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521  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Bounties (Altcoins) / Re: [BOUNTY][ICO Soon!]🔵Streamity🔵Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange🚀 on: June 12, 2018, 06:00:09 AM
I don't see the latest update on spreadsheet signature for week 17 (24-30 May)? please update spreadsheet.
522  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How foolish are people who invest in Bitcoin? on: June 11, 2018, 05:43:36 AM
I think it's not much. After all, there is hope that soon he will rise again to his former place. Although at this time it is better to switch to other cryptocurrencies will be quite profitable.

If you switch to another Alt you should learn more to reduce losses because all Alt is based on Bitcoin price.
523  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: HOW TO protect yourself from Scammers on: June 11, 2018, 05:41:56 AM
I was making a list for my team on how to stay away from Crypto scammers, and thought I would just share it here as well.

Here are the type of Crypto scammers that I have encountered

Type 1. ICO as a SCAM - (More info contributed by: tosindesign)
There are ICOs that are only designed to get your money. Once the ICO is over then the pages are taken off the net and the makers of the ICO disappear with the money. The last case we reported was LoopX, but this is not the only case.

How can you protect yourself?
1. (by: tosindesign) Generally there is no 100% protection here. A good indication for a scam is there is no team mentioned on the website or whitepaper. Although everything is very superficial and promised a lot, but after reading the white paper is not clear how that should be possible.
2. (by: GeckoTrader) One of the best things to do to avoid ICO scamming is to learn and back read all information about that ICO. As they always say " More knowledge is power"
3. (by: GeckoTrader) The team should have been communicating to the community.
4. (by: GeckoTrader) Always they should have an update from their company. If you sense something fishy do not hesitate to ask question from them. In that means you can confirm whether they are legit or just a bunch of scammers.

Type 2. Scammers who sell FAKE COINS (name / coin code is same but coin generating contract is different)
How to protect yourself: Check the contract address of these coins, if it came from the same contract address

Type 3. Social media scammers - Would post like "I will send you 50 ETH if you send me 5"
How to protect yourself: This is an easy one, they all are scammers. Dont even respond.

Type 4: Identity theft scammers - These guys will contact you as CEOs of ICOs or Social celebrities, usually banking upon the names of a famous person
How to protect yourself: Try pinging them from an another ID of theirs (say if scammer pinged you from Telegram, drop them a message over their facebook ID) and ask them to check that message. This would work as a Two-Factor-Authentication for that personality.

Type 5: Malicious code Trojans - Like Wordpress or Chrome plugins, that would use your machine to mine for crypto currencies, using your machine for the same
How to protect yourself: Try not to do plugins or replace them with cloud powered services, OR, Install only trusted plugins, with loads of reviews maybe. I wont be surprised if these trojans take shape of free downloadable games or cracked softwares downloadable for desktop or your mobile.

Type 6: Online Seed Generators (contributed by: tosindesign)
For some wallets (eg the IOTA Wallet) you have to set your own seed. In the case of IOTA, this is an 81-digit password that must consist of uppercase letters and at least one 9. Since some did not want to generate a password themselves, they resorted to online seed generators. These generate you by mouse click an 81-digit seed. However, as it turns out later, a few of these seed generators also stored the generated passwords, The stored seeds were then later used to steal the assets of the investors concerned. You have to know that the seed is something like the master key that allows all credits to be transferred. A thief does not even have to have access to your computer on which the wallet is installed. The seed is enough to access your balance on another computer.

How can you protect yourself?
Never use an online seed generator! When generating an 81-digit seed, all you have to do is push 81 random keys on your keyboard.

Type 7: Phishing website attempts (contributed by: tosindesign)
Scammers would copy exact replica of the websites (wallets, exchanges) and try to get you to login, thereby recording you password. For example, the page Blockchain.info was copied to get the logins. You have to know that Blockchain.info also offers a wallet service where Wallet could save your bitcoins. If Google users searched for “Blockchain info” in some countries, they ran a Google ad that led to Blockchaina.info, a cheat site that has nothing to do with Blockchain.info. The site was a 1: 1 copy of Blockchain.info and was only designed to get login information from users. There are also similar attempts to MyEtherwallet.com and other sites.

How can you protect yourself?
Never click anywhere on a link to a page where you want to log in. The best way is to bookmark the pages and just go over the web pages. In addition, you should always look for the SSL encryption. There will not be a page that stores important data from you and is located at http: //. All pages should now be encrypted SSL and have a https: // domain (although the pages can also be accessed at http: // they will redirect to https: //). The SSL certificates will also show you every browser, for example by a small lock symbol.


