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I recently had a chargeback from a scammer on ebay.
It worked like this.
1: I got notice of the chargeback and the funds in my paypal account were put on hold
2: I uploaded the tracking information to paypal showing that I did indeed ship the item
3: 10 days later the money was returned to me and all was fine.
If that happens.. its just scammers using stolen credit cards and you are covered.
But... There is a different kind of scam which is much worse.
Scammer buys the item. Then opens a case with ebay saying the item is broken or not as described.
You are required to tell the buyer to send it back for a refund.
The buyer mails you back an empty box.
Ebay still forces you to refund the money.
It worked like this.
1: I got notice of the chargeback and the funds in my paypal account were put on hold
2: I uploaded the tracking information to paypal showing that I did indeed ship the item
3: 10 days later the money was returned to me and all was fine.
If that happens.. its just scammers using stolen credit cards and you are covered.
But... There is a different kind of scam which is much worse.
Scammer buys the item. Then opens a case with ebay saying the item is broken or not as described.
You are required to tell the buyer to send it back for a refund.
The buyer mails you back an empty box.
Ebay still forces you to refund the money.
I dunno.. this looks like a legit company.
Their primary business is winning the lottery.
But since the value of lottery pools on any given day is limited.. and the value of bitcoins is pretty much unlimited.. It just seemed like a better idea to make hardware that mines bitcoins rather than win the lottery.
Their primary business is winning the lottery.
But since the value of lottery pools on any given day is limited.. and the value of bitcoins is pretty much unlimited.. It just seemed like a better idea to make hardware that mines bitcoins rather than win the lottery.
Companies that can win the lottery don't need to run ads on their site. Nor do they need to sell anything, considering they can always just go and win the lottery...
Yeah but do you see the value of lotteries going higher than the value of bitcoins?
It doesn't make sense to use all that hashing power to win the lottery when you can get bitcoins.
I dunno.. this looks like a legit company.
Their primary business is winning the lottery.
But since the value of lottery pools on any given day is limited.. and the value of bitcoins is pretty much unlimited.. It just seemed like a better idea to make hardware that mines bitcoins rather than win the lottery.
Their primary business is winning the lottery.
But since the value of lottery pools on any given day is limited.. and the value of bitcoins is pretty much unlimited.. It just seemed like a better idea to make hardware that mines bitcoins rather than win the lottery.
Re: [100 TH] Slush's Pool (mining.bitcoin.cz); TX FEES + UserDiff; ASIC tested
hi,
where i can talk with a slush pool administrator ?
where i can talk with a slush pool administrator ?
You must travel to their location and speak with them in person. But only after passing a background check and paying a fee of 142 BTC.
Once he started doing interviews with Forbes and other media.. I knew it was only a matter of time before he got caught.
Not that the interviews had anything to do with him getting caught, just that it indicated he was the sort of person that was not smart enough to stay hidden.
Not that the interviews had anything to do with him getting caught, just that it indicated he was the sort of person that was not smart enough to stay hidden.
This is the way to sell a product.. make it first.. bring it to the market
Tru dat!
So, what is the lifespan of USB Block Eruptors? When are they expected to fail, die, overheat or otherwise stop working?
What if you are going long on BTC and are hoping to mine as much as possible and sit on them for the value to build (hopefully all the while still slowly upgrading and adding more hardware)
What if you are going long on BTC and are hoping to mine as much as possible and sit on them for the value to build (hopefully all the while still slowly upgrading and adding more hardware)
In theory if you keep them cool they should last many years.
But I don't think anyone will know for sure until enough time goes by that people start to see them fail.
When bitcoins were at $15 a lot of people were saying GPU mining was dead because the cost of electricity made it unprofitable.
Then the value jumped and it was profitable again for a while...
Perhaps the same thing will happen again.
Sure, its easier to just buy coins and sit on them but its a lot less fun than tinkering with hardware.
Re: [65000 GH/s] Slush's Pool (mining.bitcoin.cz); TX FEES + UserDiff; ASIC tested
14 Hours and counting 
Why is everyone counting? That only encourages the count to go higher!
