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    BTC I am an idiot and I got scammed.

    January 04, 2019

    BTC I am an idiot and I got scammed.

    I am an idiot and I got scammed.

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 02:17 PM PST

    I like to think I'm a veteran. I've been in Crypto since 2012. I've seen some shit, but today I got scammed, and I want to help others see that even self-proclaimed "crypto veterans" like my dumbass can fuck up and make scammers money.

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    My buddy came over today to bullshit. He brought me a couple beers, and we decided to order some vape cartridges for him. I fire up my Tails laptop to place an order from a reliable champion of the free market and guerrilla fighter of the drug war. It's about .2 BTC. I work on my third beer as he talks my ear off.

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    I'm a Monero guy. I like my privacy. This vendor only accepts BTC, so I just fire up my phone Monero wallet, and rather than type the address into my phone, I use a QR code like I've done probably 100 times. Search with DuckDuckGo for "bitcoin qr generator" and click one of the top links telling myself, "make sure to verify the address before you send this." Well, he just keeps chatting away, even after my, "hang on man, I've got to pay attention to this". The beers have me looking up and chatting back with him every few seconds.

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    I send the money to the QR address, see it went through on xmr.to (a XMR to BTC service) and the site still shows my transaction as unfunded.

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    I pasted my clipboard BTC address into a blockchain explorer, and sure enough, it's definitely got a confirmation. I keep waiting, and then it occurs to me... the fucking QR code generator site fed me their BTC address, also replacing what was on my clipboard with their BTC address, and I had fell for their scam. A review of that address TX history shows a couple other people a day fall for this scam site too. It was only $800ish, but fuck me it still hurts.

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    Be careful out there.

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    submitted by /u/ShapeShiftLost
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    No bitcoin doodle on homepage today? Thanks a lot, Google

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 05:08 PM PST

    They've had doodles for all kinds of dumb shit but fail to do one for the 10 year anniversary of the most important technology invention since the Internet itself...

    I guess they know that decentralization will eventually be their doom. The sooner the better, I say.

    submitted by /u/crypt0crook
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    BitBacker.io is the BCH replacement for Patreon. I encourage all BCH YouTubers to start using this platform.

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 11:44 PM PST

    Jordan Peterson uploading to BitTube should serve as a wake up call to the BCH community. Peterson didn't choose BitTube for 0% inflation, large blocksize, or any other technical nonsense. He chose BitTube because he can upload videos without fear of censorship. Build dapps on BCH or be left behind.

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 10:04 AM PST

    There is really a lot of development going on in BCH ... Check the link.

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 03:34 PM PST

    Cash Accounts should increase BCH adoption. Here is one idea that can further that goal using email and other services.

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 11:51 PM PST

    Cash Accounts are BCH human readable account names.

    Individuals could register email addresses with those details to ensure payment.

    Email is also part of online account registration for forums, shopping and other services. Doing this would allow internet wide tipping/gifting/donations, easy commerce refunds and remittance through your profile information.

    If my cash address is Truth#183 then I'd register the email "Truth_183@gmail" or "Truth_183_BCH@gmail"

    Unfortunately the hash "#" isn't compatible with email, it is a pity Cash Address doesn't use the underscore as a separator

    EG : Truth_183 and Truth_183@gmail

    With the # limitation the benefits are still available just not as streamlined.

    submitted by /u/TruthReasonOrLies
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    Bchd 2019 Roadmap – bchd – Medium

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 04:19 PM PST

    Blockchair on Twitter - "We’re working on #CashAccounts implementation for our Bitcoin Cash explorer. This will include both showing the proposed format on address pages, and ability to search by account names."

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 01:05 PM PST

    Bitcoin Verde: A New Consensus Full-Node Implementation for BCH

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 06:59 AM PST

    For the past year I have been working on a full-node in Java, completely from scratch. Today, after so much research, work, communication and testing, I am very happy to release the first beta version of Bitcoin Verde--on the genesis block's 10th birthday, no less!

    Bitcoin Verde is a ground-up implementation of the Bitcoin (Cash) (BCH) protocol. This project is a full node, blockchain explorer, and library.

    In the past, lack of a diversified development team and node implementation have caused bugs to become a part of the protocol. BCH currently has roughly three common full-node implementations (Bitcoin ABC, Bitcoin XT, Bitcoin Unlimited). However, these implementations are forked versions of Bitcoin Core, which means they may share the same (undiscovered) bugs. With a diverse network of nodes, bugs in the implementation of the protocol will result in incompatible blocks between the nodes, causing a temporary fork. This situation is healthy for the network in the long term, as the temporary forks will resolve over time and the intended ruleset becoming the consensus.

