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Of course it may be that people know how to buy gold, but not bitcoin. Sometimes a simple answer is the right one. Ask Occam.
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Bitcoin is evil if people think it is but we all know the saying that 'Money is the root of all evil' and Bitcoin is a digital money so it is not an exemption. The responsibility of the people who uses Bitcoin is the main issue here and we can't stop people to use it online so as criminals too so instead of ranting that it is more evil than our Fiat moneys then we must think again that no matter how we thinks against Bitcoin it will still go on because it is now have a value.
Money is the root of all good. Money is a storage unit for the wealth you create. And you create that wealth by spending a part of your life to do so. Anyone who tells you that money is the root of all evil is the immoral, evil being who wants to take that portion of our life you spent to make money while trying to con you into believing that you are evil not to accept their desire to do so. Those who say money is evil, either don’t understand how one makes money or do understand it and are attempting to enslave you. Don’t be a useful fool and accept that the effort you put into making a living is evil. |
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ive been reading a fair amount about brain wallets. they fascinate me
ive heard some pros and some cons. the main reason against them seems to be that
1- people use very common phrases (lyrics to songs etc)
2- people have poor memory
but if one were to use an uncommon phrase (say a foreign language idomatic expression) and they securely stored the phrase, would the brain wallet fail
additionally ive seen some brain wallets add an extra password to help the seed
given the above assumptions, at a technical level, is there reason to believe brain wallets are not to be used other than what popular opinions feel?
There is a nice discussion here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1719563.0But any idiomatic expression is almost definitely a bad idea no matter the language. |
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Hi bitcoin community i have question, any encounter that your rank demoted?last week my rank is Jr.member 41/40 then after 1 day or 2 days, my activity is 28 and my post is 41,,now my post is 42/activity 28,,not including this post,,hopefully anyone can explain my problem thanks to all.
In addition to what Jack said regarding quality, keep your posts in the correct sections - this probably should be in the Meta section for example. |
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-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
This is harizen from bitcointalk and signing a new message to my new address as I can't signed a message now for my first staked address here back in my newbie days 2015 as it was from exchange and now the sign message feature have been gone. But still, I can used that old address for my future transaction. Just can't signed on it. Today is Nov. 7, 2017.
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
12tNRHh7q51F2TnVr45hwNH9u1kqHNrgem
IJT3oRX06Bmp6HRou1jkMLQGVmXFjPtdSspffon6hnFII8nZfFuZhTsxOVVHGiF1V7GRJ8oiYvKMyKH MNxCFyww=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE----- New one, November 7, 2017, cr1776 -----BEGIN SIGNATURE----- 18KvKZBFkCjoemGrFQaRJsEt6x4qYSrwzs IOEiREaPngIlv0HZORUd846VhWJvXYR4VJP8JIEwIpGtQs+Y19H0puuJeaWgmdYFbuLDLOCirnKCR2UoZn1w1D0= -----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE----- |
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Supply and demand used to be an economic orthodoxy. Perhaps not to Keynes. |
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Can you try doing the same for Bitcoin Core 0.14.0 and 0.15.0 just in order to see whether this issue is limited to your end or a specific version? I've sent Wladimir a message and don't have OSX myself to test on it.
I can test on OS X later today if needed. (After an outing with the kids) |
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I wanted to create a wallet of my own? Where do I start? I am a c# developer anyway.
If you want to start your "Own wallet project" Just type in google how to create a QT wallet. Right, I want to build a custom wallet project. Found some in google but mostly using python. If i cannot find anything else I will force myself to learn python. Bitcoin Core is a wallet (much of which is) written in C++ (with external libraries etc) and if you know c# that will make it much easier to get up to speed - https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoinElectrum is a thin wallet - https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum - not written in a language in the C family though. There are other options depending on exactly what you are attempting. If you go to GitHub and search for "bitcoin wallet" you'll see a lot of source to peruse: https://github.com/search?utf8=✓&q=bitcoin+wallet&type= |
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The authorization email is showing a different address than mine (says it's from Canada. I'm in US) but when I searched the IP address it's showing the location is within my zip code. (10 blocks away). I've tried to log on a few times and it keeps showing the same IP add. If anyone can please guide me as to what should I do next, I would really appreciate it!? And has this happened to anyone else?
What web site are you taking about? Th forums? |
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WB said years (decades) ago he won’t invest in things he doesn’t understand. Which was why tech investments are rare for him. And that is smart. If you don’t understand something, it is best to stay away.
And this is another example of something he doesn’t understand and won’t invest in. He will comment on it though and show his lack of understanding.
He didn’t like bitcoin in March of 2014 either, calling it a ‘mirage’, iirc.
