As for now, I will use a 4TB SSD for storage. Regarding the computer, I have one more question: which OS is the "best" to use? I am a Microsoft user and I am aware of its vulnerability compared to other OS. Is it still a valid option to use, even if I also want to use my node to host my own wallet, or are the risks to high if I use Microsoft?
Since you only mention Python, Linux probably is better option since Python comes with many Linux distro and you could allocate more RAM and CPU for your Python script since Linux use less RAM/CPU. |
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I was tinkering with BTCPayServer, even though I do like the idea but it doesn't satisfy my needs (Test building Bitcoin Exchange - for fun dw dw)
First of all, i have doubt BTCPayServer is suitable to manage cryptocurrency exchange. As stated on their docs[1], the common case for BTCPay is for mostly receiving Bitcoin. What I am thinking is, manual check-outs and automatically sending coins to a hardware wallet, and send them back to the users upon their withdrawal requests?
I believe you'll need to use pull payment feature[2]. [1] https://docs.btcpayserver.org/UseCase/[2] https://docs.btcpayserver.org/PullPayments/ |
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To login I had to go thru over 50 captcha is this normal if you have a clean ip (not blacklisted)?
No. Even if you use Firefox without login to google account on it, you usually only face few more captcha. Is this normal if your using tor browser?
Yes, Google reCAPTCHA is known to be hostile against Tor users. Even worse, after you done solve all captcha sometimes, google might refuse to let you pass with this message "We're sorry, but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.". Is there a way to login with just minimum captcha like 10 or so, 50 and more is exhausting as my eyes are focused on the screen and if you pause it will make you start again maybe?
Use paid VPN and connect to server on unpopular country. After that, get URL which can bypass captcha. |
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former Ledger Employee
Oh that's ok then I guess... see Ledger is definitely not at fault there, it's the evil former Employee with a capital E. For company which offer "security" to their customer, they don't take internal threat security seriously. And since it's done by former employee, it means they don't bother remove permission to such person. |
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Who are the ones pumping SATS and RATS? I can see CATS on Polonix pumped 400% today. Probably they will bounce on it to pump it more.
You know the funniest thing? No presale, no social media, no advertisement for these tokens.
I did quick search and found they has some presence. Few example, twitter.com/ratsonchain medium.com/@ZephyrZenith883475f/rats-ordinals-rats-coin-airdrop-c%C3%B3mo-calificar-y-reclamar-token-airdrop-14784146ec57 finance.yahoo.com/news/bitget-lists-ordinals-based-rats-151904353.html Although it's not much and there's always possibility they spread words on place which isn't indexed by google search such as Telegram group. Who are pumping them? I do not want to believe it is not bitcoin people.
I have a question, what qualify someone to be bitcoin people? Just owning Bitcoin? |
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-Should I aim for 16GB RAM or already go for 32GB RAM?
Honestly it comes down to which data analysis software you use and additional software you run (for example, self-hosted block explorer). -Is a 4TB SSD sufficient or should I also look for a harddrive with more storage space, given that Ordinals increase the pace of data growth on the Bitcoin blockchain?
Current blockchain is size is about 533GB[1] and maximum possible growth per month is 17280MB (4MB * 144 blocks/day * 30 day). So 4TB should be sufficient. -What other hardware is crucial for my purpose? I am happy about any any additional feedback on that.
I'd say CPU assuming data analysis software you use support using multiple core/thread. [1] https://blockchair.com/bitcoin |
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Clearly by the fundamentals there's no better pool to mine at.
0% fees and no share ramp-down where each participant's shares are receiving all the rewards of pool luck?
If you truly believe that, then you missed reading this FAQ. How Does OCEAN Avoid Taking Custody Of Newly Mined Bitcoins?
OCEAN constructs blocks so that miners are paid in the generation transaction whenever possible. This means the Bitcoin network is paying miners directly with OCEAN transparently ensuring the rewards are split correctly.
