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Other / Politics & Society / Re: Lockdown Policy, can it be viewed as an infringement on our Human rights?
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on: April 01, 2021, 03:48:44 AM
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Your opinions are very much needed as always;
(a) Would you consider the government's Lockdown policy and strong restrictions on people’s movements an infringement on human rights?
It is an infringement of rights, but so is a lot of things.
Of course the lockdowns are an infringement of people's rights. The purpose of the lockdowns were/are to give more control to government. The concept of using lockdowns to slow the spread of covid came out of China/the CCP, and their history with human rights should be all that you need to know about the matter. |
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Other / Meta / Re: Introducing NFTs for forum members
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on: April 01, 2021, 03:39:10 AM
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I just bought Quickseller-VI for 1 BTC ... Someone was engaged in an unsuccessful illegal sale. LOL
Congratulations on buying a piece of history from one of the best forum members the forum has ever seen (it is on the internet, so it has to be true). There is no such thing as an illegal sale with regards to NFTs. Who is to say that I didn't just want to list a NFT at a good price for a lucky person to get cheaply, for the low cost of ~$57,000? |
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Other / Beginners & Help / Re: When is Authenticator code needed?
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on: April 01, 2021, 03:36:06 AM
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I was unaware that I was given any recovery codes.
When you first setup authenticator, you were shows a QR code, and a string below. The QR code was that string plus some additional meta data. The string is what the authenticator app needs to calculate the code to display when considering the current time. It would have been best for you to have saved that string outside of your phone, so you can load the code onto a new phone if your phone were to get damaged or stolen. |
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Economy / Reputation / Re: THE TRUST SYSTEM: Are Counter-Feedbacks Counter Productive?
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on: April 01, 2021, 03:25:45 AM
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I agree with what you wrote but the problem going forward in that situation is that you wrote: "If Sally excludes Sam from her trust list, the impartiality of the situation may be called into question and she may find herself excluded by other forum members"
If that is the case then those members backing Sally could be inclined to exclude all the members that excluded Sally as well as those that left positive counter-feedback, the cycle in that scenario will be continuous.
Well hopefully the forum will not become tribalized so much that anyone who excludes Sam will get excluded themselves by Sam's friends/allies. No one should be "untouchable" in the trust system.
These fucking names... Sam and Sally - same first initials, seriously?
Sorry. In the future, I will use names that start with different letters. |
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Other / Meta / Re: Introducing NFTs for forum members
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on: April 01, 2021, 03:17:10 AM
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I sold one of my NFTs, but didn't get any BTC in my wallet.
The prices on these NFTs, and the amount of BTC each person received are ridiculous, even by NFT bubble standards. There is a feature that allows someone to buy a "random" NFT for ~$28.5 million.
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Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Can I use the Blockchain to store infinity messages?
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on: March 30, 2021, 05:06:45 AM
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The reason OP_RETURN transactions are valid is to allow people to store data in the blockchain. And it is heavily criticized because of what it offers. The only valid utility I see for OP_Return is when it is used for colored coins, for example Tether where it treats the OP_Return data as a script and by executing that script it can transfer its token from one address to another all built on top of bitcoin. Although that is still parasitic and spammy... I don’t think it is appropriate to try to regulate how people should use bitcoin. That really goes against the ethos of why bitcoin was created, at least in my opinion. If you don’t want people to be able to add arbitrary data in OP_RETURN transactions, you should create a BIP that makes these transactions invalid. I think we both know such an altcoin would not give the same authority that the message is unchanged as bitcoin would.
Then it proves that this feature is not something people want or care about. That is obviously not true, people have been including random data in the blockchain for years. I am saying a cryptocurrency whose sole purpose is to store arbitrary messages is not going to have value. I would also point out that if OP RETURN transactions could not include data, people would start sending minimum output amounts to vanity addresses that send some kind of message. This would both increase the blockchain size and the UTXO set. |
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Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: anybody tried these hashes out? (wallet.dat willing to exchange)
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on: March 29, 2021, 08:37:01 PM
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To the question of unethical use, we are not talking of stealing somebody's money, this experiment is a part of something more bigger then just money)))
And what's the goal of this "experiment" ? It could be to see if anyone has researched ways to weaken or break the cryptography of the encryption algorithms that would make cracking the wallets easier than brute forcing each wallet. That would be horrible experiment because it has ethical concern and uncontrollable parameter. If someone wants to perform such experiment, they should able to control the parameter (such as which software used to generate the wallet and password characteristic) to achieve good result. I agree with you regarding the ethics of trying to crack these wallets, but there are a lot of researchers who are willing to brush ethics aside for their own personal profit. Just look at all the university professors who are willing to accept money from the Chinese government in secret. Ignoring the ethics factor, I disagree this would be a bad experiment. It would measure the ability to crack a password intended to secure xx dollars. |
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Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Can I use the Blockchain to store infinity messages?
