I'm currently trying to sell my old rail road ties on craigs list. The stipulation being that I have to be paid in bitcoin. Lots of people want them, but they have no idea what bitcoin is. I point them to www.bitcoin.org. I figure sooner or later I'll get them sold. I'm curious. What does one use old railroad ties for? For Rail Roads duh no i kid People like to use them for gardening and landscaping projects. The house I bought recently had 16 or so lining the drain field, which made it an ENORMOUS pain to mow. REally? How old are these ties? Because I'm pretty sure that railroad ties have used toxic chemicals to prevent bugs from eating the support out from under the rails for over 100 years, and at no point would I have wanted such things anywhere near my vegetable garden. I know! Thats one reason why I wanted to move them in the first place. but heck, people still want them  |
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To be fair to mtgox, they have grown by leaps and bounds since that snafu
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Problem is that the name I want will be about 50% in 60yrs.  I've got one now that my wifes 7970 @1125 is within striking distance: 50% (13d) |
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what wallet is that exactly? |
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I'm currently trying to sell my old rail road ties on craigs list. The stipulation being that I have to be paid in bitcoin. Lots of people want them, but they have no idea what bitcoin is. I point them to www.bitcoin.org. I figure sooner or later I'll get them sold. I'm curious. What does one use old railroad ties for? For Rail Roads duh no i kid People like to use them for gardening and landscaping projects. The house I bought recently had 16 or so lining the drain field, which made it an ENORMOUS pain to mow. |
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Android, I used the 32 bit key.
I'm just saying because it may cause confusion
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I'm currently trying to sell my old rail road ties on craigs list. The stipulation being that I have to be paid in bitcoin. Lots of people want them, but they have no idea what bitcoin is. I point them to www.bitcoin.org. I figure sooner or later I'll get them sold. |
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Alright! it works! Just attached my google authenticator to my account.
Why the option for 16bit or 32 bit keys? What's the purpose behind that?
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As a malware analyst , I can tell you it is entirely possible to get in, get out and leave no signs. Take a keylogger for example. Anti-virus applications are based primarily on signatures & heuristics.
For the signature , executable packers known as "crypters" are available which basically use a form of encryption RC4, XOR, etc. and attach those to a "Stub" . The stub loads the encrypted "payload" into memory , which is able to sneak past the antivirus as it can't decrypt the payload and an attempt would cost too many CPU cycles, rendering their product slow, etc. etc. Once the encrypted data is in memory , the stub decrypts it , and resumes the "frozen" process. This effectively bypasses AV.
For defeating heuristics simple time puzzles or pointless API calls or any process that eats CPU can effectively "time out" the AV engine causing it to abort analyzing the file.
If the payload is created correctly, it is possible to steal wallet.dat , or ONLY start the "server" process when bitcoind.exe is running. After either recording your passphrase or uploading your wallet.dat file, the file "melts" and leaves no evidence behind thats really interesting, thanks for your insight. it just goes to show how important it is to practice safe browsing and really be aware of what the threats are out there. Seeing as how dealing with malware is your profession can you offer any tips that may benefit newbies and the rest of us? Maybe make a new thread if its indepth. I believe knowing what exactly the threats are and how they work make them seem more real and make newcomers to bitcoin take security more seriously |
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buy a yubi key (same thing as a blizzard authenticator)
Do you know if you could use a bizzard authenticator? (or the other way around...) no you can not. you need to buy a yubi key or use google authenticator. google authenticator is free. |
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edit2: 2+ hours per box with special tools. there are hundreds of boxes.
Pretty sure a thief is not going to be concerned about the box being available for re-use so would be quicker in his/her method. sure, but the safe deposit "boxes" im refering to are more analogous to a "honey comb" than a box. the lock smith is not concerned with the condition of the door to it either |
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my.gox could have world leading security, but it wouldn't matter because people will still get key logged because THEY DON'T TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN SECURITY.
8 characters is too few for a password in my opinion.
use clean systems to access my.gox. easy as booting a live session of Ubuntu.
buy a yubi key (same thing as a blizzard authenticator)
use a more secure password.
change your passwords regularly.
don't whine and moan when your own negligence rob's you of your money. you are basically handing the hackers your bitcoins .
Edit: Oh, and your gox account is only as secure as your email. keep that in mind.
I don't believe my PC was ever compromised, I've checked it with several AV's & have a network pro coming over soon to dig deeper. My email is untouched,PW was never changed,nothing altered.So,before you assume I'm an idiot,check yourself  Notice I'm not alone in getting my account hacked recently,so all of us are whiners & piss & moaners,gee thanks for your support.What a caring community If BTC is ever to get to the general public,where there are people dumber than even me,security needs to be more automated,more checks & balances so to speak on the exchange's & for general transactions. Otherwise money launderers,drug dealers & hackers will be the majority using BTC,as it is now. Again,thanks for caring......................................... You would never know if you were key logged. AV is not 100% effective and any IT specialist will tell you its easier to re-install a system than remove a root-kit. edit: Bottom line is, you need to take ownership of your own security and your own mistakes rather than trying to pass it off on mt.gox. Of course your not alone, lots of people make dumb mistakes, and this is how you learn. Just like I did when my WoW account was hacked via key-logger. I had anti-virus too  Mt.gox by the way are now offering free authenticator service via google authenticator. So I imagine they're trying a wee bit harder than you to protect your account. |
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I have another copy in a secrete safe arguably more secure than the safe deposit box. If that gets compromised then they bloody well earned it.
I figure the chances of both copies being destroyed at the same time would mean that we have been hit by an asteroid.
edit: the only way to open the safe deposit boxes are with special made keys, without which takes their lock smith 2+ hours with special tools to drill out.
not insured as far as I know.
edit2: 2+ hours per box with special tools. there are hundreds of boxes.
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have you seen paypal's fees?!
I think this is awesome
Mark my words. It is only a matter of time. I will Frank your words. Franked. |
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You phone is not stupid, we found out what's going in and we are making some modification right now for you and people in your situation. sweet! You guys rock. Next time I'm in Japan I'm going to bake you a cake |
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yes that is normal. The block chain is getting unwieldy.
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why not mine litecoins on idle cpus?
because litecoins are silly |
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Thats why I have my physical coins in a safe deposit box.... at the bank... is that ironic?
... the safe deposit box is free...
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I'm trying to add a google authenticator to my account, but when I try to enter my private key into my phone the google app says that 8's and 9's are invalid characters.
edit: just to be sure... I'm supposed to be inputing the private key mt.gox generates into the google authenticator app in the field that says "enter your key" right? Thats how I'm interpreting it.
Do you have the same problem when scanning the QR Code? Unfortunately my job requires that I not have phones capable of taking pictures. I have to type in the key manually. edit: can anyone else test that for me? Maybe my phone is just plain stupid. See if you can input a 9 or 8 into the key field |
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