That means you spend more on TX fee. And since they exclude some TX, it means slightly lower potential income. |
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Kalau block weight limit ditambah, berarti mesti softfork lagi kan ya? Dari yang saya baca, dulu salah satu penyebab terjadi hardfork Bitcoin antara lain gara-gara ada komunitas yang tidak setuju dengan berlakunya SegWit. Dan idealnya berapa besaran yang mesti ditambahkan pada block weight limit yang sekiranya cukup untuk beberapa tahun kedepan untuk mengatasi kepadatan transaksi? Kalau sekarang kan block weight ≤ 4,000,000 bytes. Seingetku dulu juga pernah ada proposal segwit2x, dimana yang menjadi inti dari perubahan tersebut adalah Block size dari 1MB menjadi 2MB, dan untuk block weight berubah dari 4MB menjadi 8MB. Untuk implementasi segwit2x tidak lagi melalui softfork, melainkan harus dilakukan hardfork, namun karena proposal upgrade segwit2x tersebut tidak mencapai konsensus, pada akhirnya implementasi segwit2x tidak pernah menjadi kenyataan. Jika permasalahan congestion pada jaringan Bitcoin tidak cepat selesai atau malah menjadi semakin parah, maka bisa saja jika wacana upgrade segwit2x akan kembali mencuat  Ketika block weight dirubah berarti block size juga perlu dirubah? Kalau sudah pada block size nya yang dirubah tentu perlu hardfork. 2 hal tersebut merujuk hal yang sama. Untuk sekarang, limit block adalah 1vMB (virtual MB) yang setara dengan 4 kWu (million weight unit). Dan apakah ketika block size ataupun block weight dirubah, misal 1MB ke 2MB, 4MB ke 8MB dan seterusnya, bisa menjadi solusi jangka panjang pada permasalah congestion di jaringan Bitcoin?
Karena bisa jadi ketika misal perubahan tersebut mencapai konsensus, kemudian ternyata terjadi lagi penyumbatan/congestion karena faktor lain disamping yang ada sekarang, nantinya perlu konsensus perubahan limit lagi.
Menurut saya tidak, kecuali penggunaan teknologi lainnya (seperti LN dan sidechain) juga semakin popular. Saya baca di bip-0107 malah ada konsep setiap berapa tahun sekali limit block size nya bertambah, dan ketika sudah mencapai maksimum di tahun tertentu, untuk peningkatan size nantinya dibuat dinamis sesuai peningkatan volume transaksi. Mungkin ini bisa menjadi solusi untuk masalah Congestion dalam jangka panjang, namun pasti akan ada pro dan kontra. Saya sendiri kontra terhadap BIP 107 karena perubahan berdasarkan volume transaksi ada resiko dimanipulasi oleh miner/pool. Sebagai contoh, sengaja tidak menyertakan transaksi tertentu. |
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4. While it's nice you list all source website you use, in my opinion it's questionable to add cointelegraph[dot]com & coinidol[dot]com due to their questionable news quality. In addition, coinidol[dot] used to spam aggressively in this forum.
I agree that coinidol appears to be low quality. There are a few news sources I am planning to remove. What surprises me in your comment is cointelegraph. I always considered it to be a decent source of crypto news... but I might be wrong. It's mostly my opinion, but here are few reason why i think cointelegraph is questionable. 1. They have habit of turning a tweet from somewhat recognizable people into a news/article. 2. Somewhat inaccurate information. Few example from different bitcointalk thread, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5467974.msg62899383#msg62899383https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5450411.msg62159050#msg621590503. Clickbait title. |
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BSV
Looks like a dead ecosystem. The main website looks like bizarre propaganda for CSW, with little to no information about the technology. There is an electron fork that doesn't look maintained. Only have binaries available for Windows and Mac. No AppImage or deb file for Linux, have to build from source. Tried to build from source but it only supports up to Python 3.9.X. Tried to build with 3.10 but lots of errors. Doesn't look widely supported on exchanges and for the pittance I would be collecting here, my time is worth more than this.
Result = Abandoned.
It's somewhat worse than i expected. Although for electrum fork, you probably can run it directly from source code ./electrum-sv if you bother install all dependency manually. I can make a windows machine with the electrum BSV client if you want and install something you can remote in with. Yes you have to trust me a bit, but if you have more then a few $ of it you might as well grab it.
Not a big deal I keep a couple of laptops around just for testing so it's a clean wipe after every use anyway.
PM or reply here.
-Dave
Thanks mate, it's OK, I do have an old Windows machine I dusted off and can do it with. Taking hours to download a few years of security updates lol Download ISO from Microsoft website and install it on VM usually is faster than waiting for windows update especially since it require several restart. |
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Im starting to question if taproot was a good deal. Unpopular opinion, but does the pros outweight the cons?
