I see them as available here, are you US based? No, I am not from the US, and currently not logged in to my Amazon account either. I am still getting a "Product Unavailable" description, though. The biggest issue is HOW loaded they are. Are you going to roll 20% more sixes or 50% more 90% more? According to the calculations by BlackHatCoiner, even a visibly biased die is good enough to create enough entropy. And based on what Coldcard's documentation says, the entropy from dice is just an extra that goes on top of the hardware-generated entropy from the device. Did some poking around, they are showing not available from a bunch of different IPs when going to Amazon. Guess since it's 'sold by' someone else but shipped from Amazon they are only in the US warehouses. If you want a set PM me and I'll ship them to you. Going to be interesting as what to put on the customs form....
Dice for seeds has been done for a while, and as discussed they just add to the entropy from the device. BUT if the entropy is bad / wrong on the device and the dice are loaded not just biased? Over a large enough set of wallet creation with rolls you can run into other people generating the same info. The question is how many. But, you also then have to answer how bad is the entropy and how loaded are the dice. -Dave |
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Considering the number of nodes running on TOR: https://bitnodes.io/nodes/?q=.onionIt's not that big an issue. Even if SOME ISPs blocked the ports other ISPs would not. Add in VPNs and people running their own BGP for their own IP space would have more freedom to do what they want. -Dave |
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Slightly different scenario. But, another view.
On another board (motorcycle related) a long time ago I wore a signature for a company that had the best prices and possibly the worst customer service.
Everyone knew it. When people had issues, it was what it was. I don't think anyone ever thought that since I and others were wearing their signature did we support or endorse them. It was just a way to make a few bucks and keep their name out there.
In the end the new owners of the company turned out to be scammers and cut and ran with a lot of peoples money. Out of all the people who were still wearing their I don't think anyone cared since they were well known to be a crap company.
Most places that display ads are more or less neutral. I don't think a magazine that has an ad for tire rack thinks they are a good company or a bad one. Just that their check cleared so to speak.
The other side is that people placing the ads tend to be more discerning. Campaign managers here don't want people with massive negative feedback. You will not find certain advertisements in 'adult' magazines. With Musk taking over twitter most of their advertisers left and are still gone.
So the counter question is, do businesses that do advertise in certain locations but not in others show support for the ones they are giving money to OR show their opposition to the places that they do not.
-Dave
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Most mobile wallets allow you to paste in an address to send and add a receiving address to your clipboard so you can send it to someone the access itself is not that big a deal. With that I just played with a few wallets on my phone and most of them just took things from the clipboard without asking. So it appears to just be 'the way it's done'
Out of all the things that go on with crypto, things like this are some of the least of my concerns.
And, I know I have said this before, but I'll put it out there again.
YOUR PHONE IS NOT SECURE. DO NOT KEEP REAL AMOUNTS OF CRYPTO ON IT. YOUR PHONE SHOULD BE TREATED AS A HOT WALLET. ONLY STORE WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOOSE ON IT.
-Dave
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Is reproducible does not mean it is open source or the site is not correct about it. Reproducibility is one segment of open-source code. It's one of the conditions to be considered open-source, but not the only one. In an open-source world, you would be able to take any such code, modify it, better it, change it, put it in your product, and sell that product. If someone finds what you did useful, they could take your code and do the same, or just copy it in its entirety with no or minor changes. Coldcard doesn't allow anyone to use their codebase in the products they will later sell. But the funny part is that they built their own hardware wallets on open-source code written by others. I use a ColdCard but am thinking of moving to something else.
They seem to be dropping support for older HW and I really don't like the attitude of 'just buy a new one' How many updates are really needed in an airgapped wallet like the Coldcard? It only supports Bitcoin and is a simple signing device of transactions that are later exported and broadcasted elsewhere. Are your devices not working as they should for some reason that would warrant a fix in the form of an update? The old ones work BUT there have been some issues found that have not been fixed. And there have been some things added that could be added to the Mk 1/2 that just have not been. How long till they do the same with the 3. I understand the fact that your can't fix old HW bugs and that the older hardware can't run the newer code. But, and I know this makes me look cheap, if you bought a Mk1 and a Mk2 and a Mk3 give me some kind of loyalty discount. I know they remove all client info after X days, but there are ways to get around this if you really care enough. I know a lot of other makers do the same, and that means they will not get my money either. On the other side keystone spun off from the parent company and still managed to give old users of someone else's wallet a HEFTY discount on their items. ...Sure, some of them are discontinued because of big security flaws, that is much better than ledger creating graveyard for fashion purposes....
