UPDATE APRIL 6, 2019:I was able to reclaim my account successfully today! Thank you!
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I notice you did not open your thread and ask someone to verify your address and tag hacker so he can not use your accounts on a way he is using it now. Also mods can ban your account if you prove that you are owner, and signed message is good proof for that.
Lucius, I'm not sure I follow your suggestion. Am I approaching this in the wrong way? What should I do next in your opinion? Here's a timeline of my actions:
1. I read Theymos's stickied post about recovering a hacked/stolen account and followed his instructions.
If you want us to recover a hacked/lost account, you need to prove that you own it. Typically, the only acceptable method of proving ownership is by signing a message (including current date and desired new email address) using a Bitcoin address or PGP key associated with the account. Send one PM to Cyrus. If Cyrus doesn't respond after two weeks, you can try sending a PM to me instead. When sending a PM, use a template...
2. I privately messaged Cyrus once with a signed Bitcoin message using an address I used on the account in the format suggested. It has been two weeks with no reply from Cyrus.
3. I privately messaged the moderator Hilariousandco once with a signed Bitcoin message after he replied to me in a thread. It has been also been two weeks with no reply.
Send me the signed message on my hilariousandco account or post it here and if it checks out I can ban the account. Only admins can restore access to you though so you'll still need to wait for that to happen.
4. I publicly posted about my situation in the same thread responding to hilarious and included a signed Bitcoin message about it.
I've messaged Cyrus and hilariousandco privately. For the public record I will post here as well:
Here is one unedited post where I posted the 189EGkRQHkzPwqrzvaabgAVj696eL6uQeB address:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=90718.msg1517066#msg1517066Here is the link to my stolen account:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=80785I look forward to seeing action towards this in a reasonable amount of time. I will also message Theymos in 2 weeks if I don't hear from Cyrus. I understand everyone is busy, and it's a horrible waste of time to deal with account requests, but I don't know what else to do at this point.
5. I privately messaged Theymos once with a signed Bitcoin message using an address I used on the account. Now I'm planning on waiting a reasonable amount of time before a response (months) before posting about it again.