Yes. Signature aggregation (on certain type of TX) allow smaller TX size while Taproot in general let you only certain part of the script which also allow smaller TX size and somewhat improve your privacy. As far as I can tell stuff like Ordinals were never possible before taproot
That's not true, Ordinals and others utilize witness data which has been possible since SegWit. And as reminder, NFT protocol on BTC already exist before SegWit. |
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Is moving towards more asic resistant algorithms something which has been considering or is feesable?
Using ASIC resistant algorithm wouldn't help since the main problem is many miner prefer to mine on popular pool or pool with big hashrate. Even Monero which use such algorithm seems to be dominated by 2 major mining pool[1]. [1] https://miningpoolstats.stream/monero |
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I checked it for a bit and overall i had pleasant experience. Here's my short thought and feedback,
1. There's no top/cover image for each news which usually useless since it's just stock image.
2. It's nice to see a line contain when the news posted along with it's source and the author.
3. Dark/black theme would be great addition.
4. While it's nice you list all source website you use, in my opinion it's questionable to add cointelegraph[dot]com & coinidol[dot]com due to their questionable news quality. In addition, coinidol[dot] used to spam aggressively in this forum.
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I would say yes, more warning means less people fall for such scam (even though it's one of obvious scam attempt). Don't forget show this forum show yellow or red warning (based on flag type) for people who visit this forum without login.
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I like the proposal. Stack Exchange also does that which result on more neat topic and easier to use with search engine. I don't think SMF software supports linking boards to subdomains.
I did quick search on SMF forum, but couldn't find information about multiple subdomain for each forum section/category. |
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✅ Success Story:
I've successfully applied this method to my own stolen account, proving its effectiveness. However, to extend this service to more people, I need a more powerful computer or funding to acquire one.
Why don't you just rent powerful computer or server when a customer use your service? Hi, I'm Michael,
Welcome to the forum Michael. Are you working on a hardware wallet or working on a completely new chain? It is intriguing to note the significant amount of time some individuals invest in scrutinizing the actions of others, often leading to a life consumed by unproductive pursuits. This fixation on determining the veracity or moral alignment of actions, including mine, seems to overshadow more constructive activities. I propose a reconsideration of priorities, suggesting a redirection of this investigative zeal towards personal development and societal contribution. Such a realignment could lead to a more meaningful and productive engagement with the world, transcending the superficiality of questioning the authenticity of one’s words or intentions. As for myself, I am committed to pursuing intellectual endeavors, a domain in which I excel. I encourage others to find their own areas of expertise, even if that means engaging in simpler, more playful activities. It is crucial to recognize and respect the diversity of talents and pursuits, without resorting to disparagement or judgment. Regarding the inquiries about my methods of communication, whether assisted by technology or not, they are inconsequential compared to the essence of the message conveyed. Focus should be on the content rather than the medium. If resources permit, engaging professional services for specialized tasks is ideal; otherwise, one must make do with available means. In conclusion, it is more beneficial for all involved to concentrate on positive contributions and personal growth rather than indulging in futile investigations or criticisms. Let us each focus on what we do best, fostering a more productive and harmonious environment. I've read your long response, but it doesn't answer @Royse777 question at all. Could you response with short response such as "Yes, i build new hardware wallet"? |
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Yes, i also experience this problem. But there's no problem when i try to access different website using Tor. I'd guess something wrong on CloudFlare or CloudFlare configuration made by admin. I did not notice a real problem. Browsing is slow and pages take time to load, especially when you click on all, in which verifying your identity takes a long time, but I can still access the forum and use it. You may need to reset your browser to the default settings and activate JavaScript.
When people use Tor, they use Tor Browser where you don't change any setting (except bridge and security level). So unfortunately your suggestion doesn't help me and probably doesn't OP either. |
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--snip--
Idk how to use py wallet, i tried using it and it give me error, invalid format. Which pywallet do you use? If you used this one ( https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet), there's no indication it support wallet created by Ravan client/software. I have shut down my computer
I used AnyRecover and still able to get my wallet.dat but when i try to run it, it says corrupted.
What should i do now??
At this point, usually it's time to ask Ravan community or developer of Ravan client/software how to manually extract private keey/seed from corrupted file. |
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