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Reference Links: Website: Archived: https://archive.vn/fKxrYWhat happened:: I tend to ignore such obvious scams after a reply but this one got a PRNewswire article so I'm opening this so it can be better indexed than my in the mining topic. Here is the PR: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/asicway-makes-crypto-mining-profitable-for-all-301399775.htmlSo, new domain name, 80 days old: https://whois.domaintools.com/asicway.com80 days old
Created on 2021-07-27
Expires on 2022-07-27
Updated on 2021-09-25 They claim to have a magic miner that can mine BTC,LTC,ETH and Monero same time. Their entry-level miner claims 380TH/s which is more than triple as an S19Pro with just 1/5 of the power consumption while their best miner does 1950TH/s with just 2200W, being 30 times more efficient than the best gear on the market. The pictures of the miners are obviously bad photoshopped: The AW1 is a M21 Whatsminer: The AW3 is not even a miner but a rack with a LCD screen: Phone number +1 650 741 1299 in the press release is owned also by xompass.com which does seem to be a legit company at first glance. They are also happy to do something no manufacturer does, cover the customs fees which would be another red flag if one more was needed at this point: We are pleased to cover the delivery and custom fees for you. As the customer, you will only pay for the product and we will take care of delivery exactly to your doorstep.
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I was thinking of opening this is mining but overall it's less about mining and more about some companies and persons Now, a bit of introduction, and more info in those topics: Marathon Invests $150 Million In BitcoinThe new mining pool, Marathon miners censoring Bitcoin transactions;
Marathon Digital Holdings formerly Marathon Patent Group, traded as MARA is a company that had some really interesting plans, from managing to grab a contract for close to 100 000 miners from Bitmain to establishing a pool that would censor "illegal" transactions. All that raised a bit of drama, but everything seems to be back on track with them signaling for taproot and the press release “Marathon is committed to the core tenets of the Bitcoin community, including decentralization, inclusion, and no censorship,” said Fred Thiel, Marathon’s CEO. Fast forward, reading the tweets from Salvador's president I stumbled upon this: I was on the call last night. Congratulations. My company is one of the largest publicly traded US bitcoin miners (NASDAQ:MARA) and founding member of the Bitcoin Mining Council. I am very interested in speaking with your team re mining using geothermal energy in El Salvador. And from that to this: Bitcoinminingcouncil.com The Bitcoin Mining Council is a voluntary and open forum of Bitcoin miners committed to the network and its core principles. We promote transparency, share best practices, and educate the public on the benefits of Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining The interesting part is that one of the founding members is Michael Saylor, CEO of Microstrategy so why would he join in with Marathon and why this so-called council in the first place, and don't tell me he converted them over a cup of coffee to become pioneers of decentralization. Did Marathon really turn 180 degrees out of the blue or this just a move to get more influence till they start again with their agenda? What's your take on this one? Reading the replies on Twitter makes me feel that if I'm paranoid at least I'm not alone.  |
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What happened:: Came across this cloud mining scam while investigating exstock hereScammers Profile Link: No profile or ANN on bitcointalk Reference Link: https://exchangcloud.com/Archived: http://archive.vn/wip/VeJ8JThe website claims it has a business license in the UK, but it's the same number as ExtStock and it's a company started in 2014 with zero activity and 1$ capital https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09025071Their website is pretty new : Dates 147 days old
Created on 2019-12-06
Expires on 2020-12-06
Updated on 0000-12-31 But they claim 851 Running Days To the scam itself, 20% in 20 days:  Also, the only text on the website looks like it was written by a 8yo...let's say child. New Era is a Block-chain Industry which is more popular Now and Good Opportunity to Make a Huge Profits under CRYPTO Currency Trades.Our Major work is Trading in Currencies as well as Crypto Currency Like bitcoin.Our Experts Make Huge income by making valuable trades and we share some Part of our profits to our investorsWe provide 100% Money Back Guarantee to our Investor who already acheive and making Big income with our Company.Our payment Methods are Perfect money , payeer ,Advcash , Bitcoin , Litecoin , Ethereum , Dashcoin, Dogecoin.We have High Level of Secuirty by Geotrust EV SSL Certificate and other secuirty seals are mcafee , sitelock ,Symantec to make it more secure.We are provide Upto 10% Referral Com mission to Motivate and invite the other investors to make some Extra Income.We are running our Group of Companies since 2015 and making platform worldwide since 2018.Enjoy and welcome to make a Risk free Profit.