And this is it right there. There are known flaws, fine I don't expect a Mk4 for free to replace my Mk2. Just give me something. -Dave |
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There is an interesting experiment that someone like BlackHatCoiner and possibly o_e_l_e_o could partake in. The dice that you linked to aren't available anymore, but if they could get an equal set, it would be fun to see how much entropy you could generate despite their bias towards rolling sixes. I see them as available here, are you US based? The biggest issue is HOW loaded they are. Are you going to roll 20% more sixes or 50% more 90% more? I would think that if you didn't know they were loaded after a few rolls it would be obvious. But the question would be how many till you go hmmmmm something is wrong here. -Dave |
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Slightly OT, but something that was said to me years ago that stuck. All 6 sided casino dice are biased over hundreds of thousands of rolls. They are man made and will show it given time. But in the short term of hours that they are actually on the table it does not matter. If the dice here that @Pmalek are not used for anything else and came from an unknown source then it will never matter because there is still enough randomness in them. Now, loaded dice: https://www.amazon.com/Character-Builder-Loaded-Koplow-Games/dp/B001N1JIU8 that is a different thing. -Dave |
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I use a ColdCard but am thinking of moving to something else.
They seem to be dropping support for older HW and I really don't like the attitude of 'just buy a new one'
The Mk1 and Mk2 are no longer getting updates and the Mk3 is barley getting any.
So I had a 1 and then a 2 and now a 3. Sorry, you are not getting my money for a 4 or anything else. When it dies I'll move to something else.
Not saying that it would be better, but not even giving a you bought a bunch over the years here is a nice deal on a new one discount, just irks me.
-Dave
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More or less you are going to have to build something like this: https://litesoundbox.com/products/litesound-box-for-antminer-s19Probably a bit of trial and error to figure out what works for your situation. Keep in mind unless your power costs are less then $0.07/kw you are going to be mining at a loss. As for remote monitoring and control, just get some form of remote software for a PC on the same network and do it that way. If you have a lot of miners there are better solutions, but for 1 it's not really worth it. IMO -Dave |
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Gemini seems to have a lawsuit against them as you have mentioned, you don't want to wait and see what the outcome of that would be. Withdraw your funds and use another platform. If you're from the U.S as I think you are, try Coinbase.
But Gemini was already in turmoil before that, when it's Gemini Earn program collapsed (because of Genesis et al, we all know the story by this point), their customers were burned, and nobody knows if the Winklevoss twins are pumping money inside the exchange to save it. Also, to those of you suggesting Binance.US as an alternative - it's not much better from a legal point of view.  Actually with a little digging you can probably find out who, if anyone is putting money in. They are regulated by the NYSDFS and have to obey their capital reserve requirements. And since they are in NY and not some 3rd world country where you can just pay someone to say that funds are there it's probably buried in some document someplace when discussing their capital reserves and where the money came from. I have said it before and I'll say it again, NY is an overly regulated state. But, with a lot of the finance things it really does help since they have proven time and time again they will kick out banks / financial institutions / etc. who don't play by their rules. -Dave |
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Where are you in the world? Not every exchange operates in every country.
NOT YOUR KEYS NOT YOUR COINS
NO MATTER WHICH EXCHNAGE YOU USE
Don't leave your BTC on an exchange, deposit -> trade -> move coins to your own wallet.
-Dave
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....Core isn't designed for it, but in past i've seen people have hundred to million address on their wallet.dat file for their services.