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on: March 29, 2021, 08:23:19 PM
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I get the impression that the OP wants to store a message that he can prove is unchanged. There is nothing stopping an operator of a website from changing content, or back dating a blog post.
That still doesn't justify storing any random messages in bitcoin's blockchain though. The reason OP_RETURN transactions are valid is to allow people to store data in the blockchain. A specialized cryptocurrency could be created to store data like this (eg. altcoins such as storej) for this matter. I think we both know such an altcoin would not give the same authority that the message is unchanged as bitcoin would. |
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Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: anybody tried these hashes out? (wallet.dat willing to exchange)
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on: March 29, 2021, 02:51:43 AM
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To the question of unethical use, we are not talking of stealing somebody's money, this experiment is a part of something more bigger then just money)))
And what's the goal of this "experiment" ? It could be to see if anyone has researched ways to weaken or break the cryptography of the encryption algorithms that would make cracking the wallets easier than brute forcing each wallet. Or, maybe the OP wants to know if someone has developed technology that can more efficiently brute force these wallet files. |
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Other / Meta / Re: Bitcointalk forum holding 125 BTC
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on: March 28, 2021, 10:22:17 PM
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Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on either of those points. You are not wrong. According to mexxer-2 post from 2016, a portion of the 25% of the bitcoin the forum generated through ads was intended for mod payments according to a formula. If the formula is correct, the most active moderators earned 0.3% or more per month, each. This was confirmed by Quickseller further down in the thread. As far as I can tell, the percentage is now higher than 25%. The ad auctions are not bringing in much bitcoin right now and the forum has grown enough to need a lot of mods. My guess is that the mods get nearly all of the forum ad revenue and hosting is paid for out of the forum’s reserves. |
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Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Can I use the Blockchain to store infinity messages?
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on: March 28, 2021, 08:37:18 PM
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So maybe people in the future can read what we did in our time
It is possible but the real question you need to ask yourself is "wouldn't a blog or a website achieve the same thing?" You could write "messages" in that blog/website and it will remain on the internet for a very long time so that people in the future can read what you wrote. The difference however is that a blog/website is designed to "store messages" while bitcoin blockchain is not. I get the impression that the OP wants to store a message that he can prove is unchanged. There is nothing stopping an operator of a website from changing content, or back dating a blog post.
If I understand the blockchain correctly, the data storage is decentralized
This is not quite right. Each (unpruned)node had to download the entire blockchain to work. The data is copied many times, and each node has to store the same information. |
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Other / Meta / Re: Bitcointalk forum holding 125 BTC
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on: March 28, 2021, 07:58:33 PM
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125 BTCIt's actually >10x as much.
I had a premonition the other day that some of these funds may be used to take 1st amendment battles to the Supreme Court some day.. Theymos is not a fan of using the court system, as least as an agressor. Maybe after another halving or 2.. I don't think it will take that long. I can see "disinformation" related laws being passed by the current congress that would very much affect how the forum operates. |
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Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: PSA: Coders making ad hoc “random” schemes are like kids playing with matches.
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on: March 27, 2021, 10:00:54 PM
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2) A miner could "game the system" by generating a specific char for last position along with the required PoW, though this would require an extra bit of work over non-bad actors.
If you are not generating whatever "random" item publicly, the miners will not know that changing the block header will create any advantage. . Most of the time when you are generating something random, it needs to be secret. If you are deriving something from block headers, you might be able to generate something random, but it will not be secret. |
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Economy / Goods / Re: ~ Buying a TESLA CYBERTRUCK with BITCOIN ~
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on: March 27, 2021, 09:49:26 PM
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Historically, people have purchased a Ferrari as a sign of their wealth from bitcoin.
Interesting and unexpected. I've read so many times "when Lambo?" and not at all "when Ferrari?" You are right, bitcoin hodl'ers bought Lamborghinis to show off their bitcoin wealth. I updated my post accordingly. I am not a fan of the Cyber Truck but if you like it, good for you. I’d rather have a Tesla car.
