It is standardized. The corresponding BIP is BIP 32.
But you are mistaking the concept of HD wallets (BIP 32) with mnemonic codes (BIP 39), a concept to encode a seed into words.



The derivation path is also standardized (BIP 44).

While it is true that you need to know the derivation path, when creating a wallet using some known and reputable software the derivation path will not be some random one you need to write down.

Indeed. But it isn't just a problem with BTC, but with almost any new technology.

A lot of people (especially the older and very young generations) don't know how to manage data / private information.
If you look at what is being shared on social media, and what kind of software is being downloaded from shady resources, i sometimes wonder why only a pretty small percentage of people is complaining about identity theft etc.

With the negligent behavior, i feel like the number should be way higher 

Armory uses core to broadcast transactions.
When there is no internet connection, armory still tries to broadcast it using core. Core just isn't able to forward it into the network.

So it kinda has to be somewhere "stored" by core, i'd say.

Jemand, der sich auskennt braucht gar nicht nach diesen Ordnern zu suchen.
Er könnte einfach in die Ereignishistorie von Windows schauen (Windows protokolliert alles extrem penibel).
Da brauchen keine Ordner/Dateien von Wasabi mehr vorhanden zu sein. Spuren davon gibt es unzählige an vielen unterschiedlichen Orten. Es würde ~2 Minuten dauern um diese zu extrahieren und schon lägen Beweise vor, dass du in der Tat Wasabi verwendet hast.

Für mich scheint es so als würdest du dich auf die Suche nach einer Pseudo-Sicherheit begeben. Es gibt dir vielleicht ein besseres Gefühl, ist aber in der Praxis irrelevant und bringt keinen Mehrwert.

Es gibt viele Möglichkeiten das wirklich sicher zu implementieren. Das was du dir da zusammenbaust gehört nicht dazu.




Der Klassiker.

Anstatt Software zu verwenden, die schon oft wegen der schlechten Verschlüsselung in der Kritik war, könntest du auch einfach auf professionelle und gute Software zum verschlüsseln zurückgreifen.

An AppImage is similar to a portable executable on windows. There is no installation.
And if you want to have an icon on your desktop, you'll have to create one yourself (as mentioned by NotATether).




Instead of discouraging people from using a superior operating system and moving back to a spyware full of vulnerabilities, i'd rather recommend him to start learning about his OS.
Everyone started with little to no technical knowledge. Just because he has no technical knowledge regarding ubuntu yet, it doesn't mean that he isn't willing to learn.



Ubuntu actually is the beginner OS.

Almost..

It is

instead of


Please be careful when entering commands. Each character is important.

I am not entirely sure, but i believe blockchair still has those transaction indexed and shows them as invalid/replaced.
Blockcypher might be another alternative.

You can basically enter each command after the other as mentioned by NotATether:


This first downloads ThomasV's (the developer of electrum) key, then imports it into your GPG keyring.
The next two commands download the AppImage and the signature file.
The 5th command makes the AppImage executable and the last one verifys the signature.

Then, if you see the following line in the output, you are fine:


Afterwards you can run electrum.

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You had a typo:

There should be no space in the filename.
Therefore it couldn't find the URL and gave you a 404 error. Try again (preferably with copy/pasting).

Instead of:

do:

You need to open a terminal and enter the path where your AppImage is.
Then enter the command:

Afterwards, it can simply be run using:

It doesn't make them useless. But the majority of VPN user from this forum are using them because they actually believe they increase their privacy, anonymity or even security.

VPN's definitely have their use case. But enhancing anonymity/security is none of them.
And if you don't have a good reason to use a VPN, you most likely don't need one and it might even harm.

If i am not mistaken, the version in the package repository of Ubuntu 16.04 is < 3.0.
Therefore it can't connect because it is too outdated.

Head over to https://electrum.org/#download and download the latest version (you can just use the AppImage).
Then verify the signature of the file (scroll down on that page to see how to do it).
And lastly, make the file executable (chmod +x) and run it. 

People don't need to understand the concept of BTC to be able to mine it.
There are tons of simple tutorials on how to setup a miner and connect it to a mining pool.

A lot of people invest in BTC without knowing how to store them properly.

People have shown us (multiple times) that you don't need to understand what you are doing. If it works, it works for them.

Exactly.
You shouldn't enter any sensitive data (logins, private keys, ...) into systems you don't fully trust.

Public computers can easily be manipulated (either software- or hardware wise). If you don't control the hardware, you can't be sure that the system isn't compromised.

Keine Angst, ich nehm dir garnichts übel 

Der "heftige" Satz ist halt einfach eine allgemein bekannte Tatsache. Ob du diese nun hinnimmst und akzeptierst oder versuchst zu ignorieren ist ganz alleine dir überlassen.
Im Endeffekt bist du derjenige, der sich diesem Angriffspunkt aussetzt, nicht wir. Von dem her ist es uns allen ziemlich egal.




