I'm not sure, but I imagine most of these groups buy followers to look legit.

For sure, the more reports we send, the faster it will be handled. This usually takes between 5 and 15 days to be processed by Telegram.

Bitcoin Magazine (https://bitcoinmagazine.com) produces excellent articles, for all kinds of readers, and the news published are in general verified and reliable.
Otherwise, there's CoinMarketCap, which belongs to Binance, so if you want to read the point of view of a major player in the sector, it's interesting.

Whatever the site, I always try to find 2 or 3 sources for my information, especially when it comes to BTC and cryptocurrencies.

On the other hand, I have to admit that I avoid Youtube like the plague, I've heard nothing but bullshit when it comes to crypto news. I'm not talking about conferences but only about Youtubers whose business is to analyze the market while it's hot, there's nothing worse...

Do you mean ROI?

If yes, you can check through this website : https://whattomine.com/miners/170-bitmain-antminer-s19-xp?cost=0.1&cost_currency=USD&sort=profit24_desc
You can change the price of the kw/h as you want, the link (above shows the profit with a 0.1usd per kw/h by default.)  With the current market price, it would take nearly 3 years to hit ROI at 0.1usd per kw/h.

But the halving is coming soon (approx. 180 days from today) and the difficulty changes too, so I never expected this kind of "ROI previsions" to be true.

Congrats fillippone!  

I hope you celebrated this great achievement by opening a good bottle of wine:

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I finally passed the symbolic threshold of 1000 earned merits.  

It took me a long time, it's been almost 1 year since I started being really active here. In any case, there's still a long way to go to reach these high milestones of 5-10k merits!  

Nope :

I've participated in many block parties, and as I saw, a paid spot is a paid spot. You can't lose yours.


Nothing. It is like a lost bet.

C'est pas vraiment mon domaine le staking d'ETH, mais je pense que tu peux uniquement staker sur ERC-20 avec Ledger Live. Je crois que le seul moyen serait donc de swap tes ETH sur le réseau ERC-20.

Tu devrais pouvoir trouver un bridge OP -> ERC-20 quelque part sur internet.

Ok, but from my point of view:

The risks of using a mixer: losing some satoshis

The risks of using a CEX: losing some satoshis + your personal data (KYC/SoF) (+ potential legal/tax problems)

I'd rather take a risk to improve my privacy than take one to potentially ruin it.

Bump amical 

I strongly support the application of icopress as a merit source. His ability to review posts, his deep knowledge of the forum and the community, would^(will!) make him a great source for sure. Good luck!

Yeah as mentioned by Artemis3, you should follow these exact steps :

S9-Control-Board-Program-Recovery

Once done you just need to flash again your board with the R4's firmware (from the GUI).

Thank you.

It seems that the owner of these groups is https://t.me/UniJoin_AA

[banned mixer] Mixer Review Program #2
Bitcointalk username: iwantmyhomepaidwithbtc2

Browsers used :
-Mix 1 :Chromium Version 118.0.5993.70 (Official Build)
-Mix 2 : Tor 13.0
-Overall experience : I checked all the pages of the site with the two browsers mentioned above +  Firefox 115.3.1esr (64 bits) on Debian and under Android with Firefox Focus 119.0

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With Chromium (and Firefox) I couldn't access the captcha and couldn't use the mixer. I deleted my cookies, refreshed the page, took into consideration your reply to mikeywith and stayed on the page while it loaded, but still the same problem. I tried with "private"/"incognito" window, same issue again. Not sure what was the problem, I never had this kind of issue with a captcha before. I encountered this problem yesterday too, when I tried to test your service, and it seems to be persistent on my end.



I had no problems with Tor browser, everything seems to work well:



So, let's go with Tor browser! I wanted to do the test with Chromium and Firefox, but it's not working at the moment. So I'm going to do the test with Tor, and try later when the problem is solved.

The coins will be sent from this address : bc1qv7e20dtpsxjfncsmrlpyym9tzhyg8cmdpv20xc

Receiving addresses :
-28,99% to bc1qmcs2xplsyd62668gshh46ft2fsru0hjjn84vx8
-40,26% to bc1ql3vktvycm4rerdfwfg390xmmpxqf50mtnmvvyu
-30,75% to bc1qp85cz7z6saywglesa8mnn5cnn7snr4z63m4y5h

Security Level : Premium
Service fee : 3,96%

Delay :
-1h55 min for bc1qmcs2xplsyd62668gshh46ft2fsru0hjjn84vx8
-5h47min for bc1ql3vktvycm4rerdfwfg390xmmpxqf50mtnmvvyu
-8h58min for bc1qp85cz7z6saywglesa8mnn5cnn7snr4z63m4y5h

Amount : 0.00119326 BTC


Delay:



As you can see above, the delay were respected.

