 https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1786170805728039127Edwards Snowden just made a tweet with final warning for everyone that privacy for Bitcoin is needed on protocol level. I tend to agree with him on this and I really don't understand why nothing has been done regarding that for years, unless this was done intentional. Funny comment was made by Jameson that we might take another ten years to do this  The clock is ticking... |
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We are officially at war! One of the Bitcointalk forum members known as MemoryDealers aka Roger Ver was allegedly arrested in Spain for tax fraud. Everyone knows him since the early days of Bitcoin, and later he supported BCH as one of the bitcoin forks with larger block size. I was never one of his supporters but I respect what he did in early says of Bitcoin. This was his last post in bitcointalk forum: Early Bitcoin Investor Charged with Tax Fraud
Man Known as “Bitcoin Jesus” Evaded Nearly $50M in Taxes
WASHINGTON – An indictment was unsealed yesterday charging Roger Ver, an early investor in bitcoins, with mail fraud, tax evasion and filing false tax returns. Ver was arrested this weekend in Spain based on the U.S. criminal charges. The United States will seek Ver’s extradition to stand trial in the United States.
According to the indictment, Ver formerly of Santa Clara, California, owned MemoryDealers.com Inc. and Agilestar.com Inc., two companies that sold computer and networking equipment. Starting in 2011, Ver allegedly began acquiring bitcoins for himself and his companies. He also allegedly avidly promoted bitcoins, even obtaining the moniker “Bitcoin Jesus.”
On Feb. 4, 2014, Ver allegedly obtained citizenship in St. Kitts and Nevis and shortly thereafter renounced his U.S. citizenship in a process known as expatriation. As a result of his expatriation, Ver allegedly was required under U.S. law to file tax returns that reported capital gains from the constructive sale of his world-wide assets, including the bitcoins, and to report the fair market value of his assets. He was also allegedly required to pay a tax – referred to as an “exit tax” – on those capital gains. By Feb. 4, 2014, Ver and his companies allegedly owned approximately 131,000 bitcoins that traded on several large exchanges for around $871 each. MemoryDealers and Agilestar allegedly held approximately 73,000 of those bitcoins.
Ver allegedly hired a law firm to assist him with his expatriation and to prepare his expatriation-related tax returns. Ver also allegedly hired an appraiser to value his two companies. Ver allegedly provided or caused to be provided false or misleading information to the law firm and appraiser that concealed the true number of bitcoins he and his companies owned. As a result, the law firm allegedly prepared and filed false tax returns that substantially undervalued the two companies and their 73,000 bitcoins and did not report that Ver owned any bitcoins personally.
The indictment further alleges that by June 2017, Ver’s two companies continued to own approximately 70,000 bitcoins. Around that time, Ver allegedly took possession of those bitcoins and in November 2017 sold tens of thousands of them on cryptocurrency exchanges for approximately $240 million in cash. Even though Ver was not then a U.S. citizen, he was still legally required to report to the IRS and pay tax on certain distributions such as dividends from MemoryDealers and Agilestar, which were U.S. corporations. Ver allegedly concealed from his accountant that he had received and sold MemoryDealers’ and Agilestar’s bitcoins that year. As a result, Ver’s 2017 individual income tax return did not report any gain or pay any tax related to the distribution of MemoryDealers’ and Agilestar’s bitcoins to him.
In total, Ver is alleged to have caused a loss to the IRS of at least $48 million.
Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada for the Central District of California made the announcement.
IRS Criminal Investigation's cybercrimes unit is investigating the case.
Assistant Chief Matthew J. Kluge and Trial Attorney Peter J. Anthony of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney James. C. Hughes for the Central District of California are prosecuting the case.
An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/early-bitcoin-investor-charged-tax-fraudTopic will be updated with more information later, but I am interested to hear your opinion about this. |
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Theymos probably opened a Pandora's box when he banned mixers from bitcointalk forum, because US/EU officials can now call anything to be a ''mixer'' including bitcoin wallets I was never a big fan of Samourai wallet, but that is open source tool for privacy and lot of people used it. Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses. These charges arise from the defendants’ development, marketing, and operation of a cryptocurrency mixer https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-and-ceo-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-arrested-and-charged-money-launderingI think people will have to change definitions about many things soon. Welcome to 2024 1984 |
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Dragi SirJohnVonSlotty sretan ti 37 rođendan! Dubai danima plače za tobom raznim poplavama, mi se svi na lokalu nadamo se da si konačno pronašao novi posao. Od foruma imaš jednu torticu na profilu kao poklon   |
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Few days ago I found out that github developer darosior (Antoine Poinsot) released open source code for setting up Ledger hardware wallet without ever using official Ledger Live app (known for spying and spamming). This is still early Proof of Concept, and there are plans to make updates in future, but for now it supports only Bitcoin (no altcoins) and there is no ledger recover subscription by default. There is no GUI released yet, so everything is done by commands for now. Github page: https://github.com/darosior/ledger_installer
This topic will be updated with in future with more information. If you find any additional information about this project please post them here. |
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Ako imate vremena poslušajte ovaj kontroverzni intervju koji je Roger Ver nedavno dao za Bitcoin Takeover Podcast. Iako se slažete ili ne slažete sa Rogerom i stvarima izrečenim u ovom intervjuu, mislim da ćete sigurno naučiti nešto. Vlasnik podcasta Vlad Costea je pod velikim udarima zbog ovog intervjua od strane bitcoin maximalista aka BitGobistatm.  https://youtu.be/DMxx6O9_9nQ |
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I am looking for reliable service in Europe that can work as Anonymous Lockers service for receiving and sending physical packages while respecting customer privacy.
