I went for nuclear option
Purchased a new M.2 disk much faster than old
Installed Windows 10 from an old CD
Installed BitcoinKnots 26.1 and waited a few days until fully synced
Installed same Armory 96.5 beta software and waited until fully synced

Now all works fine

Satoshi has long abandoned Bitcoin and has already "moved on to other things".

What Would be the rational reason for Satoshi not to be interested in Bitcoin today?

Is it possible to configure Armory so that wallet files would be re-created on a separate disk?

I actually want to have wallet files re-created on a TrueCrupt virtual disk and nothing is ever written on the disk on the PC running the off-line Armory.

I understand this. But bitcoin has exposed a weakness which can stop blockchain. And if it can happen, it will for sure.

You don't know how this works.
Bitcoins will not go to state budget but directly to wallets of state officials.

You don't know how this works.
Bitcoins will not go to state budget but directly to wallets of state officials.

This episode was just a test run for the real thing: how to stop Bitcoin.

Here is howto do it if you have 200K bitcoins and you are willing to burn them all just to stop bitcoin:


Divide available 200K into two amounts - 95% for fees and 5% to send over network
Set fee per transaction 50$
Attach 1 GB file to each tx

Number of transactions = 190K*Present_Price/Fee_per_transaction

190000*26700/50 = approx 100 million of transactions
Value per transaction 10K sats

Blockchain size will grow to  = 1TB + 100.000.000 GB = 100.000 TB!
Try to run BitcoinCore node at home? Impossible.

Blockchain will simply stop.

UTUXo and mempool databases will be also enormous in size.

If you want to run a full node you need a Cray supercomputer at home.

So if somebody has 200K bitcoins and hates bitcoin very much this attack is very feasible.

How to fix it?

i do not know.

In fact I think it is inevitable and that is coming soon - it will be somehow connected with the next elections in US.

Is 97.0 available for download in Windows?

Before the Ledger fiasco I was contemplating moving coins to one of their devices. Reasons were convenience and security.

Now I am glad I did not.

Which makes me more interested *again* in using Armory as my primary air-gapped tool.

I I would really like to see bc1 addresses incorporated in Armory.

Hope that work on it is in progress.

He will be deported to Korea according to the statement of a Montenegro judiciary official


https://www.pobjeda.me/clanak/juznokorejski-drzavljani-zadrzani-nakon-saslusanja-u-odt-u

He was actually hiding in Serbia most if not all of the time.
Why he appeared in Montenegro is not known now.
I suppose somebody ill advised him.

Is there hope to see Armory with bc1 address generation capability soon?

Thar would be a nice feature allowing lower fees in the future.

Thanks for explanation.

What file holds private keys?
I would rather safely erase/overwrite this critical file only by myself using specialised file eraser software instead of whole disk.
That would eliminate the possibility of leaking private keys from the restored wallet file/files.

Thanks all.

Looks like it is financially better option just to buy 1 Bitcoin and wait for next price increase.

I tried to find answer here but no luck so I will ask - risking that the answer is already available on some place I did not look into.

So question is: What actuality happens if Armory is used and wallet deleted from after use by pressing Delete/Remove Wallet button on the Wallet Properties screen?

Is wallet file on the disc deleted?
Can this deleted wallet file be somehow restored and keys recovered and bitcoins get stolen?

In essence the question is: is laptop or PC with Armory wallet previously DELETED as above, is stolen/lost?
Is it possible to recover bitcoins from it?

Hi,

I am thinking of investing about value equivalent to 1BTC at today's price 16.K in a dedicated solar power panels at my roof and use the energy produced for mining bitcoins.
If I buy second hand miners with 200TH hash power included in the package, how I would calculate time of investment return?

I hope he and some more people will be jailed soon and stay there until BTC reaches 350.000 USD.

Make a TrueCrypt file with a very strong passphrase.
Store this encrypted file somewhere on internet possibly not directly connected with you.
Encrypt passphrase with a simple password known only to you - 6 number pin + some letters in second truecrypt file.
Send 2nd file to yourself on the travel day.
Upon arrival decrypt both files, create new wallet and transfer all coins to this new wallet.

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