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October 18, 2012, 12:46:02 PM |
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Agreeded. Are you using another wallet? Or perhaps a service like one of the dice? You normally shouldn't get double spends unless something out of the ordinary is going on.
Aye. I was playing SatoshiDice with the coins in Blockchain wallet. |
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Bitcoin addresses contain a checksum, so it is very unlikely that mistyping an address will cause you to lose money.
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lose: unfind ... loose: untight
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October 18, 2012, 05:56:19 PM |
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It is a little ironic that they don't store your password on their server and can't help me. Strange. I think you need to re-educate yourself with the meaning of irony: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/ironyIronic or not?: While your link provides a ready means of buying your new book, it lists no option to do so in bitcoin. (sorry for the thread derail) |
Anyone with a campaign ad in their signature -- for an organization with which they are not otherwise affiliated -- is automatically deducted credibility points.
I've been convicted of heresy. Convicted by a mere known extortionist. Read my Trust for details.
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ErebusBat
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October 19, 2012, 09:27:59 PM |
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It is a little ironic that they don't store your password on their server and can't help me. Strange. I think you need to re-educate yourself with the meaning of irony: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/ironyIronic or not?: While your link provides a ready means of buying your new book, it lists no option to do so in bitcoin. (sorry for the thread derail) Especially considering the author is a bitcoiner. |
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October 22, 2012, 03:33:58 AM |
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Anyone using a 3rd party wallet host will get all their coins stolen, confiscated, or magically disappeared at some point. Nobody should use them, ever. It's safer, faster, and infinitely smarter to secure your own wallet file yourself.
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October 22, 2012, 04:09:11 PM |
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Anyone using a 3rd party wallet host will get all their coins stolen, confiscated, or magically disappeared at some point. Nobody should use them, ever. It's safer, faster, and infinitely smarter to secure your own wallet file yourself.
They only host an encrypted wallet that is decrypted in the browser. They do not store any bitcoins. There is no difference in me using this service than using the official client - except it is much more functional and can be accessed from any computer. The same vigilance is necessary (key loggers etc) but blockchain wallet is worlds apart from the mybitcoin like websites that you have to trust to hold bitcoins for you. You remain in control - you hold all the private keys. How is using a browser interface any different than using a stand alone piece of software? - it's just a program running in the browser. You can even use it offline. It's open source and you can examine the code: https://github.com/blockchain |
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October 25, 2012, 07:20:56 PM |
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November 01, 2012, 10:42:08 PM |
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How is using a browser interface any different than using a stand alone piece of software?
This:  |
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Raoul Duke
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November 01, 2012, 11:31:44 PM |
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How is using a browser interface any different than using a stand alone piece of software?
This: I wish I had 1 BTC for every time I saw a browser just like that one on someone elses' computer, mainly computers used by females lol |
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November 02, 2012, 12:03:04 PM |
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How is using a browser interface any different than using a stand alone piece of software?
This: If your browser looks like that, the rest of your OS isn't likely to be very secure, either. |
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November 20, 2012, 05:37:28 AM |
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I run a PC repair shop so I'm starting to feel like EVERYONE has MyWebSearch and Freeze and iLivid and Freeze. How fucking stupid are people?!
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November 20, 2012, 05:40:30 AM |
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I run a PC repair shop so I'm starting to feel like EVERYONE has MyWebSearch and Freeze and iLivid and Freeze. How fucking stupid are people?!
You would not have as much business without their ineptness. |
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opentoe (OP)
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Personal text my ass....
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January 26, 2013, 06:19:30 AM |
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I am the original poster and pretty much lost all the funds that were in that blockchain wallet. I'm in my 40's and have worked my way up through the IT world and I'm very familiar with how things work and how important it is to have good, secure passwords. I have two factor authentication on all my banking sites and have "similar" passwords on all the sites with different variables. Lets just say the variables alone are more strong then most users regular passwords. It is very unlikely I lost or forgot my password. I've never done that in the 20+ years I've used passwords. Anyway, there wasn't much money in there to begin with, but it does make me wonder how it happened. Since then I've strictly used the old original bitcoin local wallet. Backup my wallet to several places, encrypt it the wallet itself, again and I've been safe ever since. Oh well, what can you do.
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January 27, 2013, 12:02:20 AM |
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I've been in the IT industry for 15 years and nowadays I use LastPass to generate random secure passwords.
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justusranvier
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January 27, 2013, 12:15:29 AM |
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The only thing that would make LastPass better is if they would accept bitcoin for their premium subscriptions.
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January 27, 2013, 12:24:42 AM |
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I wish I had 1 BTC for every time I saw a browser just like that one on someone elses' computer, mainly computers used by females lol
I find it quite impressive they are able to use such browsers. I doubt I would not be able to... |
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March 09, 2013, 04:15:40 AM |
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I've been using Blockchain for a couple of months now. I've sent/received bitcoin on many occassions with no problems. All of sudden today I an unable to log in with my password. I am aware that Blockchain does not store your password locally so I wrote my password down on paper and put it in my safe. It is the same password I use on several of my banking sites, so I know the password well. For some reason I'm unable to log into my Blockchain account and there is no way they are able to help me!! I have this funny little feeling that they maybe have something to do with this. Since I'm unable to get to my money now and that account will just go stale I'm pretty sure that Blockchain will get that money eventually. Maybe they do this on purpose for random accounts? I'm %100 sure that I know my password. It is a little ironic that they don't store your password on their server and can't help me. Strange. So, if you have a lot of money tied up on Blockchain I would send it to your local wallet instead. I'm finding out that the best place to keep your bitcoin is your local wallet and NONE of these online places.
I use last pass that ensures my password is right |
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March 09, 2013, 04:25:49 AM |
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Why use an online password manager when you can use http://keepass.info (Open source and free) and backup the encrypted password database on DropBox or GoogleDrive? |
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justusranvier
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March 09, 2013, 04:51:59 AM |
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Why use an online password manager when you can use http://keepass.info (Open source and free) and backup the encrypted password database on DropBox or GoogleDrive? Because keepass doesn't work as well as LastPass when it comes to automatically and seamlessly keeping everything in sync between multiple desktop machines and a mobile device. |
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March 09, 2013, 05:04:26 AM |
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DropBox and :  |
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March 10, 2013, 02:39:47 AM |
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I've been using Blockchain for a couple of months now. I've sent/received bitcoin on many occassions with no problems. All of sudden today I an unable to log in with my password. I am aware that Blockchain does not store your password locally so I wrote my password down on paper and put it in my safe. It is the same password I use on several of my banking sites, so I know the password well. For some reason I'm unable to log into my Blockchain account and there is no way they are able to help me!! I have this funny little feeling that they maybe have something to do with this. Since I'm unable to get to my money now and that account will just go stale I'm pretty sure that Blockchain will get that money eventually. Maybe they do this on purpose for random accounts? I'm %100 sure that I know my password. It is a little ironic that they don't store your password on their server and can't help me. Strange. So, if you have a lot of money tied up on Blockchain I would send it to your local wallet instead. I'm finding out that the best place to keep your bitcoin is your local wallet and NONE of these online places.
They dont store the password for security purposes. This means that anyone that infiltrates their DB's can get all the identifiers they want but wont be able to do a damn thing with them other than look at them and wish they had a password |
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