For the third transaction, fees were very overpaid : 42,9 sat/vB instead of 13 sat/vB on average in block 813711 9bb1bce5d459b07b2457c3e1058b061e1cb78c3fe7d12219599ba97e01891c8b

But that's not a big deal, the first two were optimal. I didn't find my own address when checking on a explorer the source of the coins.

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For this one I used the Tumbler code provided in my previous session.

The coins will be sent from this address : bc1q2ff6p8n7j8th9jyk3lzs3xcne8rkf28tavw5rw

Receiving addresses :
-100% to bc1qzpda8ykfdl6gqlen8vh290u8ly8rmzkkx8hgky

Security Level : Standard
Service fee : 1,89%

Delay :
-5h06min

Amount : 0.00148455 BTC


Delay:



Above, you can see the whole history for the test 2. As you can see, the transaction arrived on time (+10 minutes, so exactly the average block confirmation's time needed), and everything was flawless. I'm not a blockchain analyst, but looking with Crystal explorer I couldn't find my own address.
I sent 0.00148455 BTC and received 0.00125649 ; which is fine.

Transaction fees were a little overpaid 40 sat/vB instead of approximately 20 sat/vB https://mempool.space/tx/259a247900a398b3087b9eb018a81ac5c1474097e53fbd11032d48fa6586ae5d

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I'm now going to share with you my overall experience of using the product, as well as my various comments and questions.

About the mixing process :

Despite the problems of using your services outside the Tor browser, I found the steps of mixing extremely user-friendly, everything clear and well organized. It's one of the most pleasant mixers I've ever used. Your site updated itself almost instantly when my items entered the mempool, it's very responsive.

I like the Anonymizing meter, it's very user friendly:



It's good that users must tick the conditions + the reminder to download the letter of guarantee before everything else. Well done.


During the step 4 this informations appears and it is well managed, I find it very easy to read :


Once the mixing process is complete, I appreciated the suggestion to "Delete immediately" the order, which is good.

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Before testing the mixing process, I began by exploring every aspect of the site, as I usually do when I come across a mixer I don't know.

I really like the design of your site, it's clear and modern.
Your website is responsive, I had no slowness of any kind, no matter what web-browser I used. The fact that you've integrated a dark mode is great. It's one of the most user-friendly mixer websites I've ever tried on Android, kudos for the mobile version! 

However, my first impression was mitigated : I told myself that if I had to discover Tumbler randomly -outside the context of this review-, I'd wonder if the service was still active, and if a team was still really in charge of it.

Despite the beauty of the site, I had a sort of "ghost town" feeling when I was browsing on the site... Let me explain why :

The support can't be contacted :



Same issue with Chromium and Firefox : I've tried two days in a row and the problem persists, and I've also refreshed the page several times and the same problem persists.

Your Twitter account is empty, no avatar, no post.
I'm not sure it's right for you to leave this X account linked to your site, it gives an impression of being left behind. You could share on X your blog articles for example. I guess it's not -of course- the number one priority, but any sign of activity is a plus when it comes to building trust.



Apparently, you have no active online presence outside your website and your Bitcointalk account.

Okay, it's not a big deal if you take these elements one by one, but as a whole, they give an impression of incompleteness.
In a sector where trust and reputation are essential, all these elements could lead new users to refuse to take risks, and to go and see some other platform. For example, showing signs of activity outside of your blog (which has irregular activity too) on Twitter, Discord or Telegram could be a real plus for federating a community of users and to reassure them. If I'd needed to contact the support, I'd have had to go to the FAQ, dig around and find your e-mail address. It would be nice to update the dedicated page. The fact that you are reactive on Bitcointalk is a big plus, but in my opinion, to reach more users, you need something extra. I know that multiplying accounts on social medias means multiplying risks (impersonation etc..), but it should be possible to find a good balance between online activity/presence and risks.

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FAQ
Your FAQ seems to be quite complete and precise, the information is clear, and I can't think of anything in particular to suggest to change about it.

Terms and Conditions :
Also, I've spent some time exploring your "Terms and Privacy" page.
I have some questions about the "Coin Filtering" part:


Are we supposed to understand that you could collaborate with blockchain analysis companies if it was requested? Or some my data could be shared to a third-party company? In any case, at first glance it seems rather vague. If you could reassure us about this point, that would be welcome.

Fees BTC
I use mixers regularly, of course I look how much cost the fees, but to be honest, I'm willing to pay the price of privacy; I've paid up to 4-5% in the past, which is why I find your fees reasonable (even if from a personal point of view I'm not a big fan of a fixed amount of BTC + x% and I like to have a percentage only, but that's personal). It's not cheap, but it's not expensive either, when compared with some of others mixing platforms. All good.

