Wallets & Security
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Started by 0x4lpha · Aug 20, 2019, 12:22 PM · 13 / 36813368by ben.matrixAug 27, 2019, 04:46 AMAfter the recent arrests and asset seizures of the Samourai founders, we should really look at what this means for privacy in the crypto world. Seems…
Started by SilentOrbit · Aug 24, 2019, 09:55 AM · 8 / 3188318by 0xAtlasAug 25, 2019, 04:46 PMHow can I find out the core wallet version for an old wallet.dat file? I got some backups and wanna make sure I'm using the right version before…
Started by bridge_2016 · Aug 23, 2019, 11:09 PM · 1 / 4101410by 0xChadAug 24, 2019, 03:20 AMHey everyone, I've been using the blockchain.com wallet for years, receiving crypto without a hitch. But recently, I noticed something weird. Up…
Started by r34l_gwei · Aug 15, 2019, 05:13 PM · 7 / 7387738by CryptoBitAug 16, 2019, 11:08 PMHey everyone, kinda lost here. How do I use Electrum on my phone? I feel safer doing transactions on mobile, but I can't figure out sending or…
Started by al3x.ledg3r · Aug 12, 2019, 01:07 PM · 4 / 8754875by al3x.ledg3rAug 12, 2019, 07:23 PMI'm trying to use btcrecover and running into issues. I write one word per line in a text file like this: ee tt But when I run btcrecover.py, I only…
Started by its_bridge · Aug 10, 2019, 02:08 PM · 3 / 3193319by 0xChadAug 11, 2019, 09:31 AMThere’s really a lot to gain with asymmetric weighted multi-sig wallets. It’s like you have keys where not all of them are equal. For example, in a…
Started by ben365 · Aug 4, 2019, 08:40 AM · 8 / 7318731by mr_apeAug 5, 2019, 07:14 PMgetbestblockhash gives back the latest mined block hash. But what happens when two blocks are sent at the same time? You end up with two chains at…
Started by dave.fork · Jul 15, 2019, 12:46 PM · 3 / 5723572by cobra51Jul 16, 2019, 12:16 AMJust wanna know if anyone’s seen any old wallets from 2009 popping up lately. My ex might have my last backup... kinda worried.
Started by jakecipher · Jul 5, 2019, 10:36 PM · 3 / 4823482by 0xGuruJul 6, 2019, 07:52 AMI heard Sparrow 2.0 works with Testnet4. But are there any other wallets that do? I’m trying to teach beginners, so I want to generate a key on one…
Started by bull_2014 · Jun 21, 2019, 05:43 PM · 12 / 37012370by 0xNodeJun 26, 2019, 05:45 PMSaw a tweet about a musician G.love who lost almost 6 BTC using a fake Ledger wallet from the Mac App Store. ZachXBT said he traced the coins and…
Started by wagmi · Jun 18, 2019, 07:14 PM · 20 / 87220872by ben.matrixJun 25, 2019, 03:00 PMI need a reliable base wallet account owner for a collab. Anyone interested? Hit me up on WhatsApp +13122033380! 😊
Started by calmsigma · Jun 7, 2019, 09:20 PM · 1 / 7361736by sat_s4geJun 8, 2019, 02:02 AMWhat does work = Portion mean? Like if I see work = 50.06435 in the bitcoind files, what does that even mean? Just trying to wrap my head around it.
Started by MadDegen · May 30, 2019, 07:55 PM · 1 / 3171317by 0xChadMay 30, 2019, 10:02 PMHey, sorry if this has been asked before. Just noticed version 26 of the Core Client dropped this month, but Bitcoin.org is still pushing version 25.…
Started by rav3n_ninj4 · May 15, 2019, 11:21 PM · 22 / 72222722by ben.matrixMay 20, 2019, 08:12 AMHey guys, I'm looking for some advice on recovering a really old wallet.dat from late 2010 that has 8.5 BTC in it. I’ve extracted the hash, but I'm…
Started by AtomicMaxi · Apr 9, 2019, 10:15 PM · 11 / 46811468by nick.omegaApr 14, 2019, 09:11 AMI’m on a Mac. Trying to access some really old wallet.dat files. Downloaded Bitcoin Core and tried swapping my file with their generated one. But I…
Started by davefox · Apr 7, 2019, 02:08 PM · 17 / 65617656by ben.matrixApr 13, 2019, 06:02 AMI'm trying to get into my blockchain wallet but keep getting this "recovery error" after entering my recovery phrase. It also stopped sending me…
Started by ju5t_chad · Mar 16, 2019, 02:03 AM · 15 / 37515375by the_satMar 23, 2019, 02:19 PMTrying to set up my first node. Downloaded the whole blockchain to my external Samsung T7 SSD. The node works, but sometimes when I stop `bitcoind`…
Started by guru_fox · Mar 3, 2019, 11:19 PM · 20 / 50420504by ben.matrixMar 16, 2019, 04:03 PMHow can you actually make money using a bitcoin node? I heard there’s a way with the lightning node... but are there other options? I tried out…
Started by mike365 · Mar 9, 2019, 05:24 AM · 12 / 68712687by gang2015Mar 11, 2019, 09:51 PMLet’s skip the boring definitions of decentralization and get right into it. There are tons of decentralized wallets out there, and even more are…
Started by ben.bit · Feb 16, 2019, 05:52 PM · 19 / 34419344by tony_4tl4sFeb 24, 2019, 12:22 PMCame across this thread about securing seed phrases... kinda interesting, but one big issue is needing another key to decrypt it. I mean, what if you…
Started by m1kes4t · Feb 17, 2019, 01:36 PM · 21 / 39321393by ben.matrixFeb 22, 2019, 11:49 PMJust saw Arkham has outed the Bitcoin wallets for Blackrock, Fidelity and a couple others. That's some big news, fam. Finally gonna see where all…
Started by plankton · Jan 21, 2019, 08:10 AM · 5 / 3095309by planktonJan 22, 2019, 10:52 PMHey there, A while back, I downloaded Bitcoin Core, did a few transactions, saved my wallet.dat, and then just forgot about it. Just found the file…
Started by jake.yield · Jan 5, 2019, 12:34 AM · 18 / 48118481by orbit1337Jan 8, 2019, 11:40 AMGot a bunch of old wallet.dat files lying around and they probably empty... trying to check their balances without syncing the whole blockchain every…
Started by 0xYi3ld · Jan 5, 2019, 08:09 AM · 4 / 4864486by gang2015Jan 5, 2019, 06:11 PMHey everyone, So I tried to get 200EUR in BTC to my wallet yesterday. I clicked on the receive button and shared the address, but the BTC never…
Started by hash2019 · Dec 22, 2018, 08:56 PM · 12 / 45012450by f0rk_5tackDec 31, 2018, 06:36 PM