That's definitely not the case.
The nano does not need any internet connection when initializing.

This has absolutely nothing to do with their server, but is either a system and/or hardware failure.

OP, are you using the same cable you used with the other nano?
The most common issues are a wrong usb cable (without data pins) and a faulty USB port. Can you exclude these two options?

It depends on what you really mean with you care about your privacy.
You are fine with your address being linked to your forum account. Are you fine with people here knowing how much you have in your electrum wallet? If so, there isn't much you need to do.
Do you care that the electrum server you are connecting to, sees all of your addresses, transaction history, IP etc.? If so, you don't need to do anything. If not, you need to either set up your own electrum server or stop using electrum.

It really comes down to how much privacy you want to have and what you are ready to give up (in terms of usability) for that.

I'd recommend you to read how coinjoin actually works.

The coordinator can not link inputs to outputs of the coinjoin.
It is possible to link an input to a change output. And this is expected, just read my short explanation above.

If you have further questions, feel free to ask after trying to use google for a few minutes. I am trying my best to help you clearing those misconceptions you have.

Naja, für dich zumindest nicht.

Jeder, der bei dir bestellt, gibt ja quasi Daten von sich her (Name, Wohnort). Das würde ich selbst für 50% Rabatt nicht machen.
Gibt hier genug Leute, die ordentlich Geld für eine Liste von User <-> Name/Stadt zahlen würden um damit Schindluder zu treiben.

Und wenn es sich auch noch um Artikel von Drittanbieter handelt (also nicht von Amazon verkauft oder versandt), dann lässt sich ganz einfach die komplette Anschrift herausfinden.

Wie Leuten ihre Privatsphäre so egal sein kann ist mir wirklich ein Rätsel..

So? This is well known and expected.

You seem to have a misunderstanding on how coinjoin actually works.
If we assume that the amount being mixed is 0.1 BTC, and i enqueue a UTXO with 0.101234 BTC.

The transaction will include my UTXO 0.101234 BTC as an input, an output having 0.1 BTC and a change with 0.001234 BTC (ignoring fees here).
It is obvious that the UTXO with 0.001234 BTC belongs to the input 0.101234 BTC.

That's nothing new, nor unexpected and does not influence the coinjoined UTXO and its anonymity set.

No, it hasn't.
Actually, exodus is a pretty bad wallet with missing features (e.g. multi signature) and low security standards (i.e. seed exposed after unlocking the wallet).
The fact that it is closed source, doesn't make it any better.

There are lots of better wallets to choose from. I'd never recommend exodus to anyone.



Uhm.. yes.. that's what you would expect from any wallet for a decentralized currency relying on cryptography?
Btw.. the "transfer speed" is not related to the wallet at all.

The mnemonic code is not encrypted.
The words are the mnemonic code, which is the seed encoded into a human-readable format.

To answer your question.. no, it is not the same. BIP39 is different from electrums mechanism.
And that's the reason HCP suggested that you check this:


Could you do this and report back ?

You didn't understand the "vulnerability" posted by samourai and also didn't understand the article you have linked.

There is no vulnerability in the coinjoin. Neither is there something to "fix" inside of the protocol. According to the article you have linked, they are going to further improve it to make it more appealing and easier to use.
However, this is not related to any privacy issues or similar.

Everyone (including you) can check who the recipient of the BTC is.
But you'll only find out which address it is, basically the pseudonym. Without the link between a real identity, there is nothing more you can do since transactions are final.




Since he is using blockchain.com, i doubt he cares about his privacy.

Could you please do the following:

• Delete the log file
• Check that the settings point to the directory core is installed in
• Start armory again
• Upload the log file to https://pastebin.com/ (or a similair service) and share the URL here

There might be something else inside of the logfile. Providing it here, will make it easier for us to troubleshoot the problem.

There is literally not a single reason to do so.
I am not interested in wasting my time with shitcoins.



How people speak about bitcoin is not relevant to how one can be tracked using bitcoin.
Actually, i don't get why you are distracting now. I wasn't pointing out that it should be "tainted UTXO" instead of "tainted coins". I was saying that the concept itself is flawed. The terminology used by people talking about BTC is irrelevant in this context.

Now let's stay on-topic please.