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I don't post in the altcoin section because I dislike altcoins or tokens but sometimes there are a few projects that catch the eye. So, while analyzing a scam (lol) with fake members and a plagiarized whitepaper I came across this article about the future of car sharing: Ten incredible projects that it's a shame if you didn't throw a few $ at those ICO: To make things more clear what opportunity you have missed I'll point out after each project the ROI you would have made! mixrent.io | HQ: Ireland | Hardcap: $20.0 mln. Huge advantage of the project is that Mixrent is already working in the beta version and its user audience exceeds 12 000 participants. The project involves over 9500 units of various transport units, and daily reservations take place in different cities of the USA, Russia, Canada, Mexico. Soon the project will enter the markets of Australia and South Korea.
Summary: Mixrent is a working business that distinguishes the startup from other startups in this review. In addition, a feature of the service, is that even those people who do not own transport can earn money on the site through the provision of transportation services from the place where the renter left it.
Status: DEAD
Web: bitcab.io | HQ: Saint Kitts and Nevis | Hardcap: $50.0 mln. BitCab is Uber 2.0 in the field of carsharing, which introduces the technology of blockchain. An ecosystem, gaming and technological model ensure user loyalty. Cheaper tariffs, security for customers through a rating system are also added to the mix.
Status: DEAD
Web: ico.blocvehicle.com | HQ: Singapore | Hardcap: $2.2 mln. A database of cars on blockchain. The mission of the project is the creation of a decentralized network based on blockchain technology, which will allow all users to keep the history of using vehicles in the public domain. The possibility of renting and selling cars with a real history of their maintenance. The possibility of using the platform by classic car dealers.
An advantage of the project is that its social network is working and pretty much active. But there is a disadvantage that ICO was postponed several times with no obvious reasons. Status: DEAD
Web: darenta.io | HQ: Estonia | Hardcap: $3.0 mln. Darenta is a P2P platform for carsharing with the possibility to send and receive payments for services by cryptocurrency. The platform uses blockchain technology and smart contracts for people who wants to rent or lease cars.
Summary: Relatively small fees. Сurrently this is the most successful project in the field of carsharing that have already made token sale. The token is traded on such exchanges as Zecoex, ForkDelta and EtherDelta and it can indicate that the raised amounts are imitated. Darenta’s token has not been listed on Coinmarketcap. Status: DEAD
Web: drivero.eu | HQ: Estonia | Hardcap: $30.0 mln. The platform of carsharing working on GPS-geolocation and using the technology of blockchain. It promises to solve problems with the assortment of machines and their deficit in certain areas. Status: DEAD
Web: gittoproject.com | HQ: Malaysia | Hardcap: no data A platform of carsharing, which unites the market of cryptocurrency and the rental market of vehicles. Also offers the opportunity to earn money for those who invest in cryptocurrency and trade it on exchanges. Status: DEAD
Web: redcab.io/ | HQ: Egypt | Hardcap: $4.7 mln. RedCab offers a decentralized peer-to-peer transport solution for individuals. The project states, that it has the lowest price for P2P transportation solution that is fare for customers and offers high returns for drivers. Status: DEAD
Web: cryptobike.co | HQ: USA | Hardcap: $40.0 mln. A decentralized platform for renting bicycles using blockchain technology. The platform allows users to rent bicycles with hourly pay. Thanks to decentralization, Cryptobike makes use and rent of bicycles safer, faster and more economical. Status: DEAD
Moral of the story? Rather than invetin in such ICOs, go for this: Invest in 💰HoweyCoins- the only BitcoinTalk-endorsed ICO💰 |
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DON'T quote the entire message when responding. Of course, this is not about which of the forum members own bitcoin, as I supposed you all should hodl some coin, even if only a few satoshis. The idea for the survey comes from the never-ending news that 10-20% of the people in a country are holding coins. As I truly believe those numbers are at least overhypermega inflated, I tried to picture a survey that would shed some light on a larger base, even if it is a little biased since the starting point is obvious a holder. Dunno if it will be effective if this topic will even get some traction in the first place, but hey, worth a shot. So, what I look, simply post what you know of crypto ownership in the friends and relatives circle and if it's not a secret the region you live. Example: 2 our of my friends hold some bitcoin or altcoin or 6 out of 12 relatives also hold some coins, I live in Bartovia  But put a bit more spirit in it. I thought about doing it on google sheets but I really can't stop that from getting abused by somebody bored so..this is it. I'm seriously curious about those numbers and if the mentioned percentage is reached even when centered around a bitcoin community. Oh, and please be honest about it. |