Historically, people have purchased a Ferrari as a sign of their wealth from bitcoin. I suspect that people will start doing the same with their Tesla, as they can now universally use their bitcoin to but a Tesla and it won’t be converted into dollars.
never heard of ferarri accepted btc but ferarri's are expensive and if you bought one people around you will think your a millionaire . its a sign of wealth but mostly not from bitcoin but for the tesla ? the founder is btc investor so as its followers . It is actually a Lamborghini, not Ferrari. I think it was actually unusual for people to buy Lamborghinis with bitcoin, there were a few dealers that had merchant accounts with payment processors and sold a small number of cars with people sending bitcoin to their payment processor, but most of the time I believe people sold their bitcoin on an exchange, and used the proceeds to buy a Lambo. |
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Economy / Goods / Re: ~ Buying a TESLA CYBERTRUCK with BITCOIN ~
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on: March 27, 2021, 02:35:37 AM
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I am not a fan of the Cyber Truck but if you like it, good for you. I’d rather have a Tesla car.
Historically, people have purchased a Lamborghini as a sign of their wealth from bitcoin. I suspect that people will start doing the same with their Tesla, as they can now universally use their bitcoin to but a Tesla and it won’t be converted into dollars.
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Economy / Reputation / Re: THE TRUST SYSTEM: Are Counter-Feedbacks Counter Productive?
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on: March 27, 2021, 02:14:49 AM
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There are cases where deserved or not, negative trust has been left for a user. Then another user comes along and deems that negative trust as wrong/unfair/inappropriate or as a breach of the trust system and decides to leave positive trust for the same recipient stating it is to counter previous feedback.
I think it is an inappropriate use of the trust system for anybody to give positive trust ratings to users just because they received negative trust that was (or could debatably be deemed as being) in breach of the trust system.
I disagree with this premise. If there is no fact dispute, but Sally believes Bob is "high risk", Sally will leave a negative rating against Bob. Sally gives a lot of "good" ratings, and the rating does not appear to be in bad faith, so it would not make much sense to exclude Sally from the DT network. However there is still an "injustice" against Bob. Sam wants to correct this injustice and asks Sally to remove the negative rating, but Sally refuses. The only option is for Sam to leave a positive rating on Bob's trust profile with a note saying he does not agree with Sally's rating. Anyone doing due diligence prior to trading with Bob will see both ratings, and can act accordingly. If Sally subsequently removes her negative rating, but for some reason Sam does not remove his counter rating, someone conducting due diligence would ignore Sam's rating. This is an excellent scenario but what happens if Sally decides to take further action against Bob to counter what Sam wrote and then took action against Sam too by leaving negative trust and adding Sam to her distrust list? In your scenario it is quite probable that Sam will take action against Sally by reciprocating the negative trust and the whole cycle could theoretically continue with more DT members getting involved... Now seems more apt to conclude what The Pharmacist said about it being pointless to debate issues like this, is spot on. If Sally leaves a second rating, it will have no effect on Bon’s trust score. If he removes the rating and adds it back on, it would be an abuse of the trust system and he should be excluded. If Sally excludes Sam from her trust list, the impartiality of the situation may be called into question and she may find herself excluded by other forum members. What I described above is not ideal, however in my view it is the only way to correct the injustice of Bob receiving a unfair negative rating. Everyone will not always agree on when someone is “high risk” and the above is an effective way to settle this question. Someone conducting due diligence on Bob can weigh their options of the judgements of both Sally and Sam and act accordingly. |
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Other / Meta / Re: VOD should be removed from default trust for systematic abuse of his position
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on: March 26, 2021, 08:41:53 PM
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That many posts, over such a long time should prompt some questions.
Questions that have almost certainly been addressed already. There are certain behaviors that have been promised to not be repeated that have repeated been repeated after a few months hiatus. Vod posted what he thought was my dox and contacted what he thought was my employer over $4 worth of escrow fees that had already been repaid. He posted OgN’s dox over OgN alleged dishonesty. He has posted others’ doxs over petty arguments. People include Vod in their trust lists because of the positives he adds to the trust system but ignores the negatives, and the negative affect on the community. |
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Other / Meta / Re: Bitcointalk forum holding 125 BTC
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on: March 26, 2021, 08:35:09 PM
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We are still paying to have epochtalk developed? I'm sure my great-grandchildren will love the grand opening party. I am not sure about that. At one point, I would say that it might be time to dump the company that we hired and either go with someone new, or rely on the community to finish the development. I am not sure continuing to employ this company is money well spent. |
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Other / Meta / Re: Bitcointalk forum holding 125 BTC
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on: March 26, 2021, 07:55:45 PM
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The money spent on the mods actually comes out of the forum's ad revenue, unless something has semi-recently changed. spends most of the money of Epochtal We are still paying to have epochtalk developed? |
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