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by gst 9y ago
> The mere existence of it creates a threat for every relatively rich person out there. For every rich person that openly shows their wealth.
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by gst 9y ago
For crypto-crypto exchanges you can use trustless atomic swaps. For crypto-fiat just use a reputable exchange that operates in your local jurisdiction.
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by gst 9y ago
1) Send the SHA1 hash of a message in which you detail what you're going to do (locations, time, etc.). 2) Do whatever you're planning to do. 3) Transmit another message to the company you're blackmailing in which you reveal
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by gst 9y ago
Same here. In the States I mostly use Lyft, but internationally it's easier to just use the Uber app instead of first figuring out which other options are available. In many cases installing the local apps doesn't even work becaus
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by gst 9y ago
Offline chip and pin transactions are possible and are also used (at least in Europe). Due to security reasons they are usually only used for lower amounts and IIRC there's a maximum total amount that the chip is willing to sign withou
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by gst 9y ago
How would a tax attorney help in simple cases where you're e.g. selling some BTC that you've been holding for some time? Declaring capital gains yourself isn't that hard if you keep accurate records.
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by gst 9y ago
Not all banks are opposed to Bitcoin. Some banks even offer integration with Coinbase so that you can see your Bitcoin transactions in their banking interface: https://blog.coinbase.com/usaa-expands-coinbase-integration-...
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by gst 9y ago
Unfortunately GDAX by default only allows to withdraw $10k per day. It's possible to ask for an increased limit, but reviewing those requests currently seems to take multiple weeks for them.
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by gst 9y ago
Actually you can (depending on the place where you live): http://fortune.com/2017/09/12/switzerland-chiasso-bitcoin-ta...
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by gst 9y ago
IIRC there was a bot in the #bitcoin IRC channel years ago that did exactly that. Afaik it only looked at the Mt. Gox order book but given that Mt. Gox was pretty much a monopoly back then the result was still accurate.
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by gst 9y ago
> Maybe we should start letting the exchanges gamble with our bitcoins? Why do you assume that's not already happening: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5441.msg1413156#msg1...
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by gst 9y ago
> One hack and you lose everything, with nothing to reduce damage. Exchanges can mitigate this by storing the majority of their funds in multisig cold wallets. Users can mitigate attacks against exchanges by never sending all of their co
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by gst 9y ago
> I hope that these actions clear house of the scams Wouldn't the scams just get launched from other countries that don't have to care about the SEC?
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by gst 9y ago
Let's assume you're already invested in Bitcoin and you're sure it's a bubble. What's the best strategy going forward? I've been convinced that it's a bubble since 2011 or so so if I'd sold everything
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by gst 9y ago
Of course there are technical reasons for that limit. But whatever the correct size of the limit is - the current limit is almost certainly too low. The Ethereum blockchain is able to handle a significantly higher amount of transactions wit
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by gst 9y ago
"Jurors in the Daniel Shaver case were not allowed to know that the police officer who shot him had scratched “you’re fucked” into his service weapon." Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive&#x2F
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by gst 9y ago
If I get arrested and say "I want a lawyer". What lawyer do I get? A random public defender? A private defender? If it's private defender, am I able to ask for another lawyer if the fees are too high? Will that lawyer refer m
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by gst 9y ago
~20M transaction per month are an arbitrary limit. The economic majority recently decided against increasing that limit, but this doesn't mean it's not going to get increased at some later point.
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by gst 9y ago
> Ethereum had a master node too. Ethereum never depended on a centralized master node.
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by gst 9y ago
> I've heard they rolled their own crypto. Yes, let that sink. Haven't verified this myself though. They decided it's a good idea to use ternary logic instead of binary logic so they had to write their own cryptographic pr
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by gst 9y ago
How's the spam filter compared to Gmail?
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by gst 9y ago
ProtonMail doesn't have access to the decryption password as it is not transferred to the server. Instead the client sends a password that's derived from it: https://protonmail.com/blog/encrypted_email_authent
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by gst 9y ago
> Just as important as what we do do is what we don’t. For example, we don’t do full message encryption (e.g. PGP) in the browser. In theory it means you “don’t have to trust us”. However in reality, every time you open your email you wo
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by gst 9y ago
> you can trade bitcoin for cash balances at various exchanges but actually withdrawing those balances is subject to miniscule daily/monthly withdrawal limits and if there's a run on the market those exchanges will almost certa
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by gst 9y ago
As Coinbase user I always assumed that all of my transactions are automatically reported to the IRS - I'm actually surprised that this didn't happen yet.
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by gst 9y ago
Bitcoin only died 171 times so far: https://99bitcoins.com/obituary-stats/ . The first time was in December 2010 when it was priced at $0.23.
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by gst 9y ago
There are a lot of things outside of technical issues that can go wrong - here's an example: https://www.reddit.com/r/CoinBase/comments/6hcu0n/coinbase_c... If you have control over your own keys (s
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by gst 9y ago
Didn't have a multisig BTC wallet before (created one in the past, but deleted it months ago) and I don't seem to be able to add another multisig wallet - only those multi-email-confirmation-required wallets. Not holding the keys
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by gst 9y ago
Yes. XCAT is definitely the way forward for transactions that involve only XCAT-compatible chains. Especially as it can be implemented either in a pure P2P fashion or with trustless exchanges, resulting in zero or very low fees.
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by gst 9y ago
I just tried placing an order and Evercoin's fees appear to be significantly lower. Shapeshift: 1 BTC -> 14.20477011 ETH Evercoin: 1 BTC -> 14.25967407 ETH Changelly: 1 BTC -> 14.35434362 ETH While Changelly appears to have th

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