I'd like to make it clear that for this test, I wasn't looking to save on fees or anticipate them at all, I wanted to test the service with small amounts so this is necessarily disproportionate. A regular user would of course take more care not to send such a small amount with 3 output addresses.

Translations :
I can only check the French language, but I'd like to point out that the site's translation is more than a little unreliable.

It looks like it's been translated with GPT or an automatic translation tool. Most of the mistakes are in the FAQ, but the whole site has issues with the translation. For example some terms are translated in a literal way when it doesn't apply at all in the context of crypto mixing ("pièce" for Bitcoin, "code a tambour" for Tumbler code, for example, but there are many more).

If other languages have been translated in the same way, I'd advise you to recheck everything when you can.

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You seem to be very responsive to the feedback you receive, so I'm not worried about the small accessibility problems I've encountered, I imagine they'll be quickly rectified.

Otherwise, I think the site could be more complete, especially from the point of view of branding your service. Nevertheless, it's been a pleasure to navigate, and use your site and service. I found it intuitive, fast, and the service was done as stipulated in the letter of guarantee.

I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to test your service, and to give you my comments and suggestions. I remain at your disposal if you want to discuss anything about this review.

Yes, I don't think any new pools will be set up in the EU in the future. 

But if I'm not mistaken, it seems to me that there are still a few small pools that depend of EU regulation (Nicehash, Mining Dutch, EMCD, but it may have changed since then, I will double check and edit my post if I find something new).

I agree with you, the EU is only symbolic (and still, not even 1% of the total hashrate lol...) but personally it's more the big picture that bothers me: USA + EU impose or will impose KYC on users of pools under their regulation...

Not only Nicehash. We'll soon have mandatory automatic declaration of CEX accounts in the EU, and incomes from mining too (no idea how it is supposed to be done concretely). There's talk of more advanced CEX/tax agencies cooperation, and also this KYC thing to come.

Fortunately, we have a few countries with extremely advantageous tax systemes in Europe (Germany, Bulgaria, Croatia, Portugal, Malta), but the screws are being tightened more and more each year. There are two big laws in the pipeline on cryptos, and everyone is pretty pessimistic about their consequences for users.


Exactly, and we have good reason not to be overly optimistic.

Agree but as you know the problem will spread slowly but surely.
The same will soon apply to pools based in the European Union. It seems that when the Mica law comes into application, a KYC will be required for mining activities in EU. European users of Nicehash (based in Slovenia) could soon or later have a bad surprise when logging in...

I guess as soon as they will start to claim that mining in a foreign pool is a form of tax evasion. 

En effet..



33.5k usd !

3 - iwantmyhomepaidwithbtc2

Thank you OP  

EDIT : my bad, I saw too late krog's post! 

I believe OP changed his mind in page 2 and is looking for a PPLNS or PPS pool. If not, of course for solo mining, the size of the pool is indeed irrelevant to take into consideration.

No, you won't be able to use Binance.us
Binance.us will require US citizenship + US POA

To tell you how impossible this is: when I worked for Binance.com,, we continually had the problem of having Canadian users from Quebec blocked by the site. At the time, only Ontario was blacklisted, not the whole country. So why were users from Quebec blocked? Because their ISP assigned them an Ontario IP randomly. And for these users, the process of unblocking their account was long and complicated. So you can imagine now... even with a VPN you will be blocked because of your KYC process.

Similarly, you're allowed to use Binance.com if you're French, have a French passport and a French POA. Binance.com is even regulated in France, with an address near Paris.
However, you can find yourself banned from using the site even with LEGIT documents. But why? If, for example, you were born in Iran, emigrated to France and obtained French nationality. Your passport / ID will show your place of birth as: IRAN - Teheran for example.
Since Iran is on the blacklisted countries list, even if you're only BORN there, and have a legal nationality in the EU, you can't use their services.

It's sometimes difficult to cheat the system, and often easier to find a more appropriate solution right from the start.


Yeap but it is a small pool. If the pool is not lucky, you can maybe wait and mine for years before the pool find a block. So if you can afford to pay your elecricity without any earning for a possible very long time, Kano's pool is great and has a great support via Discord.

If you want to make more frequent withdrawals, for example to pay bills, it's better to use a pool that has more hashrate and therefore finds blocks more often.

Yeap China banned BTC mining in 2021. Most of their hashrate went indeed to Kazakhstan, but taxes policy and electricity accessibility became more and more complex for miners. Today, most of the hashrate is located in the USA and in Russia.

