... I am new to Electrum and I like it so far. There is a way you can set-up (4.5.8 ) a wallet to receive "1" addresses as well as "3". Which I like. My question is how can I copy & paste the QR codes for my Receiving Address? I could not figure it out via the Receive tab nor the window there. This does not appear to be addressed in the Help documentation either. Thank you for any suggestions!  |
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... mempool.space I don't want to spend $40 to consolidate here. I guess I'll just have to wait. And wait & wait & wait???  Maybe only a much higher BTC price will stop those ords from infesting the mempool.... |
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... I have been curious to follow Wasabi coinjoins since they started their new service. Even with the fact that they are working with a blockchain analysis company I see more coinjoins, and perhaps more interestingly larger coinjoins (when 2 - 3 sats/vB get into a block). It's not rare at all to see 200+ BTC joined all at once now. Check out the below transaction from yesterday (with a whopping 130 BTC UTXO): https://mempool.space/tx/b1c32fee891ebc3f4e3ee9553ce9a71f44eb62b2df602146bf051f633cd4c6c5That's about $3,000,000 worth of BTC going to just one address. Bet that address is getting scrutiny... |
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... Please forgive n00bishness of these questions, but I (and perhaps others) would appreciate knowing more. Please also excuse me if my terminology is incorrect, but I believe the point of each question is clear enough. I ask these as a non-tech person, seeking to enhance my privacy in an easy as possible way. I am not in a position to run my own node for example. Even SparrowWallet looks daunting (ie their coinjoin feature), as do the websites offering coinjoin services. 1) I have read here at BTCTalk that public servers (when transmitting BTC) can read entire wallet histories, thereby lowering privacy. If I use a VPN and/or TOR, would the first public server node likely be in "my area" (if I connect my VPN to Singapore and I'm actually in Spain for example)? 2) Similarly to above, if I run another transaction later that day, is it likely that that second tx be picked up by that same public server? Or better to switch the VPN exit to Malaysia? 3) If the above does NOT help my privacy much, perhaps storing BTC quietly in various wallets (seeds + passwords) help? My issue here is that I want to be able to conveniently remember where all my BTC is without having to remember 10 wallets (w/ seeds and passwords). And for that matter...: 4) Is there any way to coinjoin/mix/whatever so that the output does NOT LOOK tumbled? Or run each UTXO afterwards through various further transactions (hops?) to hide the trail? Does that term "hop" mean a transaction that just moves those BTC a bit further along? 5) Do the desktop hardware wallet apps for Ledger, Trezor, BitBox, etc. (also the desktop hot wallet apps) run through TOR (if I am running TOR on my desktop, or even running Brave)? I have not been able to dig up that info myself. Is running TOR when using these apps even worthwhile, or is a VPN good enough? Thank you for your comments! |
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There was a rather active set of threads on Wasabi's decision a few months ago to use a blockchain analysis company to censor coinjoin transactions. I have not heard lately, but I do have some questions, certainly of interest to me:
1) Has anyone been censored? If so, and without violating OPSEC, could you provide any useful details (like size of tx, perhaps they don't censor all tx's).
2) Some of these Wasabi coinjoins have over 200 inputs and 200 outputs. And they have (at least) several per day. Perhaps that would be costly to analyze all inputs??
3) If some/most inputs go through OK, might it be better to send smaller amounts?
4) If some/most inputs go through OK, might it be better to send amounts that other people are sending (BTC0.05, for example, is an amount I often note).
5) Any other privacy matters that may have surfaced lately?
Thanks for any thoughts!
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Creating a different thread so as not to clog up comments on nearby Wasabi threads.
Soon after Wasabi kicked off its new CoinJoin "Service", (witcher-sense, IIRC) showed us their first CJ in a post.
Is there an easy way to look at / find recent Wasabi v.2 CoinJoins? I'd like to take a closer look at a few, maybe even try a small CJ myself there with some "well tainted" coins I already own just to see for myself what some limits might be ($ size of TX's, % "tainted", etc.).
I'm one of those learn by doing dudes, except for trying to learn programming...
Many thanks!
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... I was not really very happy with either my mobile wallet nor even my desktop wallet (after the Wasabi betrayal of confidentiality), so I went looking for an alternative, especially one that would work of my mobile device as well as my desktop. I already own (and am very happy with) both a Trezor T and BitBox02 hardware wallets. So, I decided to give blockstream.com's offering in the space for both my Win PC and cellphone: https://blockstream.com/green/All in all, I am pretty happy. It's easy to use (important for me). You can adjust the TX fees to whatever sats/vB you want, which is nice (neither of my hardware wallets allow setting EXACT fees). I like the Green Wallet more than my ancient blockchain.com and bitpay.com wallets for everyday mobile use. I use the PC version if I want a quick'n'easy transfer from "bcq1..." to/from "3..." addresses (mobile version allows that too). Another tool I like is that Green can delete wallet info once you're sure you don't need it anymore (uh, do make sure you REALLY want to do that). EDIT (see below post on August 24): The only thing I would change would be to add a coin control feature, which I could not find anywhere there.So for quick and easy receipt or purchases of BTC, Green is good! Of course I quickly send on most BTC from there to a hardware wallet. |
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... Having noted Wasabi's decision to block certain UTXOs from their service, I did a quick 'n' dirty look into alternatives. My casual search yielded the below two services: -- coinjoin.io <--- never heard of them apparent scam, see next post -- https://samouraiwallet.com/download/whirlpool, a service of Samourai It looks like Whirlpool has an app that you can download at the above link, it also looks like that you can download it to Windows and Linux desktop computers, not just to "Google phones". My questions are: 1) Can we use Whirlpool without the Samourai wallet? That would make it a good alternative to Wasabi. 2) Has anyone tried or heard of coinjoin.io?Related, I read an article on a coinjoin service a week or two ago, it looked like Whirlpool (not sure though, and it was NOT via the link above). The article mentioned that you can run your BTC through the service more than once (yet just pay for the first CJ), the article explained that doing that meant more privacy / harder to break. If I understand correctly, Whirlpool might be a great alternative to Wasabi. Also, if there are any other CoinJoin services that are EASY to use (for beginners), please share! edited |
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I just opened Wasabi (this afternoon), and there is a note at the bottom left of the window advising that there is a new version available. I had read earlier that a new version was coming, but it seemed further off in the future.