Re: the how much btc/fiat have you lost mining thread! end of 2013 edition
I haven't lost anything yet. All my coins have remained secure in my wallet aside from the ones that I have spent on reasonably priced and promptly delivered goods and services from reliable businesses and individuals.
Re: [65000 GH/s] Slush's Pool (mining.bitcoin.cz); TX FEES + UserDiff; ASIC tested
My suggestion: quit running that card.
My question: how much more do you pay on energy compared to your BTC reward?
Nothing wrong with using a utility as a currency exchange.
The higher cost is just the premium the utility is charging you to convert one currency to another.
Re: Realistically, how safe is a dedicated HD or SSD as cold storage?
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I always use randomly generated passwords, of the type that alternates letters and numbers. Sometimes symbols.
Ya, I use keepassx to generate strong passwords for me.
The crappy thing is every website has different requirements on which symbols and length can be used.
Re: Realistically, how safe is a dedicated HD or SSD as cold storage?
I would avoid backing up encrypted bitcoins to cloud storage considering it has been revealed that if the NSA finds you have encrypted files they can keep them as long as they want because they assume you are hiding something from them.
They will crack your 30+ character password in, maybe 300 years. Probably a lot more. Or let's be optimistic and they get to crack it 10 times faster. 30 years. Or even 100 times faster. 3 years.
Let them keep encrypted files as long as they want. They will not have access to it in the time frame they need.
More than enough time for you to make a new wallet and transfer your coins to the new wallet.
That entirely depends on what passphrase is used.
A 30 character password composed of dictionary words with a few numbers can be quite weak.
Re: Old people, how did you protect purchases before widespread use of credit cards?
The problem is there is no way to build common sense into a product, service, or system.
This is why passwords are hacked so frequently. Despite all the education, people want something easy to remember. So, they choose something easy to crack.
The only way to solve the problem is to force people to choose stronger passwords, which inevitably fails.. or to completely re-think the way authentication is handled.. something a lot of people are working on.
I think it is a similar issue with bitcoin.
Despite all the info out there, people are still getting bitcoins stolen and people are still getting scammed.. sometimes even by companies or people who seemed to have an ok reputation.
Unless a technical solution is found that does not rely on trying to educate people, it will hinder widespread adoption of bitcoin.
This is why passwords are hacked so frequently. Despite all the education, people want something easy to remember. So, they choose something easy to crack.
The only way to solve the problem is to force people to choose stronger passwords, which inevitably fails.. or to completely re-think the way authentication is handled.. something a lot of people are working on.
I think it is a similar issue with bitcoin.
Despite all the info out there, people are still getting bitcoins stolen and people are still getting scammed.. sometimes even by companies or people who seemed to have an ok reputation.
Unless a technical solution is found that does not rely on trying to educate people, it will hinder widespread adoption of bitcoin.
common sense arrives when the majority know about something and know enough to make educated decisions.. computers in many of the 'silver surfer' (gran and grandpa generation) are still new.
many people will develop their own ways of making lengthy passwords.
even if it is using a parents maiden name, a date of birth and a selected word all in one. then to make it different by adding in a part of the website address or something about the website.
EG
obama8461Potusbitcointalk - used here
obama8461Potusbitcoininfosource - used here
obama8461Potusmtgox - used at mtgox
obama8461Potusmakemerich - used at mtgox
those are obviously 'unique' lengthy passwords. which even if you knew all 4 parts of the information (well the website is easy to guess
) the order they are in makes it harder to guess on websites that only allow 3 attempts. this should be the basics of password creation for everyone, even those with memory issuesThe problem is those are not as secure as you might think.
Sure, the website may block a user after 3 attempts to login, but if the site is hacked and the database is downloaded the same GPU power that is used for bitcoing mining can be used on the password hashes.
Something that I think happened here at bitcointalk once long ago. But certainly happened to numerous other bitcoin related sites.
A really good article on the topic was posted at ARS Technica earlier this year. http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/how-crackers-make-minced-meat-out-of-your-passwords/
Re: Realistically, how safe is a dedicated HD or SSD as cold storage?
http://www.mdisc.com/ This promises 1000 years of stable storage.