Some users report they've received an e-mail of the Cryptopia liquidators, a days or two ago.

Based on the reactions in this thread, it looks as if this e-mail is legit. I cannot confirm this personally, since I've never been a Cryptopia user.

CRYPTOPIA LIQUIDATION IMPORTANT INFO

As some of you might know, I've been following the liquidation process closely. The invitation e-mail you've received from the liquidators is legit. You can also check the official website, the liquidators are using it as their communication medium.

I've also posted a warning in the Scam Accusation thread, about a month ago: some personal information of Cryptopia users has been given by mistake to a lobby group. This means they might also have your data and try to contact you. There's no certainty that this lobby group has bad intentions, however be warned. If I understand well, this is however not the case in the e-mail OP's talking about, which comes directly from the liquidators.

Finally, you can find my reports on the (very interesting) liquidation process on this thread, which I'm updating on a regular basis.


The next liquidator's report is expected to be released in a few days.


Good luck to everyone who has lost his coins. I hope you can recover as much coins as possible, and hopefully all of it.

Just check my threads, the situation is looking relatively well (considering, of course, the seriousness of the situation following the hack).

I could, though.

For instance, by not posting any sources. His post is more than just the first phrase. The fact that the link is there among other links, or the fact that other people have thought this post was original (therefore Merited it), are not relevant. The link is there completely in the open (maybe surrounded by other links, but it's there), which is probably enough to at least create enough "reasonable" doubt about the good or bad intentions of the poster. At least, that's what I think, but we are not the judges in here, the mods are and it's up to them to decide.

That being said, I do think you're playing with fire, Ratimov. You're a respected, high-Merited member of this forum, but your "I would like to" phrase would probably not have passed the jury, had you been a low-ranked newbie shitposter.

Also, you shouldn't set every advice in this thread aside as if they were only negative comments from "clowntrolls". There's enough signs that enough people have been misled about the way you formulated your opening phrase and the style of your article. If that happens once, it's not your fault. But if you'd continue to post articles in the same way, without taking into account some of these warnings above, it could raise questions about your intentions after all.

My two cents, and just a friendly suggestion to formulate your stuff more carefully.

Peace.

That reminds me. Do we have any female Merit beggars on this forum?

Keeping in mind the way some people on these boards go crazy for a single Merit, I can't help but wonder what they would be willing to do for a single satoshi.

As noble as you're idea may be - and I really do believe it is -, it's probably not the best one. I've seen a lot of newbies recently who've gotten Merits for a few posts here and there, where the Meriter hadn't really looked any deeper in the newbie's post history. As soon as these guys reach Jr. or Member level, they join a campaign, at which point they start flooding the forum with spam. I don't have to tell you that many of them are here for one reason only: bounties.

I'd warmly recommend you to do at least a minimal quick check of the poster's history to make sure it's not a complete shitposting spammer who had one lucky shot. Otherwise, you might be unwillingly sponsoring a (future) spammer.

Just my 2 cents. Once again, I think your idea is noble, and you're completely free to do whatever you want to with your well-deserved sMerits.

You're quoting the "plagiarism and cultural differences" thread and I'd kindly suggest to read the thread all the way to the end. The fact that the OP has been merited, doesn't mean it's correct. No intent, no offence. The cultural aspect is completely irrelevant. edit: so is the quote/bracket remark, but at least you'll avoid any discussion when you use sources-quotes-brackets.


^As usual, suchmoon summarizes the whole thing perfectly. I'd however would like to add that the application is imho completely just and correct.

There's simply so many plagiarism claims which are completely unjustified, that it seems as if the mods are lenient. They're not lenient, they're right. (or, in some cases, it's impossible to prove)


I'm not quite sure why this is so difficult to understand for some, and I'm really amazed about how this has been repeated over and over, yet some people refuse to understand (or accept) this very simple rule.

Not sure what you are on,
But damn it must be strong,
So won't you drop me some,
To share when walls are gone.

Pure art, mate. It makes me emotional. (edit: #nohomo) You change "ass" in "arse" and it'll rhyme even more

Great to see you know who Lauda is, even though you joined only a few days ago. And for someone who claims to spend "a lot of time here", it's very strange you haven't read the OP and haven't noticed that voting is only for Full Members and higher.

Oh and this, of course, is plagiarism of the purest kind:


I'll probably add these two to the "fail of the year" category.

Am I really the only one who noticed this ^^^ school example of plagiarism??

It's an exact copy of Kojektea's post in the same thread and even the error in mprep's name "mrep" has been copied:


Get that julanbex guy out of here.

OP, great initiative, here's my list! I could have nominated some people in more than one category. But well, I haven't.

I've probably forgotten several people who deserve to be here, too...