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First: Not your keys, not your bitcoin. This is not about coins you might have stored in 3rd party wallets or exchanges like Mt Gox or Quadriga.  This is about coins you really own, not about promises you will have some if it's gonna be sunny tomorrow. So lately I really got bored and growing a bit frustrated of all those articles with 10-20% of some 3rd world country population holding crypto, and one thing was like the last straw and made me start this topic, which some of you will really not like, I know it.  And the culprit was this : What can I say...lol? 16% of 57, let's say 45 million adults is 7 million. Let's just note this down. 7! But there is Turkey, ..20% out of 60 million adults, another 12. And we have also Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia with a 16% average that would be 250 million adults so 40 million more. 5 countries and we have reached 60 million so-called crypto users and owners If we cut altcoin since the article clams bitcoin is the most popular we have 40 million at least. So no EU, no US, no China-Japan-South Korea. Just by adding China and India we would go close to 150 million. On the other part, I don't have polls and interviews. I have something far more reliable than this, something in which we all put out trust, or at least we should. THE BLOCKCHAIN! And the blockchain tells us this:  20 million addresses with over 1$, 7 million with over 100$. Yet based on the article...the polls...the blogs...the...NO! The chain shows 450 million transactions since the first block to claim that 5% of the population or even 1% uses bitcoin is ridiculous. BUT! Somewhat like a conclusion, is it bad? No, I think it is great that we have reached such awareness levels and such price with so little actual usage. It might actually be the case of really aiming for the moon once we reach for real those numbers in the articles. The only bad thing is that people forget the main advantage of cryptos and more and more hold their coins on exchanges in order to be the first to sell high and buy low when there are ups and downs or just because of convenience. Probably before real mass adoption, I would love to see a real change of trend here. |
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To moderators, I know this discussion is more alt orientated but in the altcoins section will be buried in a matter of seconds by useless topics and I won't find an answer ever so please let it here for at least a few days.
Now, I had a debate with a friend over this, so it made me really curious how things are in other countries
There are 3 cases:
1) You premine the coin, in this case, you are going to pay tax on revenue when you exchange the coins to fiat based on the value at the selling point. No much debate here I guess.
2) ICOs, in this case, things are getting blurry, do some stupid legislation here, the money you received as investments are free of tax but if you plan to sell some of the coins reserved (if any) you will have to pay tax on the on the profit (if any) based on the ICO price. So you're going to avoid a lot of tax since it costs you zero to issue those coins.
3) Now stable coins.
According to my friend here, if you issue 100 coins with a value of 1$ each it is going to count as selling goods for 100$ and if this is going to be taxed at a standard rate, so when you sell 100 coins you're going to have to pay 14$ in tax even if ...the next fiscal year the guy that you sold the coins sells them back to you as here we have no legal way to write this off.
Now, since we have no real legislation dedicated to this, creating a stable coin here is clearly a NO.
I'm really curious how this is in other countries and especially in the US since everybody is talking about FB issuing a stable coin and we already have a stable coin (USDC) run by Circle.
How are those guys taxed for what it looks like printing money?
Self-moderated for obvious reasons
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This is my first try at doing some sort of statistics work and probably the first time this year I've worked that much with charts and tables so bear with me if this looks like an amateur job cause it totally is  I've always argued that most of the posts here are going to the altcoin sections, that new people have almost lost interest in bitcoin discussions and projects, but I always lacked the numbers. So rather than asking the usual data providers here I went and did it alone. the horror...the horrorAll the data comes from the archived first page of bitcointalk and shows were new posts in the selected period go. And you're not going to like it There are a few - values in there and those are not errors, just some mods doing their jobs or sections moved from the board. Some pie charts: The first period is from August till December last year  From December and the peak of the bull run till the merit system introduction.  From January till June (a period of declining prices and the effects of the merit system)  June till November (continuous bear market, the hype is dying for ICO and a new merit requirement)  And the last month:  Most of the sections have insignificant percentages so this a full period graph:  Now, unless I've f*** up some numbers, 56.89% of the new posts go in the Altcoin section. And...of course, there is an and, even the local sections have Altcoin subboards so I assume the number might be close to 60%. What is pretty interesting is that even in this bear market and with the introduction of the merit system the " #Proof of authentication" bounty section is thriving, and might even hit 50% of the total posts. Another interesting thing is the Russian section if those are genuine users....Holy ***! The only thing I'm still curious about it is how many erros I have made in this |
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Full article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-20/bitcoin-rigging-criminal-probe-is-said-to-focus-on-tie-to-tetherAs Bitcoin plunges, the U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether last year’s epic rally was fueled in part by manipulation, with traders driving it up with Tether -- a popular but controversial digital token.