This can also be some type of forwarding service with physical addresses located in different countries around the Europe.
I would prefer if there was a way to pay with bitcoin, monero and other cryptocurrencies, but fiat payments are also acceptable.
Do you know any service like this based in Europe, and have you ever used it?
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There are several good open source Bitcoin wallets available for both desktop and mobile devices, but situation is not that great for people who want to use one wallet for multiple coins. Many people used Coinomi wallet for years but they changed the source code and developers are not maintaining it anymore. I decided to start working on creating a list of Multicoin Wallets that are open source or with similar source available license. There won't be any rating in my list, but I will write my short review for most of them with pros and cons. Any wallet in this list must support Bitcoin mainnet BTC along with other additional coins! Desktop wallets:: Mobile Wallets: Wallets for Bitcoin and Liquid assets L-USDT and L-BTC: Note that safest option for this purpose is to use hardware wallets like Trezor, Bitbox, Keystone, Onekey, Satochip, etc.
This topic is work in progress, and it is opened for discussion. Every contribution is appreciated so please post your suggestion for other open source wallets. |
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I don't know why my previous two posts got deleted in one topic, maybe ''s0meone'' didn't like what I wrote so he quickly reported my posts  Anyway I am posting my last two posts from that topic here, maybe someone can tell me if I was wrong with my speculation. Stupidity of some people is infinite Why would anyone have envy about hair transplant liar like clown Elon?! Is it because he is constantly on drugs and antidepressants by his own admission, or because of his personal life?  If anyone is stupid enough to believe in his fairytale stories how he became rich go for it .... but he never invented anything in his life, he didn't create Paypal and he didn't create Tesla roadster... he stole everything from other people. Deal with this mr. shill and enjoy driving your tin can electric junk, while thinking you are saving the ball. Sure, if you can say that I am brainwashed jealous liberal, than I can say that you a scammer and a cheater, just like your idol Elon Musk. I have reason to suspect that you purchased Tesla junk with stolen coins, and funny enough you are accused for stealing 7 BTC from forum, that was just enough to buy this junk There are open scam accusation against you, with lot of negative feedback: | | Vod | | 2021-02-14 | | Reference | | OGNasty steals 7btc from forum. Not sure how I missed this one - thanks LoyceV. |
Heck you spent more than 6 BTC and you still have some change left in your wallet for popcorns, big mac and coca cola. The irony is thick here... accusing someone of being "a liberal" and then being concerned about nanny state not watching out for your fingers. Most people figure out how doors and various other openings work around the age of 2. How about the cybertruck not being able to do simple truck things like driving in the amount of snow that my 2008 rear wheel drive shitbox with all-season junkyard tires does twice a day with no issues, not concerning at all? https://jalopnik.com/cybertrucks-keep-getting-stuck-in-snow-1851148697In case your post suddenly gets deleted like mine, you can safely continue discussion here. I would really like to talk more about 7 missing bitcoins and funny thing that happened with Tesla. I am sure it's nothing.  |
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Did anyone notice member sedinvore and his topic for AI Seed Phrase Finder? His service looks very suspicious, it is some type of software that is installed on windows and it is AI that allegedly searched for seed phrases. I didn't download or inspect this software and I didn't have time to scan it with online antivirus, but I noticed something else. It appears that he hired a bunch of newbie members to ask silly questions and create fake conversation in his topic. This are are low value posts so far: Please explain we getting all types of seed phrase or some restriction  how we can connects wallet.,:-\ AI seed phrase finder required any private key for output? It's all are algorithm based or work with AI  How does this project work? I mean does it really work?
"AI seed phrase finder" have any video proof, so we can easily judge it's work or not How does the AI Seed Phrase Finder and BTC Balance Checker use artificial intelligence algorithms to recover lost seed phrases for Bitcoin wallets?
