Great, this is what the scaling stalemate has created...  Frustrated newbie users and tired experts/regular users. Good to see a post like this around here, maybe it will make some think differently. |
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Look at dogecoin, and how many users it has... Same goes for Litecoin. We can't make comparisons so linearly. But yes, I do understand what you're saying... I feel many of us me including prefer to stick to it cause of the monetary benefits and it's decentralised nature.
This is pretty much the only thing going for Bitcoin right now. |
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Obviously not. Last time I checked they had a little over 20 BTC, do you think 20 BTC will move the market so profoundly? Is 'WannaCry' creating a new address per user?
according to things you can read in this topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1916199.0it seems like they have hard coded a couple of bitcoin addresses inside the ransomeware itself which asks for the payment in one of those addresses. If they have hardcoded bitcoin addresses, then how do they monitor individual payments of different users? looking at the transaction amounts, each one is different because of price difference, so it is possible that the program asks them to pay exact amount of $300 for example 0.167599 BTC and type in the TX ID then it uses a blockexplorer or a node to check if it is paid the exact amount and gives them the key. the 0.167599 amount was taken from one of the addresses and you can see the amount is already unique. Yes, this is what's most likely happening as discussed on the thread monitoring the ransom addresses. For requested $300 is easier to buy some new Laptop.
If the lost encrypted files are irrelevant and the ransomware is the only problem, might as well simply format the computer, 0$ required for that. |
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Hmm... The ransomware would then need to centrally keep track of which transaction ids have been used.
What is somebody just copies the transaction id once the transaction is broadcast and keys it into the ransomware?
That's what I was suggesting. That's quite an old tweet, unrelated to this. Looking at the image in the Twitter link above, perhaps once you send the required amount, it is automatically decrypted. They actually let you decrypt some files at no cost to prove it works. Nice of the crooks to give you a free sample.
They re-use addresses. How would they know who sent what for which computer? Evidence?
Link?
Reference?
Why hospitals?
Stealing what exactly from them?
Are you in the right thread mate?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39916778 |
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The only way to solve your "issue" is, well... Put everyone on your trust list. Any way, I agree with Panda Trump, The trust page is kind of strange especially if someone is a newbie. The Trust system can be improved a bit. I know it won't be easy changing the system as it will require countless hours of coding. But something more modern could be done.
A new forum is already on the works, you can make suggestions on its section. |
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What in the world has happened to bitcoin
Nothing, and that's the issue. Bitcoin hasn't scaled, thus transaction with a low fee don't come through (quickly). |
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Addresses are a little over 20 BTC. Never thought they'd see this much money, actually... Question: Once you pay the ransom, how does the hacker know it was you who paid?
I missed that part. I mean people are sending their BTC to them. How are they tying the payment to the computer?
I was questioning myself exactly this. Maybe the ransomware has a place to input txid? |
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I remember vaguely of reading about this proposal on the Development forum (not sure if OP is the same) and I think deploying this would be a very reasonable solution that would be of interest for both "sides" of this question. In addition to this many people have already talked for several times about dynamic blocks... And I think the only reason this hasn't been implemented yet is because we don't have enough developments regarding that. I'm all for scaling. I wouldn't mind seeing a system like this go live on Bitcoin. Plus, this thread is a nice read in a forum where there's been a lot of hate lately  |
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However, once it all blows over and gets fixed I reckon the authorities might start asking questions of how and why criminals can get access to payment-acceptance systems that are pretty much untraceable. This will put the spotlight on Bitcoin/crypto-currencies and their links to the underworld.
The question is, how will it affect the price?
No questions need to be asked, they can try and buy Bitcoin themselves. And there you go, everyone has access to Bitcoins in the same way. I don't think it will affect the price negatively... Not that big of an issue (at least in what regards Bitcoin). Whales can and do move markets the way they please and with whatever news... But I don't think moving the market now based on these news would have a big impact. |
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You should ask these questions in the Collectibles sub-forum. Pictures of said coins will help. I assume by what you wrote that they're not graded, nor protected. That will decrease its price considerably. Can't really tell you about a), I've been away from the collectibles section for quite some time. As for b), yes, but don't expect to get a huge premium for that. |
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Tell us more about that office and why these accounts were banned...
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This isn't Bitcoin Discussion and should be moved to Meta. If you find that default trust ratings do not represent who you trust, you can tweak them.
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When was it not a game of speculation? Maybe back in the beginning when Bitcoin was worth cents... This guy is a bit confused: Can they do any good to your real life? No, they can’t. Words can't even express how ridiculous this is. But for those who are already enviably rich, why get involved in such a complicated game? This one's easy: to be even more rich... Which is what everyone who's rich wants. I don't see references to the middle-class in the article, but if the guy indeed said that, I'll take his own words to prove him wrong: Well, data is worth a thousand words. Regarding fines to exchanges, do you have any sources on that? |
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Source. Let's see, they may do a good job. Always good to see new exchanges, especially in Japan and after all that happened throughout the years.
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By the way things are going we won't have big blocks neither segwit by the end of this year, unfortunately, but I might (and I hope I am) wrong.
As for the most recent stats, I find it curious that BU is ahead in both support and blocks. Whoever reads these forums or reddit would reach the conclusion that BU is highly unpopular. The opposite for Segwit, many services are allegedly supporting them, like many big personalities in the community and it is appraised by many people online, however it has less mining network support and less blocks... I guess this is why I get the feeling I wrote on the beginning of this post.
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I take it the fee was set automatically by your client according to current blockchain conditions. Yes, fee values like that have been recurrent and will not be solved until we scale.
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Another bump, available |
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Are you sure you wrote down your seed correctly? If yes, try your breadwallet seed on Hive or MultiBit HD (see here why). I've restored a breadwallet seed on a MultiBit HD wallet successfully in the past so you can try and start with that. For more info see this thread |
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Well, this is actually sad, because it means I can't pick up coins at a cheap price...
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Whatever the goals are and how well intentioned this may be, this is nothing but bribery, this is basically enticing miners with money. If things go "as planned" nobody will take up on this and honor their opinions and everything will just be as it is now. can only be included on the blockchain if the maximum block size limit is raised, How has this been achieved? |
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