The problem is that in reality nothing has intrinsic value unless there is someone who wants it. On a planet with no life, water, gold, silver, oil, oxygen, dollars, euros, and bitcoin etc have no value. The difference between bitcoin and fiat is like that of gold, it is limited (although finding gold on the moon or asteroids would change that). And like gold or silver, bitcoin has value because it is useful and because other people believe in its value proposition.
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I would bet a big part of this attack is due to the “Segwit2X” date being about 18 days away - around Nov 15. The intent is likely to try to convince people it is necessary by flooding the network to delay transactions and increase fees. This is the “hidden agenda” mentioned by ranochigo above above. |
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Well, couldn't a malicious payload be embedded in the database? Something that could be lay dormant until a signal is received to activate? Think of it this way. The database resides in directories. Right now I can add files to those directories, and Core does not care. It's only operating on the files it is directed to. The additional files are undetected.
I don't get it. The user never runs anything and the blocks are merely copied to the data directory. Nothing is run in the process, not even when Core is opened, it only reads from the blocks. I've never heard of any malware that could be executed by itself, without the user's intervention. Either that, or its in zip/rar format and theres pretty much no way for a malware to be executed either. I think one concern here would be when Bitcoin Core is reading and parsing the block chain. What if there is an undetected buffer overflow (stack or heap etc) or other issue in Bitcoin Core (or any other program that reads the block chain)? This could provide an opening for attack. It could then run an executable that was left in the block directory or code in the 'block' itself. Buffer overflows have been a problem for decades and while Bitcoin Core is well tested, it is not perfect. (Libraries used by Core have had buffer overflow issues in the past - e.g. the UPnP one several years ago.) Or it could be a simple as a "ReadMe.txt.exe" file in the directory. If only a small percentage of people on whatever OS click it without paying attention, you could have a lot of problems. Or (as was touched on above) suppose the archive itself is replaced with some type of malware? It is best to practice defensive usage so as to avoid finding out the hard way that there was an issue. |
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Spendulus, if I understand you right, you mean there is a danger that one could hide some malicious soft inside the blockchain files. Well, of course every internet download should be scanned with an antivirus.
That would be a danger for the user, his computer and so on.
What I was concerned most of all was in no case, by no means to cause any harm to the Bitcoin Blockchain network, if there suddenly appeared some full nodes with a malicious wrong database (suppose some malifactors use the hint and uploaded some corrupted databases
I think he was also saying one could hide malicious software inside the directory that stores the block chain files which wouldn't be detected by Bitcoin Core since it only looks at the blocks themselves. Not to mention virus scanners should NOT be relied upon. Often people are told to exclude the block directory due to false positives which would mean anything else in there would be missed even if the scan was reliable. Another problem is that downloading this should be slower than just starting Bitcoin Core and letting it sync since it will sync from multiple nodes in parallel. A monolithic block chain download hasn't been advisable for at least 3 major versions. |
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is it possible to sell our forked coin yet?
If you are talking about the 2X coin, no, since it happens in November and so there are no coins. You might be able to sell some type of future on it. If you are talking about Bitcoin Cash, yes. If you are talking about Bitcoin Gold, maybe, some exchanges seem to allow it. |
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Thanks for the information,
I was playing around with BTC back in early June 2011 and lost interest. I found this code which I must have copied and paste from a website back then into a word doc so thought maybe it was relevant but I guess not to be.
Don’t delete it until you are sure. As above, what is the first character? |
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Does anyone really care if he is “ok with the pricing”? It is like saying, I’m okay with 2+2 equaling 4. It is what it is due to the judgements of millions of people.
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“at a near $400 premium in the country. At local exchange Golix it was trading at $9,899 over the weekend”.
Looks like they meant $4000 premium.
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As i've read, the bitcoin gold fork snapshot will happen on block 491407.
What will happen if I send my bitcoin from address A to address B at lets say block 491405. Which address will get credited with bitcoin gold?
If the transaction is confirmed in block 491405, then B. |
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Do you know the transaction IDs? In all likelihood everything will work out, but with more info, people can give more help.
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Why wouldn't it work to download the whole blockchain, maybe you can do it in steps, 30GB this month, etc. I honestly think it's not possible for you to restore your coins withouth getting the program to sync with the network, because that's basically what it's doing when it gets the chain. I use a lightweight laptop without the massive amount of space needed 
What do you mean by a paper backup? Do you have your private key? If you do you can use some light client, which does not require you to download and sync the blockchain, and just import your keys to it.
Eg. Electrum is a good choice.
Once you have your private keys, you can transfer your coins anywhere you want to. I have the Root Key, but I am not certain on how to use it. Do i just import it into Electrum, in which case how?  For future reference since it sounds like you figured it out, you can always use pruning which will reduce the space required, but not the time or bandwidth. |
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