Careful, I've said sober enough, not 100% sober


Plus, you technically didn't make any prediction yet (i.e. you didn't post a code tag with your name in it and I doubt that posting the code tag with others' name is taken into account), hence you don't necessarily have to remove that post, nor wait

Are you sure it's yours??  
Can you please recheck?


OK, you've checked it 
Now you know why I wanted to make sure I'm sober enough for the job and delayed my prediction a little.

Concurs nou, dar in doi pasi.

SINBAD MIXER Bitcoin Price Prediction Challenge
Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5432962

Organizator: SinBad.io

Se castiga: 6, 5 sau 4 mBTC (primele 3 locuri)

Neaparat pana in 10 Ianuarie vei scrie (o singura data) cat crezi ca va fi pretul Bitcoin (in $, coinmarketcap) in 30 Ianuarie la ora 10 GMT. Formatul este:

Neaparat intre 11 si 25 Ianuarie vei scrie (o singura data) cat crezi ca va fi pretul Bitcoin (in $, coinmarketcap) in 30 Ianuarie la ora 10 GMT. Formatul este:

Cele mai bune 3 predictii vor fi premiate in bani (6, 5 respectiv 4 mBTC)
Pentru a participa, un cont trebuie sa aiba cel putin 50 de postari inainte de 31 Dec (anul trecut).
Nu este permisa/acceptata editarea predictiilor.

Din pacate nu scrie nimic de cei cu conturi multiple, din pacate nu scrie nimic despre suprapunerea predictiilor.
Plus, stim ca e doar reclama ieftina dar, hai sa nu ne plangem si sa ne bucuram de concurs.

Concurs incheiat.

OP, please be very careful with private messages asking for help and offering help. Not all such people come with good intentions.
At least when something is discussed publicly (here), others can see and correct/warn in case of anything shady.

That's done by centralized institutions you and the merchant (have no option but to) trust. Ucy was talking about decentralized platform where transactions can be reversed.

Hello.

There's a board specific for Mycelium: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=231.0
Maybe you manage to move this there, or at least into Wallet Software (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=37.0)

However, Mycelium is usually not advised because it's closed source. But it's not a bad wallet.
If you have meaningful amount of coins, then the problem is not Mycelium, it's that you keep it in a not-secure-enough manner and you may want to consider buying a hardware wallet (I guess that setting up a cold storage is out of question, so I went for the most user friendly approach) and transfer your coins there, into safety.

I will add that if you set up a new wallet - no matter is hardware wallet or whatever - make sure it's you who generates the new seed, make sure you save/store that seed offline in multiple places, make sure you recover your wallet at least once from the seed (to make sure it's the right wallet), make sure the new seed never touches a computer/smartphone (never goes online).

You don't know what you're talking about. This would mean that anybody could reverse his transactions for no good reason. The merchants would have no reason at all to use Bitcoin, actually, it would be the opposite: they would avoid it.

Although it doesn't happen to me too often, I know very well what you're talking about!
And I hoped that someday it'll get fixed.


Thank you!
I am sure that this will be added. It's, after all, a bugfix (and, no offense, but I find this more useful than the "OP" patch).

This pretty much sums it up. However, while I do trust MJ, he may want to clear this up beyond doubt and only theymos can do that. Hence I support Pmalek point/request.
But it's really up to MJ, I think that he should ask theymos, if he considers it necessary.
Again, for me it's clear. The lack of proof of identity (i.e. signed message) was the root for disaster (if there was indeed a disaster).

"Don't trust, verify", remember? And then why trust somebody's claims, no matter who it is, if the things just don't add up?!


I love the mix of drama, conspiracy and price speculation
One thing that still looks odd is that all this shit show goes on only on Twitter. Nothing on Mastodon and nothing in here.
Another thing that must be cleared up is what was his actual "cold storage" setup.
And claiming that there's a CoinJoin in a tx that's actually clean...
...yeah, the things just don't add up. And I've got some logical explanations for this and that, still, far from enough.

I consider the hacking of 2 Twitter accounts easier than hacking into a cold storage.
The boating accident theory is also a not-too-bad idea.

Of course, its telephony can see what antennas are around in order to send SOS calls, which can be done without SIM. NSA can find out what antennas the phone was interogating and triangulate/approximate the position.

And if NSA wants to get in your devices, the old phone you start now and then to sign transactions is your smallest problem
But I don't deny it you have a point. Maybe a bit paranoid, but not too much.