Zu versuchen Datenschutz auf einem Gerät zu betreiben, das entweder 1) öffentlich zugänglich ist oder 2) auf dem kein aktiver Datenschutz (Integrationsschutz/Festplattenverschlüsselung) betrieben werden kann, ist ein sehr spezieller Fall.




Ich weiß wirklich nicht wie du auf eine andere URL als electrum.org kommst. Das ist der beste Weg kompromittiert zu werden.
Bei electrum gibt es eine portable Version und die kann auf der offiziellen Seite heruntergeladen werden. Und bitte immer Signaturen überprüfen. Egal ob electrum oder wasabi.




Wasabi ist an sich schon portabel (Dotnet) aufgebaut. Daher gibt es auch keine explizite portable Version.


Nimms mir nicht übel, aber ich weiß wirklich nicht warum du wasabi verwenden willst wenn electrum ja eigentlich alles bietet was du möchtest.
Am Datenschutz kann es dir nun wirklich nicht liegen. Das wird aus dem was du schreibst deutlich klar. Wenn es für dich zu viel ist ein Passwort beim Booten einzugeben oder von einem USB Stick zu booten oder auch einfach nur eine VM zu verwenden (welche übrigens keine zusätzliche Sicherheit bietet), und du zusätzlich noch Windows verwendest.. dann solltest du dich nun wirklich nicht mit "Datenschutz" und/oder "Privatsphäre" bei Wallets beschäftigen.
Da scheint es dir schon am Verständnis des gesamten Konzepts der Privatsphäre zu mangeln.

Das hätte dir aber nicht viel gebracht, da 0.1 BTC (oder was auch immer gerade der exakte Betrag ist) dann gemixt wären (also das entsprechende Anonymity set haben) und der restliche Betrag eben nicht.
Der lässt sich eindeutig zum Input zuordnen und hat daher ein Anonymity Set von 1.

Da spielt es wirklich keine Rolle ob man 1 Input mit 0.15 BTC oder mehrere Inputs mit 0.01 BTC mixt. Am Ende eines Durchlaufes sind immer diese ~0.1 BTC gemixt, der Rest nicht.




So ein web wallet hat ja eigentlich auch nichts in irgendeiner Liste (Ausnahme: Die Liste der Wallets die nicht benutzt werden sollten) etwas verloren.

Wenn es denn schon ein web wallet sein soll (was immer schlecht ist), dann doch bitte blockchain.com und nichts anderes.

This is such a merit-begging post, it really hurts my eyes.

If there were negative-merits, you'd truly deserve them.





How ransomware can affect our devices?
It affects it in only one way: All data is encrypted and a ransom has to be paid to decrypt them.

I don't know what you are mentioning here in your list. It simply doesn't make any sense.

1) A trojan is simply a specific form of a malware.
2) Spam campaigns have literally nothing to do with ransomware. Infected devices can be used to perform such campaigns.
3) Fake software updater and 4) software cracks can be a way to get infected with malware itself (not just ransomware).

Your list is pretty much just random points from multiple articles you have found via google.




This does not only apply to ransomware, but any other malware too.
And it is already mentioned in those 481 other threads about how to protect against malware. And every single of them is better structured and contains more useful information than yours.


Simply just merit begging from you.

The trust system is not moderated.
If you have a problem with this trust rating, you need to talk to Wapinter yourself.

I guess both of you are mature enough to find a solution for that.

But HCP has a good point here. Why did you start caring about that feedback now.. after 1.5 years?

An insecure wifi does not allow anyone to access information/data stored on your device.
It allows an attacker to eavesdrop on the connection, be a man in the middle etc.

What protects you against that is encryption. If you are visiting a website via HTTPS and no non-secured content is transmitted (e.g. by using HTTPS everywhere), you are fine.
No one can read/steal/manipulate the data.




A VPN can protect you in such cases where you are communicated unencrypted.. but you shouldn't communicate unencrypted anyway.. so there is no real reason to use a VPN in such situations nowadays.
Except maybe for the case where you need network-internal services of course.

It is indeed the fee of the transaction.

Don't worry, it's not some kind of fee being subtracted from your incoming amount.
Since the transaction is quite large, the fee also is larger than your regular one. This fee is paid by slushpool to the miner mining the block. You don't have to worry.

Actually all tools which promise to crack private keys or "wallets" are malware.
And i am quite sure that a lot of people download these from those low quality youtube videos showing how to "crack wallets".




This.
It happens so often.

If you bought a wallet file, you got scammed. As easy as that.




Psssst... don't tell him the secret command to crack bitcoin wallets!!1!1!!one!1!eleven!