Take a look here: https://forkmonitor.info/feeds/stale_candidates/btc.rss
What I posted earlier were orphans, this link is for what happens when 2 pools find a block at just about the same time and it becomes a race to see who wins.

Either way it's the same for the people transacting.

Both blocks have your transaction = no change
One block (winner) has it the looser does not = no change
One block (looser) has it the winner does not = that TX will be in the next block (give or take depending on space) slightly longer wait.

In the end, transactions do not just disappear.

-Dave

https://specter.solutions/desktop/ it's a 1 step more or less install for using hardware along with core.
Fully open source: https://github.com/cryptoadvance/specter-desktop

Personally I have used it a little and it does work, but for most HW wallets electrum connected back to my own server works just as well.

I am guessing it's not a big demand / people are not asking for it because it's rarely asked about.

-Dave

Check this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5397166.msg60503248#msg60503248

You can see where the block reward will go and some other information.

If they are merge mining other coins and stuff behind the scene you will never be able to check for that, but most of them are worth so little it does not really matter.

So long as you stick with the larger pools it's not something to worry about.

-Dave

New York can make it's own way, but even a place like Woodstock has less then 10000 full time residents. They don't have a formal IT staff and the last time I had to do something at Town Hall they proceed credit cards through a 3rd party and took checks to the local bank at the end of the day.

The New York DMV does, or at lest did their own credit card processing and deposits checks electronically.

Somewhere in between those 2 extremes is where a lot of the processing will fall.

So the smaller places if they do would use 3rd party, but I could see the DMV running their own. And probably having worse conversion rates then Coinbase but I'll rant about that if and when it happens.

-Dave

https://bitcoinchain.com/block_explorer/orphaned

It's not something to be worried about.

More then likely if you have a TX in a block that gets orphaned / lost it's going to be in the next black anyway.
If you are selling a car, you wait for more then 1 block.
If you are selling a cup of coffee, you are probably not waiting for a confirm anyway.
If you are shipping something then it does not matter since it's not leaving at that moment.
If you are selling something online with digital delivery then they just have to wait for that 2nd confirmation if it's expensive.

-Dave

Cleaning up and found this one:





$15 shipped US with no tracking. (put it in an envelope and put on a stamp)
$18 shipped US with tracking.
International shipping will depend on where you are but it's probably not going to be worth it.

BTC payment address: 37KpY3xevo6kt3Wx6osJESKxvnGb84MMiQ
Lightning: LNURL1DP68GURN8GHJ7AMPD3KX2AR0VEEKZAR0WD5XJTNRDAKJ7TNHV4KXCTTTDEHHWM30D3H82UNVW QHKCATJD9JXYCTWDVENJ3NLH0U

-Dave

There is no 'proof' it's part of the basic concept of PoW.

You would have to have enough hashing power to mine more then 6 blocks while the rest of the network only mined 6. So if nothing else changes you would need FAR MORE then current existing SHA256 hash power to ATTEMPT do it. And there is still the chance due to luck that it still would fail.

You can look at the amount of existing hash power and extrapolate from there.

-Dave

Too late aAt this point google and a few others probably already have archives of it. @Alexeymalutin change the password and check your access logs.
That or just wipe the server and start again.

Back to the original issue, IF you are 100% sure it's not some AV grabbing the file and removing it since it never makes it out of the temp folder I would look at the server closing the connection before it's finished and the desktop just removing what it thinks is an incomplete file.

Also could your front end router for the PC be doing any kind of filtering? More and more home routers are coming with some for of AV so it could be killing the download too.

-Dave

At a guess it's your AV coming in and removing the file(s) because it sees something it does not like.
It's been a issue on an off with Hashtopolis for years. Check the logs of whatever AV you have on the machine, it's probably in there.

By default most anti virus programs will pop up a warning, but windows defender has a reputation of not telling you at times that it blocked / removed a file.

-Dave

So long as you treat it as in insecure hot wallet it's fine.
Want to keep a few dollars in it to make a quick transaction here and there it's fine. But for more then that, no it's not something you want to use.
Much like I keep saying I keep less on my phone then my phone is worth. For a browser wallet I have think it is something like keeping lunch money on it in case I want to order a sandwich and don't want to go digging out my phone or hardware wallet.

-Dave

Also, if you don't want to do it yourself following the guide that NeuroticFish has there are a few pre-done nodes in a box that you can setup as a VM if you don't want to dedicate hardware to it:

https://umbrel.com/#start
or
https://mynodebtc.com/download

They are the 2 more popular ones, there are a bunch of other options, but if you are looking to be supported sticking with the more popular setups will save you a bit of time if you need to go to their communities for support with an issue.

-Dave

If anyone really cares the new price everywhere I can see here in the US for a 2TB Samsung 870EVO SSD is $149.99
Amazon, newegg, Microcenter, wherever it's $150.
These are all brand new sealed in a box drives.

