byronbb (OP)
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HODL OR DIE
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June 14, 2011, 05:40:13 AM |
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just saw this on twitter. Sending anyone your wallet.dat is NEVER a good idea. http://allofthem.net/bitcoins/
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gdrop
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June 14, 2011, 05:47:38 AM |
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Wow that's a good one.
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wonderbread
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June 14, 2011, 06:04:11 AM |
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Noted.
I saw another one a few days ago where they claimed they would encrypt your wallet for you. Can't say I have the link anymore (Genius, I know...)
tl;dr Don't send your wallet.
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taris
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June 14, 2011, 06:24:58 AM |
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lol - "verify your wallet" - why in the world should it not be valid?! Nice try though - it is almost like "Send me 1 BTC and send you 2". Well, as soon as the internet is involved a lot of people stop thinking and then this scam will work (ie "adding personal info to some profile for everybody to see", "showing all your 'friends' where you throw up last weekend", ... )
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SgtSpike
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June 14, 2011, 06:29:13 AM |
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For kicks, I renamed a 150kb jpg to wallet.dat. This was the response: YOUR BITCOIN WALLET WITH HASH d40a5e9f0e87bc7c32782f8aa349e6b861307b9c IS VALID FOR 2011-06-14T06:28:20UTC Phew! Glad I got that one sorted out, I was afraid my wallet wasn't working right!
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Stardust
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June 14, 2011, 07:21:23 AM |
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Right, never send your wallet to anyone, except if you want to send bitcoins to them. Keep many backups, encrypted especially if online. Savings wallets should always be offline (on computers that never touch the internet).
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taris
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June 14, 2011, 07:21:38 AM |
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For kicks, I renamed a 150kb jpg to wallet.dat. This was the response: YOUR BITCOIN WALLET WITH HASH d40a5e9f0e87bc7c32782f8aa349e6b861307b9c IS VALID FOR 2011-06-14T06:28:20UTC Phew! Glad I got that one sorted out, I was afraid my wallet wasn't working right! lol - put that JPG into your bitcoin client - maybe some coins are hidden in it
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somethinghidden
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June 14, 2011, 08:40:43 AM |
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Thanks!
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bitcoingod
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June 14, 2011, 09:05:26 AM |
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For kicks, I renamed a 150kb jpg to wallet.dat. This was the response: YOUR BITCOIN WALLET WITH HASH d40a5e9f0e87bc7c32782f8aa349e6b861307b9c IS VALID FOR 2011-06-14T06:28:20UTC Phew! Glad I got that one sorted out, I was afraid my wallet wasn't working right! a great one ... lol
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Oldminer
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June 14, 2011, 09:12:04 AM |
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scumbags
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SgtSpike
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June 15, 2011, 12:48:08 AM |
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The best part is, this was the jpg: So if he is trying to figure out what the file actually is, and renames it to a .jpg... well, he'll know that I saw what he did there.
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ovoskeuiks
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June 15, 2011, 12:54:05 AM |
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That's awesome, You would think that the early adopters of bitcoin would be a little internet savvy
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khornate
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June 15, 2011, 01:55:47 AM |
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Gonna upload this should get me some mad cash
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nwolf
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June 15, 2011, 02:07:42 AM |
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With so many stupid people all over the internet, I bet he probably already made some (if not a lot of) coins! I should start one of those myself [/not]
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fisheye
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June 15, 2011, 02:30:01 AM |
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sigh... no matter how dumb the scam, someone will fall for it.
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lionclaw
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June 15, 2011, 03:05:50 AM |
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ok
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kiwiasian
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June 15, 2011, 03:24:10 AM |
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This is very encouraging to all the new miners who believe Bitcoin is a scam.
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BenD
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June 16, 2011, 09:14:44 PM |
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Where there is money, there will be cut-purses. I can't believe this primitive method could have success.
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