool. But I must confess, even though I am still learning the platform seems to be difficult for me to cope alone, I wish I could have a professional who could give answers to all my curiosity in this platform.

Many people hear about escrow but don’t know how it really works. Since Bitcoin can’t be reversed once sent, escrow helps you avoid getting scammed. Here’s the simple process:

-You and the seller agree on the trade.

-Instead of sending BTC direct, you send it to an escrow wallet (Na middle man escrow be)

-The seller delivers what you paid for.

-Once you confirm, escrow releases the BTC to the seller.

If there’s a problem, escrow settles it and returns the coins to the right person.

I suggest you only use trusted escrow with reputation on Bitcointalk or known platforms like Binance P2P. always confirm the real address, and don’t pay extra release fees.

Escrow might look like an extra step, but it saves you from losing your coins. Do you guys use escrow often, or only when you don’t fully trust the other party?

Bitcoin is very profitable, but it’s also extremely volatile. From 2018 till now it didn’t just rise smoothly and there were big crashes along the way, and not everyone had the patience to hold through them.

Land is slower but more sstable. You can’t flip it overnight like Bitcoin, but it has real value. You can build, rent, or use it as collateral. Of course, it also comes with risks like omo-onile and government issues.

So yes, in terms of returns Bitcoin wins. But for safety and predictability, land still has its place. The best strategy would be to diversify between both of them. Own some bitcoin and also own some land in strategic areas.

War brings about loss of property
War brings about hunger
War causes depression
Most importantly, war causes loss of human lives.

My humble suggestion is that the root causes of this war should be addressed so there can stability and peace in the region again, running away can't solve the issue on ground. God bless Ukraine, God bless Russia

I don’t hold too many right now. Just a bit of ETH and some smaller altcoins I’m experimenting with. I’m keeping it small because I’m still learning and don’t want to risk more than I can afford.