I've done some tests with having an username and a password for RPC in Bitcoin Core instead of cookie file and I will post them here in case somebody wants to do that.
I will comment out (not delete) the config lines related to RPC cookie file.
Let's say that the username will be UsErNaMe and the password will be PaSsWoRd (please use much better ones though, just I would avoid using # or : in them).

This would make x:\BitcoinDataDir\bitcoin.conf (see this post) look like:

For Electrs, the content of $HOME/electrs/target/release/electrs.toml (see this post) will become:

And for BTC RPC Explorer, $HOME/btc-rpc-explorer/.env (see this post) becomes:

However, as said in Electrs pages, Electrs is meant for local networks, not exposed to the internet. So this setup is still not safe for the "outer world".
For that you'll probably need Blockstream's fork of electrs and maybe mempool space as explorer. And, clearly, SSL.
I wanted to make this clear, since some may expect that using Bitcoin Core RPC with user/password simply makes everything safe.

I really thought that by now we would be already in an incipient bull market. I was wrong.
Now I try to gather all the info I can get in order to get a glimpse of how long would this crypto winter still last.
OP idea is not easy to dismiss as crazy since the worse case scenario is some 8-10k in this cycle and we didn't touch that. I thought that we will not get there though...

I will be looking for whatever happens in 9th of January, let's see if OP charts / ideas are any good
I still hope they're wrong, but all seems to go wrong with my plans lately...

You had better days with your answers, really.

And no, 50 would not become 0.05. 50 would become 50.0000.
The question is about replacing 1 satoshi with 1.0000 satoshi, not with 0.0001 satoshi.
Your "math" would work only if such a change would be done by monkeys instead of programmers. And it's not the case.

Interestingly, I've never had your problems. And I post sometimes from the phone too.

You should keep in mind that the forum is not an advanced text editor, it's not Word or so (also making it so would most probably hurt the users who use Tor and stripped down browsers for the sake of their privacy).
Plus, on internet, it's not that unusual to lose your posts due to various errors and problems, it's not specific to this forum.
So it's you who has to learn and improve.

All this being said, the conclusions are:
* there's no need for the changes you proposed
* if you want to write larger text, consider using a software made for that job and then copy-paste it here
* whenever you post here, you should copy the whole post into clipboard before submitting/posting it, so you make sure all is safe. When your error ratio becomes very small, you can stop doing this.

Old or new stable coins, no matter; people should be aware that in most (or all?) cases the value (price) listed for them is artificial and they have to trust the issuer that the value will hold.
While stable coins do have their use in the ecosystem (fast transfer of value), their use as safe heaven against bitcoin's bear market is overly risky (just think of what has happened with Terra).
It's always wise to keep money in stable coins as little time as possible.

You'd be surprised. You seem to underestimate human greed (or hunger?). Far too many do think that Bitcoin is a get rich quick scheme. Far too many hear about bitcoin from the wrong sources and jump in without knowing what they're doing.
I would not be surprised if some of those make a choice between getting a better pair of shoes and buying bitcoin in a hope to earn some extra funds (in the near future) to make the things more bearable... 

You do have a point about the double standard, but I guess that it's not so difficult to make a page explaining the situation and everybody who wants to have a scraper can get his IP whitelisted, for example, as long as it's an okay user of the forum.
Let's get real, especially these 3 scrapers help the forum a lot, filling the gaps with features we don't have.. for example because the forum software is old.

I did miss the notifications today, so maybe I am somewhat biased, but I think that it would be nice to not have many problems like this.
However, I have a feeling that it was a bug/mishap, not an intentional blockade, so maybe everything can go on as usual.
Of course, I understand OP's frustration. He will probably need to do extra work because of all this so he can feed his tool correctly with the missing data... so let's not be too harsh on him either. It's okay to ask; whether it will be granted or not... that's a different story and I trust theymos that he will see this topic and take the right decision.

You can install and use a bitcoin wallet even if you don't own bitcoins.
The point is that if you have a wallet (a proper one) then you can use (the private key of) one of your addresses from your wallet in order to sign a message. A good wallet can do that for you easily, with little interaction.
That's why the question was what wallet you use: because the way of signing a message may differ a bit from wallet to wallet.

While I don't understand why would somebody (especially an individual) risk their money on various "products" wrapped around bitcoin instead of buying the "real thing" (for corporations the situation may differ, that's why I said individual), there are already a couple of directions, from ETFs, futures and similar financial products to stocks of businesses that have acquired bitcoin. For individuals even "buying bitcoin" at PayPal or Revolut is actually not the real deal (afaik they still sell only IOUs).
Also there were shares (or similar iirc) to be bought at El Salvador's bitcoin venture, but you can look up in the forum to read how bad they are.
These financial products linked to bitcoin can be nice/correct ones or can be some complicated products containing more fees and booby traps than means to earn money.
So be very careful. I still recommend going for the real deal - bitcoin - even if that means you have to learn a bit of this or that and also acquire a hardware wallet.

I think that something was misunderstood. dkbit98 was never on my ignore list. But he warned me some months ago that if don't ignore / I keep answering to Jerry he will add me to his ignore list.
So Jerry was on my ignore list for a while (although I am still not perfectly and 100% sure it was the right decision), but he's out of that list again.
This is why I've notified him specifically. That's all.


Exactly. Most of those spamming for some pennies may be long gone (and others coming, no worries) and the few ones remaining may have learned their ways and have become meaningful by then.