That's nonsense.
Cryptos are illegal in only a few countries all over the world.

Take a look at this map:

(Source: https://cryptonews.com/guides/countries-in-which-bitcoin-is-banned-or-legal.htm)

Please check (at least roughly) your information before spreading it.

What? There are people who actually advise web wallets to newbies??
I always wondered how and why people choose web wallet. I rarely encounter people suggesting web wallets for storage. I assumed that's what they find via google/youtube/reddit/etc..

But i definitely already encountered this:


And each thread i see including this argument, also has at least a few more posts showing off a few reasons why web wallets are not secure and/or safe.
Good to know that there are people around on this forum who actually (incorrectly) suggest web wallets..

Alright, so the problem definitely is that armory is looking in the wrong folder for your blockchain.



How do you start armory?
If you are starting it from the command line, you can pass the argument like i mentioned above.
If you are starting it from the menu, you could edit the shortcut to use that argument.

But the better option would be to adjust it in the settings/config file:

Where it asks for the datadir, enter: /home/barbara/snap/bitcoin-core/common/.bitcoin
And the installation directory should be (not completely sure about how snap installs core): /home/barbara/snap/bitcoin-core


If those settings don't work, you need to check where core is installed into (i.e. where the executable is located), if it is not in /home/barbara/snap/bitcoin-core

A lot of shitcoins claim to be anonymous and/or private. And most of them have severe vulnerabilities leaking information which heavily decrease the anonymity set and/or completely negate the privacy aspect.
If you want to be sure that your altcoin is privacy-preserving, the most rational choice is monero, nothing else.



The concept of "tainted coins" is flawed. Coins do not exist, there are only UTXO.
You can estimate the probability whether the output and the input still belong to a person. But you can not "taint" a coin as you would with a dollar bill.
"Tainted" coins can not be used to track people and/or to deem specific UTXO's as bad. At least not after the previously targeted UTXO has been spent.

Ye.. that's a scam.
This device isn't even close to being worth 100$. That's a rip-off.




Not really.
It is more like: We have well known brands having flag ship smartphones for 500$, then a new brand no one knows brings out a new smartphone with the same specs and an outdated appearance, demanding 2000$.
That's an absolutely exorbitant price.

No, i am saying that the advice to export the private keys on an offline computer is worthless, because the wallet itself is installed (and used) on the same device being online all the time.
This creates a false sense of security and therefore provokes mistakes leading to a loss of funds.

As suggested above, the best would be to simply backup the wallet file, update the OS, update electrum, open the wallet file and create a new wallet with the mnemonic code being backed up, sending all funds to the new wallet.

His wallet file from the old version does still work. But he isn't using the old electrum version.
There is backwards compatibility. You can upgrade electrum and still use your current wallet file.




Yes, because you need to upgrade electrum.



There is no reason to do so.
1) If his computer would be compromised, his private keys are compromised already since the wallet is running on this computer. Whether he exports the private keys or not, does not matter.
2) He can always - if his wallet file won't work in the newer version, which won't be the case - just use the older version of electrum again to access his keys.

Your suggestion is by any means worthless.




No. Don't listen to him, he doesn't know what he is talking about.

First, the fact that you don't have your mnemonic code is extremely bad. You shouldn't use a wallet of which you don't have a non-digital backup.
Get the mnemonic code by going to Wallet -> Seed. If that doesn't work, create a new wallet and move your funds to your new wallet. This can be done after upgrading electrum.

Second, create multiple copies of your wallet file and do not only store them on your PC. After you have done that, upgrade your OS and electrum. Then open the backed up wallet file.
After that is done, create a new wallet and write down the mnemonic code. Send all your funds to that new wallet.

Unfortunately you can't do anything until they respond to you or fix it for you.

For the future, you might be better off using a proper wallet (e.g. wasabi or electrum) and a trusted exchange (e.g. kraken, binance, coinbase,.. depending on your country of residence).

Blockchain.com is known to be buggy. And web wallets generally are the least secure way of storing your coins.

Where is your blockchain located? What is your data directory in core?
You need to set the "satoshi-datadir" to the path where your blockchain is located.

You can either do that by starting armory with the corresponding argument:

or by adding it to the config file armoryqt.conf located in your armory datadir (usually in ~/.armory):