Got the email today...


30% off using the code "TRZR30"... and they're now doing free shipping to the US (previously was only free to EU)

Username: HCP123

Username: HCP123

Then you (or the merchant) will need to contact the "Payment Gateway" provider and ask them to investigate. It is quite likely that something has gone wrong on their end and the payment for the order has not be registered correctly, so the merchant has not received his funds.

At this point in time, the Payment Gateway Provider are the probably the only people who will be able to track down your coins... as the "1Fb" address most likely belongs to them.


Note that this isn't strictly true. You can send to any valid address... it doesn't necessarily mean that someone, somewhere has the private keys to it... for instance, "Bitcoin Burner" addresses like "1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE"

If you open the transaction in Electrum (double click in transaction history... or right click and select details)... what colour are the 2 outputs?

One should be yellow (your change address)... what colour is the other one? If it is Green, it's one of your addresses and you're somehow sent funds to yourself. If it has no highlighting, then it is an external address.

"unspent" simply means that outputs created by the transaction have not been spent by whomever received them.


2 outputs is fairly normal when you have "change"... You can't "break" an input... you have to spend the whole thing. Much like having a $20 note in your pocket and trying to spend $1... you have to give the person the whole $20 and they'll give change. Same in bitcoin... you have 0.01 and need to spend 0.002? then the person gets 0.002 and you get 0.008 back to your "change address".

read this for more: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Change


One last thing to check... what version of Electrum are you running? If it is 4.0.0, then it's a fake version. I vaguely recall seeing issues where these fake versions would change the address that funds were being sent to.

You're not wrong... the number of "stats" threads which have received insane amounts of merit is quite staggering...

And then there is all the fairly obvious [TIP], [GUIDE], [WARNING] threads being posted in "Beginners & Help". There are only about 3 or 4 posts on the first B&H page that are actual questions from Beginners seeking help... everything else is people bombarding newbies with "help" hoping to get merits

That would be this one here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5193860.msg52815153#msg52815153

Actual link to original: https://ibb.co/9Tkm4wk

It shouldn't really surprise me that people are so desperate for a few possible merits/BTC that they'll try and rip off stuff like this... in the same super popular (and watched by admins/mods) thread

If you're just trying to obscure your IP... your options are TOR (or some other VPN). Although, running via VPNs has been the cause of issues for folks in the past. Mostly the inability to connect to servers and/or sync.

More info here: https://electrum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tor.html

I'd check with both "MalwareBytes" and "Spybot Search and Destroy"... to see if they find anything. Not that that really guarantees anything one way or the other due to false positives and that they generally only detect "known" malware.

Personally, when it comes to malware removal... I would be inclined to simply format the machine and reinstall the OS from scratch. It can be a bit of a hassle backing up data and reconfiguring apps etc... but it is generally far more effective in removing malware completely.

Did you not notice the fact that the scale on the chart was showing only 1000 bets... and that over the course of 111,000+ bets, his "profit" was -0.00010900?

0.004BTC for some Dicebot settings??!? It's a scam... plain and simple. Anyone offering to sell you a "money making script" is a scammer and trying to profit from other people's greed or desperation.

1 @ 0.0073 BTC

No... he means is it a "honey pot" designed to attract a bunch of (possibly criminal) users by offering "secure, encrypted" email... when in actual fact it is run by CIA/FBI/NSA/Google/KGB/TLA type outfit who can read anything and everything that is passed through the system.

So, not designed as a "scam" as such... more of a "trap".

1 @ .0053 BTC


Just out of curiosity... how are these coins "packaged"? Do they come in a sealed display box or similar? I'm a collectibles-n00b

So... apparently choice is a bad thing now? Especially given that the "shitcoins" that BRD wallet supports are BCH, ETH and ERC20 tokens... 2 of which are Top 4 on CoinMarketCap... hardly what you would call a "shitcoin"

The metrics used in this "analysis" are very subjective.

Then the possibilities I can think of are:

1. Phishing/Fake website... you're not actually logging into Kucoin, but a scam clone version that is hardcoded to use hackers address. Check the URL very carefully... perhaps try to type it out manually instead of relying on a bookmark.

2. Bad browser extension... what browser are you using? and have you looked at the settings to see what extensions/addons are running? Maybe try a different browser to see if the same thing happens.

3. Do you have tampermonkey or greasemonkey installed? If so, check to see what scripts are running... Again, try a different browser to see if the same thing happens.

4. Kucoin specific clipboard hijacker. Can't say I've heard of a clipboard malware that was specific to one site... but it might do it on other exchanges as well. Have you tried other exchanges? or just Kucoin?

If you click on "Manager" in Ledger Live (connect and unlock device and follow instructions in LL)... what firmware is showing?


is it 1.3.1? 1.4.2? 1.5.5? or 1.6.0?

If it is NOT 1.6.0, I suggest you make sure you have your 24 word seed mnemonic backup handy and that you update to 1.6.0

They seem pretty open about who they are and what they're doing: https://protonmail.com/about

Most of that information should be easily verifiable.

No, I could not have all those installed at the same time while on 1.5.5. The main culprit seemed to be the ETH app. It seemed to be very large and with it installed, the number of "non BTC" apps like Stellar, NEO etc was very limited.

And yes, there is definitely a noticeable change in the number of apps you can install now!


It's more consistent now... so you no longer have "left button = X", "right button = √" options... Instead, you now select a "Approve" or "Reject" screen by scrolling left/right and then click "both buttons" to confirm your selection.

I think some pictures will explain it better:

Old system on firmwares <= 1.5.5 with "X" and "√":



New system on Firmware 1.6.0:




This system should prevent accidentally confirming/rejecting of something with a single button press... and makes it more consistent across the UI as all selections are now done with both buttons. This "Approve/Reject" stuff is shown when verifying addresses and transaction details before sending etc.

It isn't so much the original posting of such images that make me most annoyed... it's the ignorant users who blindly click "quote" on the OP and then start typing!

So, then you end up re-scrolling through the entire OP... AGAIN... to (generally) see some 1 liner shitpost attached to the end! Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...  


Personally, I think they need to implement a "how to quote properly" test to allow people to move from Newbie to Jr. Member rank... or actually sign up in the first place

Are you able to provide the answers to my earlier questions?


Also, as mentioned... your previous link regarding the post about Ledger requiring you to change something is broken... all it does it link back to a BitcoinTalk "reply" page. So, a working link would be helpful too!