Could you elaborate on the validation process in Step 2 of the algorithm and explain how it ensures that only potentially functioning Bitcoin wallets are considered in the subsequent steps?
It is hard process to explain here, detailed information is available on platform ai-seedfinder.com
You also have the opportunity to contact the developers through the Telegram : @AI_seed_finder_balance_checker/
AI Finder has a special mode generates seed phrases in real-time based let me explain, we getting how's long seed phrases If we use AI seed phrase tool any risks of lost my balance or hack my crypto We can find also other altcoin seed  What is the basic requirements to run this AI Seed tool? How is the process of finding mnemonic phrases for BTC wallets?
What makes this seed phrase recovery AI a game changer in the realm of cryptocurrencies, and how does it address the challenges faced by users who have lost or forgotten their seed phrases?
Are there any additional features or best practices incorporated to ensure the utmost security for users' cryptocurrency assets?
How reliable is the system in identifying and categorizing seeds? How is the AI model trained and validated
Is there something we can do with this, or just to ignore it? |
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I just got my hands on a brand new mobile wallet for bitcoin called Aqua wallet. Aqua wallet is non-custodial wallet created by Jan3 company and it is using Liquid and Lightning layer two in addition to regular Bitcoin main net. After selecting Layer 2 Bitcoin option I can click Receive button and choose between Lightning and Liquid:  I think this could be useful wallet especially in time when fees are high, and I would much rather use this when I need to receive stable coins USDT or EUR in more private way. One more interesting is that you can accept payments from other chains like ethereum or tron and receive them as USDT. If we compare fees we can see that transactions are much cheaper than most other alternatives available today, and transactions can be confidential:  I don't see any links for github, so I don't know anything about license but I would love to see this being open source soon. Aqua wallet is not yet approved and available on g00gle play and app store, but APK file is available for testing on their website. Just make sure to backup your seed words in safe place after wallet creation. I think there is a space to improve this wallet, maybe with adding Tor switch, dark theme, releasing source code, but it's not a bad start for first version.  https://aquawallet.io/Important note:Aqua wallet is using BIP84 derivation path for Bitcoin and BIP49 for Liquid_BTC. Have you tested Aqua wallet and what do you think about it? |
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Few days ago Satochip and me organized a nice Giveaway for 14th years of Bitcointalk forum and lucky winner was selected randomly. Interest was shown from other forum members who really liked the design of this cards and they wanted to buy them if possible. Current card design N 1 was printed in only 5 limited edition cards and this design won't be printed ever again, so better hurry up if you want to find them in stock. You can check all the details and make purchase on official Satochip page: https://satochip.io/product/BitcoinTalk-Satoshi-1/ This is how the cards look printed from all sides, and you can see ID numbers from #1 to #5:     You can use this Satochip cards as open source hardware wallets and they work great in combination with Laptops like Thinkpad that have card readers. Satochip cards works with Sparrow wallet and with Electrum Satochip client (using plugin): https://satochip.io/software/Satochip Bitcointalk cards website: https://satochip.io/product/BitcoinTalk-Satoshi-1/ |
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Let's celebrate 14th year anniversary of Bitcointalk forum with SATOCHIP Special Edition Bitcointalk Card! This is unique limited edition hardware wallet in card format, with design inspired by Satoshi and Bitcointalk forum. Satochip will release this limited series for 14th years anniversary only, and you won't be able to purchase them ever again. This card can be used as regular Open Source hardware wallet, and as valuable collectibles item. Easy Rules:- Post your Username. - Post your feedback about Satochip Special Edition Card Design. - Only active members are accepted starting from Full Member rank. - Multiple accounts are not allowed, and I reserve the right to exclude some participants for any reason. - Shipping is done directly by Satochip officials. - Exact draw date will be announced later. Winner will be selected with Bitmover's giveaway manager: https://bitcoindata.science/giveaway-manager/SATOCHIP Exclusive 14th Years Bitcointalk Special Edition 1: If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=532.msg6269#msg6269
Find out more about Satochip products on their official website, and use 20% discount with FREE Keychain deal using code BF-20: https://satochip.io/ |
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Just when I though I saw all the weird hardware wallets, few days ago Tangem released news about their upcoming Ranger Ring hardware wallet. First I thought it was some kind of joke, but than I received confirmation from several source, and I see some preview images. First thing on my mind was about sizing, because you can't have universal one-size-fits-all, fir different fingers. Second thing I was wondering, why would you ever want to wear hardware wallet like a ring all the time... We know that Tangem Ring will be released on November 3, at Cardano Shitcoin Summit this year, in Dubai, but there is no information about it on Tangem official website. Anyway here are some preview images and Decrypt article with more information about this ''device'':   https://decrypt.co/203969/tangem-ring-hardware-wallet-will-debut-at-cardano-summit-2023 |