    Bitcoin Verde approaches many of the design decisions made by the reference client very differently--most prominently, Bitcoin Verde stores the entire blockchain in its database, not just the UTXOs. Because of this, reorgs are handled very differently and it's even possible to validate multiple forks at the same time. In fact, you can view http://bitcoinverde.org/blockchain/ to view some of the forks our instance has encountered. The node considers the chain matching its consensus rules and having the most PoW to be its "head" chain.

    I've spent a lot of time talking with the Bitcoin XT group to attempt to stay in-step with their consensus rules as much as possible, and it my goal to ensure we are diversifying the implementation of the network, NOT separating it. Because of that, please be sure to treat this release as a beta. Currently Bitcoin Verde does not have a mining-pool module finished, but once confidence has been raised about the consistency of the rulesets, this is a feature we intend on implementing and Bitcoin Verde will become a mining full node.

    Every component is multithreaded, including networking, validating, mempool acceptance, etc. It is my hope that during the next network stress-test, Bitcoin Verde can help to gather statistics on forks, transactions per second, and block/tx propagation time.

    Bitcoin Verde has its drawbacks: it's a resource-hog. Since the whole blockchain is indexed, the disk footprint is about 600GB. Initial-block-download memory usage is configurable, but is about 4 GB, (1.5 GB for the database + 1/2 GB for the node + 1 GB for the tx-bloom filter + 1 GB for the UTXO cache). Another drawback is that Bitcoin Verde "does more stuff"--it is essentially a block explorer, and because of that, the initial block download takes about 2-4 days to index all of chain and its addresses.

    Bitcoin Verde has been tested for weeks on Linux (Debian) and OS X. The node has not been tested well on Windows and it may in fact not even sync fully (only a Windows issue, currently). If you're a Windows user and are tech-savvy, feel free to give it a go and report any issues.

    I wanted to give my thanks to the Bitcoin XT team for being so welcoming of me. You're a great group of guys, and thanks for the conversations.

    Explorer: http://bitcoinverde.org

    Source: https://github.com/softwareverde/bitcoin-verde

    Documentation: http://bitcoinverde.org/documentation/

    Forks: http://bitcoinverde.org/blockchain/

    Node Status: http://bitcoinverde.org/status/

    submitted by /u/FerriestaPatronum
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    Overstock to become the first company in the nation to pay their Ohio taxes in bitcoin

    Posted: 04 Jan 2019 12:22 AM PST

    [AMA Reminder] Exactly 24 hours from now, /u/KillerHurdz, Project Lead at Coin.Dance and Cash.Coin.Dance, will be taking your questions on /R/BTC!

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 10:39 AM PST

    CashAccount Question!

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 08:39 PM PST

    Is it possible to create a CashAccount ID with a list of addresses?

    Or is it possible to make the transaction a little more anonymous than a username assigned to a single address?

    Thanks!

    submitted by /u/WonderBud
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    With Bitcoin Cash, we have to opportunity to decentralize every existing service out there that work and are profitable!

    Posted: 04 Jan 2019 01:58 AM PST

    Bitcoin Cash is being added on most UK exchanges

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 09:35 AM PST

    As Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris Leave Patreon, BitBacker Provides a Solution

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 11:38 PM PST

    In this very special day I want to share my new painting with you as the honor of Genesis Block :) "Blockchain in Blue", 80x60 cm, hand made oil on linen with just colours and brushes. Is this how do you see blockchain?

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 08:30 AM PST

    An idea for Bitcoin Cash.

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 10:25 PM PST

    80+ Corporations Working On Blockchain And Distributed Ledgers

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 11:34 PM PST

    The coin that ends up winning will be the coin with the first viral dapp. Alice/Bob don't give 2 shits about BCH's blocksize and they definitely won't start randomly buying Starbucks with BCH. Alice/Bob will be onboarded through dapps which aren't possible on fiat. Build the dapps and they will come

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 08:25 AM PST

    Stealthaddress support

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 09:28 AM PST

    so a year or so ago i sawa video about the use of stealthadresses on BCH, and it seemed like an awesome idea (a static adress you can publish that sends to a different adress (belonging to you) each time. have there been any developments on this, can in be done easily in electron cash ? and what wallets support sending to the stealthadresses format ?

    submitted by /u/DLSS
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    Bitcoin's value in Venezuela rises

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 09:46 AM PST

    How to spot high-conflict people before it’s too late | Bill Eddy

    Posted: 04 Jan 2019 12:41 AM PST

    CashAccount and OpenCAP: An Alias Comparison

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 01:01 PM PST

    Peter Rizun: "Don't worry @bloXrouteLabs, they used to call Bitcoin Unlimited's Xthin block propagation a scam…then not important…then when they realized how well it worked they copied us and named it Compact Blocks. As @giacomozucco so elegantly put it: if it ain't Core, it's a scam."

    Posted: 03 Jan 2019 02:15 AM PST
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