When that happens, you can also try searching in their other social channels like twitter, telegram etc.. bc there's always a fair chance that someone has asked the same thing especially when it comes to basic questions. and yeah since no one was sure, here:



as for the withdrawal fee, op can pretty much trust what the article says (which noorman0 linked) since it's from the exchange itself. It's very weird that you have to ask for such info tho, cause the standard is for it to be displayed in the withdrawal section and their support articles.

I don't think their support team are still active here, you'd have to try other platforms as your problem requires kraken's staff to be solved.

Try to escalate your ticket number in their subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/KrakenSupport/) by starting a thread and filling out this form (http://www.kraken.com/escalate-your-ticket). There's also twitter: https://twitter.com/krakenfx

Hmm.. are you from US op? maybe try joining this class action and while at it, slip the fact that you did in your ticket. Worth a shot, you wont lose anything. Im not sure if non-US citizen can join tho, wouldn't hurt to ask them if you are.

btw, how many upboats did your reddit thread had?

People who did a black friday sale in the past usually do it again the following year so probably check this too: Black Friday 2019

and maybe add the duration of each of them.

Coinbase has done it in the past with the authorities (ref), don't see a reason why it wouldn't happen again. But pretty much every centralized exchanges has the tendency to share their users info to third parties so I'd stay away if that's my concern. Downside to it is you'd be sacrificing convenience.

@posi, op still hasn't completed approving the two confirmation emails needed for the withdrawal to go thru because coinbase nuked their secondary one. (similar prob from another user)

@op, what you can do rn is to keep trying to get coinbase's attention. Bother them in every channel they have, if you want you can tell them about this thread or whichever that has the most views/engagement

They also said it could be for old accounts only. But I'm not sure how old 'cause I don't see it on my 2016 blockchain.com wallet, same with the new account I just created. It's also possible that there maybe other conditions to be met.

It's their way of confirming you're actually a citizen there.


I'd like to say the same but if someone has the luxury of abandoning their account along with the money on it---losing that amount wont greatly affect your living, then doit 'cause it's not worth giving bunch of your personal info/documents to hitbtc.

Also, since your old ID is expiring this december 1st, it isn't valid for 3 months anymore which is their requirement, so on that part, they were right to consider it outdated.

There are factors that affects mining hence why a guaranteed fixed amount of profit over a period of time is impossible.

Let's not forget their fake cryptocurrency. Deposit and withdrawal is impossible, you can only buy and sell them on their website. It's safe to say that it's not in an actual chain but just digits on their website.



Overly high returns which would be impossible thru their cloud mining business.



Reading thru their telegram, this looks like a recent change so users are locked out of their funds cause they pretty much don't want anyone to withdraw it. You cant use it to buy a contract either.



It's gonna collapse one day and they are showing signs now, stay away.

It works fine on my end. It could be that it's just you. Try accessing the website in a different device and browser--and clean their cookies and cache. Turn off your vpn too if youre using one.

If that doesn't work, I'd restart the router.

Just to make sure of which version of their wallet you have, how many words does it contain? and do they match what's on this word list https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/english.txt?

Blockchain.com before switching to HD wallets did have paper wallet as another form of backup. I'm not sure when did it became a thing in blockchain.com but definitely not 10 years ago cause their wallet service weren't around that time.

But still, this is what they look like and you can compare them to yours. (both source are from 2014)

1. Tutorial: Backup Basics! The Best Ways to Backup Your Blockchain Wallet (It doesn't look like a private key to me, not sure if it's intended that way because it's just a sample)
2. Blockchain.info Paper Backup Stores Private Keys in the Browser History (LOL)

Your old email accounts might have some trace of which wallet you've used. It's worth looking into them.

That actually could make things worse for you op. If you succeeded, it wouldn't be weird if localbitcoins close their entire services to you without giving a cent back.

Try to calm down and don't involve people who has nothing to do with this.

what you can do pretty much are:

1. follow up regularly thru their support
2. post your story in various communities to get their attention (you can indirectly make them know its existence)
3. consult with a lawyer

also requires a ton of patience.

It doesn't make a difference. The fair chance that op could get caught and suffer the consequences from doing so still remains, which again would bring more trouble than what they originally had.


Yeahh. If op would be spending more that what they lost, it's better not to go through it. Consulting with a lawyer regarding the chances and options should help in seeing the big picture.

That could potentially land you to more trouble, I'm against it. It's a serious crime and there's most likely a legal consequence if op's caught in the act. Their data is even on Jumio's database which makes tracking op easier. There's simply too much risk.

How much are we talking about here tho @op?

Support team is active-ish in their subreddit, try your luck there (https://www.reddit.com/r/paxful/). I'd post the link here if I were you, so ppl can help you with the upboats.

Not sure how high are the chances of succeeding, but they also have a form where you can escalate your ticket number


Since you're already there, might as well crosspost it in other cryptocurrency centered subreddits-- could also help if they saw it posted in two or more communities

and the article doesn't say anything about the donor which extends their services until this year (cause they didn't update it). A person would be convinced they shut down yesterday (oct 1), had they only read the outdated article. It's not an update that can be shrugged off.


Doubt. It will most likely be used to trade in an exchange rather than a currency to be used in their platform, therefore would only form a pump and dump community and wouldn't significantly increase their platform userbase.

@voodox, Just to be sure, ignore the newbies above, they are not happy customers but shills, check their post history.

Be careful with bitseven. They could be operating with a lapsed license.

https://companysearch.bz/


No information about the team behind and their exact location is available to public. Stick to established exchanges.

The article is outdated, they were able to secure funds for until this year so those supporting services to OB and their app won't shutdown in Oct 1. The end game doesn't change though, unless they can fix what they lacked-- enough users/working business model.  Relying on donations to run without enough userbase won't work either as it is unsustainable.


and looks like OB1 won't be the main dev?

You can set up accounts that can only be accessed if someone has the seed + passphrase (more about this: https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005214529-Advanced-Passphrase-options) which would divide your funds between non-passphrase protected and passphrase protected. Then you can make the former act as a dummy wallet in case of wrench attack or when someone gets ahold of your 24 seed backup, and there's a high chance they'll be convinced that's all you've got.

Not telling anyone you're holding cryptocoins also helps in minimizing physical attacks since thieves sets targets.