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I don't know if anyone heard about this, but there is one company who wants to eliminate seed phrases from hardware wallets, because they don't like them, so they created Ryder One device. I wouldn't even call this a real hardware wallet, but Ryder One will be used for Bitcoin and they have secure element Infineon SLE78, so it fits hardware wallet category. Ryder one has No seed phrases, No physical buttons, No ports, No Bluetooth, No Wi-Fi, and they claim this device is 100% tamper-proof. Communication is done using NFC connection with Ryder Mobile App installed on smartphone. Now comes the weird part. Since they don't use seed phrases, they decided to include people social circle by adding trusted friends and family in recovery process, but assets remain inaccessible to them. They are using Recovery Tags with their mobile app for creating backup, but that means you can't use this for any other hardware wallets. I don't know about source code but I suspect it is closed source, so this is even worse than Jack Dorsey Block aka Square wallet or whatever new name they use. Ryder One will be using Shamir Secret Sharing, and we talked many times before that this is inferior compared to Multisig setup and has single point of failure.   https://www.ryder.id/What is the price going to be for this device we don't know yet, but let me give my prediction for something between $300 and $500. |
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I was really pissed what youtube has turned into lately so I was trying to find alternatives for every day use and watching videos. Best option I found so far for desktop computers (Linux, Mac, wind0ws) is youtube client called FreeTube.Interesting thing that FreeTube is totally free, open source community made app, that respects privacy and accepts Bitcoin donations (so far they accepted 0.06738718 BTC)!  What advantages I noticed compared to using Youtube in browser?- No Ads, and no adblockers. - It works much faster and it takes less resources, so it's great for low spec devices, raspberry pi, old computers, etc. - Subscriptions can be made without account, for following channels and new videos, live shows, shorts. - Open source and Private. - Bitcoin donations accepted. FreeTube Githhub page: https://github.com/FreeTubeAppIf you like FreeTube consider supporting developers with Liberapay or Bitcoin donations: If you like FreeTube, consider supporting the project by donating to one of the following Cryptocurrency addresses:
BTC: 1Lih7Ho5gnxb1CwPD4o59ss78pwo2T91eS https://freetubeapp.io/ |
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Trezor just released teaser post on twitter saying they are preparing a big reveal coming on October 12, and I am guessing this is their new model with their own secure element! They even created countdown page on their website for new products, with this question: Ready for hassle-free crypto security?https://content.trezor.io/new-productsWe can see glimpses of new device, and all we can see is black shiny color and totally new design. I think that ledger and other hardware wallet manufacturers are probably sweating right now Can someone guess the name for new Trezor device?  https://twitter.com/Trezor/status/1709916391661281530 |
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We didn't have to wait a long time to see new shenanigans coming from ledger factory, now they released their new fake ''open source'' roadmap, but is it really open source? Lets' check it out together. This is their new license for ledger secure OS on github, and it is clearly saying Source Code Accessibility License: https://github.com/LedgerHQ/ledger-secure-os/blob/main/LICENSE.mdSo they basically invented their own license and just added ''open source'' label sticker on it. This was posted on X twitter by one of their founders/owners Charles Guillemet, and people are already criticizing this fake advertisement:  https://twitter.com/P3b7_/status/1705188553225887838Ledger is not open source!Ledger Recover is not open source! |
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I criticized Safepal many times because of their Safepal S1 closed source hardware wallet, but it looks like they decided to change direction with their new products. Safepal just released new model of open source device called Safepal X1 hardware wallet, and this can be currently pre-ordered for $70 plus shipping fees. So far we know that Safepal X1 have design that reminds a bit on calculator or on Coldcard wallet, with 12 buttons and D-pad, and it's using Bluetooth for connection as signing mechanism. There is integrated 128mAh battery with USB type C connection for charging, and secure element is included with EAL 5+ certification from unknown manufacturer. Anti-tampering self-destruct mechanism exist, and there is only wallet support for Safepal app and extension. It's funny that Safepal claims ''unlimited'' support for coins/tokens, but simple check is showing no support for monero. What can I say initially about Safepal X1 wallet is that price of $70 is not bad, but I have major problem with fact that you can't use it with Electrum or any other third party wallets. There is also a big question if their open source code is going to be verified and reproducible, and I am not impressed with only Bluetooth connection, I would prefer to have camera and airgapped. functionality. I think their main competition is Ledger Nano X, and maybe Safepal X1 is better choice because of it's price, bigger 1.8’ color screen and better battery.  https://www.safepal.com/en/store/x1Safepal Blog article with more information: https://blog.safepal.com/safepal-x1-open-source-wallet-suite/ |
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