The difficulty adjustment period is about 2 weeks. If the hashrate drops to half after one week, then there will still be 2 weeks until next adjustment.
Of course, it can happen very close to the adjustment block/moment, but the chances are small.
However, if the difficulty goes down very much then yes, probably smaller miners will have a chance again. They may need pools be adapted for them though.
But I would not be hoping for such situations because then a business with a lot of dormant (less profitable) ASICs can fire them up and perform a 51% attack. Risky.

Related to the question in topic title, the answer would be: pretty badly, depending on the magnitude of the disaster and how much of the earth would be affected. I mean that if something like what killed the dinosaurs will happen, I'd say that mining will be in trouble. Possibly humanity too.


Your question tells only one thing: you should read much more before posting.
If a big number of miners go offline (or get stopped) the chances are pretty big the difficulty will remain high. So the small miners will not really stand a chance.
The small miners can chip in only after the difficulty adjustment has kicked in and reduced the difficulty significantly. This may take long(er) if the hash rate has dropped greatly...

I think that it's simply a small difference between the ways you two see the things. You can block an address from sending you money (black list it). But I think that what was meant in that question was that if certain input(s) are declared to be stolen (doesn't matter how) and you have received those coins (or parts of that), and you will not handle them because they're stolen... what will you do next, seize them (under whatever reasons) or return them to the originating address, or maybe something else?
As an addition, I guess that the question is about money directly linked to a theft, not money washed through 1000s of addresses in many years after a theft.

Bitmex' Fork Monitor is the only such tool I know of. See https://forkmonitor.info/notifications
I think that what you need to look for is the stale block candidates, but the data returned is only since 20 Aug 2020.

The risk is usually in human behavior.
The combination between people investing money they don't afford to lose and an unexpected new leg down for the price, maybe with some FUD as seasoning, is usually so bad it tends to end with selling at lower price than the coins were bought and with a grudge against bitcoin and bitcoiners. Such people will most probably never admit they've made a mistake, instead will call bitcoin a scam.
At least this is how I see these things...

I've read that post long ago (after all, it's from 2012), and I've found it funny and poetic.
Yes, especially at the country side, people still slaughter pigs for eating. In my early years (until up to some 15-17) my family did that too and I was participating to that (so I know the details pretty good). Also I went to the country side for this Christmas and the neighbors kids came from abroad too, hence they've slaughtered 3(!) pigs just before Christmas.

However
* I don't think that anybody is sharpening his knives on the bathroom's floor, it's counterproductive
* I've never seen borandau, it may be customary in other regions, I've seen others that weren't depicted there
* somehow he forgot to say clearly that each step/operation ends with booze
* the operation needs 4, preferably 5 men, one for each of the pig's legs and the 5th should have some training as a butcher (to find easily the hearth, to cut later the various parts, to handle the recipe for sausages - and taste the raw meat - and so on). I don't think that our guy could have been getting so much help there.
* the pig makes an awfully loud noise (obviously) and in US that would attract police and all the show

Of course, it's barbaric since the pig is alive and awake when the knife enter his hearth. Plus not all butchers know what they're doing. Plus some may be already drunk when they get the knife in their hands.
However, nowadays there are so many diseases even growing pigs around the house is risky. So I expect this habit will go into oblivion too in some more decades (sadly, because many great recipes will also die off).

Sorry, nothing comes to my mind. I've done the same in the settings of BitcoinTalk SuperNotifier, but there were only 5 names in that ignore list.


Well, although I do use the bpip extension in my browser, one doesn't need anything special to see (and click) the Ignore link in the user profiles in all their posts.
I don't think that anything more complicated (greasemonkey / custom scripts) would be needed.

The source is most probably https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html
However, since bitcoin blockchain is public, anybody can make such a chart.

You seem even more confused than OP.
What you mean by "does it include 100% BTC holders data?" - I mean, do you think that bitcoin's blockchain cares (holds info) about any other assets?!
What you mean "I am holding some BTC in a private wallet"? Aren't all wallets private?! If it's a proper wallet, each address of yours will be counted in that list. If it's a custodial wallet, then it depends on many factors and, as I wrote in my first answer in this topic, in that case that's not your money anyway.

You should really read more, and you should focus on real info, not the exchange platforms' advertising.

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Just think like that. You buy a device at under 100$ and it can hold any amounts of coins safely. Plus it's very easy and straightforward to use.
(Of course, depending whether you want to also hold shitcoins on it or not, you may have to be careful on what you buy.) Make a list of questions, ask if needed, clear up your mind and get your coins into safety.

Well, calling names is not really an olive branch 
However, you have to understand that you may not be able to change others' impressions/ideas/thoughts and move on. You can start afresh also by not caring that much about what others think. It's all about (your) mindset. (But I'm not saying anything new, isn't it?)


There's no rule for an "okay"  number , it's really up to people's standards and, very important, the forum subs one is reading or ignoring.
I have P&S and also Altcoins and some others too on ignore, hence my ignore list was not very big. It had though nearly 500 entries.
I've read about people who couldn't open that settings page when reaching bigger numbers (I think that it was 2000). And I think that there's a good chance that at least 1/4 of my list was already made of inactive or banned accounts.

Multumim, Gazeta, pentru anunt, multumim 1miau pentru concurs!
Este intr-adevar unul foarte interesant! Clar, am participat chiar acum.