Dave bangs head on desk. Why would anyone use a personal desktop client for running a commercial service? And even worse, one that is single-threaded for a lot of things. Ugh. Yes, I have done it, but usually within a bubble and with everyone knowing what was involved. -Dave |
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I am not sure if someone would be smart enough to do something like a Bond when they have small amount of money. Sure if you have like 50 billion to handle and you do not have anything to invest at that moment and 45 billion of your money is invested and yet 5 billion is doing nothing, then yeah you get that and it is a smart move. But, for people like us? Bonds mean nothing, in most cases it is even worse than the bank rates, so why would you want something that is even worse than the bank rates?
I would say it would make more sense to just buy bitcoin until first billion, which covers 99.99% of the world already, after your first billion in bitcoin, then you may start to consider something else, like gold maybe, still not Bonds, they are just horrible.
Bond isn't easy to invest in if I recall, don't they only sell it or allow citizens to invest in it during wartime? Iirc aren't they called war bonds or there are other types of government bonds out there that you can invest in even during times of peace? What I'm getting from this post is that you're probably going to need a lot of money to invest in bonds right? Also why are bonds a horrible investment? I'm curious about this one. Depends on where you are in the world. US is simple, straight from the government: https://treasurydirect.gov/savings-bonds/buy-a-bond/The question comes down to, is are they worth it? For a safe stable income yes. But you are never going to get rich with them if you go for safe ones. Much like anything else. You might get lucky with a 10% APR yield bond. Or that countries economy might implode. -Dave |
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So in theory if someone buys BTC through P2P and stores it in their non custodial or cold wallet, an agent of the United Kingdom law could simply knock on the buyer's door and demand to have full access to such wallet because some satoshis are suspected to be of an illegal procedence? Crazy if that is the case, because one thing is to seize a Binance or Coinbase account because it being used illegally, but a completely different thing is to ask some citizen to hand over their Ledger or Trezor because that person alledgely bought a handful of bucks which had interactions with a labeled addresses or addresses being recorded in a black list ...  In most parts of the world yes. Since they consider BTC to be property. If you on craigslist and buy a car that turns out to be 1) Stolen 2) Used in a crime 3) Belonging to someone who used funds that were obtained through non legal ways They have the right to take the car for #s 1 and 2 it's been clear cut case law for decades. #3 is a bit more difficult and courts have ruled both ways on the subject. If someone who looks like this shows up and sells you a lambo for cash cheap you are going to have a bit of explaining to do:  Vs someone who looks like this selling you a Toyota:  -Dave |
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Simple response:  Complicated one Normally it should be seen as a paid advertisement, but what happens when there is bias involved? We can take for example a very long-running campaign I was a member and did not make any demands on where we post or quota post or use bumping power yet a lot of the members including myself when finding a topic where someone was asking for advice on mixing coins we would, not surprisingly, recommend the above not to be mentioned again service which after 6 years it ended as we all know, Was that post which recommended the service personal endorsement, yup, it was! Would one person carrying a competitor sig have made the same? No, let's not kid ourselves! Would we have recommended another one and not CM? Again, let's be serious! How many users carrying a sportsbet sig would say in a topic, hey!!, roobet has better odds, 2.5 instead of 2.25 on this event!  I would. When wearing the CM signature and even now wearing a different mixer sig I have pointed out that there are more private ways of mixing BTC then using a centralized service. Perhaps not as quick and easy but very doable. Years ago when I was wearing a Roo signature I posted in a now deleted thread that there were better bonus options for someone. (turned out to be a scammer who left but that's not the point here) -Dave |
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What will stop the UK authorities from knocking onto the door of the business and seize those satoshis from the legitimate business owner ?
It is an scenario which could easily happen, because someone who is managing a business may commit the mistake of reusing addresses or using an address from an exchange, from there it would be just matter of time for police to get their name and address.
Hopefully nothing similar to that will ever happen .
Nothing. Same as if someone used counterfeited cash. You as the store owner loose. Buy a car that turns out later to be stolen because the person selling it to you forged the paperwork, you loose. And so on. This bill just defines crypto as an asset that can be taken as opposed to it being something that perhaps could be argued in the courts. -Dave |
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