While federal prosecutors opened a broad criminal probe into cryptocurrencies months ago, they’ve recently homed in on suspicions that a tangled web involving Bitcoin, Tether and crypto exchange Bitfinex might have been used to illegally move prices, said three people familiar with the matter. A focus of the Justice Department’s investigation is whether the dramatic rise of digital tokens in recent years was purely driven by actual demand, or was partially fanned on by market tricks. Along with the CFTC, prosecutors have been looking into a number of trading strategies, including spoofing -- the illegal practice of flooding the market with fake orders to trick other traders into buying or selling, Bloomberg reported in May. I knew that sooner or later this whole tether business will give us a coupon for a weekly free colonoscopy  Not sure how much about this investigation is true since "Spokeswomen for the Justice Department and CFTC declined to comment." but it will sure make an impact on the markets as if yesterday's drop was not enough. Tether is right now t $0.961406, such a stable coin! |
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I really hate opening a topic for a single question but I'm really wondering how to deal with guys like this one and how to report them: Profile: sell100Almost everything he does on this forum is starting topics (he doesn't bother to participate in discussions) and his posts are made out of two lines of text and a link to a website that itself is just another gateway to the original source. I've reported two of his threads as useless and explaining he does the same in all his topics, the topics were trashed but seem no action was done against the user and he keeps doing it as nothing happened. One fresh example: Technically I don't think he breaks any rules but this is getting so damn annoying, with 5 fresh topics opened just today So is that any hope he or his domain can get banned/ blacklisted? |
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This is my first guide (if you can call it that), so be lenient with me:). It was a pain in the * to constantly search for text, add "site:bitcointalk" to my queries and so, I tried to see if I can do this with a single click. Surprisingly, it's easy as pie.  - I've downloaded this extension for chrome:
It's called Context Menu Search, probably there are better ones but it does its job https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/context-menu-search/ocpcmghnefmdhljkoiapafejjohldoga- Went to "Manage current options"
 - Modified the search querry for google:
- Now, to the text phase on the most recent posts page (I don't use patrol because it's full of the bounty section posts).
Believe it or not... The first guy at the top of the page was a copypaster:   - Going to the page where the original was: (and double check to make sure it is really a copy paste
 It's not 100% reliable as Google does not index all and sometimes it shows some half matches first but since it's just a click away to uncover a rule breaker when you're suspicious of something it's pretty nice to have it around. Of course, it can be configured to search for the "exactly this phrase" on the entire web also, not just on bitcointalk.org. |
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New rank idea: Bounty Member I was reading marlboroza's topic " Theymos help us fight against scam ICO's" and I remembered a post by theymos: What do the people who operate these bounties think of the newbie invasion? Also, people should not be required to post in order to get paid; that's already against the rules.
An idea I had in this vein was that upon registration you'd have to pick one of two paths:
- "I want to discuss things"
= Banned from all money-making/spam-hotbed sections until Jr Member
- "I want to make money"
= Banned from the more serious sections until Jr Member
= You have to pass a quiz before posting which tries to inform you about basic forum rules, how not to get banned, maybe some basic English knowledge, etc. (Quizzes are pointless to stop dedicated spammers, since an answer key will quickly be compiled, but it may help in cases where clueless people are ending up here.)
