That is the most probable cause of your loss. My advice would be to scan your comp with your AV (or even do a full reinstall) to try and find the hole that left you open. Out of reference for future, my advice would be to use an old laptop/Pi to generate your addresses in and store them there as a means of cold storage such that you are completely air gapped (not connected to the internet). You can still run a watching version of the client (use Armory/Electrum) to create txs and sign them offline and then bring the signed tx online to broadcast. That way you can ensure that no one will have access to your wallet/private keys. And it's safe to assume that your entire wallet is compromised so I would NOT use any of your old addresses.

Put it this way I'm seeing a +1 which is light green and I haven't modified my trust settings so that's what nearly everyone else will see. I think you did a bit more than just correcting the feedback.

Is it me or did OP read out as - "Gimme some coins so I can 'double' them. Don't expect to see them back." Obvious scam is obvious.

They really need to place tighter controls on gaming in South Korea - playing for days on end leading to the death of family is unjustifiable IMO. Poor kid probably wouldn't have gotten a good childhood even if he did survive.

It affected both (and many more sites) because it was a flaw in OpenSSL which is used by this forum and Bitcoin. It enabled attackers to access small amounts of data from memory every couple of cycles which meant potentially passwords and private keys could be exposed.

If possible I would advise you to run it on your computer disconnected from the internet just to be safe. And I it works extract the private keys and use them to transfer for coins to another wallet you control. That would be best unless you're absolutely sure you understand every line of code and compile it yourself.

With that setup any altcoins worth mining will still earn you nothing and in all probability result in you damaging your computer. Old AMD cards from laptops are generally pretty bad in comparison to what the newer desktop cards can produce.

µTorrent - sheerly for the options it provides plus being able to set-up a proxy without too much hassle. The only annoying thing is the ads although those are quite easily removed.

Having your address in a tx with like 50 different recipients might give it away. Although honestly, I don't see how it really has to do with AML/KYC procedures given that even with standard txs no one really knows where its coming from and who its going to anyway.

You betcha that they will. FB has no interest in BTC unless it will make them money and for them they'd make more simply making their own crap that they could promote using their platform.

Try clearing your cache and restarting your browser. I don't think it's a server side problem - so it's probably you.

Thanks for that.


Yeah from what I'm reading, it seems just like another one of the FB Credits idea except on a somewhat larger and grander scale. I'm definitely doubtful now that it will be crypto-related in anyway let alone Bitcoin considering that I don't think they'd work with the current frameworks and system in place.

Not too sure where you're getting your news from. Would you mind linking me to the article? I'm highly doubtful they'd let you deposit fiat for BTC considering they'd need to pass quite a few checks and regulation to act as exchange of sorts. I don't think they'd really do either TBH - I doubt they'd integrate BTC unless it became huge.

That's the main problem. Humans aren't random enough to produce a string of words that have enough entropy not to be brute forced by a computer. So mostly any funds placed in a brain wallet are taken nearly instantaneously by someone who has simply brute forced their way to private key.

In this particular instance, profitability is irrelevant to the amount invested as each unit of investment will give you a specific unit of return that doesn't shift according the amount invested. Sure there are difficulty shifts but those will affect all units of investment and hence are irrelevant. Basically, having 1 GHs and 1 THs will give you the same % return on your investment.

On the topic of profitability, without accurately being able to predict difficulty shifts it is hard to know whether you'll make a profit (and if so much). Most people assume a 20% increase each time but in the long term that may vary with new ASIC technology/reduced demand for new equipment etc.

The demand simply isn't there. To us it might seem as if we are clambering to buy ASICs but in all probability we don't even represent 1% of the market that nvidia and AMD sell to. I can bet my last penny though that if we get to a point where we could represent a significant portion of their profits they will acquire and produce the technology necessary. Right now though, they're making way more from GPUs and rendering solutions.

Just on a small note, I think you meant median. The average may not be the same (and usually in the case of things with large statistical outliers it isn't) as the median.

Haha, my thoughts exactly - the irony of that post.

Anyways @OP, you'd be better off withdrawing to your bank account and trying LocalBitcoins from there as most people will not accept Paypal because it is so easily chargebacked. Not to mention you don't have any trust so I'd doubt you'd be able to find a buyer here.

Personally, I would prefer a slider to be able to slow my bets down as needed - but still maintain the ability to have lightning fast bets as well. I think that would suit everyone's needs best.

There is little to no value in mining on such a small scale - you'll hardly earn anything and risk the chance of damaging your GPU which wouldn't be worth it unless you're still under warranty. Anyway you don't want to be mining BTC, try LTC or some other scrypt with BTC you'll earn ~ 0.