Type 9: Used Ledger Nano (contributed by: tosindesign)
At ebay and in other marketplaces there are always offers to buy the Ledger Nano a bit cheaper. This is particularly interesting now, where the Ledger Nano S is sold out and will be available again in one month. There have been cases in the past when users bought a used ledger on ebay and the seed from the ledger was already filled out. Anyone who has not owned a ledger to date will hardly register the difference. Of course, the previous owners have also noted the seed in these cases, which then allows them to get access to the crypto currencies that the new owner stores on the Ledger Nano S.  

How can you protect yourself?
If you want to use a hardware wallet like the Ledger Nano S, buy it directly from the manufacturer and make sure that it is still original packed. The enclosed note on which you can write down the seed should never be filled.

Type 10: Airdrops that ask for personal information (contributed by: StarKay)
There are hyped up airdrops that may ask for KYC information, that may end up being used by scammers / hackers.

How to protect yourself:
Think of your personal information as an investment as well. Research who you are giving your information to and why that ICO will need it

Type 11: Identity theft via Social Media - (contributed by: darkangel11)
You have to realize what they want from you. In the end it's always your money, while in the process they may want some personal data, a phone number, whatever they can get into.

How to protect yourself: Never willingly give anything. Don't share your real social media accounts with random people, keep your email addresses to yourself and if you have to use them make sure to have burner emails. What are burners? Not necessarily emails created for every forum and project. Just emails that don't contain your personal data and that you're not using for online shopping, banking and so on.

Please add more below, or share your story.


It really helps me to find a good project and it will be beneficial to everyone rather than helping the projects that will make the destruction.
524  Economy / Speculation / Re: Better Late than Never? on: June 11, 2018, 05:35:40 AM
i think its not too late if you want to start invest in bitcoin, but this day careful planning is something you should make before jumping into bitcoin world. Because bitcoin is very risky and the price is fluctuative, but for long term invesment its a good choice to choose bitcoin.

Bitcoin does have a very high risk if you are not good at controlling your finances because Bitcoin is not a stable money currency.
525  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Will banks ever offer bitcoin deposits? on: June 11, 2018, 05:33:39 AM
We all know how risky bitcoin is. Let's imagine the most riskiest money deposit situation.
What do you think guys, will this moment ever come and banks decide to offer us Bitcoin deposits (e.g. fixed profit on 1 year deposit and etc).
This can be very, very profitable for banks if they make correct decisions.
P.S I don't mean freebitco.in's offer of holds on their wallet. I mean if official banks ever offer us this service.

They will most like offer it at some stage - in a desperate attempt to survive, but personally I won't trust them with my Bitcoin.

That's the thing I agree because Bitcoin will make huge losses to banks around the world that have no tax costs.
526  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: 🔥🔥[ANN] AMON ICO - Crypto Debit Card for Everyday Life🔥🔥 on: June 10, 2018, 10:40:33 PM
Wow, partnership with Daneel is awesome! I'm a little bit surprised by the value of AMN now, but it's just the beginning of the road, when you release debit cards, it will raise as much as it'll be able to.

I'm also surprised by the price of the token, will it get better in the future? whether the token price will be higher.
527  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN]ICO IS LIVE🚀UBCOIN - EXCHANGE CRYPTOCURRENCY FOR REAL GOODS🚀 on: June 10, 2018, 10:39:02 PM
I sustain this business and trust  it ought be successful.

Hopefully yours will come true, because it will be a good thing in the future on this project trip.
528  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: LiveTree ADEPT [SED] Crowdsale complete! on: June 10, 2018, 10:37:30 PM
Guys, I got these tokens from me. Enlighten my darkness. How much did they cost in the final stage of sales? And is there any prospect of keeping them? Judging above the written posts are not as bad as could be)

As it is, there was a planned buyback program in place before the underwriters went AWOL, however since the Livetree token is yet to be listed, I would advise you to hold it long term and wait until the launch of Blossom and maybe more. So I would say there maybe prospects.

That way, it's been explained that the tokens do not have good potential in the market because every day the price gets worse.
529  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] STREAMITY ICO --->Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange<--- on: June 10, 2018, 10:35:48 PM
Morning everybody
I'm sorry if this question has been repeated
But is it possible now to get the streamity coin or do we wait until launch?