Has anyone checked out this "new version"? I will download it now and take a look. But I am not a programmer nor expert (nor etc.), so those of you who better know Wasabi might want to take a look as well. And post any comments!
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Note that I too am unhappy about Wasabi's decision to censor some UTXOs from their CoinJoin feature. Another tool lost helping us gain privacy.
EDIT: The download went OK, but there seems to be no obvious differences in the new version (this one is version 1.1.13.1, I do not know what the version number of the "last one" was).
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For various good reasons, mixing BTC is a good idea for many people. Breaking the link between acquisition of BTC and their subsequent "resting place" gives a measure of security.
But, I have found that even rudimentary blockchain analysis techniques can pick up the fact that you have used a mixer. And likely the chain analysis firms can track the country where the mixer operates. Also, there are clues that can be sussed-out from the mixers' websites and/or commentaries.
This might become, very soon perhaps, a problem for users of mixers.
I have decided that CoinJoins will work better for me for the time being.
I welcome discussion!
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... BitBox is a sponsor at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference this April in Miami. I plan to go, and will take a look at their booth (and Bitbox02 as well I presume). Miami Ref: https://b.tc/conferenceHave any of you had the chance to use BitBox02 (whether the Bitcoin only version or the multi-currency one)? (I have used Trezor Model 2 and Ledger S, I prefer the Trezor) |
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BTC investor here.
Recently my wife and I had a chance to experience some Virtual Reality (a 10 minute experience of flying around Machu Picchu, very well done and impressive). I also note that FaceBook has decided that the Metaverse looks like their future, hence their name change to Meta Platforms.
So the time may have arrived more me to look at dipping a toe into parts of the "Virtual Reality Universe".
I invite comments and discussion on two aspects of gamer projects Decentraland (MANA as their currency) and The Sandbox (SAND) as so:
1) Which of the playgrounds do you prefer? I have looked briefly at both, they seem pretty similar, but I am a n00b at this. I am looking at "player experieces", which do you like better and why? Especially for those who have explored both.
2) Which of the currencies (MANA or SAND) do you think would have the better future? Why?
I note that GUCCI recently purchased some terrain in The Sandbox.
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... fiatleak.com is a website that has been around for years, but has evolved rather nicely. I have been looking (somewhat randomly over the past couple of days) at the site and monitoring it to get some ideas as to Alts that may be of interest to me, I am still a BTC Maximalist for now, but willing to take a look. A notion has occurred to me: it might be possible to get an idea of "quality" Alts based on the exchange activity (that's what it apparently shows, sales of crypto for fiat via exchanges) shown at the site. This might yield similar information to looking at $-volume of these Alts at coinmarketcap.com, that would make sense, but I have yet to try and correlate the fiatleak graphics with the data at coinmarketcap. My question for you guys would be: Would relatively larger trading volumes roughly correlate with that "Alt's Quality"?The Alts with the greatest apparent volume bought would be, in rough order: ETH, ADA, LRC & MATIC (tied), LINK/ALGO/ATOM (roughly tied), so would appear to be the "quality plays". Your thoughts? (I exclude SHIB and DOGE from this question, as clearly they are Alts with no "intrinsic value" (I'm just interested in making money, could G.A.S. about jokes & memes, etc.). I also exclude LTC, as BTC serves me already pretty well as a purely MONETARY function.)Edited for clarity |
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I am a BTC maximalist (at least to date) and am considering an Alt or two or three to balance out my HODLings. Two I am looking at are the financial oriented Alts that (maybe?) the banks may use:
XRP (Ripple)
XML (Stellar)
XPR has a larger market cap, 5 times XLM. XLM was forked off from XRP.
As I am not a banker, I would appreciate any good observations. Thanks!
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... I could not find out either here or at wasabiwallet.io if Wasabi can back up wallets that have 24 word seeds. Various wallets give you a 24 word seed for backup purposes. I have used Wasabi to back up 12 word seeded wallets, but cannot find anything on those wallets using 24. * * * Also re Wasabi, I noted at their site it *looks like* their CoinJoin tool can back up multiples of the approx. 0.1 BTCminimum (eg, 0.2 BTC. It also looks like if you want to CoinJoin, say, 0.7 BTC, Wasabi will then send 0.4, 0.2 and 0.1. I one tried to CoinJoin 0.2 BTC way back when, and it did not work. Yet, the below link (maybe there have been some changes?) says that Wasabi will support other amounts than 0.1: https://docs.wasabiwallet.io/FAQ/FAQ-UseWasabi.html#what-are-the-equal-denominations-created-in-one-mixing-round |
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Recently I have found two:
-- a place in the USA (works with LibertyX, whom I have written about before, this place wants 8% commission)
-- a foreign exchange place in Peru, the owner does the TX (5% commission), he says BTC is catching on there.
And IIRC atmcoinradar.com continues more and more growth of ATMs around the world.
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I had one of the old BitBoxes a couple of years ago, and liked it well enough although it (the unit itself) ran fairly hot making me wonder...
IMO, competition in the HW space is a good thing. I really do like my Trezor Model T, but would like comments on the new generation of BitBox.
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