This article in Bitcoin Magazine is interesting : How China’s Bans Are Changing The Bitcoin Mining Landscape

On Bitcointalk, we discussed about it there : Russia Ranked Second As Bitcoin Miners

Auteur : GazetaBitcoin
Texte original : What happens when your identity is stolen -- real story || Avoid CEXs!

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Ce que vous allez lire ci-dessous est l'histoire réelle d'un citoyen Roumain qui vit un cauchemar tous les jours, depuis que son identité a été volée. Cela ne s'est pas produit après avoir utilisé une plateforme d'échange centralisée (CEX), mais il vit la même chose que quelqu'un qui s'est fait voler son identité par des pirates informatiques à partir d'une plateforme d'échange centralisée ou de n'importe quelle autre source. Cet article est une mise en garde. Tous ceux qui utilisent des CEX doivent être conscients qu'à tout moment la plateforme peut être piratée et qu'ils risquent non seulement de perdre leurs fonds, mais aussi de voir les pirates voler leurs informations personnelles et les utiliser contre eux. Ou, pire encore, les pirates pourraient vendre leurs informations personnelles sur le dark web où des criminels les achètent pour 1 à 5 dollars, et ils peuvent toujours aller rendre visite à ces personnes...

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Un article récent du journal roumain Adevărul nous raconte l’histoire de C.T. (36 ans), qui habite en Allemagne depuis 8 ans.

Alors que son travail principal est d'être chauffeur à Mannheim, C.T. a également agi en tant que vlogger et il semble que des voleurs d'informations personnelles se soient intéressés à son nom.

Le cauchemar a commencé en 2018, alors qu'il rentrait chez lui (en Roumanie) et qu'il ait été arrêté en Hongrie lors d'un contrôle occasionnel de la police, informé qu'il faisait partie d'un réseau de voleurs qui volaient des voitures. Apparemment, son nom figurait dans la base de données de la police pour le vol d'une voiture d'une valeur de 22 000 euros. L'homme a évidemment protesté et tenté d'expliquer qu'il était innocent. On lui a dit de contacter le tribunal d'une ville dans laquelle il n'avait jamais été.

Des mois plus tard, alors qu'il se trouvait en Allemagne, la police roumaine l'a contacté pour l'informer que ses informations personnelles avaient été volées. Ils ont dit qu'ils connaissaient le coupable, mais qu'ils avaient besoin que C.T. vienne les voir pour faire des déclarations. L'homme s'est rendu à la police roumaine et, outre les documents administratifs, ils ont également relevé ses empreintes digitales, pris des photos de lui, l'ont mesuré et l'ont soumis à un test de détection de mensonges.

Depuis, son problème s'est aggravé. Chaque fois qu'il se rendait en Roumanie, il était arrêté au bureau des douanes. À chaque fois, il s'est senti humilié parce qu'on le regardait comme un criminel. À chaque fois, il a dû répéter toute son histoire, car il apparaissait comme un fugitif international.

Après un certain temps, la police autrichienne l'a informé que le voleur de ses données personnelles avait finalement été arrêté et condamné.

Pourtant, en février de cette année, il a eu un nouvel incident avec la police allemande. Un jour, à 6 heures du matin, alors qu'il était au travail, un voisin lui a dit que la police était à sa porte, cherchant à l'arrêter parce qu'il avait volé un bateau de 38 000 euros. C.T. pensait que ses informations personnelles étaient maintenant utilisées par un autre voleur. Cette nouvelle enquête criminelle a été menée par la police d'Augsbourg. Il s'y est rendu et a constaté qu'ils avaient un dossier contenant toutes ses données, mais avec la photo de quelqu'un d'autre. Ils lui ont demandé où il se trouvait un certain jour de l'année 2022 et il leur a fourni son téléphone, son compte Google, en accédant à l'historique de sa localisation.

Des avocats lui ont suggéré de changer de nom, mais il n'a pas voulu faire cette démarche. À la fin de l'article, il décrit sa peur de découvrir qu'un prêt bancaire ait été fait en son nom ou de se faire arrêter quel que soit l'endroit où il se rend.

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Tout ce qui précède est une histoire impressionnante. La manière dont les voleurs ont réussi à obtenir les informations personnelles de cette personne n'a pas vraiment d'importance. Ce qui compte, c'est qu'un tel vol peut toujours se produire si vous utilisez des exchangers centralisés. Des pirates informatiques peuvent voler vos données. Même les plateformes d'échange peuvent vendre vos données, comme cela a été le cas dans le passé dans le cas de Coinbase. Il ne s'agit donc pas d'un CEX louche d'un pays du tiers monde, mais de l'une des plus grandes plateformes d'échange au monde. Pourtant, cette plateforme a été prise en flagrant délit de vente des données de ses clients.

Êtes-vous toujours prêt à utiliser des CEX ?