Unfortunately, while you can't know for sure, the WHOIS info is most likely fake. Domain registrars don't check this information, it would be stupid for the scammer to use their real details especially when nobody checks it. I don't seem to be able to find a Macaw Ct in Chicago. Also to add to the fact is the email, xiangkaiha365@gmail.com, Xiang Kaiha looks like a name to me. |
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You should have had 2-factor authentication on your account, the email change would have not been possible if you did.
I think MtGox should force everyone to use 2 factor authentication, this kind of thing occurs way too often.
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Oh look, this thread again. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Myths#Quantum_computers_would_break_Bitcoin.27s_securityI'll also mention that if Bitcoin was ever "broken" by quantum computers, then banks, governments, corporations, the NSA and the internet in general would be at risk as they all use the same algorithms as Bitcoin to encrypt data, these algorithms were originally developed by the NSA and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of research has been done by people across the globe who were trying to break them and nobody has even come close in the past 20+ years, if they were ever broken lots of things could be easily decrypted and hackers would plunder and steal everything, Bitcoin would be the least of our worries it would be complete chaos. |
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Bitcoin doesn't have a support team.
What business/service/website are you using?
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Why don't we just display the trust differently on the trust page.
Show a list of the usernames and beside each the feedback sent and the feedback received, this way you can make a rebuttal in the feedback you send to the person and it'll be easy to spot as it'll be right under the feedback that they left you.
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I'm willing to bet up to 10BTC that the paypal transaction will be reversed because the account is hacked or because the buyer will claim they received nothing.
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They should put a fingerprint scanner in there. USB stick sized fingerprint readers are like 40 bucks in retail, so the parts should be available for a dollar or two. Throw out the buttons. Put the scanner there instead.
I read a story about a guy who had his car hijacked from him at gunpoint. It was a BMW and had a fingerprint scanner for ignition, when the thieves realized this, they cut the guys finger off. Fingerprint scanner...not the best idea. I think a pin-code, with a secondary pin-code that only gives access to a small amount of BTC in case you are forced to give up the PIN by your wife. |
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LOL! You are looking at Europe dude!
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No. That is why you call guys like me or others who are willing to attend these meetings. People who have years of martial arts experience, people who have worked the door.
If you want such a meeting, just walk over to the next night club and ask the hugest guy over there if he was to help you out with this. Give him 50 bucks for every 1000 you have. Get a 2m high, 2m wide guy with you or at best, two of them, and everything is fine. In the US, take the guys that are armed.
I mean, seriously, these are cash transfers. What the fuck?
Well what happens when the guy you hired to protect you decides he'd like the full $1000 rather than the $50?  |
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I've never even heard of that before. How does this work, or how do you do it?
It isn't used much as it hasn't been fully integrated into the client yet. It's only possible to do it from the API and even then it's complicated. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_Calls_listHave a look at addmultisigaddress, createmultisig I came across this site recently that supposedly makes it easier to do this: http://www.bitescrow.org/Haven't tried it out yet though. |
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I wouldn't use an escrow unless I knew the legal address of the person / business holding the coins.
That's just common sense.
You might not need to trust the escrow as much as you think. You can do a 2 of 3 tx. These can be awkward to do as there is no GUI for it yet, but basically how it works is the BTC are paid to an address where each person has their own private key for it (one for buyer, one for seller, one for escrow), you need 2 of the 3 private keys to spend the money. This way the escrow cannot take the coins and run. The only way the BTC can be spent is if any 2 people agree to the transaction. |
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An escrow is a person trusted by both parties who holds the BTC for the trade until the buyer receives the goods. If there is a dispute the escrow will provide mitigation and try to resolve the issue, if it cannot be resolved then he will decide who gets the BTC.
People usually provide escrow services for a very low fee or donation, even in some cases people will do it for free.