[1]Best Moderator ........................ Welsh, mprep, hilariousandco (actually way too many here...)
[2]Best SpamBuster ....................... LoyceV, suchmoon, GazetaBitcoin
[3]Best ScamBuster ....................... lovesmayfamilis, Ratimov, Leviathan.007
[4]Golden Feather ........................ El duderino_, AlcoHoDL, Jet Cash
[5]Event of the Year ..................... The Bitcointalk Community Awards!
[6]Fail of the Year ...................... All spammers who've been busted (more to come in 2021...)
[7]Discovery of the Year ................. German Community board, very lively and gemütlich
[8]Bitcoin Geek .......................... mk4
[9]Bitcointalk Ninja ..................... DdmrDdmr, morvillz7z
[10]Craft Master ......................... LFC_Bitcoin, Toxic2040 (can't say "chart" without saying "art")
[11]Antihero ............................. Lauda
[12]Absolute Hero of Good ................ CryptopreneurBrainboss, Vod, OgNasty (actually way too many here...)
[13]Miss Bitcointalk ..................... nullius (#wishfulthinking #nohomo)

Nou neen, ik bedoel dat hoe groter de bekendheid is, logisch gezien ook hoe groter de interesse en hoeveelheid trades zou moeten zijn. Nu dagbladen - die in verschillende takken van de maatschappij worden gelezen - ook uitgebreider aandacht gaan besteden aan crypto ten gronde (en niet gewoon nu en dan eens een artikel omdat de prijs snel stijgt of daalt), zou de support dus ook moeten toenemen.

Veel meer diepgang dan "hoe groter de aandacht, hoe groter de interesse" bedoelde ik er niet mee.

Maar je opmerking is anders wel relevant, hé, ik vermoed dat jij met "rumour" dan doelt op een eventuele aanstaande verveelvuldiging van de prijs? Mogelijks ook terecht, hoewel ik de huidige prijsstijging toch nog vrij mak vind.

Er is wel iets waar ik me zorgen over maak. In 2017 vloog de prijs all the way naar $20.000 enkel en alleen dankzij FOMO. In 2020 zouden die vermeende "institutionele" beleggers dan eindelijk mee op de kar zijn gesprongen, met een extra duwtje in de rug van PayPal. Niettemin geraken de prijs en het volume amper verder dan het ATH van drie jaar eerder. Ik heb daar niet echt een verklaring voor, maar het maakt me onzeker over het potentieel van crypto (ik bedoel met "potentieel" puur de prijs, en heb het eventjes niet over de technologische mogelijkheden).

Ik geloof dat ik er hier al eerder over gesproken heb, maar vind mijn post niet meteen terug.

So that's how Satoshi looks IRL. Every day I learn something new in this thread.

Check. I'll have a good laugh, too, when I see those reported posts being removed.

It's nice to always have a new shitposter which will give room for new shitposts.

Probably I'm the one who's being too stupid to understand this genius, because someone has actually Merited this bullshit (thus really begging to be investigated for reports).

Thank you - 35 - friends1980

Good luck to all!

Nou kijk, M-BTC, laat mij meteen daar deze link aan toevoegen uit De Tijd van vandaag:

https://www.tijd.be/markten-live/homepage/de-comeback-van-de-cowboymunt/10269847.html

"De comeback van de Cowboymunt", een lang uitgebreid artikel, exclusief over Bitcoin.

Als het over FA gaat, dan zijn dat goede tekens: zowel een "volkskrant" als AD, als een "technoblad" als De Tijd, die uitgebreid aandacht besteden aan BTC.

Overigens veel belangrijker dan de aandacht van zgn. "institutionele beleggers" die enkel in de speculatieve waarde geïnteresseerd zijn: ik persoonlijk heb geen greintje vertrouwen in banks, govs en corps, en het feit dat die plots (al dan niet) mee op de crypto-kar springen, vormt voor mij dan ook geen enkele meerwaarde (wel integendeel).

I love the smell of a shit quote in the morning.

Wassup WO? Nice support been building up around 19K for several days now.

How about making a tradition of having an ATH party every weekend? 20k soon? I'm out of champagne tho!

BTW: US lawmakers do not require anything now, contrarily to what you posted. Atm the bill has only been introduced.

Don't want to be a pain in the ass, but if you want to write about legal subjects, make sure you write accurately and precisely.

Let's see how long it takes before they (try to) regulate ALL cryptocoins. Let's say these regulation attempts have actually been going on for a while now... Which is also a sign of the fact that some governments suddenly are starting to take crypto seriously.

But since you've opened the thread, OP, why don't you share your opinion with us first?

As some others mentioned above, respected exchanges probably have insurance for theft (hacking). Also, in case of bankruptcy, these coins always remain yours (if, hopefully,  they weren't stolen).

I've written several extensive threads on this subject and I think its importance will only grow bigger in the future, f.i. about the bankruptcy of Cryptopia: Cryptopia Judge: "1. Crypto is property 2. Even w/o keys, crypto remains yours"

So far the good news.

Remember, in case of bankruptcy, it will take a very long time before you get your coins back. If you have been speculating with shitcoins, there's a very high probability these shitcoins in the meantime will have become useless.

Check out the thread above for some more ideas on positive and negative sides of exchange vs. private wallet, flexibility vs. security etc.

In any case, if you're only planning to hodl and not to speculate or to trade, the safest place to keep your coins is in an offline paper wallet.