Just about EVERY 4TB spinning drive is under $100 until you get into the higher end ones which you DO NOT NEED for this. Yes, your IBD might take a bit longer if the rest of your system is good enough. But if there is ANY other bottleneck be it RAM, CPU, download speed, then the drive speed does not matter.

Back to what I said back in November higher hour used 1TB and 2TB drives are being given away by a lot of people since they have NO real value anymore.

-Dave

If you read the linked article
https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/judges-finds-bitcoin-facility-in-falls-is-operating-in-violation-of-court-order-sets-fine/article_1170797d-9994-5836-9289-8f3bca1d51a1.html

It's got 0 to do with the NY law itself but local zoning regulations.

Or, to put it bluntly, get your ugly high power usage stuff out of this area we want to build condos and hotels and there is the possibility we might get another casino license up here and that area really needs to be cleaned up. But you can't come out and say that so you just keep annoying them till they leave.

The entire area where it is, really needs to be redeveloped in a major way but there is resistance since what is there is providing SOME jobs and revenue and people don't want to trade it away for something that MAY happen in the future.

Side note about NY: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5437485

-Dave

New York State Takes a Step Toward Cryptocurrency Adoption with New Bill

https://cryptonews.com/news/new-york-state-takes-step-toward-cryptocurrency-adoption-with-new-bill.htm


Going to be interesting to see how this plays out, how much traction it gets as it winds though the process. Seems on the surface to have some people behind it who are good and getting things done but in the end if there is resistance from other people will they choose to fight for it or pick another battle. In the end with more and more places in general accepting crypto payments I can't see it not happening sooner or later.

Also, what I find interesting is that what is not discussed is the fact that there are some smaller towns in NY that DO take crypto for some things, they are processing with Cashapp / Block / Square / whatever they are calling themselves these days and crypto is an option. But, I don't think they really care, it was just the quickest & easiest way to take credit cards and crypto came along for the ride. I'm reasonably sure that is the case in a lot of places. They really don't care HOW the funds get to them, just that they get them.

-Dave

Agree except for it's not a hell of a lot of computing power a 4th gen i5 with 8gb RAM and a 1TB spinning drive is more then enough.
If it's not a public node, and only 1 person or a few people are hitting it a configuration like that will let you do core & electrum server & LN with no issues.
Biggest bottleneck would be the drive or bandwidth depending on your internet connection. Could probably still go from bare to fully synced in under 5 days.

And depending on where you live refurbished machines with those or better specifications are under $150

-Dave

Or, just have it as a standard loss policy. If coins cannot be retrieved then it's no different then if your house gets broken into and something stolen, or you dropped that priceless piece of art.
There is the potential for fraud, but there is always the possibility for that with any kind of insurance.
The question would be can you make it cheap enough that people would be interested, but expensive enough to generate a profit for the company otherwise nobody would offer it.

-Dave

As you found yes. And you can generate an address and add funds. However, once you 'open' it by punching the hole (or breaking the tab on the originals) you now have a private key on an online device.
Probably not that big a security risk since once you open it you are probably moving the funds, but still something to think about.

-Dave

This cannot be stressed enough. You are opening up your BTC to the internet once you do this. Making a trivial mistake in you config file later can cause you to loose your coins if it allows others to connect.
Not saying that you should not do it, just be very aware that it would now be out there for people trying to get access.

Testing something 6 months from now, and you change the user / pass to something simple to make life easier and don't change it back not a big deal if it's not publicly accessible. Here, it's a big deal.
That kind of stuff.

-Dave

Was asleep when MJ paid. Just filled all the slots.
Rolling with 774332.

0000000000000000000278a9373321bd95775f00d8207271e1afa6d389f00ea8

BTCOVERFIATS wins.

PM me your address and I'll get them out to you.

Tune in sooner or later for the next cheap raffle.

-Dave

Continuing my fun cheap raffles
1 of each state that has been released so far.





Tickets:

1- minerjones
2- The_Crypto_Kid
3- Helena Yu
4- hookzup1
5- minerjones
6- Suzuki Matt
7- DirtyBirdE 
8- BTCOVERFIATS
9- YodasRedRocket
0- minerjones
a- pmict
b- JanEmil
c- MoparMiningLLC
d- minerjones
e- MrsMopar
f- minerjones


How To Play:
Use the current PREEV.com rate for $2 and send $2 per ticket to:

BTC payment address: 37KpY3xevo6kt3Wx6osJESKxvnGb84MMiQ
Lightning: LNURL1DP68GURN8GHJ7AMPD3KX2AR0VEEKZAR0WD5XJTNRDAKJ7TNHV4KXCTTTDEHHWM30D3H82UNVW QHKCATJD9JXYCTWDVENJ3NLH0U

Pick one of the available tickets from the table above. Post a reply with your pick and txid.
The last character in the hash of a later chosen block will decide who has the winning ticket.

US Shipping included, other parts of the world at whatever it costs to get it to you. Remember there is real gold in them so you get to deal with any customs issues that come up.