Not only newbies and Jr Members are causing problems, as time passes and merit flows to every corner of the forum there will be a lot of other ranks with pure spammers, not taking into account older accounts and hacked ones. So, my idea is to introduce a new rank: Bounty Member. A rank that you can get by simply checking an option in your profile, but once you do that you're locked as a Bounty Member for at least 14-30(?) days. Now what does this rank do, or actually what can't you do without being a bounty member: - Only bounty members can post in the bounty section (normal members can still start a topic, for obvious reason as campaign managers) But, once you've gone the path of a bounty hunter, expect a cruel fate: - once you try to enroll, you're going to get 3-5 questions, just like theymos suggested, you don't pass them, your bounty hunter application is thrown in the garbage bin and you can't apply for the next 30 days. - those questions will hunt you all the time as each activity period you're going to have to answer another set. - a large part of the forum will be closed for you, you're going to have to say goodbye to some areas and live in the wilderness of the altcoin section and local(?). - goodbye post bursting, you're going to have to wait like a predator for a 360-600(?, again open to debate) delay between your posts, no matter what your rank is. - there is no merit in bounty (self-explanatory)  Others can be added or some subtracted, and of course, the whole idea can be trashed away |
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The situation right now (things might change by tomorrow, after all this is bitcoin ) Blockchain.info: https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactions5065 unconfirmed transactions Bitcointicker.co https://bitcointicker.co/networkstats/Mempool Transactions: 475 https://dedi.jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#24hOn average 1000 tx on the mempool with fees over 5sat/b As for the fees: Estimatefee.com https://estimatefee.com/For a fee to be included in the next 6 blocks...~3.38 USD If you want to wait 480mins (8h) the fees are 20 cents. Bitcoinfees https://bitcoinfees.earn.com/The fastest and cheapest transaction fee is currently 120 satoshis/byte, shown in green at the top. For the median transaction size of 226 bytes, this results in a fee of 27,120 satoshis. 27k satoshi are at current price around 2.14$ (slight difference here) So good news for all the coffee lovers that were unable to buy a cup without spending 30$. And even better, no more "accelerator services" threads and scammers on this forum. |
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https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactionsSummary Status: Connected
Total Fees 9,482.42272796 BTC
Total Size 2040701.064 (KB)
Transactions Per Second 156.82 There are still ~ 175k tx counted , so that would make the average tx size over 11kb .... Is this a new low fee spam attack that other mempool are dropping and only blockchain is still counting? Or a glitch...again?
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Pretty much the title itself.
Looking for a BTC betting website that allows you to bet on Uk and Irish racing.
The only option was directbet but that's an old story by now.
Please, no shady websites 1-2 months old!
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We all know it, the mempool is at around 250k transactions, fees are through the roof and....Xmas is coming. I know that not all the world is Christian but the part that matters is celebrating Christmas in a few days. The most interesting fact is that the two days of Christmas are on Monday and Tuesday which means a long weekend and the same happens with the New Year. Basically from 23 to 2 , out of 11 days, 4 are normal weekend, 4 are Holidays around the world and only 3 are normal working days. So in theory even bitcoin transactions should decrease by a lot. Of course bitcoiners are not what you call normal, but still we should see a drop. How big? Or is the spam going to supplement this? Btw, I just love this graph: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#2w |
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I've run into a thread that had only newbies posting and when out of curiosity I checked their profiles they are all posting in the same threads in the same order.
Since multiple accounts are allowed, is account farming banned?
Should I start reporting them?
I'll post the links with the usernames after I get a response.
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I know it's more like something for the press section title but it's too important not to get a thread: https://www.wsj.com/articles/nasdaq-plans-to-launch-bitcoin-futures-in-first-half-2018-1511968313?mod=e2twNasdaq Inc. and broker Cantor Fitzgerald LP are looking to join the rush on Wall Street to trade bitcoin, which powered above $11,000 on Wednesday.
Nasdaq aims to launch bitcoin futures in the first half of 2018, according to people familiar with the situation.
Separately, Cantor said it is seeking to launch bitcoin derivatives on an exchange it owns, also in the first half of next year. The moves come after two major Chicago exchange operators announced similar plans for the digital currency. One of the people said Nasdaq is trying to differentiate itself from rivals CME Group Inc. and CBOE Global Markets Inc.—the two Chicago exchange groups that have announced plans to launch bitcoin futures—by designing a futures contract that better tracks the world-wide price of bitcoin. Nasdaq has briefed market participants on its plans, this person added. So, Nasdaq and futures and derivatives. The news will probably make BTC price go nuts, we are seeing close to 11k right now. Forget the Moon, we're hitting Mars now. But with all the hype I must say that whenever I hear the words futures and derivatives I get a very very bad feeling. |
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Let's start counting (I will update the list as they emmerge) At first we had Bitcoincash - https://www.bitcoincash.org/ (claiming to be the real bitcoin) Then there were the golden times: BitcoinGold - https://bitcoingold.org/ power to the poeple!!! or Make Bitcoin Decentralized Again. We failed with Segwit2X (although people bought futures for seg2x) Entering Diamond Age Bitcoin Diamond: http://www.btcd.io/ Based on Bitcoin protocol to improve the privacy & processing speed of transaction. (lameeeeee) And of course , superman is coming, and he's smart also: Super Bitcoin - http://www.supersmartbitcoin.com/index.html - Make Bitcoin Great Again (plagiarism much?) Not forgetting the clashic BitcoinClashic - http://bitcoinclashic.org/ - Satoshi's True Vision Silver: Bitcoin Silver: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2311582.0Bitcoin Liza (no website no info , but trading on yobit futures) To be updated.... And those are the Huuuuge differences between the first:  |
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