If your question has been repeated you should read more on this thread to see your answer.
530  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][ICO]✅✅ KRYLL.IO - MVP -Automated crypto trading strategies made simple ✅✅ on: June 10, 2018, 10:34:16 PM
Kryll is listed on CoinRanker. Check it out: https://www.coinranker.net/cryptocurrency/kryll

Whether I see kryll at rank 1276 or I am wrong to think about it. I'm a little less understanding


What happens, whether the payment is still not done because I have not seen everyone happy because it has not received their tokens.

It looks like they are putting off longer payments to be made on each bounty participant. More time to wait.
531  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN][ICO]✅✅ KRYLL.IO - MVP -Automated crypto trading strategies made simple ✅✅ on: June 04, 2018, 09:56:03 PM
Kryll is listed on CoinRanker. Check it out: https://www.coinranker.net/cryptocurrency/kryll

Whether I see kryll at rank 1276 or I am wrong to think about it. I'm a little less understanding
532  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] STREAMITY ICO --->Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange<--- on: June 04, 2018, 09:52:45 PM
I see 20 more days start token sale part 2 will start but this will be the longest token sale in my opinion. https://streamity.org/en/
533  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: LiveTree ADEPT [SED] Crowdsale complete! on: June 04, 2018, 09:50:14 PM
It has become.obvious that the project have suffered a huge loss due to the disappointment by the underwriters who did not honour their pledge. Now which way forward is there for the buy back and exchange listing?

One of their team members says they are currently working with 3 different exchanges to get the token listed. The listing will be coming along with the launch of Blossom TV, coming in a few months.

This is good news! If you consider that during the main sale the team had 1 major partner and small investors, I think that when entering the exchange, the price for exchange will be higher than ICO.

Is there any progress with the exchanges?
By the way, getting listed on exchange should not be the top priority.
The team should make good use of the fund.

I only see a very bad decline with current prices and maybe this will get worse over time.
534  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN]ICO IS LIVE🚀UBCOIN - EXCHANGE CRYPTOCURRENCY FOR REAL GOODS🚀 on: June 04, 2018, 08:36:37 PM




🎈 Scammers come up with more and more ways to steal money.
❗ The #Ubcoin team is diligent in securing the money of its contributors. We created this article to inform you how to safely contribute:

https://medium.com/@ubcoin/scammers-never-sleep-how-to-safely-contribute-752908c691f

A useful article, I think that it will be able to secure those who are going to invest in the project, I think Ubkoin is taking the right steps to protect investors


They must make quick steps about the current problems that occur because this will be bad for their project.
535  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: 🔥🔥[ANN] AMON ICO - Crypto Debit Card for Everyday Life🔥🔥 on: June 04, 2018, 08:33:52 PM

Step by step I see this project increasingly leading to what they have been hoping for. A very good project this year.
536  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] DENARO.IO - CRYPTOCURRENCY WALLET AND WORLDWIDE DEBIT CARDS on: June 04, 2018, 08:32:34 PM
I think that they gather everything projects, and don't think of their quality. They have too many projects and among them many doubtful.

It's a very dubious thing for everyone and the results are very disappointing to everyone at this point.
537  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What do you mean when you say Bitcoin is number 1 on: June 04, 2018, 08:26:13 PM
For me it is a very cool way to keep your money and get profit from them, without putting much effort into it. Also, it is very safe.


It's about how we can manage our own finances or investments about future profits. How smart you manage about your finances.
538  Economy / Speculation / Re: Is it too late? (To buy Bitcoin now) on: June 04, 2018, 08:23:49 PM
No matter at what stage of development bitcoin is now, it is very profitable to buy. It continues to develop, and therefore can bring you a good income in the future.

A good step to try and not care about the words that make you think twice before. All in your choice.
539  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Which is more risky? Bitcoin or bank investment? on: June 04, 2018, 08:22:14 PM
bank and bitcoin both are risky .if you have no knowledge about bitcoin you cant be success in bitcoin.
just do proper research and then decide bitcoin risky or not ..in my opinion btc is safe for me.

This is only your decision to choose because both of these have different types of risk different.
540  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: Criminals and Bitcoin on: June 04, 2018, 08:20:58 PM
Criminals are always present in every time and society, they are using different currencies for their different purposes. Using Bitcoin as payment for their illegal operations due to its decentralization and anonymity.


A vice will always be present in every life so only we are more careful about their work.
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