Do you understand the concept of off-topic? Or I have to report so you can call that your free speech is censored?
Let me clear it up: I don't care of that theory and it's, again, off topic.


With Cloudflare I do agree. With "cannot quote" I don't. And you've put both in the same topic, although, if Cloudflare doesn't allow you in, quoting is the least of your concerns.
You've put together two topics/issues. I've answered to one. Next time be clearer.
I did quote the part I was answering to. Are you sure you've paid attention?

And in order to avoid Cloudflare kick in too often, avoid reading all the posts of a topic in one go (the "all" button); it could make your life easier.
Don't you find interesting that neither my Tor Browser, nor my non-js Firefox had any issues with Cloudflare? I had to force an "all" posts view for Clouflare to kick in.

I really don't know what was Luke-Jr setup, that's why I still have my doubts that this story is for real.

franky1 has a post in another topic which could be relevant information (if it's correct, which I don't know). There may be that some of the old/original bitcoiners may have a different view on what is cold storage and that wallet may have been exposed to his LAN, which probably got compromised.

Of course, while any minimal security measures were okay 10 years ago, anybody with a sense of reality would know that more and more security is needed with every year passing and every more dollar on the price.

This can be a good point indeed: basically hiding the cold storage in plain sight.


True, this part I forgot about.


This is a good argument. Still, this doesn't make the cold storage unsafe per se, especially since the wallet seed has backups.

OK, I'm trying now with Firefox (normal, latest, not esr), also with about:config JavaScript to false. And I've also disabled my add-ons...
Preview is working, I'll also post now. And... it works.

Did it occur to you to try with a different setup, maybe you have set something else in your browser and broke it?



Sorry, but your conspiracy theories are off topic here.

* They can make businesses no longer accept Bitcoin and will say they've banned it.
** Of course, people can still transact and use it. Is it a ban? Not really, but what's reality when people believe everything that's on TV?

* They can ban mining and say it's done.
** Of course, while most businesses will leave to mine elsewhere, some may use VPN and such and still mine it.

* Stopping all the bitcoin related traffic on the internet... I don't think it can happen without completely shutting off internet

* Getting all countries agree to act together ... I will not live long enough to see that happen. Neither you.


Is this good enough as explanation?

I'm just quoting you from Tor browser with Javascript disabled (Security Level: Safest).


Yes, JS is necessary for the initial captcha, unless you get your ccode from another session. But you really can do this once from somewhere else - if you are interested in your privacy you know this very good. But the rest seems to work fine without JS.
An no, this is not censorship, this is a small price to pay, as part of keeping the forum safe from attacks. If you would have a website, you'd know as much.


You seem to only see drama around you. Take a deep breath, chill, think twice before you write. If you just dump your anger to the forum people will fail to see any usefulness in taking you serious.
Take it as a friendly advice or ignore it.

The advised way to access a mixer is to do it over Tor. This being said, there's no valuable information to sell, since those not using Tor may not be actual users/customers, instead only some curious people. So I would not count on getting much of info from the browser.

Of course, if a mixer is a honeypot, they can lie about not keeping client information and instead sell all the info to chain analysis companies or government agencies.
After all, trusting a mixer still means.. trusting.


Of course, unless a mixer was specifically built for as honeypot, it won't be doing that (keeping and selling user info) because it will mean they admit they are mixing funds and some agencies may not like that. So let's not become too paranoid...

It worth mentioning that he had physical access to that old Trezor and also the vulnerability he managed to exploit was fixed since then by Trezor.
You know, if a thief manages steal your cold storage and then manages to steal your coins off it... it's not really considered a vulnerability of the cold storage...

I keep seeing people telling that phones are hard to airgap and.. sorry, but I'm not convinced.

* one can remove the SIM then mobile internet will no longer be used
* one can turn off NFC (if available); however, not a great attack vector
* one can turn off Bluetooth and go airplane mode; however, not a great attack vector unless 100% targeted
* one can remove/forget all known Wi-Fi SSIDs and set the phone not connect to any other/unprotected SSID

One very good argument is that a burglar will most probably steal that smartphone even if it's older, put a SIM in it and turn everything on, making indeed phones somehow risky for cold storage.
Another very good argument is that somebody in the house would do exactly that too (put a SIM in) because of not knowing it's a "special use" phone.

But all this can easily happen with a laptop too (stealing or plugging in a network cable). And let's not compare online securit between old laptops and old phones because both are bad and also dependent of owner's skills in setting them up.