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2FA security or not the people on Fox Bus or other TVs in US seeing a campaign at the Senator level with the giant list of stolen money (maybe no 2factor on BitStamp why I was switching from Gox, but they definitely have had 2FA stolen)
It's possible to steal from 2fa-protected accounts but involves having to physically steal the persons phone or their yubikey and know their account details, so it's actually more secure than cash. Nobody has yet to report their Bitstamp account hacked when they had 2FA enabled. About the campaign thing, It's your fault stop trying to blame someone else because you didn't secure your bitstamp account properly. I am not reformatting my hard drive I will just use computer at work for this, with better security. Again I saw in the other thread the IP could not be pinged, well again my buddy still has not gotten envolved either so probably Tuesday and goign to ask his help and he WILL get me answers.
Well be careful. It's not like hacker's only steal Bitcoins. They'll steal anything valuable including tax returns, credit card details, documents and if your machine is infected you could have credit cards to dispute/cancel too. I agree with payment services built on top of bitcoin and nerds still possibly using it but maybe not in states.
Well it's not like the US can prevent people in the states from using it, and right now its that side of the world that has the most Bitcoin users. Anyways I wish you the best of luck. |
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Yep really the first time I used the site and was getting used to it, more reason why bitcoin is going to have a hard time at mass adoption it needs to be safer and easier for people who are less computer savvy than I am.
It's likely people in the future will use payment services that are built on top of Bitcoin which are easier/safer to use. All us computer nerds and business will directly use Bitcoin. |
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No I left it in a exchange not on the street, on the street would be an new gambling website, but the gambling sites I use are nothing but trustworthy in my mind.
The site doesn't matter. Leaving it on any website without 2FA is asking for it to be stolen. Bitstamp may not have insurance but I will damn near make sure that I will make sure Bitstamp will do a better job protecting people's money, or it's at least none that this happens.
Lol? they provide top-of-the-line security, they provide 2FA. Not a single Bitstamp account with 2FA enable has been reported as hacked yet. As far as a wild goose chase if it fine, but I have asked Steam let me know who this IP belongs too and if IP block could take place, until a response is given.
As far as my computer ran AVG again and Malare and there's nothing.
Did you file a police report? If you did you can ask the abuse department for the IP's broadband company for help. Not much steam can do. If you are serious about your computers security you should reformat it and reinstall everything as that is the only way you can bbe sure everything is gone. Anti-virus doesn't catch everything. |
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Also, notice how I knew without asking you that you didn't have 2FA. Because if you did this wouldn't have happened.
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I did not have 2FA, should I yes, is it my fault no way the money was stolen and I have asked Bitstamp to reimburseme me from their insurance, if not I have told them that I might see what I need to do to make sure this does not happen to anyone else here in the US again even if it means walking down to my US senators house and discuss even more reasons to fight bitcoin. And here where I am you don't pick pocket you get either your ass kicked or shot. Also here if you get money stolen out of a bank its FDIC insured and exchanges and broker firms are insured. https://blockchain.info/address/1GLFoamCC4yjuXpBET65RvMMmHB8oBvqzCWhat insurance? Did Bitstamp sell you insurance? It is entirely your fault dude, Bitcoin = digital cash. Like cash, if you loose it there is no insurance. You left your cash on the street and came back later and it was gone, now you think somebody owes you it. A bank is completely different. A bank operates on a fractional reserve so the money never actually existed in the first place. They could also freeze the account of the hacker and take it back. These things can't happen with Bitcoin. Also if money goes missing out of your bank, and it is determined to be your fault (IE. you didn't cut up your statement before you threw it away or your PIN code was your birthday) then you get no money. There is also a $500 deductible, so in this case where only $300 was stolen you would still get $0. Also fighting Bitcoin is pointless, it can't be shut down. You can't seize the Blockchain. |
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I am half tempted to start the fight against Bitcoin, not because I am financially hurt by this I dont want others in my state who cant afford $300 lost to be effected like this.
You left your money in Bitstamp without 2FA, it's entirely your fault that this happened. In real life you need to be careful with your money, you wouldn't carry too much cash around on the street as there are muggers & pickpockets, the same applies to your Bitcoins. You should've kept them on a paper wallet and never left them so easy to steal. If a pickpocket stole your money would you go and blame the Euro? No you wouldn't, so don't blame Bitcoin over this. Sorry for your loss all the same, I know it sucks. |
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