Quote from: soulcity on Today at 09:21:37 PM

One final post, then I'm just going to look forward and leave this mess behind. Some points.

1. I'm an idiot. I accept that. I hope sharing this experience can help others avoid the same mistakes that I made.

2. I can't figure out the message signing with the segwit address. Wish that worked with the Bitcoin Core GUI wallet. Tried Electrum, but had no luck. Not something I need to waste time with at this point. If there is a mod or a trusted member of the forum willing, I'd be fine with sending some sats to them from my wallet. Send me a private message. As others have said, that still doesn't prove anything, so whatever.

3. I joined this forum about 10 years ago. I don't visit very often these days. Merit points or whatever mean nothing to me. Give me negative merits, just does not matter.

4. I have reported this theft to my local police as well as filed a cyber incident report with my state and the FBI. I don't expect anything from that outside of being a statistical data point.

5. I know exactly where this malware came from that got us. Website, file name, time, etc.

6. I contacted one of those recover your Bitcoin bounty hunters, but it's a scam. I figured as much, but wanted to hear what they were going to say. The BS they were spouting was kind of funny.

7. I still love Bitcoin, my wife and my life. While this really sucks, it's not the end of the world for us.

Peace and love, yours truly, soulcity

1. Anyone makes a mistake.

2. check this https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/51480/send-coins-with-electrum-from-encrypted-wallet-created-with-bitcoin-core
If you manage to import it you can sign the message.
or send the sats to me, it is a public address that is easy for everyone to verify.

3. Pray that the FBI catches them if they are from a country with extradition laws.

4. Report it to the antivirus, if you want to contribute.

5. Don't believe in bounty hunters, if it is already difficult to recover your coins when you forget parts of the seed, imagine the probability when you were hacked.

6. don't doubt your wife.

Cheer up!.