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This could work, yeah. As long as OP focuses on the tech behind the projects and doesn’t just shill coins. This place has the right crowd for serious discussions, just need to approach it smartly to draw people in.

Why not just sell them? Some guys are trading those coins. I’ve seen prices near 200 satoshis, but they were never meant for that. Still, if you got a big stash, could cash out a bit.

You could create a new wallet on an air-gapped machine and send BTC from an exchange to it. That could function as a cold wallet.

Let's say you found the private key, the first step would be to change the Private key Hexadecimal format to WIF. And you DON'T want to do this with an online tool, all has to be done from your PC. For this, you can use…

public key alone won’t crack the private key. if someone gets the private key first, they need to spend it before any double spending can happen. it’s about not letting the key out in the first place

Transactions with Bitcoin can happen regardless of borders. Use a VPN to get around any issues. Just because your government doesn’t recognize it doesn’t mean you can’t use it.

Old Antminer S9s might be a good bet if you’re feeling lucky. I saw someone selling 10 for a price that seems decent! Maybe try getting 5 and solo mine?

You seem to misunderstand the 51% attack. If someone has 51%, they could double spend and make a fortune. But if a government tried to force protocol changes, the community would just fork and fix it.

Yeah. But what does 'lost' even mean here? Some coins can be reclaimed if they end up at public keys whose private keys are thought to be 'lost'. If an address never spends, those coins stay in limbo.

You guys are right! Those features would definitely improve the toolkit. I’ll work on them when I get a chance. Also thinking about adding a transaction browser.

I see your point, but I’m not trying to compete with wallets like Electrum or Bitcoin Core. This transaction feature is just one aspect of my tool. If anyone finds the code useful, feel free to use it for whatever…

There’s a difference between established wallets and my toolkit. Those wallets broadcast transactions through their nodes, while mine uses third-party services for broadcasting. It’s not connected to any Bitcoin node.

To see different address formats, just click on 'show all formats > addresses'. I’ll fix the bugs, thanks for pointing them out. It’s not on GitHub yet, but anyone can download the zip and modify it however they want.

Bitcoin is supposed to mean freedom, right? But honestly, 99% of users rely on wallets that are basically third-party software to store and send their coins. That's kinda lame... we should have the ability to manage our…

Migrating won’t be a walk in the park... Changing encryption feels like messing with the coin’s core. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a fork for this migration. And let’s be real, the original blockchain probably…

To prove ownership, you need the coin addresses. Not sure if you need to give the private keys, though. If your ex has those, he might have moved the coins already. Best to discuss this with him.

We’ve seen enough issues with testnet 4 already to warrant big changes. The differences are noticeable enough to split them.

So, we got Bitcoin testnet 3 and 4 running. When's testnet 3 gonna kick the bucket? I think it might happen when core updates only support version 4, but what about those using version 3 for its market? Some folks ain't…

But the blockchain grows daily, so syncing a 200MB node vs a 900MB one... definitely different stories. Still, the recent updates made the sync process more efficient. Try syncing with an old version, you'd be waiting…